Reviews

Los Angeles–based duo Fore Fader, the creative pairing of Stephanie Carlin and Carey Clayton, make a spellbinding debut with their first album, Great Pretender, released October 10, 2025. Written and recorded across the solitude of Joshua Tree and the lush quiet of the Los Padres Forest, this ten-track collection walks…

Brazilian-born singer-songwriter Sabina Estevez breaks from the mainstream mold with her sharp, self-aware single “This Is Not A Pop Song,” released on October 4, 2025. Written alongside songwriters John Lo Schiavo and Nando Pettinato, the track nods to the golden era of pop while taking a firm stand against the…

Australian-American band Satellite Train revs up nostalgia and innovation with their electrifying single “James Dean,” pulled from the ambitious album The Melbourne Sessions Multiverse Experience. True to its name, the project releases worlds with each playback platform offering a slightly different version of the same track, in alternate rhythms, spatial…

Hovercraft’s Shaken Not Stirred, released on October 6, 2025, marks the remarkable rebirth of a 1990s Grimsby indie band lost to time and tragedy. Nearly three decades after the mysterious disappearance of frontman Piers “Charlie Pepper” Wildman, surviving members David “Golly God” Marsden and Aaron “Ron Nasty” Downing have turned…

London-based singer-songwriter Nico Cann hits a sweet spot between nostalgia and raw emotion with his latest single “Lose My Mind,” released on August 29, 2025. Produced by Thomas Mitchener, the track is a love letter to the 1980s, when freedom, inventiveness, and melody ruled the airwaves, but it’s also unmistakably…

French producer and artist HIGH JACK brings pure adrenaline to the dance floor with his debut single “Party Life,” released on September 26, 2025. Hailing from Hanches, France, and backed by 25 years of experience as a sound engineer, HIGH JACK finally steps out from behind the console to fulfill…

Spanish experimental outfit Sehore returns with their second full-length album Husfikbur, a genre-defying collection that doubles as a musical mirror and a surreal joke, one that only the bold and the humorously inclined will fully appreciate. Following their award-winning debut Ladencia (which bagged a Silver Medal at the Global Music…

Swedish duo Purple Stone, composed of Johan Hansson and David Skog, take listeners on a cosmic odyssey with their second full-length album Spacetime, released October 10, 2025. Hailing from the north of Sweden, the pair have carved out a lush and hypnotic soundscape defined by analog synths, reverberating guitars, and…

Boston-based singer-songwriter Vanna Pacella makes a stunning debut with her 9-track album Listen, released July 25, 2025. At only 18, Pacella emerges as a force to be reckoned with—writing, producing, and performing intimate music that expands to cinematism. With her ethereal rock sound merging indie pop with grand piano melodies…

After more than a decade away from the spotlight, Atlanta’s Last Relapse makes a stirring return with their new single “Everyone Dances Outside of Their Bodies,” released on October 10, 2025. Once known for their emotionally charged indie-rock sound and relentless touring streak in the mid-2000s, the band reemerges with…