EP Review

Sometimes, all it needs is a friend, his music room, and a stubborn idea that kept looping for years to create a masterpiece like Mark Moule’s debut EP, Only Love. Mark Moule is a singer-songwriter from Busselton, Australia, whose deeply emotional writing style carries traces of legends like Cat Stevens and Phil Collins. And that

There is a very specific emotional space that rock bands love to gesture toward but almost never commit to living in, and that space is the middle of things. Not the cinematic beginning where everything is charged with meaning, not the triumphant or devastating ending where everything finally makes sense, but the long, ambiguous stretch

When an artist knows how not to get lost in bravado and noise, you’ll get something like I.K.P’s latest EP, PSYCHE. And it’s not your average hip-hop because at its core are lived experiences that make each track feel earned instead of performed. Kenny M. Alvarez, known artistically as I.K.P. (The Infamous King of Positivity),

Back in my early days, I remember listening to Maroon 5’s album ‘Songs of Jane’ and getting my mind blown because of how good it was to a point that I want to gatekeep it to myself but at the same time, I want to share to my friends because I know they would be

There was a very specific moment in the early ’90s when producers collectively decided that the solution to any musical idea was, simply, to put a house beat under it. Didn’t matter what “it” was. Folk song? Add a four-on-the-floor. Eurodance hook? Obviously. Traditional tune your uncle plays at weddings? Give it a kick drum

Brian Bee Frank’s first solo EP, Chasing the Dragon, blends the vibe of a Swedish studio with memories from the 1960s. On the lead single “Hate,” he reflects on his youth to find lessons for today’s divided world. The track “Time” feels like watching a sunset you wish would last a little longer. The song

There’s a particular kind of brain spiral that happens at 2:17 a.m. You’re replaying a conversation from 2019, planning your five-year trajectory, imagining your enemies thriving out of spite, and somehow also convinced a minor typo will end your career. It’s not quite anxiety, not quite ambition. It’s more like your mind has decided to

Before we begin, let me ask you: have you heard a one-of-one record? Today is your lucky day because Midnite Radio’s EP ‘Auntie’ can be a great contender for that title. We start with ‘Reboot the Drought.’ What I specifically like about this track is its hypnotic and uneasy feel. The first few seconds feel

Let’s begin with a cassette tape. Not metaphorically. Literally. The first thing you hear on Uprooted, the new EP from Toronto-based alternative R&B artist Ember L.I, is the soft, unmistakable click of plastic and magnetic tape being shuffled into place. It’s eight seconds long. It does almost nothing. And it tells you basically everything you

There’s a specific kind of tension that runs through Sorry Not Sorry, the second EP from London-based singer, songwriter, and producer EL$ON. It’s the tension between wanting to move on and not quite being ready to let go. This project feels less like a comeback and more like a confession. The shift in identity isn’t