Category: Features
Jason Jamal Follows His Heart Strings to “U”
On Emma G’s Born in Crisis, the Power of Music is More than a Metaphor
Bringing Loop Sessions to the DMV, Beatmaker Mags Cooks Up “Jambalaya of Surprises”
On “Hold On Up,” Qween Paz Makes Peace with Slowing Down and Speaking Up
On Sideria, Bedtime Khal and No Algorithm Make Collaborative Emo Magic
Lohrd Snohw and Kate Brunotts Chase the Power of the Unfamiliar
On Ms. Liza’s Psychic Hotline, Evvy Shark Makes a Call to the Uncanny
On “Squares and a Five,” gravedream Contemplates “Poetically Ludicrous” Life Under Late Capitalism
Uno Lady Offers Multilingual Mindfulness in “Meditación”
Aaron David Gleason Starts Fresh on the Lush, Theatrical “Happened In My Youth”
On The Winemaker’s Daughter, Will Overman Leaves Space Around the Love Songs
On “Floor Have Mercy,” Ron Mist and Friends Celebrate Being Alive with Steez
Joanne Fabrix’ “Waterlogged” Gives a Colorful Take on Isolation
Anne Collin’s Bold Debut Blends Minimal Electropop and Maximal Emotion
On a Lo-Fi Debut, Lloyd’s House Builds a Bass of Operations
PREMIERE: In Their Quarantine Collaboration, Max & Haley Get Playfully Abstract
On Whammy, Lance Bangs Return as a Changed Band
Potpourri on Limbering Up for their First Dance
PREMIERE: Alice Hubble Hopes to Make Amends in “We Are Still Alone”
Grand Tapestry’s Sophomore Record is the Sound of Sea Change
Bryson the Alien on the Intergalactic Vibes of His Keyboard Kid Collab
Ice Cream Social Releases All-Black Fundraiser Compilation for Community Wellness
For Some Faith, a Dark Synth Debut was Written in the Stars
Telyscopes Goes to Basics and Back on a Sort-Of Self-Titled Album
Human Barbie’s “Get a Life” Is an Epic Last-Ditch Debut
Treat Yourself to a Savory, R&B-tinged New York City Breakfast with Fake Dad
Not All Is As It Seams In The Weak Days’ Ambitious New Concept Album
On Velvet Confessional, Pressed Orchid Sculpt a Musical Tribute to Auguste Rodin
HATAAŁII’s Sophomore Record Radiates Caring Vibes in Trying Times
PREMIERE: Present and Prophecy Collide in The North Country’s “Future Humans”
PREMIERE: On “Night So Dark,” St. Lorelei Sing to the Moon
PREMIERE: In Quarantine, Kevin Nichols Claims Some Grunge Pop Baggage
Babe, Terror Explores a Bus Graveyard and a Bass Fabrication in “Alcalis”
PREMIERE: On a New Visual Album, Spartan Jet-Plex Isn’t Just Surviving
PREMIERE: The Latest From 49 Winchester is a Spirit-Shaking Call to “Get Clean”
In the Making of Ignore What’s Missing, GILT Grew Together in Grief
On “Crush,” Ahomari Presents a Playful Pop Prelude to Girl Kiss II
PREMIERE: The End Is the Beginning for Halloween Costume Contest
Americana Music Association Hosts Panel on Black Equity in Americana
The Ghostly Beats Project Brings Black Trans Music to the Mainstream
Cardinality on Support and Self-Love in their Self-Titled Debut
PREMIERE: On a Slow-Burning Single, Buddie Break From the “Vines”
With “Donnie,” Charm Take the Scenic Route to Stylistic Fusion
Surfer Blood Return with a Summer Jam for Self-Isolation
PREMIERE: “H O R A” Lifts Margaret Chavez’ to the Cosmic Folk Heavens
On “Melt,” The Winter Passing Let Their Social Frustration Loose
PREMIERE: Elena Moon Park’s “Brilliant New Idea” Gets Brilliant New Video
Grimalkin Records Issues Guide To More Inclusive DIY
The Flight One’s Debut EP Cleans the Slate with Synth Pop
Grimalkin Records 2020 Sampler Supports Black Music and Mutual Aid
In Satin Nickel’s Shadow of Doubt Video, Skepticism is Sacred
Dendrons Debut An Obsessive Rock Experiment Founded on Friendship
On “My Kind,” Max Gowan Splashes Cool, Refreshing Water on a Fantasy
Of Monsters and Medicine: Gawain and the Green Knight Premiere “Doctor” Video
Yuriko Makes a Devastating Debut on Her Own Terms
Gardenhead Records’ Inaugural Release Offers an Opportunity for Pandemic Relief
Spartan Jet-Plex on Remastering, Reimagining, and Growing at Their Own Pace
PREMIERE: Fantasy Non Fiction Put a Punk Pin in “IW2BWU4EVR”
PREMIERE: Emby Alexander Goes Guerrilla on “Morality of Accuracy in Photojournalism”
Scott Stevenson on Tempering the Tumult of South Philly
With “red,” Cyote Tackles the Ins of the Industry and the Outs of NYC
On JUENETHIA, Bryson the Alien Honors His Heroes, Homies, and Above All, Family
Scuttlebuggs Premiere Snarky New Single “Hey There, Skipper!”
PREMIERE: kate can wait on the Somber Sounds of Veraniegas
Frazey Ford Announces New Album U Kin B the Sun
On a Stripped-Down Solo Single, Etai Embraces Anti-Folk
PREMIERE: Sexual Agency and Iconic 90s Influences Give Sarah Hollins “This High”
On “The Ox Months,” NORPHLET Seeks Nuance in Atmospheric Alt-Rock
Superdestroyer Snaps His Rose-Colored Shades
Album Premiere: Sleeping On A Bus by Olivia Hudson and Jungheim
Noble Dust: From the Ether to the East Coast
Hindsight Is More Than 20/20 in Weston Smith’s “Psychic”
Behind the Surreal Scenes of Bite Marks’ “Fallow”
Premiere: Telyscopes Back in the Bathtub on Mata Mata
With New Single “To The Wind,” KOZEN Aims to Open Minds
Visual Art Ambition in Taciturn’s LIVE IN MCNEIR
Video Premiere: “Bonsai” by Annachristie Sapphire
Video Premiere: Telyscopes’ “Monkey Beating a Bucket”
Premiere: Young Creatures Reach for the Stars on “Prisoner of Escape”
Scott Stevenson Is Starting Again With Sincerity and Style
