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Tobacco Road Will Turn Your Day Around with New Single "Too Far Gone" [Q&A]

Tobacco Road Will Turn Your Day Around with New Single "Too Far Gone" [Q&A]

November 6, 2026 Filled with great harmonies, finger-picked melodies, and guitar licks, it’s a soulful song in every fashion: a showcase for the varied influences the band imbues.
Author: DJ Connor
You Can't Tell Friday Pilots Club Nothing [Q&A]

You Can't Tell Friday Pilots Club Nothing [Q&A]

November 6, 2026 We sat down with Friday Pilots Club to hear about their latest release, EP1.
Author: DJ Connor
Monsune Breaks Seven Years of Silence With Debut Album ‘Sure’

Monsune Breaks Seven Years of Silence With Debut Album ‘Sure’

November 6, 2026 A strong collection of tracks analyzing grief, uncertainty, and transition, all held together by what he calls a kind of reluctant optimism.
Author: Matt Keenan
No Dream is Too Big, Too Big for Bo Staloch [Q&A]

No Dream is Too Big, Too Big for Bo Staloch [Q&A]

November 6, 2026 He's reminding listeners that even when the world feels overwhelming, there's comfort in knowing you're not the only one trying to figure it all out.
Author: Taylor Brooks
EP
Reinventing Yourself 101: A Masterclass from Mai Anna and her ‘Baby Blue’ EP

Reinventing Yourself 101: A Masterclass from Mai Anna and her ‘Baby Blue’ EP

November 6, 2026 So many songwriters capture a single moment or time in a song, but Mai Anna tries something even bolder by showing us how her songs can change over time across languages and with a new perspective.
Author: Matt Keenan
R&B
EP
Odette Turns Years of Wreckage Into Hope on Independent Third Album ‘Blink’

Odette Turns Years of Wreckage Into Hope on Independent Third Album ‘Blink’

November 6, 2026 With 'Blink', Odette gives us an answer to nihilism and a love letter to enduring hope, and the songs back that up by sitting honestly with that chaos before reaching into the light.
Author: Matt Keenan
Penelope Road is Not Afraid to Change on Album, Penelope Road [Q&A]

Penelope Road is Not Afraid to Change on Album, Penelope Road [Q&A]

November 5, 2026 Maybe In Time is collage of pop influences that rewards repeat-listening.
Author: DJ Connor
pop
Bryce Bishop Reminds Us That Genres Still Don’t Apply on ‘whatever’

Bryce Bishop Reminds Us That Genres Still Don’t Apply on ‘whatever’

November 4, 2026 With his latest album, whatever, Bishop continues to move between sounds, influences, and ideas with little concern for where any of it is supposed to fit.
Author: Alessandra Rincon
MONSTA X Until We Die: [THE X: NEXUS] Tour Concert Review

MONSTA X Until We Die: [THE X: NEXUS] Tour Concert Review

November 3, 2026 After almost 3 hours of performing, one thing is clear: there is something for everyone at a MONSTA X concert.
Author: Nicole Oshima
pop
EDM
nate sib & The Kid LAROI Sync Up For “Face Card” Remix

nate sib & The Kid LAROI Sync Up For “Face Card” Remix

November 3, 2026 The duo premiered the remix this past weekend at the Manchester Victoria Warehouse, providing fans the opportunity to experience their chemistry for the first time in a live setting.
Author: Noah Wade
pop
10 Questions With little luna [Q&A]

10 Questions With little luna [Q&A]

November 2, 2026 The natural, flower like energy of little luna’s sound folds easily into this seven track effort, filled with clever writing, shifting melodic settings, it really does feel like a walk through a wondrous garden.
Author: DJ Connor
EP
Tiger LaFlor Steps Into A Time Machine on HOLLYWOODLAND [Q&A]

Tiger LaFlor Steps Into A Time Machine on HOLLYWOODLAND [Q&A]

November 2, 2026 We sat down with this visionary artist to deep dive on her very specific creative process.
Author: DJ Connor
pop

grentperez on Finding Himself Through Tito g00se and Capturing Love That’s Bigger than Earth [Q&A]

October 30, 2026 We chatted with the artist about “close to you,” how playing the character of Tito g00se has allowed him to feel like his most authentic self, and reflecting on his art (and life) now that his frontal lobe is almost fully developed.
Author: Nicole Oshima
UMI
DeathbyRomy Turns Teenage Turmoil Into Heavy Pop Euphoria on ‘Teenage Fever Dream’

DeathbyRomy Turns Teenage Turmoil Into Heavy Pop Euphoria on ‘Teenage Fever Dream’

