Reviews

Nigerian-born, US-based genre-bender ZeXzy makes a fearless statement with his sprawling 28-track debut album Every Sound, released via Maple Grove Entertainment. ZeXzy builds the record as a globe-spanning odyssey through Afrobeats, Latin grooves, soft rock, Caribbean rhythms, jazz, and hip-hop. With features from global names like Lil Wayne and Natasha…

SonicNeuron’s Forever in Your Eyes is a dazzling showcase of where music and AI visuals can meet in the middle to create something futuristic and deeply human. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Danny Williams, with Jason Williams steering the creative and cinematography direction, the project is pitched as a marriage…

Liverpool-born singer-songwriter Paul Claxton returns with his brand-new single “Left Haunting You,” released on September 5 under Trifle Too Hot Records. Known for his sweeping blend of nostalgia and sharp storytelling, Claxton draws from a well of influences ranging from Roy Orbison and Lennon & McCartney to Dusty Springfield, Gram…

Austin-based Americana artist JB Elwood wears his Appalachian roots proudly on his sleeve in his heartfelt new single “Back Someday,” produced by Andrew Middleton in Nashville and released as part of his upcoming slate of singles. The track is a personal ode to his parents’ sacrifices, a reflection on home,…

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…