New Music

Obscentra Is a Storm in Neon Lighting, and Alessiah Controls It With Unnerving Precision

Album Review, International, New Music

Most people celebrate their eighteenth birthday with cake, bad photos, and maybe one of those “haha, I’m legal now” jokes that’s only funny if you’re drunk. Alessiah, on the other hand, decided to release Obscentra, her debut album. Because why settle for a party when you can drop a meticulously crafted, emotionally destructive pop record […]

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Mike Masser’s “5” is Less Like A Comeback and More of a Reckoning

Album Review, International, New Music

Music needs balance. Focus on technicalities, it’ll turn empty. Pour too much of emotions, it’ll drift away. You will find Mike Masser’s latest album, “5” in the middle, dominating the stage with a vengeance that feels less like a comeback and more of a reckoning. After 4 years, the US-based artist Mike Masser is back

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American Grim’s “Secrets of Roswell” Is Paranoia Made Audible

International, New Music, Track Review

Here’s the thing about conspiracy theories: they’re never really about aliens, or lizards, or whatever cryptid you’ve decided stole your uncle’s cows. They’re about trust. Or, more accurately, the lack of it. American Grim’s “Secrets of Roswell” understands this. Sure, it throws the word “Roswell” around and sprinkles in your classic UFO jargon but it’s

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Anna Dahl’s Little Bit Country Is a Glittery-Boot-Kick Away From the Regular

EP Review, International, New Music

If you Spotify, click on whatever playlist is curated by a man in a Nashville office who probably has the word “synergy” written on his whiteboard, you’ll likely be assaulted by a wave of bright voices, stadium-ready choruses, and lyrics about tailgates that sound suspiciously like they were assembled by AI. It’s a genre where

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On Welcome Home by JaySol, We Get Something Closer to a Cosmic Trap Mixtape Stitched Together With Indie-Rap DIY Grit

Album Review, International, New Music

Hip-hop, as a genre, is obsessed with beginnings. The block you grew up on. The first demo you cut in someone’s basement where the mic is literally duct-taped to a broom handle. The debut album that says, “Here I am, please take me seriously.” It’s a ritual. Which is why Welcome Home by JaySol, straight

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If Music Were Recorded For Authenticity Over Perfection, It Would Be A WOLF LIKE ME’s “Driving With Lilly”

International, New Music, Track Review

If a song was recorded more for the feeling and authenticity than for perfection, it would’ve been A WOLF LIKE ME’s Driving With Lilly. You’ll get no spectacle, no unnecessary layers, only an embrace to imperfection that’s endlessly replayable. Aaron Reiter’s brainchild, A WOLF LIKE ME is back with the summer’s indie rock anthem Driving

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