Album Review

You’ll definitely understand why Giffy Plugo describes “Douda Deluxe” as a grown-man rap. In a pool of albums built out of trends and never-ending clout, there are few records that carry authenticity while remaining firmly grounded. To cut it short, this is swag that isn’t borrowed but something that’s earned. Giffy Plugo is a Chicago-born

You’ll definitely know when an artist poured their soul when their music feels less like a performance and more like a shared moment. That’s Jernej Zoran’s “Watching The World Go By”, and it leaves you with something to hold onto as if it knows the weight of the things you carried through. Hailing from Novo

Some debut albums try so hard to fit into trends, some even fall for the polished, hollow sounds that trades artistic identity for applause. But Aseo Deogeo’s debut album “Revenge” is one the few that gives you bops along with character and personality. Hailing from Memphis, TN, Aseo Deogeo is an author, school teacher, and

There is a particular kind of bravery in making an instrumental album in 2025. Not the obvious bravery, like “I am challenging the listener” or “this is a bold artistic statement,” but the quieter, more dangerous kind: the willingness to trust that people will sit still long enough to let the music explain itself. Hearty

There’s an age-old question that all of us, music lovers, should be asking ourselves. With the rise of technology, what’s the future of music? And I think I have an answer for that question. K. Walsh had just released his newest album, ‘A Light in the Darkness‘. Join me as I discuss this album in

I’ll be honest: I understand only a bit of Italian; just enough to recognize when someone is talking about love, death, food, or all three simultaneously, which is about 90% of Italian music anyway. And yet 21 Grammi, the new album from Giuseppe Cucè, completely disarmed me. It’s one of those records that bypasses language,

There’s something phenomenal and grounded when an artist fully utilizes sound, no lyrics, stripped down to its bare texture and elements. ØRBITA’s debut album “Gravity” fully embodies this process, giving you synthwave that isn’t just about gloss and polish, but with something more reflective and human. ØRBITA is the brainchild of Bali-based independent music producer

On my last deep-dive on Bastion’s Wake, you’ll remember his central argument: that the band’s debut showed a lot of potential. It was a blueprint, a proof-of-concept; the sound of musicians circling the perimeter of something bigger, stranger, and more emotionally ambitious than their own early confidence could fully articulate. Go Tell the Bees, their

Bailey Grey enters the indie arena with Love It All, a 15-track debut that behaves less like an introduction and more like someone finally deciding to live with the lights on. It’s a near-hour of emotional overabundance; the kind of debut that refuses to politely occupy a corner of your listening queue and instead sprawls