
Category: Features


“Ishtar, Reprise” Completes Ishtar Sr.’s Mythical Molt

PREMIERE: Slow Rosary Distills the Personal and Environmental in One “Refinery”

PREMIERE: On “Receiver,” (Eli)zabeth Owens’ Art Pop Adventure Continues

The Real Sea Get Realer on a Cutting Debut Dream Pop Single

On Emma Freeman’s “Silver Cup,” a TikTok Duet Becomes a Dewy Summer Single

(leave) Nelson B Makes Post-Genre Power Moves on The Famished. Remixes

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
