REVIEWS

With her latest album, “Purple Raging Flower,” Laura Sumner continues her emotionally candid blend of folk-rock, Americana, and singer-songwriter storytelling. […]

Following the emotionally charged classic-rock introspection of his debut album “7,” Jordan Seven returns with “Mercury,” a record determined to

New York-based singer-songwriter Nicholas Lopardo continues constructing his hard rock/pop punk artistic persona Minimum Champion with his latest release “I

The debut single by Brooklyn-based duo Ruby & Sasha, “Outdoor Shower,” arrives with the kind of understated emotional clarity that

I don’t trust people who are too relaxed in songs about the beach. Never have. Somewhere underneath all that suntan

The latest album from Kilbey Kennedy, “Things We Did On Earth,” builds upon the Australian duo’s experimental sound palette as

There’s a moment in Harry Kappen’s “Distant Shore” where the whole song seems to levitate right out of the room

Ruth Rothwell’s unveiling of her new artistic persona, Empire Child, arrives with the weight of lived experience behind it. Her

With “Inside These Four Walls,” C. Charles Jones delivers a quietly intimate indie-folk confession that turns emotional isolation into something

There is a distinctly cinematic quality to “Detective Stories 2.0 – Memories of Love and Crime and Death – Sgt.

Last Charge of the Light Horse has spent more than two decades chronicling the emotional textures of ordinary life, and

The upcoming science fiction thriller Human Nature is poised to become the must-read novel of Summer 2026 when it launches

The title track from Jim Duff’s new project, “More Than Love,” arrives as one of the most emotionally direct and

There is something gloriously unruly about “Send Barron,” the latest single from the funk-rock collective: The Heard Eye. Released amid

With his latest release, “One of These Days,” Fred Presley delivers the kind of single that grows on you without

The expanded edition of Golden (Deluxe) finds Slow Burn Drifters leaning further into the aesthetic that made their 2025 debut

Pop music has always had a complicated relationship with happiness. Heartbreak tends to sound deeper. Anxiety often feels more contemporary.

Dominican singer-songwriter-producer Tina Halma continues a cultural experiment with her latest release: “Gaslight” and “Presente.” By releasing the English and

Jude Gwynaire’s new single “Saint Magdalene and Me” continues the independent musician’s fascination with memory, landscape, and private symbolism. With

Guitarist Doug MacDonald turns memory into motion on his latest album, “Tribute to South Central.” The album is framed as

Michael Gilas’ “You Don’t Get To Say Goodbye” arrives as an unorthodox breakup song that’s not mournful in the usual

Across Phoenix opens their latest EP, “Dreaming Opaline,” with a hauntingly beautiful single that feels like walking into a dimly

Tim Hort delivers a sharply written and emotionally direct statement with his latest expansive 22-song release, “No Dissociation.” With an

Jon Schapiro curates a moving architecture of tensions with the third recording by his Schapiro17 musical project, “Best Laid Plans.”

Monique Grimme’s latest release, “Make Fear Work For You,” is a risky move as she puts her spin on the

New York-based clarinetist-vocalist Kristen Mather de Andrade delivers an incredibly ambitious record with her latest release, “Sem Fim.” Drawing from

Inspired by his travels to Africa and interactions with African diaspora communities, Jasper “The Jazzmaster” Myers delivers a sprawling 17-track

Some singles are born from a backstory that could easily overpower the music itself, and Davie Simmons’ upcoming release, “Living

The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra (SJMO) continues its mission of preserving the US’ jazz heritage with its latest release: “Ellington

Flippin’ Gothic Fabp continues to impress with his latest freestyle release “Live @ Under St Marks Open Mic (NYC),” a

Flippin’ Gothic Fabp doesn’t title albums for subtlety, and “I’m Reigning Ungodly” delivers exactly the sort of heavy-handed, self-mythologizing underground

Joe Syrian’s “A Blue Time” lands like the kind of record that understands a jazz ensemble does not have to

There are tribute albums, and then there are acts of restoration. Arsenio and Beyond: Live at the Bronx Music Hall

Tomas Janzon’s recent work has established him as a guitarist who values clarity and ensemble feeling, and his latest album

Marie-Paule Franke’s “Through The Cracks The Light Is Born” presents itself like a twilight confession: hushed, bruised, and quietly defiant.

Kathy Ingraham delivers a delightfully ambitious work with her latest collection, “Jazz Dreams.” On paper, a jazz vocal album built

Paul Kahn’s “Willingness” is the kind of record that arrives without fanfare and then wins you over by refusing to

Long Island based folk-rock collective Lina Maxine delivers a haunting single that explores the bittersweet nature of memory with their

Avohee Avoher returns with his highly anticipated new single “Tremura,” released worldwide on March 30, 2026, as part of his evolving 12V project. From

Fred Presley delivers a charming folk-rock meditation with his latest single, “Sympathize.” There is something almost stubbornly unfashionable about this