A very vivacious new EP release from Nicole Ash just dropped, and this record certainly hits hard and all the places it needs to, boasting loads of honesty, inner thought, and emotion, but in a way that shapes the record into this heavy sort of pop-rock and punk opus. This record displays so much of Nicole's personality and she comes through vibrantly, colorfully, and with just the right amount of attitude with a certain closed-fisted approach lurking just beneath the surface

I honestly can't say I've heard a better genre crossover than on the new EP from s, which blends a massive, colorful pop overcoat with a Southern underbelly that reaches into Americana and even country at times, and the combination is beautifully done and completely seamless. The artist shines and thrives with this relentless attitude,spirit, and energy that never lets up throughout the record, though there is plenty of honesty strewn throughout its course. The EP consists of

Yellow No.5 just released a new single that reaches into the depths of pop rock and serves as a sort of breakup track, just in time for Valentine's Day, and with enough charisma to catch your ear. This single showcases how the band is able to really portray a good depth of honesty while keeping things super catchy at the same time. This song really pops and has a great rhythm to it, and the guitar work is so bright, colorful, and not without its edginess either. "Be Mine" is

A new single from Jak Fiddler is like the musical depiction of an old western about a nomadic cowboy, riding on and on, trying to escape his demons. The way it all gets laid out throughout the song is outstanding, because it's so descriptive, and the music and instrumentation of everything follow suit so perfectly well to nail the aesthetic of that sort of outcast cowboy tonality and ideal. It's pretty amazing how the song tells the story of this man who just keeps writing on

If you are not familiar with the music of Ryan Mackin don't let us be among the first to introduce you as the artist has released several outstanding and very conscious, honest hip hop singles that don't skip a beat, have brilliant lyrical phrasing, and come at you with loads of personality, including one of my personal favorites "It's Possible". This is one of my top tracks for this artist simply because of that intense honesty and perfectly balanced energy throughout its co

A new single release from Iboreh serves as a call out to the world we live in today, with technology always tracking us, listening to us, and following our whereabouts. It's a song that displays the sentiment of just being tired of it. Wanting to disappear, live off the grid, or be anonymous. It's true. It's very hard to be anonymous in this day and age. Especially when we have phones in our pockets or our hands constantly, cameras watching our movements from street lights, a

A new single from Sherise breeds quite a bit of honesty in the form of a bright, colorful, and deep grooved, dance pop single with lots of cultural flair and plenty of drive. The single features some amazing synthesizers that really do add some great textures to the song while bringing in a lot of that colorful approach, pop overtone, and vibrant aesthetic. One of the things I love most about this track is that it is actually about rising up from a bad situation. It's about o

A beautifully theatrical style release from Crash World delivers such an honest testament to personal struggle that it's hard to turn away from. The song delves pretty deep from a very personal perspective, and it's this kind of robust honesty that gives it as much character and personality as it actually has. The song itself feels sort of sad, and its melodies are also lush and sort of colorful in their performances and textures. You can tell this is a song that was influenc

The new Bruecken album release drops you into this vastly atmospheric set of soundscapes that have the ability to take you away to different places in a very unique sense, by bringing together ambient tones and space along with heavy and edgy tones. Years That Answer is a record that starts by pulling you into a world that has a beautifully constructed set of textures, driving percussion, building guitar sections, and still with that ambience in its underbelly, all coming to

A new EP release from Nightmarer delivers a brutal and trudging blend of doom, thrash, speed, and blackened death metal, all put together into this one extensive release that hits with a blistering set of tonalities and deepening guitar riffs. When you start listening to this record you could tell right off the bat that these guys have a love for their craft. Their passion for brutal metal is something that they hold very high and I love how they're able to bring together the

A new release from Amanda & James just dropped, and this track portrays such a great sentiment when it comes to relationships. Even though they know they're not making a comeback anytime soon, it's very light-hearted, and it focuses on such a great storyline between two people that sort of know things have ended, and they're not making that come back, but it's okay. I definitely dig the sentiment because it speaks volumes for the duo and how they're able to be open in terms o

A vastly experimental album release from The Beatroot Road delivers such a lush and outside-the-box set of soundscapes that blend and mesh together seamlessly, but still have a way of branching out in different directions with each new track. This is a full record of songs that feel spacious, cinematic, and again, quite experimental, as you never really know what's going to happen next. This release is packed with surprises around its corners, unique production approaches, an

The Rat Utopia Experiment returns with an absolute threshing banger that reaches into the depths of everything riot rock was built on while blending in elements of punchy garage and loads of swagger-riddled attitude that all come together and create something that hits hard and boasts unbelievably infectious energy. "Blast!" comes through as a 2-minute powerhouse that is absolutely relentless and completely addicting. This embodies what a lot of punk rock is all about, but fo

Hail The Ghost is known for releasing and creating songs that have messages behind them, whether they are stories or personal attributes that get delivered boldly and with very few boundaries or walls built around. The music is normally very vast and always has that cinematic feel to it, which is always one of my favorite aspects about the soundscape that's usually brought to light through their songs. Lyrically, there is almost always very little being held back. At times yo

A new release from The Victim manages to pull together a lot of classic influence while bringing in a warm and welcoming pop rock approach. I feel like the classic rock influence comes from artists like Springsteen because the tracks have this sort of particular tonality to them in terms of the guitars, and the way the vocals are performed as well. "This Town" is the main single of focus and does give such a story, told with some amazing detail, so that you can sort of paint

Fake Mannequin just dropped a new single, and this thing really reaches into the depths of alternative pop, with super spacious, ambient underbellies and just the right amount of edginess and Intrigue to sound super alluring. It gives me a little bout of nostalgia because it feels like something that was released in the late 90s, and I dig that a lot. The song boasts a very cinematic aesthetic. It's got an amazing format and arrangement so that it really grows and sort of swa

A new album released from Lynn Patrick delivers an incredibly lush atmosphere built with guitar work that just feels warm, welcoming, and delivers a tonality that invites you to sort of drift alongside the balances of light and emotion that come through constantly as the record unfolds. This is an album that features such amazing attention to detail, but still thrives in terms of having loads of heart. You can clearly hear loads of influences from different genres coming in f

A new single release from Taylor Campbell Band delivers a warm sense of inspiration and a unique, classic description of life itself as a working man trying to build a better future for the kids of his own, and it's a sentiment that so many of us can relate to that it's impossible to turn away from this track. Part of the reason this works so well is because of his lyrical approach. It's so descriptive and storytelling that it pulls you right in. Yes, there is the sentiment a

John Jenkins returns with a single that absolutely has plenty of depth to it and makes quite an amazing statement in terms of where we are in the world and in this country today. It's a song that doesn't hold a lot back and speaks truths, by way of telling stories, and this is where the warmth comes in. This is a single that does a lot of explaining and talks about generations coming to the United States with dreams in hand. It speaks of parents, grandparents, and how, at cer

The new single release from Golden Vultures comes through with an amazing rootsy sort of swampy blues rock approach, and a lot of that comes from the tone and riff of those guitars. This track boasts so much addictive energy that it's totally infectious, right from the start. After it's count in, you have some amazing guitar riffs coming into play with two sets of guitars that sort of bounce off each other. This is sort of an introduction to the song, and it's a great one at