Alex Thomen isn’t the kind of artist you can easily pin down. Trained as a composer, he has written everything from cinematic trailer music to intimate solo piano pieces, and now he’s dropped a satirical rock single that feels both timely and timeless.
“Where Did They Go Wrong?” is sharp, funny and just a little bit tragic. It’s a song that digs into the irony of people you once knew taking turns you never would have expected. Continue reading
Some songs arrive polished, packaged and ready for radio. Others are born from the trenches of lived experience, carved out of nights when survival itself feels uncertain.
Ray Ray Star’s brand new single, “One Step Away,” belongs to the latter. It is unfiltered, and full of the honesty of someone who has not only walked through the fire but continues to face its heat every single day. Continue reading
Reeya Banerjee combines her power and perspective in her latest album release, This Place. The album is drawn from her own life experiences, from love, heartache and lessons that she has learnt along the way.
So in that sense, it is autobiographical. However she expands on them artistically creating grand rock soundscape to carry her vision, her emotion across to the listener. Continue reading
ellakate’s new single “Love’s Liability” turns the push and pull of intimacy into a shimmering alt pop confessional.
Over a backdrop of crisp drums, synth textures and a pulse that is equal parts retro and with plenty of forward momentum, ellakate paints love as both a high stakes thrill and a quiet vulnerability. Continue reading
There’s a rare kind of debut that makes you stop and wonder where an artist could possibly go next.
Electric, the first EP from 17 year-old New Yorker Zoey Madison, is one of those moments. It’s a four song set steeped in shimmering pop hooks and plush R&B textures. This is the work of an artist who has clearly done her homework and, more importantly, knows how to make her influences her own.
Produced by industry veteran Matt Chiaravalle and co-written with hitmaker Aimée Proal, the EP feels like a perfect intersection of craft and burst of youth. Continue reading
Washington, D.C. based artist Lakaff has always described his sound as “heart music”. It’s quirky, soulful and genre bending, because “soul music” was already taken.
A singer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Lakaff draws on influences as wide ranging as Oasis, Disclosure, Shania Twain, The Prodigy, Kasabian and 50 Cent, blurring the boundaries between rock, EDM, house and hip-hop with dexterous basslines, diced-up beats, indie-rock guitars, horns and unexpected textures. Continue reading
MASSEY has real skill for fusing groove with storytelling, but his most recent single “Comeback Morning” feels like a turning point.
Where earlier tracks like “Tattoo My Heart” leaned into the mysterious allure of New Orleans’s darker corners, and “3A Funk” strutted with unabashed retro cool, “Comeback Morning” channels something more personal and life-affirming. It’s less about atmosphere and attitude, and more the song of someone who has been through the night and emerged ready to fight again. Continue reading
“Rise” hits like a slow motion collision you can’t look away from. From the opening piano chords, there’s a mournful, searching quality, a reflection of the climate despair so many of us can feel.
Elias Schutzman, the mind behind Revvnant, calls it a “slow-motion car crash”. It’s horrifying, hypnotic and strangely beautiful all at once. And it’s “Rise” that carries that tension through layers of rage, despair and fleeting hope, echoing the emotions we feel as we watch the world unravel.
The visualizer to accompany the track was created by Morgan Beringer Studio, which has been BAFTA nominated for its video art and post production work. This video mirrors the tension in “Rise” perfectly. Continue reading
With latest single “Shallow”, Animals in Denial, the project of singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Christian Ines, delivers not just a song but a psychological plunge into one of the darkest corners of human connection.
Now paired with a new video directed by Jon Paul Anderson, “Shallow” becomes even more unsettling. This is a visceral, first person descent into the claustrophobic mindset of someone who knows they’re trapped in a toxic relationship but can’t break free yet. Continue reading
Lil’ Red & The Rooster’s new album 7 is one of those rare projects that feels timeless and truly alive in the moment, a record that dances between the blues tradition and daring experimentation without ever losing its center.
This album is all about connection at its heart. Connection to self, to others, to history and to the joy of making music in real time. Continue reading
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