Album Reviews

“Birds aren’t real the government is full of lies / Birds aren’t real drones up in the skies / AI floating up in the sky / Beautifully designed / Looking inside our minds / Don’t get me started on dogs” sings Major Spark in a memorable string of verses near …

Ambient sensation Sonarpilot returns with yet another stunning slice of surreal audio incarnate in the all-new single “Citadel,” out now everywhere that independent music is sold and steamed. Sonarpilot doesn’t placate us with any of the banally dreary atmospheres that have become so commonplace in modern avant-garde music here; from …

In “I Feel,” the brand new single and music video from the one and only DMF Musa, surprisingly soulful melodies straight out of the OG hip-hop songbook are skewed with a streamlined, almost cosmopolitan groove that is unstoppable once it gets fired up, and though the combination might seem strange …

Experimental rocker Harry Cloud shows off an expansive imagination and musical range on The Cyst, released February 7 via Kitten Robot Records. The multi-genre album is the Georgia native’s sixteenth project and weaves through a hodgepodge of absurdist concepts and storylines. Each song is a vignette of situations ranging from …

Shaheed and DJ Supreme have been making amazing music as a duo for years, and with their combined skills as sharp as ever, they dish out their very material yet in “Skates & Crates,” a new single and video out this February. With their diverse backgrounds influencing the experimental nature …

Smart indie songwriter Krish Valentine returns to the limelight with his scene’s slickest stuff yet in “All Yours,” a single that melds the club-laden elements in his singing style with a swanky pop groove that has the power to induce chills upon first contact. “All Yours” starts with a hazy …

Through the lush intro that greets us at the beginning of Pedrito Martinez’s new music video “Avenida Malecon,” the unlikely start of a celebration of Latin pop’s grandeur starts to form before our very ears. Melodies cascade from above, with Martinez’s energy already filling the speakers with raw charisma. Without …

When it comes to ensuring funk’s relevance for a new generation of fans, few are displaying the pure passion that Jimmy D. Scott does in his new single “Enough is Enough.” Utilizing an old-school approach to songwriting, Scott weaves together a sonic patchwork of new-school musicality and funk-influenced technique to …

A dangerously mischievous bass comes storming into the fold in the first few moments of Shaheed and DJ Supreme’s “Life as a Farmer,” which is available everywhere that independent music is sold and streamed this February, but this ominous intro is just the start of the fun. In the distance, …

Bands comprised of siblings is nothing new. It is an age old tale in the realm of rock and roll, notoriously creating some of the best and most infamous music. South Minnesota-based trio Loki’s Folly are no exception to the formula of family-to-band pipeline, but there is a distinct nucleus …

“After being driven off the road by the ghost, running through the dark desert and stumbling upon a convenience store in the middle of nowhere, our protagonist finds a secluded beach with a fire already burning. Although he knows the ghost cannot be far behind, he simply can’t resist the …

Palms Station’s new single “Blue Skies Back” and its surreal music video start us off in a haze that seems to linger over the ensuing rhythmic rumble for the duration of the song, but it doesn’t take very long for the band to create some sonic definition among the glowing, …