Seema Farswani is a singer-songwriter, composer, and producer whose music bridges worlds. Blending the grit of blues, the pulse of pop-rock, and the soul of Middle Eastern melodies, her sound is as emotionally raw as it is globally resonant. Her debut EP Got My Mojo (May 2024) introduced a fearless,…

Teenage prodigies throwing down modern metal that actually hits? Yeah, Black Seraphim are doing exactly that, and they’re doing it loud. Formed in late 2023 across Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Little Rock, this genre-blurring outfit has been turning heads since their earliest shows on the Sunset Strip. Their latest original…

Alice Okada’s debut full-length chapter one: the beach episode, released on January 30, 2026, opens a window to a very specific headspace. This headspace is private, exploratory, and brave. Based in Portland, OR, Okada steps into Jungle and DnB territory with curiosity, pulling inspiration from genre pillars like Shy FX,…

Paul Claxton’s seventh solo album, To Whom It May Concern, out January 30, could be a handwritten letter you slip under the door. It’s that personal, unguarded, and steeped in decades of musical living. Born in Liverpool and shaped by years on stages big and small, Claxton carries experience you…

There’s something disarmingly real about Derby Hill, the self-titled EP from Detroit singer-songwriter Derby Hill, released on January 27, 2026. Rooted in blue-collar neighborhoods, back porch swings, and late-night reckonings, this EP feels like a handful of lived stories passed across a kitchen table. Recorded in Chicago basements and hall…

After nearly a decade of grinding it out across the Midwest, Carrying Torches sounds like a band that knows exactly who they are—and more importantly, what they’re willing to face. Hailing from the Chicagoland heartland, they’ve logged close to 200 shows and built their identity on what they call Electric…

Anthony J. Resta’s “Guitar Man” is like a long-overdue self-portrait. A Laurel Canyon lifer and studio OG with decades of iconic credits behind him, Resta finally steps out from behind the console and into the light, reimagining Bread’s 1972 classic as a cinematic confession about devotion, survival, and the love…

Karen Salicath Jamali begins 2026 with a breath. Her new single, “Angel Sandalphon (The Angel of New Beginnings),” released on January 29, feels like a quiet clearing of the slate—a gentle invitation to step into the year with intention. It’s her first release of the year, and fittingly, it arrives…

New Year’s Eve Jam 2025 comes beautifully unpolished to show us where charm actually lives. J Dulva, a seasoned voice from Eunice, Louisiana, reunites with Chris Segar, separated by a generation but bonded by shared roots, for a cover album that was meant to happen at one point or another. Recorded…

Running through “Bottles” is the familiar tinge of nostalgia that grips you hardest in longing when summer feels impossibly far away, and memory is doing most of the warming. Athens pop-punk trio The Unfamiliars? lean fully into that feeling here, with this nostalgic, bittersweet single that bottles up sun, salt,…

There’s something magnetic about “Song For A Diva.” It slowly pulls you under with mood, memory, and meaning. ALLEY the band, a four-piece from England’s South Coast, continue their introspective streak here, creating indie alternative pop/rock that relates to you in a genuine manner. Following their debut “The Release (Now…

After nearly two years of silence, QEERAN steps back into the frame with “CLOSER/HARDER,” and it doesn’t feel like a comeback so much as a deliberate reintroduction. Based in Melbourne, the artist returns sounding sharper, darker, and far more self-aware, channeling a period of withdrawal, healing, and reinvention into an…

Crescent don’t arrive too subtle with Milogather Parts 1 & 2—they arrive patiently. This debut EP on Shy Bairn Records hits like a statement of intent. Formed around a shared love of blues-soaked psychedelia and classic indie, Crescent builds songs that breathe, stretch, and sit with discomfort. You can feel…

cmon’s “Sink Down To You” comes confessing at the kitchen table, still warm from the tape machine. Released on February 6th, 2026, the single finds the Sheffield-based songwriter leaning fully into his lo-fi, analogue instincts, using intimacy to tell a story about fleeting connections and the people who drift in…

“English Rose” is Liqueedo pressing pause on the modern rush and letting time soften around the edges. As the third single from his forthcoming debut album, the track neatly sums up the core of his sound, with shimmering melodies, wistful romance, and that unmistakable 1980s pop. At its heart, it’s…

Jag Energy Beats comes through with “Safe With Me,” a powerful R&B-inflected single that leans all the way into vulnerability. Based in Martinsburg, the US, Jag handles everything himself here—writing, producing, and performing—and that one-person intimacy really shows. There’s a clear emotional throughline rooted in the universal need to feel…

Pam Messer steps confidently into cinematic territory with “2026 Only this song,” a sweeping and timeless classical-crossover ballad. Based in Newton Abbot, England, Pam has been steadily carving her own lane since 2025, and this release marks a clear artistic leap. Co-produced remotely with Mike Mangini and Skip Glogan, the…

LunaRover zooms in on intimacy rather than spectacle with “Little Things,” a shimmering indie single that treats powerful quiet details with care. Based in Silver Spring, Maryland, the duo—Kevin Rieth and Ben Pelletier—have built this track slowly and deliberately from their home studios, and you can hear that patience baked…

Daniel Alspach steps into 2026 with “Round & Round,” a late-night cruiser of a song, built for empty roads, glowing dashboards, and thoughts that just won’t sit still. Hailing from Fostoria, Ohio, Alspach teams up with Italian producer Marco “Esof” Moscetti, and the transatlantic link pays off, with an airy,…

Neural Pantheon returns with “The Merchant’s Last Coin,” a dark folk ballad. Staring straight at modern anxiety, the track tells a chilling moral tale about ambition, identity, and the bargains we make on the way to “success.” It’s timeless in spirit, yet uncomfortably current. You could say, it’s an old…

World On Fire is the sound of one person emptying decades of thoughts, frustrations, and hopes into a single, unruly body of work—and that’s exactly its strength. Downtown Patriots is the solo project of Woodbridge-based artist Danny Watts, who writes, plays, and produces almost everything here himself, and you can hear…

Pyrotechnicolor feels like the sound of embers finally being given oxygen. Mary Jennings’ six-track EP gathers songs written over the span of a decade and lets them burn together, not as leftovers from past eras but as a fully formed emotional reckoning. It turns out intimate yet cinematic, personal yet eerily…

“Death of the Wolf” comes off like it was unearthed. Born from a chance meeting at an open mic night, Night Wolf and Lois Powell come together across Bedford and Norfolk to create something internal, shadowy, and devastating. It’s a collaboration made in instinct, shaped by distance, loss, and a…

“Wildfire” finds Erin Rose standing right on that shaky fault line between who you were and who you’re about to become—and instead of backing away, she leans straight into the heat. Hailing from Frome, England, Erin captures a very specific moment of young adulthood: the thrill, the fear, and the…