Music

Unpacking “SORRY” by The Alessandro Savino Project.

The Alessandro Savino Project serves up a new single, “SORRY,” and it arrives feeling less like a song and more like a strange, beautiful confession made under the low-wattage glow of a bar sign after everyone else has gone home. The word itself is so insufficient, isn't it? A pebble of a word meant to fill a canyon. But this track isn't the pebble;...

Lemon Asks for Realness in “Gimme Something True”

This one hits like finding an unexpectedly perfect strawberry in a punnet full of slightly squashed ones. Lemon, the Dutch outfit featuring Mark ‘Bong The Bass’ Bongers, Paul Hesen, Ralf Hesen, and Thomas Gense, lob "Gimme Something True" into the fray, and it lands with a bright, almost demanding, splash. It’s got that sun-drenched, baggy strut of Madchester about it, doesn’t it? A psychedelic...

Glass Cabin Delivers Cinematic Grit on “Emmylou”

Listening to the new release from Glass Cabin, the album "Emmylou", feels like finding a box of letters you were never meant to read,...

The Fever Dream Clarity of Amy Jay’s “MNEMONICS”

Listening to Amy Jay’s latest album "MNEMONICS" is a bit like discovering a stack of sticky notes you wrote to yourself during a fever...

Cool JB Drops Highly Anticipated Crossover Project ‘UNIVERSE’

Rising Nigerian artist Cool JB has officially unveiled his new full-length album, UNIVERSE — a genre-blending Afrofusion project where street reality meets spiritual reflection....

Dove Nicol Officially Releases Self-Titled Debut EP

The journey of "a woman becoming" is now fully realized in sound. Dove Nicol, the compelling Sierra Leonean-born, Ghana-based artist, has officially released her...

AKA Primetime Locks into a Dangerous Groove on “Electric Blue”

With the release of AKA Primetime’s latest single, "Electric Blue", I found myself instinctively checking if the heating in my apartment was actually on,...

A Punchy Christmas Revolt: Jamie Alimorad Shares “Santa Sucks”

There is a specific kind of betrayal reserved for the morning of December 25th, and with Jamie Alimorad releasing "Santa Sucks", that indignity finally...

More Than Greatest Hits: The Evolution of Suris on “Rare Brew”

There is something distinctly architectural about the way Suris constructed "Rare Brew," the latest collection from the husband-and-wife duo Lindsey and David Mackie. While...

Why Pimpin Change’s “Luxury Pimpin” Demands Your Patience

There is a distinctive friction when you listen to Pimpin Change and his upcoming album, “Luxury Pimpin”, something like the satisfying drag of a...

The Soothing Vibrations of Shelita’s “I’m So In Love With You”

There is a distinct, almost anti-gravitational buoyancy to the latest release from Shelita, titled "I’m So In Love With You", that defies the typical...

Emmanuel Juddah Releases New Powerful New Gospel Anthem “Great Faith (Gyidi Kese Bi)”

Emmanuel Juddah has put out a new song called "Great Faith (Gyidi Kese Bi)" that features Shadrack Yeboah and Graceland Music. The song is about...

The Widows: Stripping Back the Glamour on “Bardo Blues”

With The Widows and their jagged new single "Bardo Blues", the speakers don't just output sound; they seem to physically sweat. From the opening...

Oli Ng Offers a Sonic Exhale in “Steadfast”

With Oli Ng and his latest release, "Steadfast," I found myself suddenly transported away from my cluttered desk and into a passenger seat, watching...