Music

Conceptual records don’t have to extend aesthetical ambitions with the use of camp, and I think the new progressive outing from L.A.-based alternative rockers Illuminaut does a lot to solidify this statement as truth. While […]

There is welcomed plasticity to the synthetic melody we open “Count on Me” with that I would normally detest in any setting outside of pure pop music, but for whatever reason, it precludes the stirring […]

In pop music, using lyrics to create an identity at the start of your career isn’t especially uncommon, but to do so the way that Angel Hilson does in her debut release “Just This Once” […]

With evasive fretwork and a fleeting dissonance in the melodicism directly behind her in the track, Psyclo constructs an intimate performance in her new single “I’m Not Lovesick” that might surprise a lot of listeners […]

Using music to create some perspective among the audience is a part of the fabric of what American pop is, and in his powerful new single “Chariots of Fire,” this is exactly what rapper Bobby-G […]

Traveling, whether it be a road trip or a venture across the ocean, requires a certain kind of a soundtrack to really complete the experience, and in Mumex Trio’s Folds of Time, I think 2022 gets […]

Darko the Super got a lot of critical acclaim for his album Great White Buffalo, and behind the verses in the record were samples from the one and only Dean Friedman, whose influence is unquestionably […]

When a pop song is centered on vibrant vocal harmonies, you’ve got to have a strong singer driving the hook home, which is exactly what “Promised Land” has going for this February. With the incredibly […]

Elektragaaz gives listeners nothing but musical genius on their new EP The Synaesthetic Picture Show, Now Playing Part 4. The six track EP comes out February 8th and is the fourth release in their Synaesthetic […]

Meshing the best elements of both blues and country music together isn’t a new concept by any means, but in the new single “Out for a Ride” by Andy Aledort, the acclaimed singer, songwriter, and […]

At first glance, it would seem that everyone in folk music wants to be known for some highbrow concept right now, and in this sense, you could say that the debut single from Yardan, “Buzzin’ […]

Robert Miller is undeniably one of the most respected players on the indie side of fusion nowadays, and when listening to his new record with Project Grand Slam, The Shakespeare Concert, it isn’t hard to grasp […]

Whipping world and classical music in with arch popular music devices seems like a recipe for disaster. Flutists Patricia Lazzara and Steve Markoff, however, are exceptions to the rule in their ongoing collaboration with pianist […]

If you want to fall in love just listen to Rina Chanel’s new single Sweetest of Melody. It’ll inspire even the most cynical person to be excited about the magic of romance. That’s what Chanel […]