Confidence can easily be mistaken for arrogance, especially when its history remains unseen. On “D.P.W.M (Don’t Play With Me),” London-based, Malawian artist YesaYa turns that tension into a hard-hitting UK rap statement,...
For centuries, the Silk Road connected people, ideas, and cultures across vast distances. But what if the journey wasn't only about reaching another place, but also about discovering something within yourself? On...
Allister Ainsworth and Jacob Connor, the Auckland duo behind Microbes, timed the release of "Dire Tribes" for October 7th, ahead of the New Zealand General Election. They began the song together in...
Most of what went into "I'm A Vine" came from Tara Van's community. The Toronto soul artist recorded the single, released October 9th, at Apartment Sea Sound, the east-end hub run by...
“Stolen Valor” by Tony Frissore featuring AXIOM builds an unexpectedly restrained soundscape for a subject carrying this much emotional weight. A slow funk groove, atmospheric synths, and distant sirens create a dark...
There is something almost sacred about five o'clock on a Friday afternoon. For the factory worker whose hands have carried the week's weight, the waitress who's smiled through another double shift, or...
Brightland Shines is Paul Totten's independent debut, but the path to it is anything but a beginner's story. Totten started as a percussionist, earning his BA in Percussion Performance and touring the...
Following last year's American Cosmic Revival Vol. 1: Back At Home, which paid direct tribute to the International Submarine Band's Safe At Home, Christian Parker and Patrick Cleary widened the lens considerably...
Arlen Roth has been at this since he was nine years old, played the first Woodstock reunion concert in 1970, and has spent the decades since working alongside everyone from Simon and...
Ersin Secrin works as a songwriter and lyricist rather than a performing artist, and the “Replay” recording here is an AI-assisted demo built to showcase the song's concept, energy and commercial direction...
"The Hammer Goes Click" is Marcus Christ's second collaboration with producer Bankroll, and it arrives as one of the more structurally ambitious tracks in his catalogue so far. The song opens as...
Every generation finds new ways to make old ideas audible. The protest songs of the 1960s had their guitars, chants and communal refrains; decades later, Deptford Sound Collective’s “#RiseUp” arrives with synthesizers,...
Modern romance has given us more ways than ever to desire each other while remaining emotionally distant. We can obsess from afar, perform intimacy, crave attention, and still keep the most vulnerable...
Fiona's Phobias new 6 track DEMOns explores the dark corners of the human psyche and facing inner demons through dark romantic sounds, cinematic horror lyrics and satirical undertones.
Theatrical Horror & Psych influenced...
