Pop/Review Allegra – Waterfall
There are some songs that just sound different when played. “Waterfall” is one of those songs for Allegra. It is played once, and you are back again before you know it. As it flows, there’s something about it. Open and light, lots of space in the music. It gently draws...
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Pop/Review Anna Thoresen – GROUNDHOG DAY
Anna Thoresen’s “GROUNDHOG DAY” has you in the middle of the experience of doing the same thing over and over and getting nowhere. It’s not a simple emotion to put to music, but she does it well. All decisions made in the song are well considered and contribute to the...
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Pop/Review SEBASTIAN RYDGREN – night hours
Sebastian Rydgren’s new song “night hours” stays with you after the music has stopped. It’s about loving somebody who doesn’t love you back. That’s evident throughout the entire song. There’s nothing forced or artificial about it. It is straightforward and simple. Much of the feeling in this song is in...
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Synth-Pop/Review CARLOS UCEDDA – The DJINN
From the get-go, Carlos Ucedda’s “The DJINN” takes you on a path that leads you far away from the mundane. It has the feeling of being on a late-night dance floor and in a mythical place at the same time. The song has a continuous electronic beat throughout. It gradually...
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Pop/Review Milyam – Lost In The Jungle
You hit play and the outside world sort of fades out. It’s the only way I can put it. Lost in the Jungle is a seductive game that lures you in slowly and then takes you to another place altogether. MILYAM’s voice has a rare function. It doesn’t stand on...
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R&B/Review Milyam – Intimacy
Sometimes when you need music that understands you, that’s when you need it. Not loud or busy. That which rests still upon you and is true. Intimacy is exactly that kind of song. It locates you wherever you are. That’s what music like this is all about. It has no...
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LATIN POP/Review Yampier Diaz – El salaíto
There are songs that make you smile as soon as you hear them. El Salaíto is one of these. It has this kind of energy that’s contagious, it’s like it’s happening right in the moment, before you can even think about it. The type of track that gets you moving...
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LOFI POP/Review tcr! – On Vancouver Island
When you feel a bit uncomfortable in the right kind of way, there are songs for that. One of those is on Vancouver Island. Establishes a woozy, tense tone from the get-go and never lets up. The opening acoustic guitar part is bluesy in nature and immediately grabs the listener’s...
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Pop-Rock/Review Sean MacLeod – I Know Not
I Know Not by Sean MacLeod is on the borderline of commercial pop forms and experimental sound decisions, which creates a unified whole and makes his own musical language. The chorus makes clear 1950s doo-wop allusions, and the aspects of the wall of sound approach of Phil Spector are present....
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Pop/Review Victor Longato – Freaked
On Freaked, the vocal of Victor Longato is placed in that processed room – where it is not smoothed out but it is edited and has weight. It is pushed by the Jersey Club beat, the percussion that will not give in. Reminds me of what Kelela was doing some...
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