You can tell by their demeanor and tone that they are coming from a sorrowful background. It's plain to see that this is not a pleasant place under any circumstances. The new single "Abyss" from Apollod deals with themes like loneliness, alienation, and complex love. Their voices are like an ensemble of emotions, and the production is dark and sad; it's enough to leave music fans...

There is an endearing, unvarnished sincerity running through ErickOscar’s new album, “Hold The Light”, the kind that catches you off guard when you were expecting ordinary background noise. A Panamanian-born songwriter who has spent over three decades quietly building a life in the United States, ErickOscar approaches music not as a sterile exercise in studio perfection, but as an open workshop of personal history....