Review

Icelandic artist Daði Freyr (whom you may know from Eurovision) brought his Fabulous, Wonderful & Nice tour to First Avenue on Oct. 1, 2022. The night was a joyous, technicolor, electronic dance party, interspersed with fun tangents from Daði and even included an off-the-walls cover of the chicken dance. I …

In the music video for her new single “You Are,” singer-songwriter Christina Morgan-Diaz shows off that she’s much more than just another contemporary Christian music artist trying to make a name for herself and what is undeniably a very big era for the genre. The theme of the video embodies …

In addition to making quality music in the first place, the very concept of meeting the hype a good slew of buzz in the underground can give you in this business can be next to impossible – unless you’re someone like Star2. Star2’s new single “GO!” is getting a lot …

At first glance, it might be the minimalism of the music video for “Rebecca Henry” that catches your eye the most. There’s definitely something rather bold about the lack of indulgence in the visual scheme here, but it’s not doing much to overwhelm the soundtrack as the main star of …

Recording artist Obi Alfred has released the song “Mind.” This is a song that would best be enjoyed by those who like listening to R&B music, as Obi Alfred is primarily an R&B artist. However, “Mind” also has elements of pop that also opens up the song’s appeal to those …

Melodically more potent than anything else this band has produced before now, Neon Dreams’ “It’s All Good” isn’t just a new single – it’s a statement about what this act wants to be known for and, perhaps even more importantly, what they’re going to do to get our attention. So …

Pop music doesn’t often come as diverse and wide-open with possibility as Little Hurt’s “Cooler If U Did”. It also deserves credit, maybe, for pulling the wool over my eyes. The song title immediately raised my suspicions that what I’d be encountering was a bird-bath shallow pop tune with some …

Les and Loretta Fradkin’s California has likely produced one of the best pop singles in recent memory with their latest. “Perfect World” is a harmony and melody laden work reminiscent of five-star pop from bygone days. Les Fradkin, however, lights up this performance even brighter with his imaginative powers; there’s …

Oklahoma has never been known for its heavy rock scene, but that might change if the likes of Sisteria have their way this fall, and it’s all because of their new album Dark Matter. Dark Matter is getting some seriously positive feedback from rock critics and serious fans the same, …

Kramies isn’t a newcomer, but long-time followers of this indie pop songsmith will confess that his new self-titled release carries a bit more personal mojo than his admittedly fine earlier efforts. His ongoing collaborations with other songwriters as diverse as Granddaddy’s Jason Lytle and Band of Horses’ Tyler Ramsay help …

Greg Hoy & The Boys’ “Carry Me Back Home” isn’t the sort of song you’d want to suggest as an ode to moderation and its joys. Hoy’s written something much different. It’s a paean to the sort of friends who see you embarrass yourself at a bar yet have the …

Joseph Meyers, aka Sp8ce Owl, is a Petaluma, California-based artist and producer whose electronic stream of consciousness compositions are among some of the most challenging yet rewarding music available today. “Digital Breathing” is the composer’s latest single and the four-minute twenty-second track gains much from a visually dazzling accompanying video. …