Track Review

Most artists try to make fear sound as loud as possible. Somehow, Rob Fletcher never felt the need to. As if he trusted the listener to sit with discomfort instead of drowning it out in his latest single, Hells Gate. Hailing from Wonthaggi, Australia, Rob Fletcher approaches alternative rock with an unwavering commitment to complete

It definitely takes some courage for an artist to make grief this audible while everyone tries to distill it down until it’s easier to digest. And that’s probably why the honesty in 11:11 by Kristy Chmura feels earned and sacred. Kristy Chmura continues to cement her path through intimate lyricism and emotive vocals with her

Two minutes definitely feels short, but for Milyam, it’s enough to prove a point. No lengthy intros, no complex production, just a little bit of attitude and haziness to make you stop what you’re doing and pay attention to all the things she’s about to say. Dream started off strong with its atmospheric, spacious beats,

Some songs ask for your attention; others achieve it by politely declining to scream into the aether. Naoko Hiranuma’s new “Sea of Light” firmly belongs in the second half. Between its sparse folk structure and airy dream-pop layers to the candid vocal performance, this is a track unfolding at the patient pace of a person

There’s a certain amount of swagger required to release a song that happily leaves its threads out on the seams. Modern music tends to devolve into a contest to weed out every single human flaw and to force every drum to align to the grid or smoothen vocals until they might qualify for a passport

Some songs definitely need more cliché and hopeless yearning. Thankfully, Bailey Grey isn’t afraid of either, giving you something that is straight out of a fairytale rom-com in 2000s. Bailey Grey, hailing from New Jersey, is an artist known for her captivating blend of indie, jazz, rock, folk, and alternative influences. She’s now back with

Sometimes, the only way to make music is to trust that it will find a way into listeners who will meet them halfway, not because of trends or algorithms, but in the ears of people who simply connect with it. And somehow, it felt like George Styles leaned into that philosophy while making Better Conversation.

There’s no other way to describe Demand Perfection by Reetoxa aside from the fact that it feels like meeting one of the men who wandered out of the movie Materialists. The one who’s walking head high with impossible standards, a fat wallet, and the belief that love is just another luxury purchase. At the heart

Despite the brilliantly melodramatic title, Piper Connolly‘s latest single “body bag”, which sounds like the title for either a horror soundtrack or early-2000s emo compilation album has nothing at all to do with the actual idea of death. The idea that “nobody can do what we all see as justice”, in this song about people