NYC singer/songwriter April Martin touts powerful and semi-quivering vocals, the type that begs for narrative appeal — and Martin delivers. “Heart Break Doesn’t Come” shows this well in reassuring about potential romantic
New Tracks
Above are the most memorable tracks featured throughout November and December 2016, in addition to January 2017, streaming on both Spotify and Soundcloud. Some tracks may be missing from the Spotify playlist,
Raindeer’s full-length, HWYL, was one of my favorite finds of 2016. Possessing a striking sound that resembled a bunch of goodness – including the swirling psych-friendly tendencies of Animal Collective, the dream-pop haze
“Tether” is an excellent piece of songwriting from Austin-based Blushing, who interweave elements of dream-pop and post-punk for very nice results. The track touts a nice structural particularly in verse to chorus;
Atlanta-based act Jaguar Purrs are kicking 2017 in excellent form, with their debut EP Future Visions – released earlier this month – showcasing three tracks with a distinctively moody setting and elements
Vancouver-based instrumental hip-hop artist Mr. Stee – the alias of Stefan Raupach – impresses mightily on his track “Out There”, where a funky guitar twang works suavely over pitch-fluctuating vocal samples and
Of the Musical by Joan Torres’s All Is Fused Bassist and composer Joan Torres has been honing his craft as a musician since even before he was a teenager, studying jazz with
It’s extremely easy to get lost in “Golden Child”, an engaging and exotic slice of psychedelia from Priyya, a Nepalese-born songwriter, vocalist, and instrumentalist based in New Jersey. Atmosphere reigns here from
New Albums
Following a career as an industrial rock vocalist, Tokyo-based Yuichi Nishikawa pivoted to composition after a vocal disorder, eventually scoring over 50
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Founded by Ed Silva in 2007, the project Cries of Redemption serves up two decades of unreleased material on the LP Patterns.
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County Durham quintet The Casbahs channel decades of British guitar-rock heritage into their excellent sophomore album, Peasants of the Show. Recorded at
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San Francisco-based collective Wreckless Strangers continues their “Ameri-Cali Soul” stylishness with Dirty Souls, a six-song EP produced by four-time Grammy winner Dave
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