Reviews

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…

Italian composer and producer Stefano Schintu turns memory, loss, and the passage of time into something almost tangible on A Debt of Ashes & Time, an instrumental album that unfolds like the score to a story that exists somewhere between fantasy and lived emotion. Working near Rome, Schintu builds his…

Mister Chorister turns an accusation into an inward confrontation with “You’re Not Listening,” a tense alternative-rock track that asks what happens when the voice we keep ignoring is our own. Released September 11, 2026, the third chapter in Christopher Scott Brammer’s project moves through frustration, fear and emotional suppression before…

K-Syran has never sounded like an artist particularly interested in standing still. The Oslo-based singer-songwriter, actress, producer, author and director brings that restless sense of adventure into her latest single, “One Eye On The Road,” a collaboration with Swedish Grammy-nominated producer StoneBridge. Their creative partnership stretches back to 2018, and…

Some albums are made to introduce an artist; others are made to keep someone’s memory alive. David Moore’s A Wink Is As Good As A Nod To A Blind Mule belongs firmly to the latter camp. Released August 24, 2026, the Knox City artist’s twelve-track album is an affectionate tribute…

Noah James Mass is the kind of independent artist who prefers the fingerprints of real rooms and real instruments over anything too polished for its own good. Writing, producing, and performing his own material from his self-owned studio, the alternative-rock songwriter builds around organic dynamics, analog grit, and arrangements that…

Edinburgh has long had a taste for music that can make darkness feel strangely alive, and Pray Silence seems more than happy to lean into that tradition. The Scottish rock outfit, formed around singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Marky Wildtype and singer, songwriter and multidisciplinary artist Sam Siggs, arrives with a…

High school has a peculiar talent for making every heartbreak feel like the end of the world. On her debut EP Miss Melancholy, Dallas pop artist and songwriter Analiese turns that heightened teenage reality into a glossy, emotionally candid soundtrack of crushes, insecurity, friendship and the awkward business of figuring…

Caleb Elliott steps into a quietly expansive new chapter with “Without Warning,” a soulful piece of noir Americana that finds comfort without pretending anxiety does not exist. Rooted in the storytelling traditions of Louisiana and Muscle Shoals, Elliott has built his sound around haunting vocals, literary songwriting and atmospheric arrangements,…

Energy Whores turns feeling unseen into an experiment in perspective with “Invisible,” a composition that refuses to exist in just one emotional form. Led by New York songwriter, vocalist and producer Carrie Schoenfeld, the electronic/alternative project presents the song in four versions, Synth-Pop, Lo-Fi, Cinematic and Indie, each retaining the…