INDIE

Blue Work, a collaboration between the interdisciplinary artists Hortensia and Vee, is active between Paris and London. The two promote a distinct sound that blurs the lines between trip-hop, retrowave, and alt-pop by layering warm, entrancing vocals over kaleidoscopic electronica. The duo’s lyrics, which explore themes of struggle and personal…

Fairy Tale by Lettie and David Baron: Review Fairy Tale by Lettie and David Baron feels like opening a book of fantasy odes that come to life in all manner of magic and wizardry. From the sultry tone of the singer to the otherworldly synth sounds present on the track,…

Help Me See by Katie Keddie: Review Katie Keddie is a Nottingham-based singer-songwriter bringing a wholesome edge of indie melodies with “Help Me See”. With wonderful breathy vocals, she lets out an emotional and powerful essence throughout the track. “Help Me See” makes one thing clear from the very get-go,…

Littleuniverses is a Montreal, Quebec-based artist who hopes to inspire people through her work and establish connections with a wide range of audiences. She thinks that each person’s relationship to art is special, and that it connects with people in such a profound way that it gives those who experience…

An independent Serbian/Chinese polymodal artist goes by the name Realma. Numerous publications around the world, including Music Crowns, Calvert Journal, and Rolling Stone India, have all featured her music. Additionally, Realma has participated in numerous international film festivals, including Lift-Off Sessions, Flipbook Film Festival, Animest, and others with their animated…

R. F. Coleman just released the music video for “I Couldn’t Trust” today, September 28. The TV show “Neighbours” director Jonathan Dutton directed it. He wrote, produced, and played seven of the characters. Renowned director of photography Chas Mackinnon shot it. Joshua Moriarty (of Miami Horror and Telenova) and Scott…

With their powerful single Only One, the Hertfordshire-based blues and roots duo Tranquility Beach make their eagerly anticipated debut. Only One confronts humanity’s frequently problematic relationship with the natural world in response to widespread calls for action on climate change and global nature loss. The band’s home studio was used…

Multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist, and multidisciplinary artist Gillian Stone works in Toronto (Tkaronto). She has been praised for her vocal-driven music, which has been called “beyond characterization” and “surreal in its composition” and draws inspiration from post-rock, folk, ambience, and minimalism (The Revue). Stone channels the influence of outer landscapes in her…

Avatar by Marc Bird: Review Marc Bird shows his melodic taste through a sense of existentialism with the trippy number “Avatar”. The vibrant mish-mash of the guitar sequences and the wholesome attribute of the vocals have a gentle aura with a deeper meaning behind it. “Avatar” has a fascinating message…

Myths by Munk Duane: Review Such a splendid twist of melodies, all rooted within the simplicity of a muted acoustic guitar, “Myths” by Munk Duane showed me that a song doesn’t need to be centered on a specific genre. At first, I thought of the track as a soft acoustic…