Reviews

There’s something undeniably refreshing about DJ Cards because of the mindset behind it. Balancing life as a practicing lawyer with a growing presence in electronic music, he approaches EDM with a clear, almost disarmingly simple goal: make people feel good. “Lose It in the Lights,” released April 17, 2026, leans…

There’s no sugarcoating what Antoin Gibson is doing with “Diss Tribute,” built to cut through. Marking a year since her breakout moment, Gibson flips the usual release playbook on its head, leaning into sync placements and long-game strategy rather than chasing algorithmic approval. Released via Circum-Sŏnus, the single questions who…

There’s a slow-burning confidence to One of Vas’s debut full-length MIGMA—a record that doesn’t rush to impress but gradually pulls you into its orbit. After years of shaping his sound, Vasilis Tsavdaridis steps into album territory with a project that balances contrast: heavy bass against weightless vocals, ambient drift against…

There’s a raw, unfiltered honesty at the core of Satsuma’s debut EP Anodyne. Spearheaded entirely by Cam Halkerston, the project is as DIY as it gets: every instrument played live, every vocal left imperfect on purpose, and every emotion laid out without a safety net. Drawing from ‘90s alt-rock textures,…

There’s a cool, unbothered confidence running through moonvine’s debut single “cherry spice.” Formed by Berlin-based siblings Selina and Dennis, the project brings together two different musical instincts: his background in electronic production and her more traditional vocal roots. Instead of clashing, though, they meet somewhere in the middle, letting intuition…

There’s nothing subtle about Fiori del Male—and frankly, that’s their strength. Emerging from Rome with decades of politically driven work behind them, the group has long treated music as a form of confrontation rather than escape. “Allarme rosso nel golfo persico,” originally written during the 1991 Gulf Crisis, resurfaces in…

There’s no neat little label that fits Storm Boy, and honestly, that’s the point. Hailing from Olympia’s DIY circuit, the four-piece, Chas Roberts, Jeremy Anderson, Charli Beaumont, and Kuba Bednarek, lean into chaos, collaboration, and that sweat-drenched live energy that turns shows into shared release. Their 2026 full-length Beast Machine…

There’s a lived-in, almost literary charm to Greg Roensch’s Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar, an album that feels less like a playlist and more like a place you wander into and stay awhile. A songwriter with roots in poetry and flash fiction, Roensch builds songs the way a storyteller…

There’s a certain stubborn authenticity driving MOMARZ’s The Theory—a project that leans into self-made production and rejects shortcuts in favor of hands-on craft. Built entirely through GarageBand and shaped by tools like the Yamaha P-125 and KORG microKEY, the upcoming 16-track release (due May 28) thrives on piano-rooted structures wrapped…

There’s something intriguingly unconventional about the way Lucian Lacewing approaches music, more like a sonic architect piecing together fragments of feeling. Hailing from Bristol, he makes his debut with “Land Of Enchantment,” a track that doesn’t follow a traditional path so much as it drifts, swirls, and slowly reveals itself.…