Music

Drawing a Line in the Sand with Martin Yates’s “Now or Never”

Martin Yates’s new single, “Now or Never”, doesn’t ask for your time; it issues a three-minute summons. This is the sound of someone pushing their chair back from the table, the scrape of the legs on the floor echoing a decision that’s been brewing for years. Channeling the wounded pride of 1960s soul legends, Yates builds a monument to the moment the heart finally...

Bayko & Les OG Unleashes An Infectious Single “241 (Amapiano Version)”

South African Rhythms Meet Gabonese Flair in This Cross-Continental Musical Conversation "241 (Amapiano Version)" After the success of "MBOLO," Bayko & Les OG are back with something that takes familiar parts and makes them sound completely new. "241 (Amapiano Version)" is a great example of how music from different cultures can blend together perfectly, with South African Amapiano's unique rhythmic rhythms meeting afro-pop's lyrical tastes. The music...

Ferdinand Rennie Turns Closing Night Anxiety Into a Big-Hearted Pop Ballad With “Why Do We Try?”

British singer Ferdinand Rennie gives a theatre character's final bow the kind of emotional punch that feels ready for playlists and late-night replays. Some...

Agnes Fred Makes Grief Feel Glitchy And Beautifully Out Of Reach In ‘After Death’

Some songs feel like opening a message you were never meant to read. Agnes Fred's 'After Death' has that private charge, the kind that...

MOMARZ Unleashes Synthwave Nostalgia on “THE THEORY”

Boston-based indie electronic producer MOMARZ just dropped his new EP, "THE THEORY", delivering a fiercely human reaction to an increasingly automated musical landscape. He...

Forging Trauma Into Triumph: Tahani – “Don’t Come Knocking”

Tahani, the Coleford-based singer-songwriter pulling therapeutic fire from the depths of the Forest of Dean, is stepping fully into the light to deliver her...

Written by T. Brown Finds Peace in the Club on “The Way She Goes”

Written by T. Brown captures a strange, beautiful contradiction on the new single, "The Way She Goes". T. Brown operates as a storyteller obsessed...

Faceless and Furious: OpCritical Ignites on “Not My America”

I don’t know who the people behind OpCritical actually are, but their furious debut single "Not My America" hits with the blinding, aggressive clarity...

“Infinity Fall II” is Watch Me Die Inside’s Brutal Sonic Autopsy

Sometimes you put on headphones expecting a brief escape, but Watch Me Die Inside's new single "Infinity Fall II" actively hunts down your peace...

The Radical Calm of Zióna Maré-Laveaux’s “FOLD ME LIKE SUNDAY”

Southern Louisiana Creole visionary Zióna Maré-Laveaux introduces her new single, "FOLD ME LIKE SUNDAY", and honestly, my immediate physical reaction was a sudden urge...

7Z MAXI Rises From Rock Bottom on “Back From The Dead”

When 7Z MAXI released his latest single, "Back From The Dead", the collision between the unforgiving pavement and the holy pulpit feels surprisingly organic....

A Wild Global Mosaic: Inside Koradan’s “Around the World…Music”

It’s a rare and bewildering thrill to encounter something as organically bizarre and entirely transportive as Koradan’s newest album, "Around the World...Music". The Italian...

Lock Your Doors and Hit Play on ReetoxA’s “Soliloquy”

ReetoxA fundamentally disrupts our modern, fragmented listening habits with the release of "Soliloquy", an epic double album that essentially demands to be swallowed whole....

The Shrubs Bring Sweaty, Analog Urgency to “Let Us In”

Houston-based psych-rock duo The Shrubs return with "Let Us In", a frantically catchy single that basically sugarcoats a societal breakdown in layers of infectious...