A very reflective album release from Justin Alan Payne delivers a soirée of different approaches that range from Americana leaning into country, contemporary, pop, folk, and plenty more, all rolled into one big record that exemplifies an artist who creates music with fewer walls built around it than whatever you may be used to. This, as a whole, is one of my favorite aspects about the record. This album has loads of surprises around its corners; it digs pretty deep lyrically,

Boston's Third Knuckle just put out the video for "Think Twice," and it's the last single standing between fans and ANCHOR, the band's debut full-length, out worldwide July 17. The song's about the moment you figure out someone's been running game on you the whole time: betrayal, deception, the slow-motion realization that the person across from you was never who they said they were. The video skips theatrics. One figure, back to the camera, faces his computer screen as maske

An absolutely engulfing new record from Brigadoon delves deep into personal attributes with this blend of a neo-folk and vintage songwriting approach that really speaks volumes for the artist, simply because he's able to tap into this slew of influences that he must hold close to his heart, bringing things to a more current playing field without being over the top with it. What I mean is, his approach and style to songwriting and performance, for that matter, blend old and ne

There is a particular freedom that comes with cruising the city after dark, windows down, music rattling the speakers, the weight of everything that does not matter falling further behind with every mile. It is a feeling less explained than lived - and on a good night, with the right record on, it becomes a philosophy. Reese Weil channels exactly that energy on his new single "I Ain't Worried," available everywhere July 4, 2026, featuring fellow West Coast standout Nef The Ph

“Untitled/Nameless (Ramona)” works because Ryan Kotler does not try to modernize folk so much as inhabit it. The song has the shape of something passed around, worn down a little by memory, then picked back up with fresh conviction. It is built from familiar materials, strummed acoustic guitar, steady vocal phrasing, harmonica, and a plainspoken melodic sense, but the performance gives those elements enough emotional weight to avoid sounding like imitation. The song opens wit

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A new single release from Anna Moon & The Stars comes through with a warm tone and a lot of honesty, which shape the character behind the song and what it stands for. This is quite a beautiful track that focuses a bit on the struggles that we go through as people, and how they help us become who we end up being as adults. It's not necessarily all good or all bad, but rather just trials and errors of living. The song is about how we all do our best, and even when that feels li

An album release from Leo Nino manages to deliver a soirée of rock-backed soundscapes from grunge to indie, post-rock, and loads more, all rolled into one fat record that also gives off so much character that it's super easy to hold on to. The thing about this record is that it's got a continuous sort of vastness in its undertone. A lot of the guitar work is drenched in reverb effect, giving it that depth and almost floating, drifting feeling, but other times, it gets a bit h