Monthly Archives: May, 2020

ErickOscar introduces his new Latin pop single, “Mi Gente y mi Tierra Panamá,” with the sort of earnest conviction that comes from thirty-four years of loving a homeland from across borders. A Panamanian native and longtime U.S. resident, the acoustic guitarist and self-directed producer builds his own instrumental and vocal arrangements from scratch, infusing an eclectic catalog with raw, personal substance. https://open.spotify.com/track/4ZybjpyiRhvpdkxs1vN4cc?si=e8f9d3a19e4b4246 The track begins with...

Anastasia Rydlevskaya makes rage feel methodical on Alchemia. Her fourth full-length album takes the four classical stages of alchemy and turns them into a hard-edged account of betrayal, trauma and feminine power. Nigredo, Albedo and Calcinatio, Citrinitas, then Rubedo each push the heroine into a new state. The result sits firmly in dark electronic music, but it also carries experimental pop and pagan motifs. That framing...