October 30, 2026 On Teenage Fever Dream, DeathbyRomy revisits the messy, reckless, often painful experiences that molded her, transforming them into a record that feels as confrontational as it is cathartic.
Author: Alessandra Rincon
Niko Rubio’s Debut Album Takes Listeners For A Late Night Swim

Niko Rubio’s Debut Album Takes Listeners For A Late Night Swim

October 30, 2026 The project's sonic background incorporates trip-hop influences, tinged with Latin rhythms, alternative pop instrumentation, and reggae beats to create a unique, sultry fusion sound that accompanies Rubio's bright and engaging vocals.
Author: India Yeoh
pop
favourite daughter Earns ‘bragger’s rights’ With Humorous And Heartfelt EP

favourite daughter Earns ‘bragger’s rights’ With Humorous And Heartfelt EP

October 30, 2026 Life is all about the lessons you learn, and no one knows that better than favourite daughter. On her new EP, bragger’s rights, she delivers a sonically-focused collection of songs that share the good, the bad, and the just plain funny parts of getting older.
Author: India McCarty
pop
EP
Elke Returns To Childhood Memories On New Album ‘Big Mike’ [Q+A]

Elke Returns To Childhood Memories On New Album ‘Big Mike’ [Q+A]

October 30, 2026 Her new album is an exploration of love through the lens of childhood naivety and wonder, all scored by warm, stripped-back instrumentals.
Author: India McCarty
Mollie Elizabeth Tackles The Disappointments Of Adulthood On ‘People Pleaser’

Mollie Elizabeth Tackles The Disappointments Of Adulthood On ‘People Pleaser’

October 30, 2026 All the world’s a stage, as Shakespeare once said, and Mollie Elizabeth is putting on her own kind of show.
Author: India McCarty
pop
EP
Jahson Paynter Counts The Cost of Love On His Second EP ‘hold me, don’t hold back!’

Jahson Paynter Counts The Cost of Love On His Second EP ‘hold me, don’t hold back!’

October 29, 2026 Moving somewhere in the space of alternative R&B, folk, and textured bedroom pop, this five-track project sits inside the contradictions of loving someone while learning to live more honestly with yourself in the process, and he does it with a voice that’s unguarded from the very first note to the very last.
Author: Matt Keenan
R&B
EP
Stand Atlantic Find Freedom in the Beautiful Chaos of GODBREATH | THE NOISE

Stand Atlantic Find Freedom in the Beautiful Chaos of GODBREATH | THE NOISE

October 29, 2026 Apparently, being happy looks pretty damn good on Stand Atlantic. After years of turning emotional turmoil into explosive pop-punk anthems, the Australian four-piece are trading some of their familiar angst for something a little less expected, joy.
Author: Alessandra Rincon
Jazzy’s 'Peace & Patience’ Is A Dance Record With Depth [Q&A]

Jazzy’s 'Peace & Patience’ Is A Dance Record With Depth [Q&A]

October 27, 2026 Full of range, revealing and honest in ways most dance record never delve into, Peace & Patience is an instant classic, and will certainly be a trendy ROTY pick in the next few months.
Author: DJ Connor
Pop
Noah Levine Comes to Terms with Reality on “Want It More”

Noah Levine Comes to Terms with Reality on “Want It More”

October 27, 2026 An innate pop orator, Levine’s instinctual melodic choices lead him upwards to his floaty falsetto in the chorus, during which he answers the questions he presents to both himself and his subject in the verses.
Author: Noah Wade
Mila Bea Invites Us Into the Milaverse With “What we want and need from love”

Mila Bea Invites Us Into the Milaverse With “What we want and need from love”

October 26, 2026 At just 18, Mila Bea has already established herself as an artist through her intimate songwriting and creative direction. On her latest single, “What we want and need from love,” she explores heartbreak, self-worth, and the complicated process of letting go.
Author: Chancey Stefanos
pop
Allow Blake Proehl To Introduce Himself [Q&A]

Allow Blake Proehl To Introduce Himself [Q&A]

October 26, 2026 Making music finds can find its way into an artist's life from the most unlikely places. For Blake Proehl, that's trading the football helmet for a pen and a mic.
Author: DJ Connor
pop
EP
Katherine Li Creates an Intimate Diary of Self-Growth with Debut Album ‘I Love You, or Whatever’

Katherine Li Creates an Intimate Diary of Self-Growth with Debut Album ‘I Love You, or Whatever’

October 23, 2026 Katherine Li has already proven her resonant skill of capturing the familiar anxieties of wondering whether someone will love back, but now in her debut album I Love You, or Whatever, she unapologetically steps into the more nuanced sides of connection and personal growth.
Author: Alysa Benson
pop