Challenge is a rarest energy when the artist prefers to extract fuel out of a struggle, and this is what Big Zaddy Hev embodies in the track to create a perfect capture of that fuel on the song Wurrd (Can I Get A). It is not simply a song, it is more of a declaration of purpose: it is scrawny […]
Pop/Review The Quiet North – Carry The Quiet
The Quiet North has something about its song, Carry The Quiet, which feels so reassuring that I did not anticipate at the time I hit the play button. Fredrik Kristiansen has made it look as though he took a hand, in the middle of the commotion–this is what we have all needed now and then. The overall atmosphere of the […]
ROCK/Review Anupam Shobhakar– Liquid Reality
Liquid Reality by Anupam Shobhakar is as revelational as it is classical and dystopian–a sound experience that is both archaic and cybernetic. The revelation that he had made to the interpretation of Indian classic music with fretless guitar, I was at once tempted to know how he would expand upon his already impressive palette. The answer is breathtaking. The album […]
Folk/Review Michellar – September
A certain magic is present when an artist manages to capture the fleeting sense of movement, and that is precisely what Michellar does with September. Here, the San Francisco-based artist has created something truly beautiful–a folk meditation that is timeless and incredibly intimate at the same time. The DNA of this song is filled with the impact of such classic […]
Dream Pop/Review The Music Of Sound – Butterfly Heart
I was absolutely surprised with Butterfly Heart by The Music Of Sound in the most good way possible. I wasn’t anticipating much when I first pressed play but within a few seconds I was already glued to those gorgeous shimmering synths that in an instant transported me back to the golden age of 80s pop-except that it does not feel […]
Hip-Hop/Review K Frxsty– Knock Knock
Knock Knock by K Frxsty is pounding you like a freight train during the first few seconds, and frankly speaking, that is what you want in underground hip-hop. This is not music to listen to when you are in weak health because it is raw, pure street energy that makes you sit up and listen, and they are not going […]
Folk/Review The Muster Point Project – Brand New Day
Brand New Day by The Muster Point Project is a song that takes a bit of time to settle on your skin. But when it does, the truth is that it embeds like few songs can. In an age where music is churned out for clickbait reactions, the organic feel of this self-recorded track will take you by surprise. With […]
ROCK/Review Tom Minor– Next Stop Brixton
There is a certain irresistible power in music that turns a mundane train ride into the epic tale of redemption and Tom Minor captures that power in his “Next Stop Brixton” with the energy and emotional depth that are altogether surprising. This songwriter/singer has created an upbeat indie rock song that is both jubilant and sorrowful, and takes all the […]
Pop/Review The New Citizen Kane – CAUSING A COMMOTION
CAUSING A COMMOTION by The New Citizen Kane is one of those releases that creep upon you. What at first seems to be yet another electronic collection soon turns out to be something much more than that- an emotional rollercoaster that is somehow introspective and at the same time impossible to resist at the same time. Something truly fascinating about […]
ROCK/Review Social Gravy– A Different Kind
Los Angeles duo Social Gravy are something special indeed, and the EP A Different Kind proves that, and shows why Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov have deserved their reputation as romantic rockin-rollers with content. The four songs of this release portray their capability to walk the line between commercial and artistic integrity and making music that felt simultaneously accessible and […]
METAL/Review The7thGatekeeper– Not to Be Taken
Not To Be Taken is an uncomfortable trip through some of the darker recesses of the human mind, as well as being as confrontational as you might expect of someone who cites Dolly Parton and Slipknot as influences. This Barry-based artist has come up with something truly disturbing in the best sense of the word a song that does not […]
ROCK/Review Remit– Questions Unanswered
Melbourne trio Remit has produced something truly unnerving with their debut album Questions Unanswered and I mean that in the best way possible. This is not music that tries to soothe, it is art that wants you to face the uneasy truths of our divided world. The album was Written in their now-legendary underground concrete bunker and it is the […]
Pop/Review Amara Fe – Reborn
There is a certain captivating quality to an artist who comes out of the gate with a fully-formed debut album and Amara-Fe does just that with her album Reborn. This is not a tentative start of a novice, this is the surefooted step of someone who knows her voice and her mission. The musical pedigree in Amara-Fe family is evident […]
Electronic/Review Consequential – Cravin’
Consequential has produced something truly special with Cravin’- a track that manages to embrace everything that is great about liquid drum and bass whilst exploring beyond the boundaries with the influences of trance and dub. Originally from Bury St. Edmunds, this gifted musician has produced a slice of electronic music that is both refined and at the same time easy […]
ROCK/Review Solum– Circles
The new single, Circles, is a strong exploration of the turbulent waters of the unhealthy relationship that demonstrates the further development of the UK artist. With the foundations of his midlands background and several years of genre exploration, Solum has created something truly powerful here, a track that is at once intensely personal and yet relatable to all. The bedroom […]
Pop/Review zukrassverliebt – Way Too Hot
There is an infectious element to music that does not take itself too seriously but still manages to provide a sincere entertainment value and zukrassverliebt has nailed that with Way Too Hot. This father-son German duo has made a pop song that is easy to dance to that also uses metaphors of attraction and heatwaves to make something both funny […]
Pop/Review Shelita – Fade
There is something heartbreakingly beautiful about music that accepts the impermanence of life and does not dwell upon it and Shelita has done that with her song Fade. This Seattle-based artist has created a reflection on momentary relationships that is both intimate and truly universal. The performance of the vocals by Shelita is enough to bring the emotional content of […]
Pop/Review Ferdinand Rennie – Someone to remember me (2025 Version)
There is something very touching about an artist reinterpreting their own work with decades of time under their belt, and Ferdinand Rennie has captured that in his version of Someone to Remember Me. It is not just a remaster or slight update but a reimagination of a song that obviously has a very special place in the heart of the […]
DREAM POP/Review Volcanic Shores – My friend lives on the coast
There are those times when you find a song that just takes you to another world in the first few notes of the song, and this is certainly the case with this song, the first notes of the vibrating analog synthesizer take you to another world. This London based project headed by electronic producer Chris Allinson has created something that […]
ROCK/Review John Lebanon– Mizuri
It is something particularly special to see a group grow in front of your eyes and John Lebanon’s “Mizuri” is a song that feels like you have made it just in time to see a band at its very peak. This Boston indie band has made something that walks that line of fragile-yet-truthful introspection with something real and heartfelt, which […]
ROCK/Review Love Ghost– Car Crash
At times the best music occurs when artists take everything away and leave their most fragile selves, and Love Ghost does just that in their song, Car Crash. This piano ballad sees Finnegan Bell moving a long way out of his usual style of eclecticism to create something that is heartbreakingly intimate and painfully effective. The shaking voice instantly pulls […]