Modern guitar-driven rock doesn’t have to be overindulgent to sport the same lush tonal presence its ancestors wore with pride, and if there’s a single that proves as much this summer, it’s The Dirty Shirts’ new release “Gin & Tonic.” Carnal and string-powered but not...
Any rapper can break off a boastful track like it’s second nature nowadays, but to create something that hashes out true emotion, that penetrates the boundary line separating the playful melodies on the radio from the subjects they address in our everyday lives, takes skills...
If there were ever such a thing as doing too much in a hip-hop track, such a concept just isn’t a reality in the modern age of the genre, which is championed by those who are constantly willing to push themselves and their music a...
Nadia Vaeh has been trending around the underground beat a lot in the last year, but in the new single “Front Row” by Jen Fodor, she’s playing more of a supporting role in launching her collaborator’s career to the same warm reception she received not...
Seductively melodic and stunningly appointed with one of the smoothest-sipping grooves you’re going to hear off of the mainstream radar in 2021, OneTwenty’s voice could convey the directions for setting up a stationary bike and still sound Grammy-worthy; luckily though, his new single “Tora Tora”...
The comradery shared by wrestlers of all backgrounds is something most everyone both in and outside of the sport is aware of, and in the new single and music video “Til the Break of Don” by multi-hyphenate Lalo the Don, it’s the subject and muse...
Anyone who said drill was fading from the limelight in 2021 didn’t see the likes of 4Pack Boss coming, and in his new single “Johnny Dang,” the Tampa-based rapper strikes a sonically provocative blow in the commercial trap game like few of his contemporaries have...
If you listen to most contemporary pop and R&B, you’ll notice that traces of new jack swing continue to influence the narrative for both genres in incredible and undeniable ways. Take for example the new single “Ride” from Dom Whalley of Jungle fame; while the...
The swing behind the opening riff in the new single and music video “Like No Other” by rock n’ roll supergroup The Dead Daisies is definitely something that will rile fans up right from the start of the track forward, but personally, I think the...
Experimental pop artist PIERA’s debut album broke the mold for a lot of critics in 2019 - myself included - and among all of the tracks on the record, it’s easy for me to understand why she would choose for “Cosmic Reaction” to be a...