Soaring trumpets, crunching rock guitars, and dramatic strings are amongst the powerful forces on “Beau Travail,” a stirring new track from Peaceful Faces. The Brooklyn-based six-piece was initially the solo project of
New Tracks
With the diversely compelling “Waking Up Slow,” Nashville-based singer/songwriter Bedon reveals the opening track on his forthcoming second LP, Daylight. “Waking Up Slow” possesses the characteristics of an ideal rock/pop opener, in
Crafting a striking soundscape with dreamy engrossment, “One, Stop” builds patiently with buzzing synths, lush keys, and ethereal vocals. Twinkling guitar jangles amidst marimba-feeling hypnotics converge gorgeously with delicate vocals. Such is
“green 550s” is the haunting debut single from Jackson Laur. A solemn piano melody guides into Laur’s melancholic vocals, asking “who’s that girl in the back of the room?” The title reference
“Unquit You” is an inviting, mellowly melodic pop single from Absofacto, the project of Los Angeles-based artist Jonathan Visger. The track’s video (above) represents the latest foray into Absofacto’s NITESHIFT concept, described
Coming off a strong 2022 that concluded with the enamoring album Echolocation, New York-based artist Janna Pelle continues that momentum with the single “Janne,” serving as Pelle’s take on Lady Gaga’s track
Thinning by Miners and Gardeners Driving from jangly moroseness into a rousing synth-touched rock catharsis, “Thinning” is a new single from Miners and Gardeners, the Minneapolis-based project of Dan Mynes. Describing the
Denver-based band Summer Bedhead stirs with a dynamic rock engrossment on “Black Hole,” impressing in both its contemplative dreaminess and distortion-forward fuzz. They describe the single as “about the inner versus outer
New Albums
Washington, DC-based band Broke Royals consumes across their new album Campr, spanning enjoyable realms of rousingly anthemic rock, string-touched balladry, and emotively
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Montreal-based project blind dogs of the sun craft a consuming sound on their new album This City Never Sleeps, succeeding in its
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Santa Cruz–based artist Brock Davis crafts an intimately personal array of captivating songwriting on Nothing Lasts Forever, a deeply lived-in album shaped
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Thomas O’Shea‘s new album Generation Z blends dynamic piano-pop atmospherics with candid lyricism, tackling artistic self-doubt, digital-age anxiety, and generational pressure. From
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