Reviews

Martin Lloyd Howard’s latest original composition, “Unanswered,” arrives as a delicate, slow, and contemplative meditation for solo classical guitar. Howard, an English guitarist rooted in classical training, has long expanded into folk, blues, rock, and everything in between. He has built a reputation for making expressive guitar pieces that speak…

Matt Saxton returns on 21 November 2025 with Feel It Again, a rock-folk album steeped in memory, renewal, and the fragile beauty of long-term love. The cover alone sets the tone, with a twenty-five-year-old photograph of Saxton and his soon-to-be wife, frozen in a moment when time felt abundant, and…

Replaced By Robots step into the spotlight with “The Ocean,” an atmospheric alt-rock release that showcases the trio’s distinctive blend of vintage new-wave textures and modern cinematic emotion. Formed by Goolkasian of Boston’s cult-favorite The Elevator Drops, artist Heather Joy Morgan, and Adam Wade of Funeral Party, the band leans…

Norwegian composer and multi-instrumentalist Filip Dahl returns with “Learning to Breathe Again,” an instrumental release that arrived this November 21st, exhaling deep after years of holding tension in the chest. Dahl, whose career stretches from 70s rock stages to a renowned engineering tenure at Brygga Studio, has spent the past…

Pikangikum’s rising indie voice Chiimis returns with “Come to an End,” a gripping single released on November 1st, 2025, like it drifts in from the edge of a dream, carrying all the weight of someone trying to push through the impossible. Entirely self-made and recorded in the privacy of his…

Stampersgat’s introspective visionary Pearl Project returns with “Love 2 Love You,” like an emotional reckoning captured in real time. Out since this October 10th, 2025, the track is a major moment for the Dutch artist. It’s a deeply personal poem, written years ago during a period of despair, reborn as…

Melbourne’s rising star Lana Karlay steps boldly into the spotlight with “Don’t Let Me Go,” her newest single released November 19. At just seventeen, the multi-instrumentalist is already carving out a space where contemporary pop and rock meet emotional candor, drawing on the spirit of Blondie and Olivia Rodrigo while…

SHASAU’s new single “Taurine” arrives like a transmission from the other side of consciousness, with a drifting, slow-unfolding electronic vignette released alongside a hypnotic minimalist video on November 14, 2025. Issued through OMNINORM LTD, the track leans into the duo’s fascination with audiovisual stillness, generative-art aesthetics, and meditative immersion. Created…

Melbourne duo My Lovely Haunting descend further into their shadow-soaked world with “Lost Again,” the final single from their debut album Forgotten Moon. Out now, the track continues the project’s self-crafted genre, Bladerunner Folk fuses spectral folk melodies, cinematic ambience, and the eerie emotional pull of a sci-fi fever dream.…

Stuart Ironside’s “Blow the man down, Johnny” arrives as the second single from his upcoming album Music from Somewhere Else, and it carries the unmistakable scent of sea air, memory, and ancestral pull. Rooted in two classic Liverpool shanties, “Blow the Man Down” and “Leave Her, Johnny,” the track is…