Blending ’90s electronica and trip-hop beats with glistening modern pop production, the brother-and-sister duo Gem and Eye sound like they’ve recently crash-landed here from another planet. Dillon Pace handles the beat production
New Tracks
Yev Visao’s visceral music combines hard-hitting electro beats with brooding hip-hop. Their tracks “Run With Scissors” and “Let the Fire Burn” are two great examples of their stylistic versatility and general approach.
The Magic Lightnin’ Boys procure a vein of music that’s comfortably notalgic, steeped in blues and swamp-rock influences that remind instantly of classic-rock greats like The Allman Brothers and ZZ Top. The
Hectic tribal percussion, distant vocal yelps, and an ominously frantic piano progression kick off the richly atmospheric “Falling”, the new single from Toronto-based electronic artist Totemic. A rising figure in the Toronto
“Beautiful Mess” is seductively engaging from the get-go, with sharp vocals and a swanky funk bass line leading as an organ swells in the background. Marcus Bowers’ vocals are deliciously funky and
As Great American Canyon Band, the husband-and-wife duo Paul and Kris Masson blend indie-rock, pop, and folk into one touching sound. With its echoing guitars and sky-scraping harmonies, “Crash” is a vast-sounding
Indie-pop singer/producer Rhett Rowan knows how to paint a vivid picture, even if it isn’t always the prettiest one. Her lyrics and delivery are reminiscent of Lana Del Rey’s swooning portraits of
Starar impressed a year ago with the gauzy shoegaze beauty “Talisman“, and the duo is back at it with the wonderfully mellow “Ride”, which evokes imagery of cruising through a desert just
New Albums
…From What? marks the full-length debut of Outsideness, a collaboration between Azalias and Freidrich$. Born from a single demo, the record evolved
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A Vibrant Sea is another stirring full-length from Dortmund-based artist David Kleinekottmann, performing as Present Paradox. First catching our ears in 2022
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“Soikkola” is a transportive success from Van Sur Les, the Amsterdam-based project of composer Dmitry Surugin. Rooted in Ingrian heritage, the piece
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An alt-rock success shifting between dreamy intrigue and fuzzed-out ardor, Dystopian Days is the new album from Detroit-based artist Hey Look Listen,
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