Reviews

Milan- and London-based producer Richard Green continues to show his genre-spanning versatility with his 2024 single “Holding a Gun,” released on July 19. Having already experimented with neoclassical and electro-pop projects, Green steps firmly into the electronic underground with this track and puts techno, house, and breakbeat textures into a…

San Francisco Bay Area artist Anton Commissaris has long been celebrated for his knack for fusing Jazz, Soul, and Latin grooves into timeless and fresh music. On September 8, 2025, he unveiled “Hey Everybody,” the latest single from his forthcoming album Soul in the Pocket, which bursts with joy. Where…

Vermilion-based singer-songwriter Adrienne Levay returns with a tender offering in her folk-pop single “Do You Miss Me?” which captures the fragile space between friendship and something deeper. Known for her honest storytelling, Levay leans into vulnerability here and draws from lived experience to reflect on the intimacy, hesitation, and the…

Fiona Amaka has carved out a reputation for tackling raw human experiences through song, whether it’s betrayal in No Daylight, ghosting in Cowards and Shadows, or social exclusion in In-Club. But her third release of 2025, “Honesty (Psalm 139),” marks a new turn. Recorded in London with Andy Zanini and…

From the heart of Nashville, KC Johns drops her latest single, “Best Seat in the House,” on August 29. Co-written with Tim Baumgartner, Tim Angsten, and Colin Cross, this song is all about keeping memories alive. In her country grit, KC reaches inward, with a ballad honoring her grandfather, the…

Neil Paterson Prentice returns with another ambient jewel in his Endless Echo sessions, releasing “Autumn Sun” on August 8, 2025. Straddling the line between cinematic grandeur and intimate stillness, the freelance audio engineer and musician turns his gaze toward the fleeting warmth of autumn. Composed between Fife and West Sussex,…

Irada, the Baku-born DJ, composer, and producer, steps boldly into new territory with her latest single “Sarı Gelin,” featuring Ulviyya, released via Café De Anatolia on August 21, 2025. Known as one of the most beloved folk melodies across Azerbaijan and the wider East, “Sarı Gelin” carries centuries of love,…

Heart Chain, a project born out of grief, channels loss into something strangely luminous, and nowhere is that clearer than on their haunting new track “Twinkles,” lifted from their forthcoming full-length The End To All the Things. The band describes their work as reaching through the shadows of death and…

Jeremy Parsons arrives with brutal honesty on his new single “Who Was I?,” out September 5 and lifted from the forthcoming EP Life (out September 19). What was a response to a critic ends up shedding irony and becomes a wide-open confessional, as Parsons stares at his younger self with…

From the South West of England, The Boy Blue has built his reputation on turning raw, lived experiences into sincere music. His newest single, “Tiny Feet,” released on September 1st, 2025, stands as one of his most vulnerable works to date. Recorded at home in Tavistock, Devon, the song strips…