Reviews

LOVE JOSIE’s debut single, “All Roads Lead to Home,” is a cinematic pilgrimage stitched together with ancestral echoes, modern textures, and a quietly defiant spirit. Released on April 11, 2025, the track is a sweeping folk-pop ballad rooted in Swedish folklore and carried by a voice that moves like wind…

New Laconia’s debut single “Stardust Bear Bazaar Pt. 1” is a genre-blending, time-warping adventure that feels like stepping into a neon-lit sci-fi tavern where metalheads, jazz aficionados, and fantasy nerds all hang out under one interstellar roof. Conceptually daring but never alienating, this track takes a wild creative risk and…

Simon Orton’s debut single “The Next Me,” released on May 16, 2025, is a heartfelt country ballad. Hailing from rural Australia, Orton brings a grounded authenticity to the track, steeped in the dusty warmth of the outback and the tender complexity of new fatherhood. The song captures the seismic shift…

Varun Das’s “Childlike” is an invitation to step out of the fast-lane blur of adulthood and step into a sunlit field of memory, mischief, and musical freedom. Released on March 21, 2025, this New York-based sonic storyteller feels fresh and familiar, where improvisational jazz and nostalgic rock coalesce in a…

Anna Dahl’s debut single “Top Shelf” arrives like a shot of smooth whiskey with a confident and catchy citrus twist, with a hell of a kick. Released on June 6, 2025, the track proves that Dahl cannonballing in her Nashville crowd, cocktail in hand. From the first warm guitar strum…

Couldn’t Be Happiers’ “Couple(t)s” wears its heart and heritage on its sleeve. Released on June 13, 2025, this sophomore record from the North Carolina-based married duo—Jodi Hildebran Lee and Jordan Crosby Lee—brings together folk, rock, protest, and poetry in a concept in a diaristic and cultural chronicle. True to its…

Valkitaar’s metal album, What Lies Beneath (Deluxe Edition) talks to you through the chaos, pain, and determination that define the artist’s raw journey. As someone who doesn’t even consider metal my go-to genre, I was surprised to find a couple of its tracks creeping into my playlist—and staying there. The…

Emily Sophia’s new single “For Goodness Sake” glows like a pastel daydream with just enough bite to keep things interesting. Written on Halloween—while dressed as Dorothy, no less—the song cheekily leans into The Wizard of Oz imagery. This is a confident, clever anthem dressed in cotton candy hues, co-written with…

Twofew’s latest single “Let It Go,” released on June 3, 2025, erupts. From the first shimmering acoustic strums to the full-force drum thumps and soaring vocals, the Phoenix-based rock band delivers a stadium-ready anthem laced with raw vulnerability. Frontman Michael-Jon’s voice is like that of a high, light, yet piercingly…

Claudia Tomàs makes a quiet yet commanding debut with Yearnings of Modern Life, a five-track EP, meditating on disconnection, tenderness, and how it feels to really feel. Rooted in pop-soul, jazz, and folk, Claudia’s voice reaches you with gentleness, conviction, and an honesty that stays long after the song ends.…