Reviews

Keeana Kee’s newest single, “Heal Me,” feels less like a song and more like a deep emotional unraveling, one that leads you out of a dark tunnel and into a slow, burning sunrise. Released on June 6, this cinematic pop ballad from the HEAL ME album hits with the emotional…

If you’ve ever craved a hot, smoky dose of soul-fried funk, Instant Soul has the dish, and “Pork Fat” is the sizzler on the platter. Guitarist Ari Joshua pulls longtime partners-in-groove Delvon Lamarr, Skerik, and Grant Schroff back into the kitchen for a fresh-cooked jam. This is the real-deal stew,…

Ottawa’s pop-punk outfit MAJORS are back swinging harder than ever with their latest single, “Etiquette,” a fiery, tongue-in-cheek anthem straight off their Songs in the Key of Golf EP. This loud, fast, unapologetically bratty song is about the nightmare of getting paired up with a golf-course menace. The band’s first-ever…

Detroit-born and California-based, Odelet is building a whole damn universe. Her latest album, Raindance, is a dreamy plunge into what she fittingly calls “Surrealist R&B.” This thing doesn’t sit still in any one genre. It floats, glides, and sometimes slithers through hazy vocals, lush keys, and dub-influenced rhythms. And just…

Out now on Don’t Play This at Home Records, HydraTek’s latest track “BioPunk” is an unapologetic plunge into a digital dystopia. Part of the compilation D.P.T.H., Vol. 2, this single is a fierce, high-voltage techno ride laced with the grit of electro, the breakneck edge of drum and bass, and…

What happens when your art is judged not by meaning, but by metrics? Xy Gala’s latest single, “The Algorithm,” tackles that exact question, and doesn’t hold back. Gritty, genre-blending, and biting to the bone, this track is a full-blown takedown of the system that chews up creativity and spits out…

Sleep Stage’s “Warning: Toxic” drags you through the scorched emotional wreckage you probably know all too well. Right off the bat with “Sick of Love Songs,” you’re hit with shredded guitar fuzz and driving drums. The reverbed vocals are sarcastic, like someone barely holding it together. And when the bridge…

Ezmay Grace’s latest single “Siren Song” from her upcoming debut album Lien Gwerin is everything you’d expect from a Cornish coastal balladeer—and then some. At first listen, it’s tender and hushed, led by soft writhing strings and a slow, delicate piano melody that tiptoes like low tide. But as Ezmay’s…

With “Born Ready,” Jesse Kinch delivers a blistering, autobiographical anthem that fuses hard rock intensity with spoken word grit. This sonic memoir also comes as a war cry, wrapped in fuzzy guitars and adrenaline-pumping drums. The track opens with low, churning guitars and thunderous drums that immediately set a stormy,…

With album artwork featuring visceral imagery of rats as symbols of societal decay, Splinter’s latest release embodies the gnawing effects of the unchecked, relentless cycle of overconsumption and ethical decline. London’s modern punk firebrand Splinter are igniting the airwaves with their explosive new album, Click. Swipe. Buy., released in Spring…