Reviews

Suzanne Grzanna’s Cat’s Meow XO steps into a dim velvet-lit jazz lounge at midnight, where every note curls through the air like cigarette smoke and every melody carries a story. The award-winning saxophonist, vocalist, composer, and producer has never been shy about blending sophistication with emotion, but this record really…

There is a sweaty, neon-lit pulse running through In The Music, and Leopold Nunan makes sure you feel every second of it. Teaming up with underground dance forces Priscilla Loya and Juwan Rates, the Los Angeles-based artist delivers a riveting house project. These tracks breathe with sweat, movement, and human…

FREDRYD’s “Girls Run The Dancefloor” doesn’t waste a second getting to the point. The moment the track kicks in with pounding club beats and teasing bursts of sultry female laughter, it’s obvious this song was engineered for packed dancefloors, flashing lights, and bodies moving without inhibition. Leaning fully into techno…

London’s The Breakdown have never sounded this sharp, this restless, or this alive. On their third album, Distraction Reaction, the melodic rock quintet shifts its focus outward, trading purely inward reflection for a biting, darkly funny examination of overstimulated modern existence. Across ten tracks, the band dissects digital identity, collapsing…

Some love songs are written under moonlight. Others arrive after heartbreak. Remik Erikson’s “Nacho,” meanwhile, was apparently born from watching his wife make a plate of nachos in the kitchen — and somehow, against all odds, it works ridiculously well.  The Windsor-based artist takes domestic affection, hunger, flirtation, and playful…

After six years away from the spotlight, Berlin’s indie rock outfit Giftones return with Berlin at Night, a seven-track EP, like a neon-lit rediscovery of self. Built on shimmering guitars, atmospheric synth textures, and emotionally direct songwriting, the record captures the restless pulse of late-night city living while balancing nostalgia,…

After nearly three years away from the spotlight, James White & The Wild Fire return with “Bonfire,” a blazing and emotionally bruised lead single from their upcoming EP How To Replace Anxiety With A Broken Heart. The band has always balanced Americana roots with psychedelic folk textures, but this latest…

Emerging from the shadowy corners of Bloomington, Indiana, Twice Dark continues carving out a hypnotic niche within the darkwave underground with “Savage Media,” the first single from the upcoming EP Welcome to the Night Show. Led by Josh Kreuzman, the project thrives on atmosphere, like neon reflecting off rain-soaked pavement…

New York glam-punk wrecking crew Ridiculous Bitch don’t believe in subtlety, and thank God for that. Their upcoming album Die About It crashes through the speakers with theatrical chaos, razor-wire guitars, black humor, emotional collapse, and enough attitude to short-circuit a city block. Fresh off a Japan tour and riding…

Holworks Music closes out its ambitious decade-spanning saga with Tombstone Chronicles X: Corona, a 20-track finale that feels less like a typical album release and more like the closing chapter of an entire sonic universe. Built over ten volumes and 200 songs, this final entry gathers all its recurring motifs…