Something truly intriguing about the newest work by Audren, When Freedom Dies, is the fact that it is captivating. This is not just a protest song – it is much more subtle and much more intimate and much more touching. The song begins with hypnotic and mysterious sound that instantly invites you in giving you a feeling of refuge. You […]
ROCK/Review Sean MacLeod – Cool Charisma
Sean MacLeod has created something quite special with his track “Cool Charisma,” one that is able to be simultaneously refreshingly contemporary and nostalgic. This new record is a clear indication that the former Cisco frontman has not lost his way in writing catchy pop tunes and this new release shows exactly why he has managed to forge a successful solo […]
Pop/Review Neodym – Insta
It is immediately striking, near disarmingly self-aware, about the new song by Polish electronic artist Neodym, the song titled INSTA. Many dance songs get you lost in the rhythm and forget the world momentarily, though this song does it in a more advanced manner. It gives you a reason to think when your entire body is in motion to do […]
ROCK/Review RISE – Lost for words
With a song that undergoes a complete change of heartbreak into heartbreak power, RISE have provided something truly refreshing with Lost For Words. This four-member ensemble has the correct formula on how to create melodic rock that strikes hard but is also accessible enough to catch on in an oversaturated rock scene. What catches your attention at the first look […]
Dream Pop/Review Junifer – Thoughts For The Night
It is rather quiet and breathtaking how the little things that build up until a house becomes a real home occur in small groupings, moments that you never really notice are building your life until you take a moment to look and see. That is what Junifer manages to capture so beautifully in Thoughts For The Night. It is tender […]
Pop/Review San Sebastian – Imaginary Lover
The outcome of the experience of San Sebastian in his Swedish Idol has produced something truly interesting. Imaginary Lover is a bold step by the Stockholm artist as it incorporates a modern contemporary electronic pop and unexpectedly insightful comment upon contemporary relationships, both natural and artificial. What at once impresses you is the voice of Sebastian tuneful and expressive and […]
COUNTRY/Review Ulrich Jannert – Wander Still
Something very comforting about “Wander Still” – almost as though you have found a compass exactly when you thought you are going in circles. Being the title song on the new album of Ulrich Jannert, it eschews precisely what he does so well, in turning the most existential questions of life into a song that is like the most beloved […]
Pop/Review MrGeorge – Light in your Eyes
There is a kind of song that does not just play in the background and instead it transports you to a different world altogether and that is what Light In your eyes by MrGeorge does. It is the type of synth-wave that makes one feel like they have entered a time capsule and everything is awakening with that warm, nostalgic […]
ROCK/Review Tom Minor – Bring Back the Good Ol’ Boys
Tom Minor has given us something wonderfully subversive with bring back the good ol boys – a song which actually dances and at the same time hits us upside down with its spot-on critique of our collective amnesia in the face of darker patterns in history. Protest music camouflaged as a singalong, and the better it is disguised the better. […]
Pop-Rock/Review HorthWorld – Fumes
Something truly refreshing about music that embodies the contradictions of life, its daily mundane and heartfelt nature, is the ability to do it with humour and heart, and that is what Andrew Horth achieves in his song “Fumes”. This is high-energy indie rock that is unashamedly optimistic, rather than cynical, but he is just a marvel of constantly chaotic reality […]
ROCK/Review Moon and Aries – Closer to You
This is the rare aspect of music that is both vintage and absolutely modern and Moon and Aries have done just that with Closer to You. It is the most cinematically ambitious project they have thus far completed, a noir-pop anthem which spurts with classiness and dramatic conflict. The vocal performance by the character of Jordana Moon is unbelievable at […]
Pop-Rock/Review Julia Kate – be nice princess
It is one thing to see a person that you had a connection with turn cold and Julia Kate has managed to nail that pain down in the song be nice princess. Here the Los Angeles singer-songwriter has presented something truly refreshing, a pop song, and one that is fun and angry at the same time, a production that knows […]
ROCK/Review ESTRADA Music Project – I don’t need to hide anymore
It is deeply touching to see an artist create out of pure authenticity, such as when one has been carrying a heavy load, but you can see the moment they put the heavy burden down and you can see the relief on their face. The song of I Don’t Need to Hide Anymore by ESTRADA Music Project is a perfect […]
ROCK/Review CAR287 – Opening Song
It is especially difficult to make a good opening statement–it is like being backstage and having your heart beat out of you, and knowing that the moment you step in the light, everything will be different. On Opening Song by CAR287, they have taken that challenge with a lot of grace and the song really deserved to be where it […]
Pop-Rock/Review Naomi Neva – This Is Over
Something truly strong about music created out of the actual suffering is that it has real power, and this is precisely what Naomi Neva conveys in her song This Is Over, with incredible authenticity. It is a breakup song which does not succumb to sentimentality, instead directing female anger and helplessness elsewhere to create something actually cathartic. The performance of […]
ROCK/Review Matt DeAngelis – Livin’ It
Matt DeAngelis has created something truly valuable in the form of the song that turns anxiety during the pandemic era into a spiritual exercise on faith, patience, and contentment despite the underlying uncertainty. It is music that will not answer simply and provide the real spiritual nourishment. The instrumentation is instantly attractive due to its advanced eclecticism. Rapid piano tonings […]
Pop-Rock/Review Exzenya – Ugly When You Love Me
We do have a kind of beauty in music, which is able to transform coarse rage into something pointed, almost graceful – and that is what Exzenya accomplishes with her Ugly When You Love Me. Yes, it is dark electronic pop, but it also happens to be much more piercing, the type of song that looks right into the face […]
ROCK/Review Fiona Amaka – Wingman
It is something really unique about “Wingman,” because it is able to be both a classic and a modern track. Fiona Amaka has given the love song its due, and there is no cliché and trappings of the genre, the song has emotional and sonic appeal. The singing is directly arresting. The delivery of the song has a lot of […]
COUNTRY/Review Courtney Jean – Cloudberry
Music has a silent type of wonder that makes it seem like the music is talking to you in a one-on-one way and yet it somehow relates to something much larger, and that wonder is executed with such an easy grace in Courtney Jean- Cloudberry. The song does not simply start, but slowly comes like a person opening a door […]
Metal/Review Awaiting Abigail – Left Out
It is somehow devastatingly quiet when a song does not conceal how it is feeling. Left Out by Awaiting Abigail is precisely such a work, a burdensome, almost suffocating experience of invisibility and alienation, but with the feeling of true conviction. It does not attract you with theatrics, but with sincerity. The twin guitars catch the eye of the listener […]
ROCK/Review Lode Star – Angel of Darkness (feat. Jonell Elliot)
A cover that comes to a person wrapped in such an enticing context a remastered favorite game, a cult film recreated, etc. there is real danger of disappointment. But Lode Star have created something beyond nostalgia, something that turned a 2003 song into a truly resonant modern rock, that stands on its own magnificently. What first comes to mind is […]