Track Review

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

Some songs are about after you’ve made the wrong decision. Some songs are about while you’re making the wrong decision. “Can’t get you out of my mind” by Michellar falls clearly into the latter category. “Can’t get you out of my mind” isn’t a song about healthy emotional boundaries. It isn’t a song about moving

After years fronting the alt-rock outfit Pseutopia, New York City’s Laji George moves to center stage on ‘This Is My World’, his debut solo single, opting for sincerity over flash. Released on July 2, the track is both a declaration of purpose and a personal introduction from a singer ready to embrace vulnerability. With elements

Picture this: walls shaking with distortion, bruised fists, and four musicians playing like they’ve survived the worst and have nothing left to fear. It’s not hard to imagine that that’s exactly what happened in the studio as The Broken Rich recorded Rise. The Broken Rich is a four-piece Australian alt-rock band known for their explosive

There’s something so endearing when artists choose to write about the places and people they know by heart. That’s exactly what Liz Nash does in Livin Like a Local, an irresistibly feel-good ode to community and belonging. Liz Nash is an artist from the quirky little town of Mount Dora, Florida. She’s now back with