Reviews

Starry Venus turns the dance floor into something far more elemental on “Do You Feel It (Eric Kupper Remix),” an organic trance reimagining that pulses with the idea of awakening, freedom and reconnecting with something larger than ourselves. Remixed by veteran electronic producer Eric Kupper, the track has the energy…

Sydney synth-pop duo Segana, formed by Blair Djuna and JMap after meeting at JMC Academy, have spent years blending pulsing electronics, catchy hooks and pop-minded songwriting. On Midnight Masquerade, that formula takes a darker, more cinematic turn, creating a neon-lit world of temptation, romance, danger and late-night escape across ten…

The Bastas Project turns family, love and the passage of time into a warm, rhythm-driven musical experience on Love in the Groove. Across eight tracks, the Woodstock, Georgia family project blends funk, soul, Afrobeat-influenced grooves and polished pop, creating an album that can get your feet moving while quietly asking…

Manchester singer-songwriter Alex Mara strips everything back on Alone With You, a five-track acoustic EP that feels more like sitting beside a fire while someone tells you the stories that shaped them. Written during Mara’s travels through Latin America and originally shared in hostels, rooftops and firesides, these songs carry…

Prem Byrne brings a soulful, folk-pop sensibility to a difficult chapter of American history with “Here In America,” a reflective and quietly confrontational song about the enduring wounds of slavery and the ways society can choose to look away. Raised in India and now based in Woodacre, California, Byrne has…

London-based Ukrainian artist U V A R O V turns the ache of unfinished feelings into atmospheric hip-hop on “Тянет назад” (“Pulls Back”). Originally from Zaporizhzhia and now building his career in the UK, the artist brings Russian-language storytelling into a contemporary sound shaped by the emotional production of Juice…

Saint Kyriaki, the artistic project of Greek-American Detroit artist Katie Chonacas, turns an unexpected family moment into a wildly inventive electronic collision on “Wild Woman Greek Isles.” Born from an afternoon with her 96-year-old grandmother in Greece, the single travels from intimate spoken-word poetry to jungle-driven club music, connecting Detroit’s…

Sedona’s red-rock landscape meets European electronic tradition on Wolfgang Korn’s “Indigo Well,” an atmospheric single that finds beauty in retreating inward. The German-American electronic musician, who also works as a physician-scientist and industry executive, brings an analytical ear to his music, blending ambient, melodic techno and deep house into something…

Minnesota singer-songwriter Paul Jarmer turns grief into an intimate reckoning on “Stay,” a deeply personal alternative-rock song about losing his mother and confronting all the time he wishes he could have back. Coming after years away from music while rebuilding his life through recovery, therapy and self-reflection, the track carries…

ErickOscar continues to explore the warm heart of country-Americana songwriting with “Till We Turn Grey,” a tender love song that finds something profound in the quiet, ordinary moments of a long relationship. The song celebrates growing older together, suggesting that love becomes more meaningful when the fireworks fade and companionship…