Reviews

In the bittersweet time capsule of hovercraft’s Blown Away,  two tracks, “Angel” and “New Pine Overcoat,” stand out like a direct transmission from Charlie’s heart. The album, pieced together from songwriter Charlie “Pepper” Wildman’s lost 1995–96 recordings, the project exists because a few cardboard boxes outlasted time, memory, and the…

Nashville-rooted and Las Vegas-sharpened, Cali Tucker closes a landmark year with Santa Baby, a six-song holiday EP released worldwide just in time to wrap 2025 in a bow. With over 10 million digital streams, four hits still spinning on the radio, and a touring show earning rave reactions, Tucker has…

Los Angeles alt-R&B singer, songwriter, and visual storyteller Destiny Imani cracks open her heart with Wishful Thinking, released November 28, 2025, as a four-track confessional where soft-lit production meets bruised honesty. Each song is paired with its own YouTube episode, turning the EP into a cinematic diary of trying, breaking,…

Catania-born singer-songwriter Giuseppe Cucé steps into the spotlight with 21grammi, a confessional indie-pop album released June 20, 2025, and it wears its heart like a bruise. Rooted in the idea that the human soul weighs 21 grams, the record explores everything we carry but can’t see, from memory, desire, digital-age…

Indian-born, London-based pianist and composer Joel Paul steps into the spotlight with Roots, a contemporary jazz album that digs deep into heritage while blooming into modern expression. Available now on all platforms, the record arrives after years of cross-continental study and performance, from learning under Berklee alumnus Smarajeet Bhattacharya in…

As INTERCONTINEN7AL prepares to say farewell with Volume 7, their final multinational opus, arriving this December 30, they send out a message that stretches across oceans, climates, and languages: “Love Is Everywhere.” In true INTERCONTINEN7AL fashion, this latest track embodies their core mission: one song, one world, all seven continents…

Alt-indie storyteller Pesky Kid returns with “Holy Light,” a track that manages to be tender, sardonic, and strangely uplifting all at once. Blending self-awareness with emotional sincerity, the song leans into the beautiful contradiction of trying to find purpose while feeling worn out by the world. It’s that millennial mix…

Australian songwriter Julie Paschke continues to carve out her own spectral corner of the indie-folk universe with her latest self-recorded single, “Cold In Your Town.” Created entirely at home before being polished by Dan Duszynski at Dandy Sounds, the track dispatches from Paschke’s inward-looking world, where thoughts drift like winter…

Nashville’s rising dark-pop force Rose Starring strikes gold with her new single “Gravedigger,” a dreamy, cinematic plunge into heartbreak, and the rebirth that follows it. Written and produced solely by Starring and mixed/mastered by Bri Sailors, the track introduces her self-produced 2026 EP, and proudly stands as a fully women-led…

Italian jazz duo B.I.T. (Back In Time), saxophonist Danielle Di Majo, and pianist Manuela Pasqui, step boldly into history with their new album “R-Esistenze,” released April 25, 2025, via Filibusta Records. Anchored to Italy’s Liberation Day and the 80th anniversary of the Italian Resistance, this emotionally rich project transforms memory…