There is a specific kind of atmospheric pressure that descends in December, and with Mick J. Clark dropping his single "It's Christmas Party Time ", the barometer just shattered. Clark isn’t exactly a stranger to the heavy machinery of the music industry what with his major publishing ties and that serious brush with the Grammy conversation for his album Causes but here, he isn’t...

With SidekoDJ releasing "Pride", I found myself unexpectedly gripped by the sort of urgency usually reserved for escaping a burning building or perhaps rushing to tell someone you love them before the train doors close. This isn't background music for a polite dinner; it commands attention with the insistence of a siren cutting through the fog. https://open.spotify.com/track/2kl59JzvaBh03hW8D44anb?si=a3dc052508114649 The melody initiates with a rhythmic chiming, saturated in...