Tag: Review
‘Girls in Hollywood’ is Lola Wild’s pop-noir unmasking of movie star glamour
Lauren Presley steps into the spotlight with ‘Trade Secrets’
AKIRA redefines Latin music with debut album Cumbia del Bosque
Why ‘Pessimist’ might be SAPPHIRE’s most powerful track yet
‘Turn Back Time’ is Jimmy Scott Free’s soulful reawakening, featuring the late Kim English
Indie Kids: The Sways, Nep, flipturn feat. Old Mervs, Roast Apple, SODAPOP, Dee Dasher, Sam Burchfield, John Calvin Abney, Huddy, Alexander Wolfe
Mini Melon Mix Ups: Mouse Sucks x The Dream Band, Messy Eater, Sophia Grover, Hessian x Farves x flyckt, Carlos Llanes, LOVA, Flew, Thomas Lemmer x Sinatic x Page Fifty, kimaRA, Taylor Janney-Rovin
Purple Pop: Savanna Leigh, Diana Vickers, LIZ x Sophie, Yorke, Drew Schueler, Sara Ángel, Maya Kuriel, Eve Goodman x SERA, Lerocque, Alyssa Caroline
Jayli finds connection is melodic-house masterpiece ‘Hey, How Are You?’
Sounds of R&B & Soul: Jarreau Vandal x Amazone, Jacoténe, Natalie Slade, anaiis, Lusaint, George Bone, TAVE feat. Tia Gordon, Kiah Olivea, Gavrielle, Nate Smith x DJ Harrison
‘Living in My Own World’ is Cloe Givelin’s defiant pop-rock statement on identity, authenticity and strength
Mini Melon Mix Ups: Yari M, Electric Guest, Rauw Alejandro, Daisy Briggs, women who work, Cheyenne Pohl, Starwolf, EĐĐIE, Nedezuga, Sofian
‘Light It Up’ is Esthy’s sun-drenched country-pop anthem
Jane Honor captures the glow of new love in ‘Nothing You Can Do’
Desire and destruction collide in Joshua Pearlstein’s electro-pop banger ‘Just the Feeling’
Dance Collective: MANSA, Head Under Heels, Théatrophone x DC Vemana, Serge Devant x Camille Safiya, emstuu, KSHMR x Ryos, Finn Forte, Nick Wynn, Sander W., Elazion x PINEO & LOEB x BRITT
‘Drift’ is slow-burning motivation from Toronto’s rising voices Ekelle and Baksh
Spectra dials into the past with vintage-inspired ‘Calling You’
Chatterbox: ASHRR chats reinvention, organic creation & dance-floor ready tracks
Indie Kids: Little Quirks, hoxie rae, Tim Carr, Kim Dekker, Lucas Davies, Max Pope, Indira Ellis, Statues feat. Christian Kjellvander, Nathan O’Regan, Planet of Souls feat. Lily Papas
Purple Pop: Avery Cochrane, Hazlett, Rosie H Sullivan, iRO, Greta Isaac, Andrew Duncan, Isabel, Nick Howe, The Bergamot feat. Notre Dame Children’s Choir, sine language, neurocrush
Sounds of R&B & Soul: Ashton Mills, Kathi Atz, Eliana Rachel, SV x Alyssa Jane, Ana November, Tamera King, Adi Oasis feat. YOÙN, Nadia Younes, Kru, Kali Claire, Myllo x Zelus Ex
Chatterbox: Eva James chats self-esteem, making meaningful art, and therapeutic songwriting
Isabel Mirri’s ‘Somewhere Far Away’ finds strength in post-breakup vulnerability
Echezona and JPRiZM redefine modern love songs with ‘Rare’
Chatterbox: Fredrika Rei chats contrasts, finding home on the dancefloor, and a love of learning
Mini Melon Mix Ups: Angel Peaches, Night Cap, Dax, Marti West, Kel Adore, Eighty Ninety, Blue Cap Casino, Jason Bembry, MERA, Nolan Pierce
Hip-Hop Recs: Stacy N.K.R x oakland, MANSO̶U̶R̶, Stepz, Haviah Mighty x Shantel May, Jay Rilez, Wappa, Christopha, Stony Boy, Po Griff, Chrome Waves x AnaYor
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