Alex Stonebay & Tom Øderton deliver a dreamy EDM anthem with “Don’t Wake Me Up”
In a world where electronic music is often power over passion, Finnish producer Alex Stonebay and cohort Tom Øderton find a wonderful and all too rare balance with the latest single, “Don’t Wake Me Up.” The song is a trancey bass music experience, as much dreamscape as a dance floor
Charming Scars electrifies with debut anthem “Smart Tart”
On their debut release, “Smart Tart,” this emerging American punk band Charming Scars hits electrifying hard. It’s about as controlled as it is chaos, which you don’t find much of anymore in the alternative music world. “Smart Tart” is raw, honest, and hard. Arriving instantly and urgently, marking some of
Morningstar releases bold new single “Woe Is Me – Demo”
Morningstar delivers throughout the latest effort, “Woe Is Me – Demo,” in a trance-like melding of raw emotion and nocturnal vibes. A genre-boundary-pushing experiment in Trap, R&B, and Hip-Hop, the release steers into emotive territory without surrendering the kind of auditory bite that makes you sit up and notice. “Woe
ArtfulFrankArthur turns regret into heartfelt new anthem “Moment”
The newest single from Simo Andersén’s Finnish solo project, ArtfulFrankArthur, “Moment,” is a lesson in self-restraint. It is rewarded incrementally, as though you were in a dark room, watching the photograph come into focus. What results is an impossibly intimate yet universally relatable meditation on the moments that have passed
Lipford’s “All Night Long” is a beautiful journey into the night
Lipford, the Italian-American pop sensation that has won people’s hearts with his unfiltered music sharing, has dropped his 14th single, “All Night Long.” After breaking from his long-time alt-rock band, MANTRAM, Lipford embarked on a solo journey that was as intensely personal as it was revealing. Produced by the artist and
Ray Noir & Steve Stevens drop a new anthem for queer survival in “Razorblade Romance”
Ray Noir’s “Razorblade Romance” has a fierce industrial rock sound and haunted, emotionally heavy lyrics. It is a powerful anthem for anyone who has been cast aside in society. With the searing guitar work of multiple GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist Steve Stevens, famous for his memorable Cold War classic work with
Paul Cafcae makes a bold reimagining of “Purple rain”
Paul Cafcae strides through fearless grace with “Purple Rain,” a track on his genre-jumping new album “Scarlet and Sparks.” This is an earnest reimagining, seen through Cafcae’s brand, a mix of folk, blues, and Americana grit. Cafcae eases up on the pace, embraces the gloom, and lets every note breathe
Jry H delivers raw emotions in “Si Te Vas”
Jry H take us on a cool refresh in this new Afro House hit, “Si Te Vas.” This earnest, body-led emotional release underscores the deep pain and deep partying of the heartbreak and sensuality cocktail in perfect measure. “Si Te Vas” sucks you into its velvet, cinematic universe from the
LA LOKA OF GOD’s “me curó” is a bold testimony
LA LOKA OF GOD blasts through the noise with a song that spiritually hits you in the heart. Her single, “me curó,” is a battle cry steeped in divine testimony, suffused with raw truth and holy defiance. “me curó,” which translates to “He healed me,” isn’t trying to conform to
Holy Christ!’s “Echoes” is a journey of dreams
“Echoes” by Amsterdam-and-Moscow-based artist Holy Christ! finds its way quietly into your bloodstream and lingers, pulsing with memory and feeling. Clocking in as a reverie of sanded memories, “Echoes” is a slow drift across the fog-whipped surf of memories, a song slathered in the layers of dream pop, shoegaze shimmer,
