Independent Music Reviews
Photo by Libre Leung Holding Hour – Can I Leave Me Too? indie rock Des Moiners Holding Hour deftly blends shoegaze and slacker intentions on their recent single “Can I…
On the banks of Livorno, Italy, instrumental post-rock outfit Platonick Dive create beguiling and soaring music. It’s the type of music that can transport you skyward with its passionate and…
For the past decade, US musician Helen Yee has been honing her craft. By live looping her violin with various other instruments and electronics, she creates otherworldly and delicately balanced…
Studies have shown that rock music affects psychological tension, albeit not always for the better, with one study showing it can increase hostility, sadness, tension, and fatigue. That study didn’t…
English electronic musician LateNightBeatFeast may not boast the most urbane stagename, but his music is cleverly assembled and sophisticatedly produced. The elusive artist doesn’t share biographical information like their real…
Jonsjooel. Photo by Jonne Heinonen Berlin-based Finnish artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Jonsjooel has shared his latest track “Somewhere Else Than Here”, a dreamy and soulful exploration of modern classical and…
Avant-garde trumpeter Nathan Plante has thrown caution to the wind; after 20 years of performing as a classical musician, he releases his first EP as a purveyor of darkly subduing…
Photo by Ivan Mani Kurt Leege – A Cephalopod Rebellion ambient Guitarist Kurt Leege has a storied past. From studying jazz at Swarthmore, populating New York’s thriving indie scene in…
The line straddling accessibility and innovation is hard to draw, perhaps no place more so than in art. Artists risk either alienating their audience or insulting their intelligence, with little…