THE MISSING PIECE WAS VANCE JOY
Vance Joy has mastered the art of creating timeless music that engulfs you with feelings of nostalgia. His first track in three years, "Missing Piece" is emblematic of that craftsmanship…
GETTING TO KNOW RUTH B.
An Ethiopian-Canadian native with power and velvety vocals, Ruth Behre (aka Ruth B.) is enigmatic and righteous; down to earth, easygoing. A straight shooter with honesty in every word, the…
KARA MARNI TAKES YOU TO SPACE IN “TRIPPIN”
Kara Marni brings listeners up into space with her new airy and ethereal single “Trippin." Her powerful yet melodic vocals create a gravitational pull all their own. The track itself…
RENCE WANTS YOU TO FEEL HEARD
"Life moves so fast." That's how Rence – né Jackson Lawrence Hirsh - responds when I ask how he's feeling on a Friday evening in April. He's had "some…
PASS THE MIC: SOFT GLAS AND CEHRYL
Imagine a world where music became categorized by the emotive journey they allowed us to travel over the genres we so often attempt to rigidly confine it too. That's what…
BOMBA ESTÉREO RECONNECTS US TO NATURE WITH AN “AIRE” OF EASE
At a time of peak technological connection, we have reciprocally reached an era of heightened isolation and pandemic assisted disconnection. Bomba Estéreo is here to help guide us back to heal…
NEW MUSIC: SALLY SPITZ “UR SO NICE” – A ROLLING HYPNOTIC BEAT ABOUT SWAGGER AND SELF-DOUBT IN CASUAL LOVE
Sally Spitz's latest single and video, “Ur So Nice”, is a glitched-out slow jam that embraces the confidence and insecurity faced when meeting a potential lover. The video, directed by…
PALOMA MAMI IS LUCID DREAMING HER WAY TO THE TOP
In 2018, an 18-year-old Paloma Rocío Castillo Astorga found herself freshly relocated from the bustling city life in New York City to her family’s home of origin nestled in Santiago,…
GIRL ULTRA LAYS ALL HER ‘ROSAS’ ON THE TABLE
Mexico City. A burgeoning capitol beyond its literal means as a physical landmark, but one that metaphorically serves as a global center that houses some of musics most forwardly innovative…
STUYEDEYED ON REDEFINING THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF MUSIC
Meet Stuyedeyed. The brooklyn-based hardcore punk band destroying any preconceived notion of what a band should be, to reimagine all the innovative things a band could be. In a world…
BEAU SEEKS FORGIVENESS IN “HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH”
Endearingly sincere, “Have You Had Enough,” the latest offering from New York City indie pop-rock duo Beau, shows songwriters Heather Goldin and Emma Jenney as melodic and evocative as…
TRZTN PURSUES DYSTOPIAN SOUND THROUGH ‘ROYAL DAGGER BALLET’
He’s been no wave. He’s been new wave. He’s been rock. And electronic. And punk. Sometimes at the same time. Now, Paris- and New York City- based musician, composer, and…