Reviews

Tenzoe’s debut album Eremition, released October 22nd, 2025, introduces a bold, introspective force in Chicago hip-hop, a 22-track LP like a spiritual rite of passage. Built on the idea of a modern monastery where boom bap drums replace monastery bells, the album merges raw emceeing with philosophical depth, pulling listeners…

Bgerosani’s “Greater Unity,” released April 28, 2023, stands as one of the most unorthodox and philosophically charged experimental singles of recent years. It’s a sprawling more than 21-minute confrontation with division, isolation, and the fragile architecture of the human mind. Created by Tbilisi-based artist Demetre Gamsachurdia in collaboration with the…

Omer Netzer ushers in the season with “Holiday Blues,” a warm, wistful country-blues single released this November 21, that shines softly against the backdrop of loss, longing, and the fragile hope that love might return with the first snowfall. Co-written with Stephen Hunley and produced by David “Messy” Mescon, the…

Jens Gustavson’s new album Vissa dagar, an unsigned digital release, sees the long-running Swedish singer-songwriter leaning even further into a distinctly acoustic, roots-infused palette. Mostly recorded live at Studio Rissna City in Jämtland and shaped by producer Robin Lindqvist, the record blends New Orleans-tinged roots blues, folk, country, European song…

Reduction in Force arrives with “What’s Next?,” a debut single, a reckoning and a rebirth, alt-rock forged from the ashes of a 25-year professional life that no longer fit. Built by Los Angeles–born, Southern California–raised Mike Mills, the project mixes synths and guitars, tension and release, anthemic builds and bruised…

Kaiwyn’s latest single “Good Boy,” released on November 7, 2025, is a bold, cathartic anthem about shedding the suffocating skin of people-pleasing. Written by Hoi Mun Kevin Tang and Simon Dobson, who also handled production, mixing, and mastering at Lakehouse Audio, the track doubles as the emotional autobiography of a…

Erotika Dabra returns on 17 November 2025 with “My Own Magic (Rerub),” a bold and sensual reinvention of their defining track. This piece was originally crafted with Lioness and shaped around three “masks,” namely the cello, the sultry vocal, and the psychedelic trip. Now part of a new Rerub series,…

Michellar’s newest single, “Game of Love,” featuring Rad Datsun and releasing November 21, 2025, captures the spark, tension, and playful uncertainty that define the early stages of attraction. Born out of a chance meeting between Michelle Bond and Brad Johnson at a Southern California songwriting retreat, the track carries the…

Elijah Bone’s latest single “Dancing on the Beach” arrives as a radiant new step in the UK duo’s long-running evolution. It’s a warm, sun-kissed slice of UK Alternative Americana that blends nostalgia with modern cinematic sheen. Andy Holt and Dave Barrett, who first found their footing under the name Reno…

Ferdinand Rennie returns in November 2025 with a fresh solo interpretation of “The Prayer,” a timeless classic penned by Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Tony Renis, and Alberto Testa. After releasing a duet version with medium June Field in 2023, the Austrian-born, Scotland-based vocalist decided it was high time to…