We often underestimate how much meaning a sound can carry before we even begin to interpret it. Certain sounds are inseparable from memory, geography, ritual, and cultural experience; others acquire new meanings...
Destructo Disk has been a fixture of Richmond's DIY punk scene since 2015, building a reputation on relentless touring and self-releases through their own label, Sockhead Records, rather than waiting for anyone...
Somewhere along the line, worship music became afraid of weirdness.
Maybe it happened when somebody discovered that four chords, an enormous chorus and enough reverb to fill Noah’s Ark could reliably make an...
The problem with empowerment songs is that everybody sounds empowered by the second chorus. Heart shattered? Fixed. Self-esteem missing? Located. Rotten boyfriend? Deleted. Three minutes later everybody's stronger, wiser, hotter, and presumably...
Some of the most interesting creative chapters begin when we least expect them. For 50mething, that chapter arrived at 58, with a decision to finally bring decades of ideas and a catalogue...
We often talk about music as an escape from reality, but sometimes it is less about escaping than figuring things out. “Bent Out of Shape” by Peter Manning Robinson emerges from precisely...
If you’ve experienced loss or found yourself helplessly watching someone struggle with addiction, this song will resonate deeply, serving as a reflection of unspoken pain. The Rising Shine Project's “Heals All Wounds”...
Sydney-based artist Ava Fyre released "Dream Without Sleep" in May, a track that blends dream pop with what the press material describes as subtle Arabian influences. Ava Fyre writes her own lyrics...
Go-go music turns fifty this year, and Prince George's County, Maryland - the genre's ancestral home - is not letting that pass quietly. "PG Bama (The Go-go Anthem)" is the work of...
Paul Jenner started releasing music at 58 under the name 50mething, which already tells you something about the level of urgency involved. His debut single, "Slowly Through the Night," was a personal...
Erik David Hidde has been making music entirely on his own terms for a long time - eleven albums under his previous moniker Prison Escapee, plus a debut Mohawk Castle album, all...
Knox Avery is not a traditional artist. It's an AI-driven project created by Harold "Leroy" Holden of Dogface Music, built around human songwriting and human production with an AI performer at the...
Jon Gold's biography reads like a novel someone made up. He grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area with a brother who managed Heart's label, got dubbed "Little McCoy" by a...
The origin story for this one is specific enough to be genuinely interesting. Hansen watched a documentary about Randy Newman, sat down at the piano immediately after, and had most of the...
