Ger Carriere is stepping into a lighter, more expansive corner of her sound with her latest single, “Honeybees,” the first glimpse of her upcoming EP. Known for music that radiates intensity and attitude, this track feels looser, sunnier, and more reflective. It’s less about breaking from the past and more about stretching her signature style …
There’s a moment in “BEAUTY TEARS” where everything just seems to hover: the beat, the voice, the emotion. Like the song is deciding whether to break apart or lift off. Amidst this tension GAB SAFA finds her footing and builds a track that moves through feeling.
On paper, the elements are familiar: synth driven production, a steady electronic pulse and vocals that leans into intimacy. But what Safa does with those elements feels more considered than most. Working with producers Myya Lal and Keandra Lal, she creates a sound that’s as interested in space as it is in impact. The quieter moments are not filler. They are where the song breathes, where it gathers itself before pushing forwards once again.
Nova Scotia-raised, Ottawa-based singer-songwriter Malia Rogers returns with “Sunlight (A Good Death),” a healing, Celtic-influenced folk single that approaches loss through the lens of gratitude rather than despair. Rooted in the idea that grief is simply love with nowhere left to go, the song reflects on mourning not as an ending, but as evidence of …
Music has a strange habit of making opposites coexist. Darkness can sound beautiful, sadness can make you dance and a song can leave you unsettled while simultaneously putting a smile on your face. Perhaps that is one of the reasons we keep returning to music: it doesn’t always demand that emotions make sense before it allows us to feel them.
Listening to Brooks John Martin’s new single ‘Do’, you find yourself somewhere between exhilaration and bewilderment. There are guitars, atmosphere and that wonderfully dreamy baritone, but everything else seems to be in motion: thoughts colliding, moods shifting and logic taking the afternoon off. Martin calls it “non-linear Lewis Carroll nonsense”, and it is a description that feels increasingly appropriate the further the song takes you. Continue reading
There are bands who sit down with a guitar, a notebook and a vague idea of what they want to write about. And there are bands who carefully construct songs around a concept, a lyric, a riff or a particularly good cup of coffee. And then there is Hide and Shine, the Kingston, NY indie rock outfit whose songwriting process apparently begins somewhere considerably further outside the building.
The band’s third album, 9 Seconds Before Revolution, released August 26, is the latest product of a creative process that sounds less like conventional songwriting and more like receiving transmissions from somewhere you probably shouldn’t have a phone number for.
It began in 2020, when Chris Kelly, the band’s NYC indie-rock mainstay, experienced what he describes as a “psychic download” of around 50 songs. Rather than questioning the sanity of the universe, Kelly recorded rough sketches and took them to drummer and producer Michael Chambers. The material eventually became Soft Machines, the band’s debut double album, with the late Steve Albini helping shape the recordings. If that sounds like an unusual way to start a band, Hide and Shine clearly saw no reason to become more conventional with age. Continue reading
Eric Schenkman (guitarist, singer, and co-founder of New York City’s Spin Doctors) releases “Hit On Me,” the second single from his upcoming album Ten Smiles. An upbeat rock tune that transforms heartbreak into possibility, “Hit On Me” is built on a guitar riff and a drumbeat that makes you want to move, leaving you with … Continue reading
Award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Kate Schutt shares “Drumfire of the Hurricane,” a moving new single inspired by the extraordinary true story of Austrian painter and writer Christiane Ritter’s 1934 memoir A Woman in the Polar Night. Blending folk-rooted storytelling with sweeping adult contemporary arrangements, the song captures a moment of profound uncertainty: a woman … Continue reading
Following the release of “Fleury Street,” Québec-based singer-songwriter Sébastien De Francesco returns with “Love on the Way Down,” a deeply reflective and emotionally uplifting folk-rock single that transforms the end of life into a meditation on gratitude, acceptance, and enduring love. Rather than focusing on fear or loss, the song gently reframes life’s final chapter … Continue reading
Hamilton, ON-born singer-songwriter Ariana Fig shares her debut full-length album, So Long, Sinnerstate!, a vibrant folk-pop collection that explores identity, ambition, and the winding road between who we are and who we’re still becoming. Marking her first full-length release after two independently released EPs, the record finds Fig expanding both her songwriting and sonic palette, … Continue reading
Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, producer, and artist Robbie Gennet is bringing his latest musical project to the stage with the free YouTube premiere of Phase Live on Sunday, August 30 at 6 p.m. PST/9 p.m. EST. The live performance will feature the complete Phase album, along with an additional encore, giving listeners their first … Continue reading
Glasgow outfit Dragged Up shares “Rapunzel,” the blistering A-side of a new double single backed by the brooding companion piece “Black Carbon,” available only for physical purchase. Equal parts garage-punk, art rock, and glorious racket, “Rapunzel” is a wild, driving tribute to the disaffected ‘60s teenagers who made beautiful noise in their garages, pairing primitive … Continue reading
Ahead of their forthcoming debut EP, Victoria, BC alternative pop-rock duo Miss the Heart drop “Know Me Better,” an explosive new single that transforms betrayal into empowerment. Equal parts soaring pop anthem and hard-hitting rock release, the track pairs infectious vocal hooks with thunderous guitar breakdowns to deliver an unapologetic statement about reclaiming your power … Continue reading
There is something quietly radical about Love & Death, the new album from The Free States, the project of American songwriter Shaun Lyons. Released August 15, 2026, the album is the third Free States record in three years, but it doesn’t feel like a project built around a release schedule. It feels lived in. Based … Continue reading
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