Opening Time For The Battered finds David Palfreyman taking stock in personal spaces where time, memory, and creative identity live. The album brings rock, folk, alternative, and touches of pop on a single serving while being grounded, human, and reflective. It’s the sound of someone who has been around life…

Super Creeps don’t care about refinement, metaphor, or making you comfortable. They care about impact. Produced with Grammy-winning engineer Reto Peter, Double Plastik is five tracks of exactly that buzzing, lofi garage rock fed through distortion and cynicism. The guitars sound like they’re melting through blown-out amplifiers, the drums feel…

Sharon Ruchman’s new album From the Heart does exactly what its title promises, as it communicates feeling first, without theatrics or excess, relying on the natural conversation between violin and piano to carry emotional weight. It’s her sixth album overall, but her first devoted solely to violin–piano duets, created in…

After a year of stepping back, reassessing, and rebuilding, Max Edwards returns with “Don’t Walk Away,” wearing his heart on his sleeves as he serves up vulnerability, honesty and relatability. This is Edwards turning inward, taking the time to understand his voice again, and emerging with a sound that is…

“So Convincing” changes things up in Ezliyah’s artistry, marking her move from a more stripped-back, acoustic singer-songwriter style into a sound with more immersive texture and atmosphere. Co-written and produced with Recording Academy member Barbra Schucko (Babia) and mastered by Ryan Kelly, the track gains a luminous shine that still…

Cairns-born alt-pop riser Abi Muir arrives at Be Social Fest this year not just as an opener, but as an artist stepping fully into her voice. To mark her appearance supporting Winston Surfshirt and opening the main stage the following day, she releases her new single “C.O.N. (Crazy Obsessively Needy)”…

This one grabs you by the collar and drags you into the pit of discomfort because “Spiked (Mind Eraser)” is Isaac Neilson holding a match to his own trauma and letting it burn loud enough for the room to hear. The first thing that lands is the tension. His voice…

Shy-Anne Hovorka’s newest single, “Fly Away,” is as much a remembrance as it is a release. A celebrated multi-instrumentalist and humanitarian whose career has stretched across powwows, symphony halls, classrooms, and world stages, she’s long been known for songs rooted in cultural reclamation, storytelling, and community healing. This track, released…

Anthony Casuccio’s new release, “Am I Wrong,” gets on his knees with this cover. Originally penned by Richard and Tim Butler for Love Spit Love, the song has always carried a certain bruised elegance and a worn-in emotional gravity. Casuccio leans into its vulnerability and reshapes it through his own…

Audra Watt’s new single “Here in New York” lands like a memory you can’t quite shake—half warm glow, half quiet ache. Released October 17, 2025, and recorded at Vibe King Studio in Nashville with producer Andrew King, the track reflects a life-defining crossroads: staying in Tennessee at 18 instead of…

Montreal’s hybrid nu-metal force Fatal Switch returns swinging hard with their new single “Apex,” a track engineered to hit like a piledriver both in the pit and in the psyche. Long known for welding rapcore ferocity to post-hardcore emotional grit, the band steps into a sharper, more cinematic era here.…

Moniah steps back into the spotlight with her new single “What If I Cry About It,” released October 29th, 2025, marking a confident next chapter after the success of her debut EP ANYWHERE BUT HERE. The London-born singer-songwriter, already turning heads at venues like House of Koko and Battersea Power…