Reviews

Irada, the Baku-born DJ, composer, and producer, steps boldly into new territory with her latest single “Sarı Gelin,” featuring Ulviyya, released via Café De Anatolia on August 21, 2025. Known as one of the most beloved folk melodies across Azerbaijan and the wider East, “Sarı Gelin” carries centuries of love,…

Heart Chain, a project born out of grief, channels loss into something strangely luminous, and nowhere is that clearer than on their haunting new track “Twinkles,” lifted from their forthcoming full-length The End To All the Things. The band describes their work as reaching through the shadows of death and…

Jeremy Parsons arrives with brutal honesty on his new single “Who Was I?,” out September 5 and lifted from the forthcoming EP Life (out September 19). What was a response to a critic ends up shedding irony and becomes a wide-open confessional, as Parsons stares at his younger self with…

From the South West of England, The Boy Blue has built his reputation on turning raw, lived experiences into sincere music. His newest single, “Tiny Feet,” released on September 1st, 2025, stands as one of his most vulnerable works to date. Recorded at home in Tavistock, Devon, the song strips…

Preston-based indie outfit Defined By are fast becoming the new sound of the northern working classes. Born from the solo vision of Lee Egerton and now fully fleshed out into a four-piece, the band has carved its place with melodic storytelling. With earlier standouts like God’s No Help and Monopoly,…

FreeFall., the Swansea-based indie/alt-rock outfit, are making waves with their debut EP, Fire, released on September 12th. In just a year, they’ve gone from grassroots beginnings to playing the O2 Academy, earning BBC Introducing airplay, and amassing over 70,000 streams. Their sound brings post-punk grit along with the best of…

Consequential, the emerging producer from Bury St. Edmunds, has been steadily shaping their reputation in the UK’s bass scene, and now with “Cravin’,” released on August 16th, 2025, they’ve landed their first official release on WoodysWorldRecords NZ. With their liquid drum and bass and tinges of trance and dub, Consequential…

Kevin Driscoll’s latest single, “The Maine Thing,” recorded at Long Jump Records in Jacksonville, FL, is a stripped-down yet soul-stirring meditation on resilience and clarity. Written and composed entirely by Driscoll, with all vocals and instruments performed by him except for a haunting violin solo from Argentinian musician Damien Bolotin,…

Lilia Asha might only be 13, but her latest release, “Ghost House,” written on the day of her grandfather’s funeral, eulogizes the memory, loss, and the way childhood magic fades when someone who held it together is gone. Produced and arranged with her mentor Vitalii Kuzovkov in Shanghai’s Starcle studio,…

Transgalactica’s “Liberal Anthem,” the third track from their debut album Better Angels, is a bold, cerebral exploration of reason, freedom, and the humanist ideals that often go uncelebrated in modern discourse. Inspired by Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now, the song tackles the notion that no formal “liberal church” exists to glorify…