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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, …

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, …

A flowing harmony between the lead vocal in “Alive” and the bed of guitar play it would use as a canvas to paint us a picture is all Palms Station needed to capture the attention of hardcore indie fans this December with their latest single and music video, but rather …

Pop collaborators Jasmine Crowe and Jonathan Fairchild are having quite the winter indeed. It’s the end of the year and 2023 is just around the corner, and this duo is dropping a summery track in the style of “Poolside,” which is burning up the underground like few other pop singles …

Pure Order are a lot of things, but one thing they aren’t is your mom and dad’s hip-hop duo (in all the right ways), and that’s made abundantly clear to us in the cerebral video for their latest single, “Sons Of Belial,” which is currently out and available everywhere provocative …

Kiani’s new single “I’ll Fly Away” starts in a haze of a slow-rolling groove. The melodies slink around in the foreground, painting us a picturesque introduction that is fully realized in the imagistic video for the song, released this winter to a warm reception from critics and fans alike. When …

Though it’s powerful, to say the least, even the passion espoused in the vibrantly exotic introduction that greets us at the onset of “Fruit Basket” can’t match the emotion in Kelsie Kimberlin’s voice as she begins to serenade us in these opening bars that open her new colorful music video …

In the last few years, Betty Beata’s contemporary pop scene – and the generation that has been taking it over one track at a time – has turned out some soul-stirring material ranging from the simple to the complex and surreal, but with her lovely slice of holiday-style R&B in …

Holding the torch and carrying on into the modern music landscape with a focus on maintaining the legacy of rock music can be extremely tough, especially in 2023 when rock music has long since gone the way of the dinosaur — modern rock acts in the mainstream don’t really exist …