A new release from Monotonic, recently dropped, and this record does an amazing job of just blending loads of fuzz tone sonic drive with this semi-90s pop and alternative tonality so that you have elements of garage and more, all pulled together so that it breeds a huge atmosphere that feels like it's a little familiar but also all its own. The album features all kinds of experimental and almost psychedelically tripped-out production, swells, punkish undertones, and plenty of

Ryan Kotler’s “By My Side” lands in a space that registers as familiar without sounding borrowed. It pulls from the framework of folk and Americana but avoids leaning too heavily on any single reference point, which gives it a kind of understated self-assurance. I kept noticing how naturally it unfolds, like something that has been sitting just out of view and finally stepped forward. The instrumentation is restrained in a way that works to its advantage. The guitar holds eve

If you are unfamiliar with the sounds of MANBIRD!, then let us be among the first to introduce you as the band just dropped a new EP called  Think Tank , which is a record that beckons everything from pop rock overtones to spacious undertones, theatrical and sort of robust style vocals but still very melodically driving, along with amazing guitar tone that builds on the atmospheric feel, while they give off this slightly Progressive songwriting approach, not without its very

A gorgeous and enticing new release from Viva Voce conductor Nathan Zullinger provides an incredibly warm tonality as the release is almost fully acapella and the way that they put themselves out there is just amazing. At times, throughout the release, vocals feel angelic, like a choir of angels singing from above. Other times, you have a deeper sound to the tone of the songs as both male and female vocals take place and have such a unique way of complimenting each other thro

Composer Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice recently released a full album of some outstanding pieces of work that bring together an enthralling and lush tone, brimming with gorgeous instrumentation and laced with emotion and mood. The  YET  album is broken up into three different pieces, the first batch bringing out some deepening emotional value. You have operatic vocals, piccato performances on stringed instruments, and a blend of contemporary classical approaches in songwritin

A new single from Arianna Kant delivers a massive and orchestrated rock soundscape that borders on a dream-rock approach and feels cinematic, vast and it's undertone, and very driving. "The Storm Is In A Cup" is quite a wonderfully woven single and does bear as much color and soul as it does edginess. The guitar tones on this track are stellar. They have the drive, the impact, and they give the song that sort of harder alternative rock style, while synthesized string sections

The new single release from Dead Lights delivers a really cool crossover kind of sound that breeds a cinematic underbelly and takes elements of post-punk, electropop, alternative pop, and more, putting them all together to create this atmosphere that's got an amazingly vast undertone yet never leaves that pop sensibility behind. "(The Edge of) Dusk" comes through with a great groove, to be honest. The beat is deep-pocketed and adds a great drive to the track, while the rest o

There’s a certain kind of place that only really exists in memory, where the lights are dim, the conversations blur together, and the jukebox feels like it knows you better than your friends do. When I think about  Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar , I picture one of those rooms, the kind I used to drift into without much of a plan and leave with something I didn’t expect. Greg Roensch builds his album around that same idea, not just as a setting, but as a mood that holds