Quinetik – Astronaut Dreams
“Some songs chase the future at full speed. Others simply float toward it.” “Astronaut Dreams” finds Quinetik somewhere above the noise. The production immediately establishes that sense of weightlessness. Spacious…
Kai Moa – Some of My Best Friends Are…Electric Sheep
“Some records feel like collections of songs. Others feel like places you briefly disappear into.” “Some of My Best Friends Are…Electric Sheep” is the kind of EP that seems determined…
Kit Cooper – Grave Concern/A Good day for Binky
“There is something unsettling about a song that sounds like it is trying to outrun its own thoughts.” “Grave Concern” wastes little time establishing its emotional world. Originally released in…
Stephani Ezatoff – Run On
“Some songs are performed; others feel like they carry generations of history with them.” “Run On” arrives with a sense of history that is difficult to separate from the music…
Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends – Sing-Along Songs
Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends Sharpen the Edges on “Sing-Along Songs” “When the world gets darker, sometimes the only sensible response is to turn the volume up and sing…
Expensive Trade – It’s MITCH
“Sometimes the most expensive thing you can lose is yourself.” There’s a delicious darkness to “Expensive Trade,” the latest chapter in It’s MITCH’s My Imaginary World. The song takes the…
Now or Never – Oskar Brandt
“Some love stories don’t end with goodbye — they end with a choice.” There is a particular kind of tension running through Oskar Brandt’s “Now or Never,” the feeling of…
The Inheritance – Keesha Blair
“The things we leave behind aren’t always the things we can hold.” “The Inheritance” takes a simple word often associated with money, possessions, and family estates and gives it a…
Noah James – Mass I Am the One
“Sometimes the loudest statement an artist can make is simply refusing to disappear.” Noah James Mass brings a restless energy to “I Am the One,” a driving alternative-rock single that…
Shery M – Bubblin
“After spending years fighting for the right to be heard, sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is turn the music up and dance.” Shery M’s “Bubblin” arrives as…