Reviews

Electricity by Mark VDH is like a flowing river. Before stepping into album mode, Mark VDH continued releasing solo singles, including collaborations with LA drag performer ChaCha, and later the 2025 collection The Private Mixes. These projects signaled a gradual move toward more personal artistic expression. His album “Electricity” demonstrates…

In the sprawling soundscape of contemporary music, Mickie Mike’s “schwen schwen” arrives like a mischievous whirlwind. Emerging from the vibrant intersections of Sierra Leone, West Africa, and diasporic influences from the U.S. and U.K., Mickie Mike is an artist whose music carries the pulse of multiple worlds. His track “schwen…

Ace Brion approaches “Seasons” like an architect and painter at once. He makes the record meticulously structured yet alive with spontaneous energy. “Seasons” was crafted as a reflection on personal growth, change, and the cycles of life; themes central to Ace Brion’s artistry. Hailing from New Jersey, with formative years…

Eshan Agarwal’s “Last Hour” arrives with quiet confidence, never forcing emotion but letting it unfold in real time. Hailing from New York, the emerging artist steps forward with a track that feels both intimate and cinematic, shaped carefully alongside producer Marrick Smith, whom he connected with through the Biscuit Head…

“Old Jukebox Songs” is Emma Hamilton slipping a coin into memory and letting it spin. The French-Australian singer and accordionist folds Cajun sway, country warmth, and easy-listening glow into a single, nostalgic swirl that feels like walking into a bar where time politely stopped in 1963. Co-crafted with her brother,…

“Who We Are” finds Toronto artist Nicole Huff turning a pop anthem into a revolution. Co-written with Jonah Cappa and Roy Hamilton III, the track sits right at that crossroads moment where you’re done shrinking for people and finally ready to grow on your own terms. The song eases in…

Burton Badman’s Crazy Chemistry feels like the moment a band stops experimenting in the lab and finally drinks the potion they’ve been brewing. Three years on from their debut, they sound bolder, darker, and far more sure of who they are, splicing post-rock crescendos, shadowy prog shifts, and raw alternative…

Jacob Rountree’s new single “Grace” feels like a decade-long exhale, finally leaving his chest. Written ten years ago and now released as the opening chapter of his fourth album era, the Bozeman multi-instrumentalist turns grief, memory, and family into something that shimmers between indie-folk confession and quietly pulsing EDM meditation.…

Seventeen-year-old Australian singer-songwriter Lana Karlay is juggling Year 12 classes at home and late-night sessions in Los Angeles, and you can hear that split life humming underneath “Running Out Of Time,” her new pop-R&B slow burn with LA artist cam’dn. Co-created with producer Esthy, the track sits in that sweet…

“Loose Change (Gone Electric)” finds independent artist 50mething doing what he does best, staring straight at the state of the world, wincing a little, and then turning it into something darkly catchy. Known for writing from real-life wounds and injustices, cancer, knife crime, MLK, intimate image abuse, he now zooms…