Music

Guess Pre “Clarity”: A Sonic Blender of Angst

Guess Pre's "Clarity." The name itself feels like a punchline missing its joke, or maybe the setup to a philosophical riddle I'm not equipped to solve. Gregory Stanton, the Wisconsin-based artist behind the moniker, has served up a nine-track album that's… well, it's trying to be a lot of things, and surprisingly, mostly succeeding. https://open.spotify.com/album/2hV27eRxEJp08kML02uRW1 This isn't background music for folding laundry. It's more like the...

Fireboy DML – Playboy (Official Video)

Fireboy DML - Playboy (Official Video) After making this very song a megahit, he has presented the accompanying visuals to "Playboy" shot and directed by TG Omori. Watch the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Ceoz1hlyw  

RCee Releases ‘Young Daddy’ EP, Cementing His Status As A Leading Force In Highlife

Ghanaian highlife powerhouse RCee has officially unveiled his highly anticipated EP, Young Daddy; a bold, fully realized body of work that reaffirms his position...

Maddy Carty Drops the Emotional Guillotine on “Otherhood”

When Maddy Carty opens her new EP, "Otherhood", she bypasses the shiny veneer of typical pop releases and aims squarely for the marrow of...

Swaying Through the Sorrow with Tomasz Kowalczyk and Benita Rose’s “Benita Rose Plays Tomasz Kowalczyk”

Tomasz Kowalczyk and Benita Rose have delivered something beautifully startling with their collaborative album, "Benita Rose Plays Tomasz Kowalczyk". It takes a staggering amount...

Stadium-Sized Catharsis: Sonic Rade Unveils “Berlin”

For their fifth studio album, the Geneva-based indie rock outfit Sonic Rade shares "Berlin", an intensely resonant record heavily steeped in the aura of...

Harsh Language Delivers a Jagged Sonic Shock on “Helium Heart”

London-based band Harsh Language recently dropped their staggering new single "Helium Heart," successfully capturing the untethered, dizzying panic of sudden grief. The three-piece Sean...

Teen Angst Meets Aggressive Fuzz: LED Unveils “YOUR PERFECT”

When the Los Angeles teen trio LED dropped their new single "YOUR PERFECT", I was violently thrown back into the absolute, suffocating gravity of...

Litiges! Channels The Weight Of The Past Into A Post-Punk Anthem In ‘You’re Freakin’ Me Out’

The Parisian Litiges! quartet delivers a visceral debut single 'You're Freakin' Me Out' that explores the exhaustion of conditional love. There is a distinct, heavy...

MILYAM Commands The Shadows In ‘Lost In The Jungle’

In the current environment of alternative pop, artists are increasingly expected to deliver music that functions as a multi-sensory experience. MILYAM, an independent artist...

Austin Feldman Engineers A Perpetual Motion Machine In ‘Time’

The club environment operates on its own internal clock. Minutes stretch into hours under the strobe lights, and hours compress into fleeting moments when...

Alex Winters Dismantles The Architecture of Self-Preservation In ‘Break In’

The Austin-based songwriter Alex Winters turns the terrifying act of emotional surrender into a towering alt-rock confession. There is a specific kind of silence that...

Disruption as Survival: Antoin Gibson Strikes Hard with “Diss Tribute”

London-based sonic architect Antoin Gibson throws us a jagged anchor in a sea of engineered algorithms with her ferocious new single, "Diss Tribute". The...

Two Whatevers Turn The Internet’s Noise Into a Dance Floor In ‘Punk Deluxe’

The Chicago duo Two Whatevers drops a genre-smashing, high-energy protest album 'Punk Deluxe' that makes fighting hyper-capitalism sound like the best party of the...