Reviews

Built from songs written across a decade, the Boston singer-songwriter Jillian Ann’s debut full-length release, When All is Said and Done, unfolds as a deeply personal journey through love, heartbreak, growth, longing, and self-discovery. Drawing inspiration from the grand songwriting traditions of the 1970s and 1980s while embracing touches of…

German independent folk artist Fish And Scale, the musical project of Roland Wälzlein, has never been interested in taking the easy road. His songs often explore life’s deeper mysteries, blending folk influences with spiritual reflection and unconventional songwriting. With “Letter from Paulus,” he turns to one of the most enduring…

There are nostalgia projects, and then there are experiments that boldly ask what happens when the past meets the future head-on. Robbien’s Rewired falls firmly into the latter category. Nearly two decades after creating the original Hibernatic recordings in 2007, the artist has returned to those songs with an unusual…

Love songs often focus on heartbreak, betrayal, or the struggle to forgive someone else’s mistakes. Sam Stokes takes a far less travelled road with “He Forgave Me Again,” a strikingly honest single that explores what it feels like to be the one who got it wrong—and to be met not…

Some songs are made for crowded dancefloors, while others seem tailor-made for long nighttime drives with the city glowing outside your window. Love and Lava Twins’ latest single, “Darling where have you been,” comfortably lands somewhere in between. Released alongside its music video in January 2026, the track transforms an…

Hope can be a difficult thing to write about without sounding clichéd. Fortunately, Sean T MacLeod understands that optimism works best when it feels earned. Featured on his 2025 album New Start, “Light Up The Sun” arrives as an uplifting indie-pop anthem that acknowledges life’s struggles while refusing to surrender…

Ro Barrett digs deep into the shadows on “Did No Wrong,” a powerful alternative rock track that balances anguish and resilience with striking confidence. Taken from his upcoming album Fanara, the song wrestles with suffering, injustice, and spiritual exhaustion, yet never sounds defeated. Instead, it stands tall in the storm,…

With “beautiful life,” Piper Connolly steps confidently into a new chapter, delivering a vibrant alt-pop anthem that captures the dizzying rush of unexpected romance and the intoxicating feeling that life has suddenly shifted into brighter colors. The Los Angeles-based rising artist has been steadily building momentum. Crafted alongside acclaimed collaborators…

Emerging from Markkleeberg, Germany, electronic artist E.L.W.12 uses this ambitious fifteen-track collection, Scraped Truth, to dig beneath modern life’s comfortable illusions, exposing vulnerability, morality, identity, and emotional survival through immersive electronic soundscapes. Built largely in a home studio and driven by a fiercely independent spirit, the album balances technological precision…

Heddy Edwards arrives with a striking debut on The Other Side of hell is a heaven so delicate, a five-track EP that transforms grief, mental health struggles, longing, and self-discovery into something strangely luminous. Written entirely by Edwards and co-produced alongside Alan Day of Four Year Strong, the record draws…