Tyler Allred returns with “Anxious Anyway,” a song that feels deeply personal from the very beginning. Built around a clean acoustic foundation, the track opens up a space where real emotion can sit front and center. It speaks openly about the weight of anxiety and personal struggle, giving us details that feel honest enough to connect on a very human level. What makes the song hit so hard is how genuine it feels. Tyler Allred doesn’t dress the emotion up or hide behind anyth

The new album from Powerhill is one of the most fun metal records I've heard, probably in years. They blend elements of classic hair metal, glam rock, deepening, trudging melodic approaches, orchestrated metal, and plenty more, all on one record. In doing so, the band has created something that is invasively addictive and packed to the brim with character and beyond outstanding guitar work left and right. They do it all seamlessly as well. The way they blend the metal sub-gen

Ambergris is back with a new EP that delivers a fierce, massively fuzz-toned doom-rock approach that pulls you in with deep, fat riffs, driving drums, and some fun production effects that create a gritty, slightly sludgy crossover into stoner and metal, all in one. Now, we're low on newbies when it comes to this band, and I can tell you right now that these guys put out this amazing kind of atmosphere that definitely hits hard, has a bit of a deep tuning to it, and rumbles th

Carmie returns with a wonderfully warm but pop-riddled love song that has a particular way of showcasing part of her personality and how she pulls from emotional aspects of her life to write songs that people can really relate to. This new single is definitely a love song, but it's done in a way that feels more bright and light-hearted rather than intense or heavy-handed in terms of displaying overpowering emotion. It's got a contemporary underbelly to it, a beautiful flow, a

Bgbgb returns with a new EP that definitely branches out and takes some new direction, blending all kinds of different elements taken from R&B, hip hop, afrobeat, and even hints of electronic, to create something that stands out, driven by a series of unique and interesting perspectives. One of my favorite aspects about this artist in general is the simple fact that every time you get a new release, it evolves a little bit. There's always a change in approach while still hol

A massive new single from Overlaps delivers a spacious but edgy tonality in the form of a heavy-handed alternative rock song that also manages to blend in elements of shoegaze and more as it unfolds. There is something incredibly anthemic about this track, and I feel like it comes from how the vocals are sort of powerful and have some soul behind them, but also because the instruments come into those choruses like a wall of sonic drive crashing into you. This is definitely he

An incredibly vibrant new crossover record from J Eden takes some of the best elements of electronic, synth pop, house, and EDM, and blends them seamlessly into a hip-hop format that just feels alive and breathing the entire time. This is a record that throws you a lot of curveballs and has loads of surprises around its corners. It is lush with brilliant instrumentation, robust synths and keys, and an energy that's through the roof more than half of the time. The vivacious at

If 3 is the perfect number, Galan Trio’s third installment in their series dedicated to the American piano trio hits the jackpot. Following the critical success of the first two volumes, which explored works from the easterly states, Kinesis: Volume 3 expands the project’s acoustic horizons by incorporating electronics for the first time, all while remaining true to the series’ guiding principle: dynamic motion. The double-album presents thirteen world-premiere recordings th

With Continuous Interior, Abby Fisher unveils a solo album that reimagines percussion and electronics.The album includes two immersive works that explore scale, space, and perception. The title track – the evocative Continuous Interior by New York composer Robert Honstein – draws inspiration from the modern experience of limitless, bounded spaces – shopping malls, airport terminals, vast warehouses – and translates that feeling into waves of resonant sound, where vibraphone t

Artistic collaborations always cross boundaries to some extent but rarely are those boundaries as substantial as in this case. Through the Eye(s) documents a unique work created with composers and writers incarcerated at the Indiana Women’s Prison. The project, facilitated by composer Eliza Brown, reveals the powerful perspectives of incarcerated individuals, in the form of a collective work for speaking percussionist, Bonnie Whiting. The genesis of Through the Eye(s) was in

A set of brutal, thrashing power metal tracks from Carmilla all display what true metal is about. This is a record that takes no prisoners, holds nothing back, and delivers all the fire that you want from a good, heavy metal record. Still, it also branches out into different sub-genres of metal as well, delivering a robust set of atmospheres and a fierce energy that you just can't turn away from. The band has an upcoming record called Dream Eternal, and you can hear several o

A new single from Pocket Lint just dropped, and this track certainly delivers a very vast tonality that blends elements of electronically driven pop music with a mysterious, almost noir-cinematic aesthetic. The track utilizes a series of synthesizers and keys to give you an expansive atmosphere, and it works amazingly because of how the artist layers those on and produces everything. You have a synthesized bass line, which gives the track a certain kind of thickness, but ther

The You Be You album from Martin Christiansen arrives with a burst of color and confidence, delivering a pop-driven experience that leans fully into bright, energetic production and infectious rhythm. From the very beginning, we are pulled into a world built on vibrant beats, shimmering keys, and vocals that feel alive with personality. The record wastes no time establishing its tone, giving us a sound that feels both uplifting and immediately accessible while still carrying

The full-length album from Stevie Violet is finally here, and the record certainly showcases a lot of the honesty we already know so well coming from the artist. The Chrysalis album comes through with a mixture of warm and crisp tones, indie rock, elements of contemporary pop, and a sort of unique texture to all the songs that keeps things very consistent. The album kicks things off with a song called "Try Me On For Size", which tells right into some of those truths as she sp

The Echoes of Silence (Felted) album by Dan Becker arrives as a deeply expressive and carefully crafted collection of piano-driven pieces that draw us in with both subtlety and strength. Through these compositions, we find ourselves wrapped in a series of emotional movements that feel both intimate and expansive at once. The performances are rooted in a natural sense of flow, where each progression feels purposeful, and every melodic turn carries a quiet but powerful weight.

A new single from Dirty Jeans just dropped, and the song is bursting with personality and this warm, youthful sentiment that sort of cries out, and it's something that is so incredibly spirited that it sort of charges you up and gives you energy. This is a song that feels almost anthemic as it beckons that yearning for that big thing you want. It can be considered just a want for more in general, but when I listen to the song, it feels like something that almost tells you to

A powerful but warm new single from Tyler Ellis delivers a sound that feels anthemic and incredibly honest, as it delves into a working man's life and how certain Avenues of the government have control over us, even when we don't realize it at first, including in the workplace. But it also gets into general camaraderie. How certain people have your back, and you have theirs. "Union Song" gets pretty deep, but it is crisp and clear on its surface. There are things that we can'

The new album from Caroline Wiles has just been released, and the record is packed with amazing levels of personality that feel honest and genuine, along with a brilliantly vintage style tonality that brings out elements of classic rhythm and blues, soul, hints of contemporary pop, and even folk. The album is called Just Be You, and the title track starts the record right off. Right off the bat, you have warm organs, soulful blues-style guitar performances, and just this incr

It’s a Tuesday night, and my editor says: “You’re on Madzilla LV’s new video. Give it a spin.” Not gonna lie, I’m pretty stoked. If you’re a metalhead who actually pays attention, you know Madzilla LV’s name has been bubbling, and for good reason. Their latest, “Ashes of Light,” just dropped with a video that’s pure road dog fever. Forget all that overproduced, green-screen nonsense. This is real-deal footage from their South American run, yeah, the one where they landed the

An album release from Cadre Scott delivers such a beautiful approach to blending folk and elements of Americana, even hints of classic rock, and more, all with this almost vintage tonality, and a gorgeous approach to songwriting that gives off loads of personality, which is one of the biggest things you end up really getting attached to throughout the course of this album. The Higher album certainly doesn't waste much time with its first track, "Sweeter", coming right in with