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Shelailai's Debut EP “Butterfly Effect” Sets Genre-Fusion into Motion
September 17, 2024
A wordsmith and world builder, her lyrics lean poetic, light and punchy, whatever the tempo.
Author:
DJ Connor
PIAO Pens an Ode to Childhood Pets and Missed Chances in “pagingbubu”
September 13, 2024
“'pagingbubu' is for your childhood dog in the sky, the critters in pet shops, and for all the lost time and missed opportunities..."
Author:
DJ Connor
Sawyer Hill Is Charting a New Era of Rock With "High On My Lows"
September 11, 2024
Hill is an artist unafraid to admit, “I wanna write great songs.”
Author:
DJ Connor
Sarah Kinsley Delivers an Otherworldy Debut Album in ‘Escaper’
September 9, 2024
'Escaper' evokes that reality-suspending feeling of dreams, plumed with feelings of curiosity, grief, love, and loss.
Author:
DJ Connor
Ashe Transforms Life's Trials and Tribulations Into a Brilliant Pop Gem in ‘Willson’
September 6, 2024
'Willson' easily emerges as a contender for any and all album of the year lists.
Author:
DJ Connor
Leyya Takes Us Through Their Latest Album 'Half Asleep,' Track By Track
September 4, 2024
'Half Asleep' is an album that grasps at what’s between sleeping and being awake, between digital and analog.
Author:
DJ Connor
SWEET SPINE's ‘break//neck’ Is Absolute Fuel for Ferocious Fun
September 4, 2024
"It’s our first project that truly feels like 'ours,' and truthfully, it’s the first body of work that has ever felt like a 'Sweet Spine' project."
Author:
DJ Connor
Carlile Casts a Pop Spell in Debut Album 'Human Human' [Q&A]
September 4, 2024
"'Human Human' is an exploration of emotion through song."
Author:
DJ Connor
Agnes Azria Chases a Fleeting Reality in ‘You're Not Real’ [Q&A]
September 4, 2024
I aimed to find some form of resolution (self-help at its finest), and this time it manifested as 'You’re Not Real.'
Author:
DJ Connor
Leah Mason's 'HEXED' is a Time Capsule of Her Twenties [Track-by-Track]
August 28, 2024
HEXED has a lifespan rich with love, betrayal, and the full spectrum of emotions between, soundtracked by lilting pop sensibilities.
VC Pines' ‘Viole(n)t Colour’ EP Is the Soft Behind Rough Edges [Q&A]
June 3, 2025
We chatted with the South London artist about stretching, burning out, and the potential to be the tallest pine in the forest.
Author:
DJ Connor
Satiate Your Club Fantasies on Kiimi's Electronic Dream of an EP "Pixie"
July 11, 2025
We happily caught Kiimi on a sweltering London day where they gave us the inside scoop on their project.
Author:
DJ Connor
renforshort Takes Us Through ‘a girl's experience,’ Track by Track
June 16, 2025
‘a girls experience’ traces an alternative pop course through feelings of nostalgia, desperate crushes, and coming of age.
Author:
DJ Connor
There Is A Home Inside Madilyn Mei's "Can of Worms" [Q&A]
July 31, 2025
Wanting to dig deeper into this young & promising artist's very unique approach, we popped on the laptop window box to learn more.
Author:
DJ Connor
Marta Knight is 'Unbothered' and We're Following Suit [Q&A]
May 13, 2025
This Barcelona-based artist blends elements of 90s folk-rock with modern indie pop.
Author:
DJ Connor
June Freedom's Casa Mira Mar Is An Album of Nourishment [Q&A]
July 24, 2025
After hearing this album, we invited the dynamic author to come in and speak with us to reveal his many talents: cooking, horseback riding and most importantly music.
Author:
DJ Connor
Fall Into the Trance of Charlotte OC's 'Seriously Love, Go Home' [Q&A]
July 21, 2025
We’ve had a sonic crush on Charlotte OC since we caught her at a distant pre-pandemic SXSW set.
Author:
DJ Connor
It's 4pm in the Morning Somewhere, If Felicity Has Anything to Do With It
August 7, 2025
Wanting to catch up on the amazing EP and so much more, we spoke to Felicity via the inter webs, and found out whats happens at four in the morning here.
Author:
DJ Connor
Fly by Midnight Take Us Along The Fastest Time Of Their Lives [Q&A]
August 14, 2025
Curious about the origins of this excellent pop record, we caught the friends and collaborators prior to their Fall tour, check it out here.
Author:
DJ Connor
Takayoshi Delivers a Burst of Emphatic 'songs that can fit in your pocket'
August 23, 2023
'songs that can fit in your pocket' is no misnomer, emerging as a tidy brief collection of songs that energize, deliver poignantly, and then shift into the next track.
Author:
DJ Connor