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Regina Madre isn’t a typical singer, and her sophomore single “Never Be the Same” isn’t a typical song. Strutting through the silence with a swaggering control over the lyrics that only comes with a lifelong passion for music, Madre has the presence of a roaring classic jazz singer, dominating the …

Against the enthralling backdrop of a boundless natural environment, Kailee Spark is getting back to the basics of her songcraft in the new music video for her single “Passageways,” released just last week, and sounding like one of the more adept singer/songwriters in her class in the process. Experimenting with …

There have been a lot of smart slow jams coming out in the last two years, but if you haven’t heard the single “Easy” from crooner Sparkle, you’ve yet to indulge in some of the best melodicism the underground has to offer today. Sparkle issues a formidable lead vocal performance …

“Say that we’ll stay friends / Say this won’t be the end / But tell me that the feeling’s gone,” we’re told in the chorus of Kelsey Coleman’s new single “Break Mine,” the singer/songwriter channeling the sentiments of a concluding relationship with a painful realism some might not be expecting …

Grey DeLisle can’t seem to stay out of the headlines this year, and if you don’t understand why, you clearly haven’t heard her voice in action. DeLisle’s new single, “Tonight You Belong To Me,” and its barebones music video are a measurement of her iconic musicianship as much as it …

Funky and loud, “New Mexico Way” is a full of energy number from John Vento’s Brick by Brick project. An upbeat song giving the vibes of old school days and the songs we used to dance to back at that time. This song revolves around the message of giving up …

Greg Hoy doesn’t necessarily sound jittery in his new single and music video “Here Comes the Light,” but the unease in the riffing he constructs beneath his lyrics in this track definitely seeps to the surface of the music by the time we get into the chorus. There’s a lot …

In a world where everyone is clamoring to be heard, sometimes it’s the quiet you notice the most. Cheryl B. Engelhardt’s new track, “Ithaca,” is a beautifully calm song, arranged to feel like you’re slowly waking up and at total peace. It’s an oasis of serenity in the middle of …

Rigidly rhythmic in “The Remedy (Feel Alright).” Uncaged yet bound to a mathy groove as forceful as it is intoxicating in “Made it Look Easy.” Fearlessly agile and unapologetically focused on speed in “You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real).” No matter which angle we’re catching Xavier Toscano from in his …

Crisp in presentation and yet cloudy in the statements it will offer us, the poetic sensibilities of Sin for Saints’ new single “Sad Songs” are undisputedly bleeding through the words, the music, and even the very production style this track and its video were recorded using. “Sad Songs” oozes with …

After Blow the Lid, the title track in an upcoming album by the same name, Izzie’s Caravan has released yet another single, Return to Midway, to keep their fans entertained as they await the much-anticipated summer release of Blow The Lid the album. After the wide success of their last …

Wake up/I don’t want to listen anymore/To voices. Those are lyrics from the chorus of the first single, off of Pistols At Dawn’s EP, Nocturnal Youth. The song is of course called, “Voices,” and the band cites the never ending chatter that permeates our social experience as the inspiration for …