As the air gets chillier and skies begin to darken earlier and earlier, Halloween season approaches — and tracks like Olivia Millin‘s “Soul for the Taking” remind of the holiday’s musical-minded allure.
New Tracks
The debut single from +tope, “Hi5 (I am alive)” compels with its dynamic swell — shifting between fuzzy guitar haziness, playful rhythmic bounciness, and back again into a scorching rock-forward invigoration. Hectic
Propelled by a moody interplay of guitars and synths, “Across the Night Sky” is the riveting new single from Silicon Forest. Shades of Depeche Mode and New Order show in the striking
Cincinnati-based band In The Pines captivate across their new album, Sunbeam Dream — moving across psychedelic, prog-rock, shoegaze, and beyond with a knack for melodic, absorbing structural reveals. Among its numerous highlights
A lushly absorbing sound consumes on “california sun,” a recent track from Cartography, the solo project of Trevor Misplay. A soothing soundscape glows right away, as hazy atmospherics meld with a steady
Nashville-based act Camper delight with a range of lushly inviting and powerfully textured pop on new single “Buzzcut.” Gentle acoustic trickles complement an ethereal vocal immersion — “…listening to ‘Buzzcut Season'” —
“Someone Else” is a stylish synth-pop stirrer from Aspen Forest, melding a hooky vocal build-up with memorable synth work — strutting a bass-y pulse and steadily hypnotic charm with post-punk and italo-disco
Showcasing a dynamic art-pop and folk expanse, “Still Alive (Song for Grischa)” is a fantastic track from Vesna Kat, a Cologne-based singer, composer, and producer. Representing the second single from her upcoming
New Albums
Brooklyn-based Lord Sonny the Unifier artfully melds psychedelic rock, post-punk, and melodic songwriting on The Escape Plan Handbook, a 12-track album shaped
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Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist Rosa Vendel presents her four-track debut EP Silhouettes on October 16, moving between alternative folk and soul through
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Bristol-based singer-songwriter Lady Nade captivates with a soulful, genre-fluid approach on Identity, her fourth studio album, moving between folk, Americana, jazz, blues,
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Nashville-based Israeli artist Omer Netzer infuses Southern soul, blues, roots-rock, and alt-country on Let It Sing: Side A, his five-track sophomore EP.
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