Reviews

Bei Bei’s new single “Two Moons,” released ahead of her upcoming album of the same name, comes as a doorway between eras, with ancient strings brushing up against tomorrow’s circuitry. The internationally celebrated guzheng virtuoso, now also blossoming as a guqin performer and composer, crafted the piece in collaboration with…

Austin-based alternative rock band Arctic Wave returns with a vengeance on their blistering new single “Circus,” released October 24, 2025. The song is a gut-punch of a wall of fire and distortion, alongside raw emotion and observation of all the mess we have made. Written by the band’s founder and…

Following their acclaimed 2023 collaborative album the formless track, UK producer Arman Ray and Zen Master Hyon Gak return with a new EP that further dissolves the border between meditative philosophy and electronic music. Form is Emptiness takes the ancient Buddhist teaching  that everything we perceive as solid is fluid,…

Jacksonville-based singer-songwriter Kevin Driscoll lays his heart bare in “Last Ditch Effort,” a slow-burning, soulful reflection on what it means to keep trying when you’re nearly out of strength. Recorded at Long Jump Records with sound engineer Richard Dudley and mixed in folk, blues, and alternative grit. What makes this…

The Synthwave Brothers return with “Only Love Remains,” built with the duo’s signature sense of emotional storytelling through sound. Making synth-driven music like a memory, a dream, or a scene from a film you swear you’ve lived before, they lean deep into nostalgia that communicates to the kernel. The duo…

The musical project New Laconia continues its interstellar storytelling with the new single “New Laconia,” an instrumental odyssey that blurs the line between cosmic fantasy and cinematic soundscape. This is a new chapter in the ongoing saga of the Traveler, whose journey through portals, planets, and forgotten universes began in…

Rising alt-pop-rock artist Sabina Beyli returns with “Bad Habits,” out October 24, 2025, digging straight into the patterns we swear we’ve left behind but somehow find ourselves repeating. At 22, Sabina has already built a reputation for blunt emotional honesty smoothened in sweeping hooks, and here she leans fully into…

Italian multi-disciplinary artist Piergiorgio Corallo steps into the music world with In via di sviluppo, his debut album released November 10, 2025 via CD Baby. Known as a painter, sculptor, and photographer, Corallo brings that same tactile, layered sensibility to his sound with his alt-rock guitars against the electronic pulses…

Chicago alt-metal band Bullet to the Heart draw the curtain on their journey with ECHOES: THE FINAL CHAPTER. Vocalist Audrey Queen, drummer Draven DC, and multi-instrumentalist Jake “SIX” LoGiudice approached this album knowing it would be their last, and that decision hangs over every note. You can get the gist…

Under the name The Floodshark, William Blake Hyatt continues to build his own self-contained sonic world, where composition, instrumentation, production, artwork, and concept all come from a single creative source. Through Hallow Leaves is a two-track release that leans into mood and atmosphere over conventional structure, drawing on influences that…