OpCritical – “Guillotine”
OpCritical’s “Guillotine” is the kind of song that wants you to pay attention. It comes across with a tense, serious rock sound that fits its subject without trying to make…
Rusty Reid – “I Can See Clearly Now”
Rusty Reid takes on a song that almost everyone knows and loves with his version of “I Can See Clearly Now,” and thankfully, he understands what makes the original work.…
dj thommek – Falling Back IN Love
“Some tracks are made to tell a story. Others simply make you feel good—and ‘Falling Back in Love’ manages to do both.” “Falling Back in Love” immediately settles into a…
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…