Reviews

Korean contemporary music pioneer Yajac returns with his latest single, “Her Light, Unseen,” released on August 29, 2025, as the campaign song for The Exhibition UNSEEN in New York, the first exhibition to center the resilience and struggles of North Korean women through art, archives, and film. Known since his…

Plush Sanches’ Reporting Live Part. 1, dropped under DaOne Records, is a raw, unfiltered window into a rapper locked into his own orbit. Across its six main tracks, Plush doubles down on repetition, inside slang, and a vocal delivery that rides somewhere between reckless intoxication and razor-sharp confidence. The album’s…

Los Angeles–based singer-songwriter Brendan Pegg has carved a name for himself as a one-man powerhouse, writing, singing, and recording every layer of his tracks with an unflinching honesty, moving intimacy, and cinematic sweep. His new single “In the Dark,” released this fall, may just be his most vulnerable moment yet.…

Toronto-based indie-folk singer-songwriter Zellie Bride returns with her new single, “Leave Behind,” released August 29 as the first glimpse of her upcoming EP. Known for making intimate, cinematic atmospheres, Bride ties in nostalgia while extending a hand towards the horizon of legacy. Fans of Phoebe Bridgers or Gregory Alan Isakov…

Los Angeles-based Americana artist VANNGO returns with his latest single, “Rearview Flames,” released August 14, 2025. It’s steeped in dusty highways, heartbreak, and the restless pull of forward motion. Known for blending folk storytelling with country-rock grit, VANNGO has created a road-worn ballad that’s equal parts confession and escape. Stripped…

Jordan Paul Rousseau and Dean Rivers’ latest single, “The Need,” arrives as a standalone country ballad and the musical centerpiece of JUSTCAVALLI’s Fall/Winter 2025 campaign. Released on September 5th, the track has got Rousseau’s acclaimed sonic world-building alongside Rivers’ lyrical storytelling talent to create a cinematic piece. Rousseau, best known…

Lexytron, the husband-and-wife duo based in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), return with a bold second chapter in their story through the album Something New, released after the success of their genre-hopping debut Something Blue. While the first record leaned heavily into eclectic pop-rock, this new outing indulges in electronic buzz without…

Emma Whybrow’s latest track, “Amnesia,” is one of those songs born from real heartbreak, turned into a dance-floor-ready anthem. Written during the isolating days of COVID, the song reflects the sting of abandonment, as her partner left for India and returned 15 months later as if nothing had happened. The…

Chicago-based indie rockers The Transference deliver their debut LP, Floodlights, with an eclectic concoction of dark reflections and playfulness. Born from the ashes of a previous band and sparked by pandemic-era demos, the group, fronted by singer, songwriter, and keyboardist Laura Hollingsworth alongside Alex Karan on drums, MJ Johnson on…

Melbourne singer-songwriter Shani Weiss is back with her third single, “Feel Alright,” released on August 8th, 2025. Following the success of her earlier singles “All About Life” and “What’s Left,” Weiss continues to carve her path as one of Australia’s most compelling indie-pop voices. Written in a time of personal…