New Tracks
Sophisti-Pop
Showing a lovely sophisti-pop vein reminiscent of Prefab Sprout, “Changing Tides” is a recent track from En-Kay, the project of New York-based Nathanael Koenig. Bird-chirping and jazzy acoustics consume initially, a...
Electro-Pop
An especially stylish track, as if Pet Shop Boys embraced more guitar-based adornments, “Digits” is a catching effort from The Mietus Touch (aka Joseph Mietus). Coming via his new Transcendental Souvenirs album, ...
Rock
The new album from Charleston-based band Easy Honey, Peach Fuzz impresses with a sound conjuring ’90s rock nostalgia while still feeling fresh. Album track “Calling It Off” compels with its steady, enjoyably r...
Tracks
A melancholic crooner about self-doubt and slipping into addiction, “Irish Goodbye” is a new track from Nashville-based band Taxiway. “I’ve got a knot in my stomach, I feel a lapse in my brain,” th...
Instrumental Rock
Sprawl is an instrumental rock album with ample mystique, from rock trio The Ghosts of Searchlight, from Long Beach, California. “Cauterizing Asphalt” stands among its numerous highlights, driving with theatrical gu...
Hip-Hop
A new track from Detroit-based rapper Noveliss, featuring the production of Dixon Hill, “Cold Mountain” glistens with a key-laden beat and suave vocal flow. A highlight from the artist’s new album Book of Chan...
Heavy Rock
Twelve-minute hard-rock epic “I Come to Destroy” is the finale on Desert of Our Dreams, the latest album from Oakland-based band Vannon. The release’s apocalyptic themes and doom-metal/prog-rock integration pl...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
“Old Shoes” presents a lush blend of dream-pop and rock from HORACE, the project of Toronto-based singer/songwriter and producer Gabriel Horace Davis. Serene synths give way to tender vocals and melodic guitars, the...
