Michael Gabriel’s “To Lose You” is less a conventional electronic song than an emotional atmosphere you can step inside. The Nova Scotia composer and producer joins forces with filmmaker and creative producer Jolene MacIntyre, who makes her musical debut through spoken word rather than traditional singing. The result is an…

Despite its mechanical name, Maschine is anything but cold. Munich-based alternative rock band I AM MACHINE make their debut with ten energetic tracks that run on driving guitars, pounding drums, pop-punk urgency and big melodic hooks, while keeping plenty of emotional bruises beneath the noise. Fronted by German-American singer David…

Jessica Rozé makes her entrance into pop with “Forbidden Fruit,” a glossy, flirtatious debut that turns secret desire and escapist daydreaming into a bright summer fantasy. Hailing from Malta, the rising singer-songwriter arrives with a sound designed for beach speakers, late-night drives and those moments when you would rather imagine…

Some performances feel like recordings; others feel like someone has opened a window into a living memory. Syna Awel’s Acoustic Live Session, released on August 3, 2026, belongs firmly to the latter. Across 29 minutes, the French-Algerian Amazigh artist brings together five pieces shaped by Amazigh heritage, oral tradition and…

IamSnap turns an intensely personal struggle into a knockout on “Last Round,” a hip-hop single featuring Lydia Caesar that confronts depression, anxiety and the exhausting battle of trying to keep moving when your own mind seems determined to pull you back. Following his 2025 release “Larger Than Life,” the Australian…

What if a guitar could make a landscape appear without saying a word? That is the quiet trick behind Martin Lloyd Howard’s “Highland Mist,” an instrumental single released on August 1, 2026. The Reigate-based guitarist and composer draws from classical, folk, blues and rock traditions, but here he pares everything…

There is something wonderfully liberating about a song that sounds like the moment you finally leave everything behind and hit the open road. Brooklyn-based indie-folk artist and composer Elizabeth P.W. captures exactly that feeling in “Head West,” the featured song from the upcoming documentary OUT THERE: A National Parks Story.…

R. Nelson’s Music and Written…..by R. Nelson, Vol. 1: Grown Man Energy is an 11-track emotional itinerary through attraction, devotion, heartbreak and the uncomfortable self-questioning that follows. Written and produced entirely by the Washington, D.C.-based artist, the project blends contemporary R&B, neo-soul, soul and alternative influences into a four-act narrative…

New York’s Paper Nova have spent more than a decade turning wildly different musical backgrounds into something that refuses to sit neatly inside one genre. Formed in 2013 by Christiana Wu, John Nguyen, Miguel Nuñez and Andre Classen, the quartet pulls from classical music, alternative rock, jazz and experimentation, with…

Stephen Webber’s “Here We Go” arrives with a deceptively simple proposition: put your pants on, leave the screen behind and remember that humans are actually rather good at being together. The Emmy-winning composer, Grammy-nominated producer and Berklee Professor Emeritus turns post-pandemic screen fatigue into a playful, feel-good acoustic anthem, using…

D3PRT turns absence into something you can almost physically feel with “This One’s For You,” a dark electronic track that sits at the intersection of UK garage, breaks and dubstep. Built around memory, late-night emotion and the weight of someone missing, the track channels those feelings into something tense, fragmented…

Dr. M. steps into the spotlight with Follow Me, a nine-track debut that puts its own spin on a curious hybrid: Adult Metal, where the polished emotionality of Adult Contemporary meets the weight and drama of heavy metal. Written and produced by the 39-year-old self-employed musician, the album brings together…