Reviews

Chinese producer, DJ and artist STRlighT turns two years of memories, regrets and renewed hopes into Ever Lasting (永·恒), a 13-track album that looks backward. Released in September 2026, the record blends electronic music with pop songwriting, using piano, strings, guitars, organs, atmospheric textures and melodic arrangements to give its…

Martin Lloyd Howard turns the English countryside into a musical landscape on “Surrey Bells,” an evocative instrumental composition built around the imagined sound of church bells travelling across a rural Surrey valley. Soft, glistening guitar strumming forms the heart of the composition, with an echoey resonance giving the notes plenty…

London duo Apple Eyes turn life’s unpredictable twists and turns into something warm, uplifting and quietly hypnotic on “Be.” Released in August 2026, the single combines synth-driven pop with a gentle nostalgic glow, creating a sound that feels both contemporary and comfortably familiar. Behind it all is the creative partnership…

Elias Dream turns sudden loss into a cinematic musical story with “Goodbye, My Love,” an emotional blend of melodic pop, rap and balladry that captures the cruel uncertainty of losing someone without warning. Released in August 2026, the song follows a man grappling with the death of the woman he…

Jitensha’s Catching Waves drifts into the space between indie pop, dream surf and introspective songwriting, turning emotional healing into something fluid and constantly moving. Across the EP, the duo explores authenticity, desire, belonging and community, using the metaphor of waves to capture the ups and downs of being human. It…

Meed / Syde crank the pressure to the ceiling with “Final Judgement,” a dark, peak-time techno track that feels less like a song and more like stepping into the final scene of a dystopian thriller. Following releases such as Stories From the Darknet, “Night Shift” and “Malware,” the project continues…

MICHAEL & THE GUILLOTINE make grief feel startlingly present on “Ghosts at 3 AM,” an alternative rock single that explores the strange way someone can remain part of your life long after they are gone. Released September 25, 2026, the track moves through regret, memory and sleepless longing. The song…

EVE.L turns toxic temptation into a sugary little fever dream on “Sugar Eater,” a playful dance-pop single that knows exactly how ridiculous, addictive and irresistible desire can become. Released in August 2026, the track wraps its darker relationship metaphor in mischievous pop energy, following someone who knows the sweetness is…

Chicago’s Chemical Radical, the solo project of Shawn Wilson, throws industrial grit, warped electronics and retro-digital weirdness into the same blender on Light Moves Around You. Released in September 2026, the debut album inhabits a strange space between industrial pop, noisepool, crunchwave and “gross IDM,” with enough synthetic grime to…

Fede Micioni turns electronic music into a slow-moving, shape-shifting landscape on “SYNTEZI,” a seven-plus-minute techno journey that sits somewhere between dancefloor momentum and cinematic immersion. Following “Nebula Notes” and “Universal Control,” the Italian electronic artist brings those contrasting sensibilities together, allowing atmosphere and rhythm to gradually become one. The track…