"Life-affirming Buddhist bedroom Space-math-rock with midwestern screamo characteristics" is a mouthful of a description for what can instead be simply described as a gorgeous piece of art put together by one very talented and dedicated man. Painted Worlds' Sophomore album boasts a virtuous and complex...
I hear a lot of duets as a music critic, but when they produce the kind of white-hot harmony that we find in Wolf Rd’s new single “As Good As It Gets,” the sources they originate from aren’t so quick to fall off of my...
70s folk and pop/rock themes have been swelling in popularity once again this year, but of the specific throwbacks that I’ve been listening to in the past couple of months, I can’t say there’s been another quite like Neil Nathan’s intriguing new single and music...
Although it’s not quite the agent of intimidation that it becomes later on in the track, there’s still something quite potent and ominous about the beat that we start off C.K. Marion’s “Dreamer” with. A sense of danger precludes the melody from founding overtly faint...
Filled with moxie not found anywhere else but the most elite channels of the music world, the vocal Joyann Parker puts forth in her new single “Out of the Dark” is reason enough to check out the song’s parent album this summer. Along with the...
There’s no need to argue - this is the age of surreal pop, and if you didn’t think so before taking a peek at the incredibly stirring new music video for Pre-Sexual Activities’ “Spotify Your Life,” its striking visuals will set you straight in just...
Comprised of a visual scheme that reflects racing thoughts and an anxiety-ridden conscience we’ve all had at some point or another, the video for LBM’s single “Sinner” evolves much as the lyrical narrative of the song would suggest it should. Conceptually speaking, there’s a framework...
Everywhere you look and listen, it’s been there - isolation has undeniably been the most common theme in pop music over the past year, and given the circumstances, it certainly makes a lot of sense. 2020 gave birth to a new subgenre in quarantine pop...
In her second official single, titled “Sparkle & Shine,” pop singer and songwriter Kailee Spark doesn’t let a retro hipster harmony go underutilized for anything and her freewheeling sensibilities take center stage. In both the video for the song and the material itself, Spark doesn’t...
Collaboration starts and ends with chemistry, and what Nolo Grace and Sean Kingston have in the new single “Wake Up” is absolute fire in this respect. Although this is Grace’s song, Kingston steps up to the mic for a guest spot in “Wake Up” that...