Amidst the neon bohemia of her new music video for the single “Orion,” we’re introduced to a songstress in IVEEN and her stunning brand of vocal-driven surreal pop without anything to come between artist and audience. Though adorned with a lot of colorful elements, the...
In the midst of isolation, Dos Floris delivers a surprisingly intimate performance in her new single and vibrant music video “All in It Together” that fans are bound to fall in love with. Driven by a relaxed rhythm and Joni Mitchell-style harmonies that recall a...
I loved “One More Night” from the first listen and it fascinates me how the track came into being. James Floyd, otherwise known as the Black Bill Gates, Altrina Renee, and Speech accepted the Writrz Block Studio challenge of recording a possible hit-worthy track within...
Paul Mark & The Van Dorens have the listener by their fingers. And toes. And souls. In the new album Gravity, this New York City-based band relinquishes any hang ups and coaxes the listener into an imaginative world filled with piano, some hopping percussion, swaying...
Cage The Elephant’s “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked” is a celebrated classic in the alternative rock lexicon, and in 2020, it’s getting a wonderful restyling from an artist as devoted to masterful melodies as its creators were. Jake Clayton takes on this legendary hit...
Eroticized and yet unintimidating, sterling but wholly accessible; the lead vocal in Hewas’ “Lemon” has got to be one of the smartest of the new indie pop I’ve heard in 2020. Hewas is a newcomer to his scene, but in his debut single, he doesn’t...
Rock doesn’t often sport a positive commentary, let alone a narrative that builds anyone in the audience up, but that isn’t stopping BLUVNBU from incorporating this exact theme into the new record The Awakening. BLUVNBU is the trade name adopted by a solo Matt Welsh, who...
“Do you know what’s on my mind, do you know what I’ve been hiding from?” singer Ilja Alexander sings in the captivating track “Butterfly” from his album Nature. With simplicity and a stunning champagne-like music bed, Alexander continues to give his audiences an exotic balance...
A powerful voice can transform even the simplest of songcraft into something unbelievably moving, and I think that this is definitely the case with V. Contreras’ new single and video “If I Could.” Stylized like a vocal standard but sporting a pop-like sensationalism in its...
Rookie releases aren’t easy to craft, no matter how long you’ve been a musician. With that said, if there’s anyone who is setting a good example for how young artists should take on the aforementioned tasks, it’s 14 year old Eden Paige, who is raising...