Summer vibes with Chet Faker’s “Hotel Surrender”
Melbourne-raised artist Nick Murphy aka Chet Faker is back with his LP Hotel Surrender. His first project since 2015, Chet Faker is reestablishing his sound with the fat bass lines and sweet …
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Album review: ISLAND’s “Yesterday Park” in a nutshell
Upon the 2018 release of Feels Like Air, London quartet ISLAND earned instant plaudits for the debut and their emotional live sets. One of many confident young alt-rock acts to emerge from …
Half Moon Run return with “Inwards & Onwards” – their most intimate record yet
Half Moon Run as a band has forever been a puzzle to describe. Tracks on previous albums range between synth-heavy rockers, alt-country ballads, or fingerstyle guitar folk tunes – they even …
New Ideal Rules record offers bold house beats from impressive international producers
Ideal Rules, the debut compilation album from Mineral Records, a new iteration of the Paris cult label Roche Musique, features a stacked lineup of slick house beats infused with jazzy riffs …
Jo Mersa Marley returns “home” with new EP “Eternal”
Seven years after the release of his first solo project, Comfortable, Jo Mersa Marley has returned with a new EP, Eternal. Looking back at a 2017 interview with Marley I recall him stating: …
Journey of self-discovery on Current Joys “Voyager”
Nick Rattigan’s band, Current Joys, is releasing its seventh album Voyager after signing with Secretly Canadian. Rattigan continues to evolve as an artist making this record the band’s …
Leon Vynehall’s “Rare, Forever” journeys through the halls of the producer’s psyche
British-American DJ Leon Vynehall‘s newest release Rare, Forever, underscores a depth in ambient trance unseen in his previous, more narrative-focused works. Vynehall has a precarious …
Cadence Weapon shares his dystopia on “Parallel World”
Toronto-based artist Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon, is dropping an arsenal of rhymes on his new album Parallel World on April 30th. Pemberton has released four albums all of which have …
Yaya Bey’s new EP turns heartbreak into poetic beauty
Poetic songwriter Yaya Bey has returned with a new EP The Things I Can’t Take With Me. A follow-up to her critically acclaimed album Madison Tapes, the EP is a self-produced, six-track …
Disco vibes are alive on Brijean’s “Feelings”
Growing up in LA’s Glassell Park, Brijean Murphy was born into a family immersed in jazz, Latin, and soul music. Her father, percussionist and engineer Patrick Murphy taught Brijean her …