Reviews

J Michaels & The Wanna-Be-A Band deliver a stirring anthem with their latest single, I Like Daisies, released March 6, 2025. Hailing from Kelso/Longview and recording out of Fremont Recording in Portland, OR, the band crafts a slow-building, emotionally honest track. Inspired by a real-life dysfunctional relationship, the song is…

Coolonaut’s Dark Energy is a warning flare. Rooted in the swirling aesthetics of 60s psychedelia and mod rock, the Scottish-born, rural Australia-based artist fuses analogue warmth with urgent, modern-day dread. Recorded entirely on an 8-track tape machine, the album captures the rawness and real-time humanity of music made with just…

In What’s The Point, Akron-based artist Zhake pulls no punches. This self-produced single is a visceral outcry against the crushing weight of invisibility, evoking the ache of working hard, speaking loud, and still having no one listen. Released on March 15, 2025, the track carries a rawness that’s hard to…

“Music Is My Life Remix” by Tally Koren is a dancefloor anthem wrapped in trance euphoria, driven by a deep emotional heartbeat. The remix, crafted in collaboration with rising trance producer Omniks, fuses a glitzy European EDM aesthetic with Koren’s signature emotional lyricism. From the first second, shimmering piano notes…

Mona Lissa Chanda’s debut full-length album, Queen Of Games, is a sultry, cinematic journey through the messy middle of love and heartbreak, delivered with the smoky allure of old-school jazz clubs and the clever bite of modern pop. The Montreal-based singer-songwriter, who brings a rich cultural palette from her German…

Saint Nick the Lesser’s latest single, “God Bless,” drops with all the fire and frenzy of a tent revival, laced with biting punk satire and alt-country grit. Hailing from Upland, California, Saint Nick the Lesser brings a raw, rootsy energy to the fourth single off his upcoming album Growing up,…

Chucky Trading Co’s latest single, “Make Your Own Sunshine,” from the upcoming album A Sky of Hopes, is a warm, reflective, and gently uplifting slice of folk-rock that glows with retro charm and contemporary resonance. The brother-sister duo, CS and Patricia “Danger” Taber, lean into their signature Laurel Canyon-inspired sound…

“The Song I Scream in the Shower” by Ettie is a cathartic outburst you’d expect from someone whose sanctuary is steam and soap and sonic honesty. The track, packed with confessional lyrics and electric emotional shifts, proves Ettie spills diary pages and sets them on fire with her guitar. It…

BITEZ’s new single “Performative Love” is a genre-melting, electrified triumph amalgamating R&B, Electronic Pop, and Hip Hop with a lyrical affirmation. With a voice like velvet dipped in steel, the British-Jamaican-Nigerian polymath transforms pain into power, channeling betrayal and alienation into a slow-burning anthem of self-worth and defiance. The track…

Richard Tyler Epperson’s latest release, Fragmented Night, arrives as a subtle storm of emotion and introspection, becoming an intimate chapter in the seasoned singer-songwriter’s journey. With over a decade of experience behind him, Epperson offers his most cohesive and compelling work to date—an album that shimmers with dreamlike ambience while…