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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.
Sherwyn's EP "Spin City" Captures the Dizzy Vulnerability of Falling in Love [Q&A]
January 8, 2026
From collaborating with his twin brother to radical optimism, we got all the latest from Sherwyn.
Author:
DJ Connor
Adam Klobi Chases Nostalgia in Latest Single, "FICTION" [Q&A]
January 24, 2026
We sat down with Adam to hear the latest on his exciting year ahead, as well as comic book illustrators, songs that sound like they were played in your mom's garage, and Klobi's very own musical Cinderella story.
Author:
DJ Connor
Malammore's Album, Aurora, Is A Multlingual, Multi-Genre, Showstopping Debut
January 25, 2026
The Portuguese singer and producer jumps into identity, ideas and spirituality over a dose of intoxicatingly rhythmic songs.
Author:
DJ Connor
Coach Party Celebrates a Sickly Sweet Album and In-Your-Face Single, "Nurse Depression" [Q&A]
January 27, 2026
Loud, brash and generating an energy that seems pertinent to our current times, COACH PARTY is a band that feels sweet in its effects, and deliciously not-sweet in sound.
Author:
DJ Connor
Stanley Simmons Take You on a Mystical Trip in "Body Down" Video [Premiere + Q&A]
February 4, 2026
"I feel like music is slipping back into an era of real albums, but there was a long time where records weren’t really records."
Author:
DJ Connor
Mandolin Captures a Palpable Warmth in ‘same feeling, different font’ [Q&A]
February 3, 2026
Leaving an album like 'same feeling, different font on read' is just not an option.
Author:
DJ Connor
Dogpark Takes Off the Leash in the Biting 'Corporate Pudding' [Q&A]
February 5, 2026
"We’re trying to reach a point where Dogpark sounds exactly like Dogpark."
Author:
DJ Connor