Following Jimmy Valentine started life as a full-cast audiobook musical from composer Jeff Flaster, based on an O. Henry story and a Hudson River School painting. This is the 18-song cast album,...
OG8 formed because its members felt overlooked and underappreciated, and instead of turning bitter, these industry veterans vowed to make music that entertained and healed. On Recognize, released October 9th, the band...
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...
Following the acclaimed debut single “Limerence,” The Ingrid returns with “Mother,” an intimate and emotionally oblique track that explores memory, ambiguity, connection, and the quiet tension between closeness and distance. Produced once...
With “Closer Than You Know,” Sam Ostler delivers a track that feels immediate in its intent: clear, focused, and emotionally grounded from the outset. It settles into a familiar pop framework, yet...
Some songs don’t seek immediacy. They unfold at their own pace, revealing themselves in layers rather than declarations. Sage Vive’s “WINGS” moves with that kind of quiet intention, inviting the listener into...
Detroit's DJ Super Will dropped "Midnight Don't Care" on February 26th, fresh off his fall release "Love & Distortion: Reloaded." It's another entry in his catalog of club tracks, and the pitch...
Berlin duo Cosmic Anxiety - Eli (they/them) on vocals and lyrics, Gasher on production and instrumentation - formed in October 2025 after their previous band, Clash Clash Bang Bang, split, and "The...
Exzenya is a genre-fluid independent artist and entrepreneur based in the US, and she has been building her Exzenya Productions imprint across a surprisingly wide range of styles. I covered her single...
Paul Jenner, the Ealing-based artist behind 50mething, is back with "Silence," released March 7th - timed just before International Women's Day alongside two other songs. The subject is women's safety on the...
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, independent artist and producer Tony Frissore releases his luminous new single “Island Lantern Festival.” Blending laid-back lo-fi textures with gentle reggae undertones, the track creates...
