If you’ve followed The Kiss That Took A Trip over the years, you already know that M.D. Trello is much more of a world-builder than a songwriter. But with his latest sprawling odyssey ‘Horror Vacui’, he drags you through a kaleidoscope of twenty years’ worth of sonic obsessions, stitched together withContinue Reading
Hawk in the Nest’s first full-length album arrives with the confidence of an artist who’s spent years sharpening his tools, and the generosity of a songwriter who wants every note to mean something. Avi Jacob steps into this project as a craftsman, pairing his lived-in voice with arrangements that shimmer,Continue Reading
There’s something indescribably moving about musicians reuniting after decades apart, especially when the reunion isn’t driven by industry pressure or nostalgia tours, but by the desire to make music together again. With ‘Christmastime’, the Nourallah Brothers step back into the room as if no time has passed at all, and yet theContinue Reading
If you’ve been waiting for a rock band to kick down the doors and roar about the modern world’s unravelling, CIRCUS have arrived with a blowtorch in hand. Their new single ‘Dog Hour Decline’ is a neon-lit middle finger to a culture spiralling into distraction and disconnection. From the moment the track starts, it crackles.Continue Reading
Charlie Uffelman’s ‘All The Light We Dim’ is a luminous listen, quietly pulsing with the weight of someone trying to make sense of a world moving too fast. His second album arrives as a deeply human recalibration, a return to the foundation stones of American songwriting while staring down the uncertainties ofContinue Reading
CS Hellmann’s new EP ‘In My Head’ erupts like someone finally tearing through the fog to reclaim the spark that’s been flickering just out of reach. If the Nashville artist’s previous work hinted at something stirring beneath the surface, these two tracks crack the whole thing wide open. It’s bold, emotionally supercharged, andContinue Reading
Portland duo Exceptional Failures return with their debut full-length ‘Jungle in My Head’. What Distler (vocals/guitar) and Damian (drums) deliver here is a delirious, genre-shifting joyride through rock’s wildest corners, stitched together with an energy so volatile it practically shakes the walls. Across eight tracks, EF tear through rock’s sprawling family tree withContinue Reading
There’s something irresistible about a debut that already feels lived-in, a first chapter that arrives with a kind of trembling honesty. Elke Louie’s ‘Killing Time’ is exactly that: a soft, striking introduction from a Queensland songwriter whose voice carries the weight of reflection and the tenderness of someone learning toContinue Reading
Lady Nade has always written songs that feel like lanterns in the dark. But her latest track ‘One Of Us’ burns brighter still. It’s a bold, clear-eyed reckoning with the emotional echoes we inherit, delivered with the kind of honesty that makes you stop everything and listen. Produced by ArchieContinue Reading
Funk collective Brassroots District will take up a multi-date residency at Jewel’s Catch One in Koreatown, LA, performing February 7, 13, 20, 28 and March 7, 14, 20, 28. The run coincides with their new single ‘Aim High’ and the upcoming release of their debut album on January 29. Known for electrifying live shows acrossContinue Reading