Reviews

Chip Greene turns a collapsing relationship into a slow-burning rock explosion with “Strike a Match,” a cinematic anthem that moves from quiet reflection to full-blown release. Written with Katie Cole and released August 28, 2026, the track carries the weight of something that has been falling apart for a long…

Rusty Reid approaches Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now” with the kind of restraint that lets a beloved classic remain exactly what it was meant to be: joyful. Taken from Reid’s album Lone Stardust (Masterworks of Texas Songwriters), his rendition resists the temptation to dramatically reinvent the song, instead…

The Bastas Project turns sleeplessness, pressure, and quiet endurance into something electrifying on Heavy Machinery, an eight-track melodic rock album released August 11, 2026. Its central image is brutally simple: an industrial press descending on something small that still manages to glow beneath it. That tension runs through the record,…

ViennaCC turns romance into a six-track journey on The Light Between Us, an optimistic pop EP that follows two people from the nervous thrill of taking a chance to the deeper commitment of choosing each other through life. Written, performed, and produced entirely in his Vienna studio, the project treats…

Hardy White gives reinvention a pair of boots and a whole lot of attitude in “Alabama Girrl,” a country-rock single that follows a familiar woman into an entirely unfamiliar version of herself. Released September 4, 2026, the song puts its heroine at the center of the story, while White takes…

Lark is an emerging singer-songwriter from San Diego, California, whose introspective artistry draws from the emotionally honest storytelling of Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams, and Lizzy McAlpine. With a gift for transforming intimate feelings into vivid imagery and atmospheric soundscapes, Lark crafts songs that explore the complex emotions often left unspoken.…

Sam Stokes’ The Tale of Gaia is an album about arriving, forgetting, hurting, laughing, forgiving, and eventually remembering. Across nine tracks, Stokes turns the relationship between humanity and Earth into something both cosmic and deeply intimate, following an innocent soul as it discovers the beauty and cruelty of being alive…

Abraham Manticore enters the darker corners of alternative music with “Dust on Tongue,” a brooding collision of Darkwave, Goth Rock, and Coldwave that treats forgiveness more like a difficult road walked in the dark. Built around atmospheric guitars, minimalist textures, and a cinematic sense of space, the track carries the…

What happens when the love someone needed never quite arrived? “Loved Properly” by Swiss producer and drummer Killian Caputo and vocalist Elle Vee sits inside that question, turning emotional deprivation into a cinematic bass track that aches before it erupts. Released August 21, 2026 through Arctic Empire, the collaboration blends…

Shaz Marie turns spiritual guidance into something soft, melodic, and deeply intimate on her debut album Messages in Song – A Light in the Darkness. Released on August 28, 2026, the 51-track collection grows from years of channelled messages, drawings, and intuitive work, transforming the words behind her Ask the…