Music

In his new extended play Northern Lights, Austin’s JD Lion explores the atmospheric end of the chill-hop spectrum across three short but entirely elaborate compositions that don’t require any previous knowledge of the genre to appreciate […]

Matt Soren’s individual brand of alternative electro-rock comes across in vivid fashion through his band project The One Tonic and the new EP release Won’t Stop. Rather than miring himself in the songwriting despair common to such […]

Vibrantly electrified in “You’ll Always Know,” psychedelically-tinged in “Line Through Space” and as rustic as they are surreal in “Seeing the World Without Filters,” the guitar parts in We Are Vibrational Beings’ Return to Love aren’t […]

Sounds of switching the radio dial starts the song. Muffled broadcasts lay atop each other. Static. Then, a throbbing bass guitar. Then, magic. The single “WTF” is from Tallahassee, Florida’s band Once Great Estate. Describing […]

We begin our journey with moderate rock singer/songwriter Gordy Hunt in his new album Mood Swings with the delightful sway of “Just Can’t Leave Her,” arguably the perfect tone-setter to kick of any tracklist, and although its […]

Atmospheric harmonies aren’t difficult for even the most novice of new age players to dream up, but they’re undoubtedly tough to execute unless provided with the best equipment and venue for recording possible. However, with […]

“An explorer’s guide to human suffering / By slimming it down to its barebones” sings Thomas Charlie Pedersen in the opening lines of his song “The Meriwether Pull,” one of the star tracks of the […]

Described by songwriter Scott Schaus as a “platonic love story”, his self-named music project Schaus releases their latest single “Hasan”. Anyone hoping for literal songwriting in the lyrical department will suffer disappointment because of the […]

In their new self-titled record, Mike Donello & the New Essentials introduce us to a soulful take on modern pop/rock that comes untethered to any of the commercial trends you might have heard while browsing […]

Scott Celani and his eponymous band have made some powerful melodies in the past, but in his new single “Home,” Celani arguably pushes himself harder than he ever has before. With his sharp lyrical wit […]

Rob Alexander is known for his gilded pipes, but in the second single from his album Being Myself, titled “Friend of Mine (Elton’s Epic),” he shows that he can do a heck of a lot more […]

If you thought rock n’ roll was dead at the end of the 2010s, you’re in for quite the wakeup call when you press play on the new single from Floridian rockers Kings County, “All […]