Reviews

Earth Goddesses is Becky Raisman’s love letter to strength, joy, and community, wrapped in a bright, approachable indie-pop glow. Based in Mount Pleasant in the United States, Becky turns everyday inspiration—songwriting classes, late-night TV marathons, and old episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation—into songs that cheer you on rather than…

Reverie..From Then Till Now opens a diary that’s been filling up for decades, then finally being read out loud. San Francisco artist Michellar steps into the spotlight with REVERIE..FROM THEN TILL NOW, an 11-track collection born from a life steeped in folk, choir harmonies, Latin records, rock bands, fine art,…

Car Fires on the Freeway hits like a beautiful and dangerous fever dream of Los Angeles at rush hour, way too honest to turn down. On their debut album Car Fires on the Freeway, JAGG, consisting of Zach, Logan, Lullah, Caitlin, Ray Joseph, and William, congest funnel day jobs, side…

“I LIKE GREEN EYES TOO” finds Music UnLtd. & Milin in that bittersweet space where love simply exhales and lets go. Led by composer, lyricist, singer, and guitarist Milin (Milind Chitnavis), the project comes with serious indie credentials, with years of training across Western rock and Hindustani classical traditions, collaborations…

“A Little Sun” by Drop It For Luck is a love letter written in the shadow of a ticking clock. The Madison, WI indie/alt-rock band — Simon on vocals, Ryan on guitar, Colin on bass, and Jake on drums — pulls threads from pop, grunge, punk, metal, and more, but…

“The Trumpet of Glory” by Zac Puah feels like a full-blown sunrise in song form. It’s radiant, reverent, and built to shake both festival stages and quiet church pews. A rising worship artist and producer, Zac has been carving out his own corner of modern Christian music by fusing cinematic…

“Ciclos” by Artomático steps into a living sound sculpture that shifts, breathes, and loops back on itself like the spiral groove of a vinyl record. Artomático is a Spanish sound artist, composer, and percussionist whose work lives at the crossroads of rhythm, texture, and perception. His approach blends acoustic percussion…

“Dead End” by Antoin Gibson trembles at the edges of the dark. London-based artist Antoin Gibson releases the single under Circum-Sŏnus, continuing a cinematic, avant-garde dark-pop world built around sound design, emotional starkness, and conceptual intention. This one feels especially bare-boned, though, stripped right back to piano and voice, letting…

“Come Out Lazarus I – Life Is Over” by Andrea Pizzo and The Purple Mice arrives as a bold first step into People Zero, a concept album built from human episodes rather than a straight-line story. Here, the band dives into a real, shattering event: a man dying in a…

“Milk&Honey” finds Rotterdam indie rock outfit The Smackbar teaming up once again with art collective Eruption Artistique for something intimate and surreal. The band’s core trio, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer Emil, folk vocalist Sara, and history teacher–songwriter Bas, already have a reputation for building entire worlds from scratch, with homemade…