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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.
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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..."
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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DJ Connor
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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]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/carlile-human-human-1725419997.jpg)
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]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/agnes33-1725404323.jpg)
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

Cub Sport Finds ‘Jesus at the Gay Bar’ in a Moment of Musical Ascendance
April 10, 2023
‘Jesus at the Gay Bar’ is a delectable album sure to fill your head, heart, and soul.
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DJ Connor
![Orla Gartland Feels It All on "The Hit," Announces 'Everybody Needs a Hero' Album [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/orla-gartland-the-hit-1722016074.jpg)
Orla Gartland Feels It All on "The Hit," Announces 'Everybody Needs a Hero' Album [Q&A]
July 26, 2024
I think I've become louder, bolder, braver.
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DJ Connor
![Kita Alexander Provides a Moment of Indulgent Pop Respite in "Press Pause" [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/kita-alexander-press-pause-1743646719.jpg)
Kita Alexander Provides a Moment of Indulgent Pop Respite in "Press Pause" [Q&A]
April 3, 2025
"'Press Pause' is about the quiet power of being present for someone when their world feels like it’s falling apart."
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DJ Connor
![hey, nothing On the Intersection of Pickleball and Musicianship [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/t_wc_p5_p-g-1741713947.jpeg)
hey, nothing On the Intersection of Pickleball and Musicianship [Q&A]
March 11, 2025
The Athens-based alt-folk duo gives the latest on their cold, but enveloping EP 33º.
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DJ Connor
![10 Questions With Jessiqa Jones on Her New Sound and Single "it's milk, DON’T CRY!" [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/jessiqa-jones-its-milk-dont-cry-1713297222.jpg)
10 Questions With Jessiqa Jones on Her New Sound and Single "it's milk, DON’T CRY!" [Q&A]
April 16, 2024
"Funnily enough, I’ve dropped milk jugs and sobbed before but that’s a story for a different day."
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DJ Connor

Ella Isaacson's "Out of My Head" Is an Ambitious Pop Stunner
August 26, 2021
Ella's latest single is very likely to get stuck in your head.
Author:
DJ Connor
![NOT A TOY Kick Off Our Sad Summer With the Earworm "say so" [Premiere]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/not-a-toy-say-so-1689181679.jpeg)
NOT A TOY Kick Off Our Sad Summer With the Earworm "say so" [Premiere]
July 12, 2023
"say so" is all about "this idea of wanting someone so bad, but you’re stuck in limbo waiting for them to finally say how they feel."
Author:
DJ Connor

Bad Sounds Take Us Through Their ‘Escaping from a Violent Time’ Series Track by Track
June 12, 2024
Brothers Callum and Ewan were kind enough to dig into this wondrous album, taking us down the rabbit hole of your best summer escape plan.
Author:
DJ Connor
![Lucy Park is in the 'GOOD GRACES' of London After Saying Goodbye to LA [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/hq720-1747784304.jpg)
Lucy Park is in the 'GOOD GRACES' of London After Saying Goodbye to LA [Q&A]
May 21, 2025
Pivoting from the sunny, but isolating excess of LA, to old world London, Lucy has clearly put her writing on good graces because her latest EP of the same name is properly some of her most gorgeous compositions.
Author:
DJ Connor
![Christian Sean Basks in the Pop Glory of 'Hallelujah Showers' [Q&A]](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/onestowatch-v2/christian-sean-interview-1738346522.jpeg)
Christian Sean Basks in the Pop Glory of 'Hallelujah Showers' [Q&A]
January 31, 2025
Rejuvenating, primordial, an existential explosion for your senses...
Author:
DJ Connor