Sp8ce Owl “And So It Begins” (trance) Sp8ce Owl has felt disconnected from the world at large for much of his life, struggling through various challenges and experiences that you can never truly prepare for or expect to happen. However, the constant throughout has been his enduring passion and interest in …

Black Sweater is a two-piece band based out of San Diego, formed by brothers Caleb and Sam Sheffield. Together, they’ve been steadily releasing singles since 2021, all the way up to today’s song on review, “Moves Like You.” The single is a soft, smooth indie rock piece that’s based on …

Finnish raconteur Ville Kiviniemi’s muse is restless, to say the least. His muse has found a home in London during the 1990’s performing as The Urban Peasant. Kiviniemi moved on from there to find audiences in New York City’s lower East Side “anti-folk” scene and self-released two collections entitled Toilet and Coffee. His …

Art frequently imitates life, and vice versa, and it’s clear from the start of the new single and music video “Two Dogs & a Rat” from singer/songwriter Michelle A. Jones that she didn’t source this story from imagination alone. There’s something very honest and unfanciful about this single; something that …

Michael Dean Hall isn’t putting up a big, pomp-filled show in the music video for his new single “It Really Sucks Getting Old;” he’s taking us through a day in his life, embodying the story in the lyrics and rejecting the notion that you have to include a lot of …

Rebellion in music doesn’t always wind up cultivated in the obvious, and rather than featuring wild haircuts or anarchistic lyrics, Seal Party is getting a little more creative with their rejection of the establishment. The band’s new single “Maison” is a statement all by itself, and it says these players …

Controlling tempo with percussion or a groove-powered bassline is one thing, but to take a verse and use it as an agent of movement and vitality takes skill on another level, which is essentially what B. West is wielding in his new single “The Narrative” this June. While some of …

From the second the beat pounces on the melodic underpinning in “2 Many,” it’s pretty clear to the listener that the groove-powered afrobeat track is out to put us in a mood this June. Neither the chaotic grind of trap nor the artificial bassline of mainstream rap are present in …

Some voices can do anything – from R&B to rock, jazz to country, these singers can cover just about any ground they lay their eyes on, and while I just got turned onto the music of Najjah Calibur this month, I have a feeling he might be one of these …

The concept behind the new music video for AJ Smith’s single “Better” is admittedly more cerebral than what you see in the bulk of indie-pop releases coming out of the underground this year, but its postmodern fusion of self-awareness, humility, and an understated longing that inevitably evolves into a brief …

A lot of acts spend the better part of their early careers searching for an identity, a signature sound, and even a jumping-off point from which to launch a narrative unto their audience, but this isn’t a problem plaguing RM47. “Strangers,” their inviting and fun new single and music video, …

In the truest of blues and jazz music, hiding behind synths and samples isn’t an option – if you’re not able to exploit the credibility of a real harmony, an honest groove, or a heartfelt lyric, you don’t have a show to play. guUs’ sound, which veers between blues and …