Reviews

Kansas City singer-songwriter Jared Bond continues carving his own lane with “Wild Guess,” released November 7, 2025. Recorded in the attic studio of longtime collaborator Jesse Kates, the track welcomes a small but mighty crew, with Mark Hamblin on upright bass and Rachel Jaggard, whose radiant harmonies glow behind Bond’s…

UK acoustic indie-folk duo River Roots return with their heartfelt new single “Be Still,” released November 11, 2025, and it may just be their most emotionally resonant track to date. Known for rich vocal harmonies and warm, earthy melodies, the duo have become festival favourites, five years running at Glastonbury,…

Calgary’s genre-blurring ensemble Little Brown Jug Brass return with a moving collaboration, teaming up with celebrated Métis singer-songwriter Ashley Ghostkeeper for the heartfelt single “My North Star Home,” released ahead of their upcoming holiday album Holiday Spirits (November 28, 2025). Known for bringing brass-powered joy to jazz, funk, and roots,…

Denver-based artist, producer, and DJ Agent Of Kaos (AOK) fires up a new era with his high-octane single “Only Legends Full Send,” released November 20, 2025, via Church Of Us Records. After dropping his debut album Kaos Theory earlier this year, AOK spent months refining his signature blend of bass-driven…

Australian indie-pop riser Noah Bates has quickly proven he’s more than a promising newcomer. After debuting in 2023 with “Coffee In Japan,” a single that collected more than 58K Spotify streams and global attention, he doubled down with “Gotta Go,” launched a live band show to a sold-out crowd in…

Australian indie songwriter Zorin Morris returns with a smile-sparking blast of pop-rock joy on his new single “No More Tears,” released August 29, 2025. Written from a boy-meets-girl spark in a crowded bar, and sprinkled with a little satire about life’s everyday headaches, this track arrives like an instant mood-lift.…

Texas-born composer and performance artist Konrad Kinard returns with his most personal work yet, War Is Family, a 20-track experimental memoir released through Incinerate Media and The Orchard. Calling it “a radio drama without the drama or the radio,” Kinard dives straight into the psychological fallout of the Cold War…

Ashon Galaxy steps back into the spotlight with “Don’t Listen to Them,” a hypnotic and soul-stirring R&B-Latin fusion that pulses with heat and heartbreak. The single dives straight into the emotional chaos of ignoring good advice, when love, lust, and red flags collide, and reason gets drowned out by desire.…

Berlin-based French-British artist Aliénore has been slowly and deliberately conjuring her own musical universe, one woven from mist, myth, and the moonlit edge of emotion. Her 2023 debut EP Métamorphose introduced her as a voice of gothic elegance and ambient mystery. But now, with the forthcoming EP Mirage (released this…

Polish rock outfit Seven Nation Army (7NA), founded and steered by guitarist–vocalist Jarek Balsamski, has lived several musical lives since emerging from Kraków’s alternative scene and finding early success on MySpace in 2007. Their debut EP Heavy Guitars & Sexy Vocals (2010) and albums Cold (2013) and Secret (2018) established…