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...

Micah Rose-Trespeuch’s new album, "Coughing Up Blood," feels less like a listening experience and more like witnessing an urgent, almost involuntary act of transmutation. Rose-Trespeuch (piano, vocals), with Julien Baraness masterfully texturing the soundscapes and Gaetan Allard providing the often-fractured, sometimes thunderous pulse on drums, has crafted something akin to a diary written in volatile ink. One moment, you're amidst Chopin-esque piano runs that...