Reviews

JW Paris swings back into the spotlight with “Anything,” hitting like a pint thrown across a packed Camden bar. Premiering in October 2025, the track doubles down on everything the London trio does best with the grit, smugness and that unmistakable dirty Britpop snarl that feels ripped straight from a…

Finnish violinist and crossover artist Elisa V returns with her second single, “How You Feel,” out since October 24, 2025. Following the warm reception of her debut, Love of Yesterday, Elisa continues her mission to bridge the worlds of classical mastery and modern electronic production. A graduate of the prestigious…

Anna Josephine’s new single “You’re So Lucky” slips in soft, moody, and subtly devastating tones. Set against lightly strummed guitars and an autumn haze, the track captures the strange tenderness of being honest about your own emotional distance. Anna’s songwriting leans into that bittersweet knowing when she can’t offer stability…

AKA PrimeTime’s new single “Living With Ghosts”, out October 24, 2025, arrives like a steady, emotional tremor under the floorboards, unafraid to show the cracks. After years spent touring the world as a guitarist for Beth Ditto, Kelly Appleton found her life suddenly uprooted, pushed back to the UK and…

Soek’s new single “We Were Taller Then” arrives like a memory caught between light and shadow, as it meditates on the strange magic of childhood and the ache that follows once it’s gone. Released October 3, 2025, the track extends composer Grant Borland’s signature blend of organic warmth and electronic…

Bitblood’s new full-length album The Rise and Fall of AI, released October 31, 2025, arrives like a dystopian radio transmission from a collapsing future. Written, composed, and shaped entirely by Bitblood, the conceptual new-wave rock opera draws clear inspiration from Anne Clark’s spoken-word synth minimalism while carving out its own…

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…