Migrant Motel delivers a stunning fourth single in “Shame,” the latest in a string of intriguing releases to bear the twosome’s name in the byline, and the buzz isn’t about the potency of the hook it features alone. “Shame” fuses the emotive lyrics of modern pop with reflective, almost atmospheric …
Read More »Single Review: The High Plains Drifters – “He Reminds Me of You”
There’s no shortage of chills to behold in the new single/video combo from The High Plains Drifters “He Reminds Me of You,” but if you ask me, the main source of this song’s excitement can be traced to its amazing vocal harmonies. Reminiscent of a classic pop/rock that sounds particularly …
Read More »Single Review: Noah Hoffeld “Born For America”
In a gust of a verse that will set the tone for all of the kaleidoscopic harmonies soon to follow, Noah Hoffeld begins our journey into his heart amidst the opening bars of “Born For America,” his third single currently out everywhere that quality independent pop is sold and streamed. …
Read More »Single Review: Mannie T’Chawi and Shane Palko – “Fathers”
Mannie T’Chawi and Shane Palko present quite a weighty message in their new single “Fathers;” they sound very assertive and sure of the meaning, and while the subject of race is hard for many to discuss, the dialogue created in this fascinating new spoken word piece is provocative, heartfelt, and …
Read More »Single Review: The Sound of Monday “Keeper of the Mood”
The indie rock scene has been popping off like few others in the American underground in the last few years, and if you’re looking for some of its more delightfully sensuous sounds in 2022, you needn’t search any further than the sleek beats of one The Sound of Monday’s “Keeper …
Read More »Single Review: Jim Jacobs – “Over For Good”
Both textured and in possession of a dirty melody as resonant with the narrative as any of the vocal delivery ever could be, the guitar parts in Jim Jacobs’s new single/video combo “Over For Good” are certainly a commanding force to be reckoned with. Split between the verses with a …
Read More »Single Review: KRiTTA “Deal Myself”
A funky beat. Melodies, strong and yet tame, colliding and fusing to make something entirely more enticing than anything I’ve heard in the top tier of the Billboard hip-hop charts lately. A tension that, while constantly swelling when we’re least expecting it to, is doing as much to make the …
Read More »Single Review: No Signal “Embers”
“Could you build an hourglass, and bend it in the dirt? Could you leave the world behind to see it in reverse? All the questions they offered me — all the embers in the see, they tried to follow me.” These words kick off No Signal’s new single “Embers,” a …
Read More »Single Review: Bryn Ryan VanDyke “Go Long”
As much an agent of seduction as the vocal is in this track, the groove supporting it in Bryn Ryan VanDyke’s “Go Long” has a rhythmic command over the audience from the moment we press the play button forward. There’s no separation between the singer and the beat in this …
Read More »Single Review: “Everybody’s High” biGDream
For indie pop fans, 2022 has been a truly epic year. All things considered, there’s never been quite as diverse an international scene as we’re seeing today, and in that spirit, potent upstarts like biGDream are making an impact in corners of the world previously inaccessible to their brand. biGDream’s …
Read More »Single Review: Rich Wyman and Lisa Needham – “Memories of You”
To say there have been scores of curious indie pop-rock artists coming out of the woodwork lately would be too big an understatement for this critic to make about the state of the American underground, but few that I’ve personally come across this October have demonstrated quite as much efficiency …
Read More »Single Review: Wild – “Baba Jenkins”
Stealthily rising from the shadow of silence, a staggered set of keys, winds, and a raging guitar element are waiting to produce the first few strands of melody that will act as our initial intro to “Wild,” the new single and music video from Baba Jenkins. Vocals aren’t even in …
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