Reviews

Trauma Glow’s latest single, “million in one,” created in collaboration with Vienna-based artist Sakura Katsuura Chow, is a daring step for the Austrian alternative outfit. Since their 2023 debut, the band has carved a niche across Europe with their shoegaze-rooted sound, constantly twisting it with eclectic influences. Here, they take…

HMRC returns with their newest single, “Flat Circle,” turning towards darker, more existential territory. Known for their gritty rock edge and biting social commentary, the band now leans into something heavier, where singer Lloyd Holmes bares despair and empathy in a way that feels unflinching. Recorded intensely, the song plunges…

Southwest Michigan’s Vineyard Chicks, the sister trio of Kayla, Trie, and Bunkie, step into new emotional territory with their latest single, “Power in the Pain,” released on August 29, 2025. With their energetic live sets and classic rock covers, the band began carving out their own path in 2024 with…

Born in New Jersey but raised in London since the age of two, OLI (Olivia Masek) has built her career on balancing contrasts, building cinematic soundscapes with intimacy, American directness with British poise. After her acclaimed debut When It All Goes Quiet, which featured collaborations with Zara Hudson-Kozdoj and even…

After thirty years away from the studio, British singer-songwriter Glenn Greenhill returns with Cognito, a sprawling 82-minute, 12-track album released digitally on August 29, 2025, with a double vinyl edition scheduled for autumn 2026. Far from being a nostalgia trip, this record is a fearless fusion of progressive rock, Latin,…

Amsterdam’s genre-bending band Lemon return with their ninth #lemon12 single of the year, “Maybe It’s You,” released September 17, 2025. Known for coining their own “Nedchester” sound, a Dutch spin on the Madchester wave, the group once again fuses indie rock swagger with a groove-heavy undercurrent that nods to baggy…

Irish indie folk artist Gerr Walsh is back with “Silverfish,” a single set for release on September 19th ahead of his second album due in spring 2026. Known for his heartfelt lyricism and lush acoustics, Walsh brings indie-folk storytelling alongside modern pop sensibilities, drawing parallels with Bon Iver and Sufjan…

Frankie Orella’s new EP, It’s kind of a mess in here, lands like a five-song diary cracked wide open, charting the jagged lines of intimacy, anxiety, and self-reflection. Out of Nashville, Orella has always leaned into melody-first indie pop. And this project feels like her most vulnerable and most pop-forward…

GINAxC steps fully into her element with her debut album MY DNA. The Swedish–Balkan artist has already turned heads across 40 countries with her sultry electropop, but this album makes the case for her as more than just a club provocateur. It’s her identity pressed into soundwaves. From growing up…

Nashville-based artist CS Hellmann returns with his latest single, “You Caught Me At A Bad Time,” released September 15th, 2025. Written after a seemingly trivial spat with his fiancée, an argument that spiraled from something as small as a broken razor, the song turns the absurdity of domestic tension into…