• Jaye Madison – MIRЯOR: Framework

    Jaye Madison isn’t a guitar-centric indie act, but in their new record MIRЯOR: Framework, the string play featured in songs like “In the Grey” has a...

  • XOLEX – Ain’t Buyin’ It

    From one verse to the next, there’s not a stitch of inauthenticity for us to look past in the new single “Ain’t Buyin’ It” from Xolex –...

  • Jenn Howard – Valiant Women

    While she’s not yet a fixture of the mainstream headlines, indie singer and songwriter Jenn Howard is moving mountains with her voice like nobody’s business...

  • Taylor Jules – Helicopter

    Singer/songwriter Taylor Jules, coming out of a crowded California scene this January, demonstrates a brilliant soft melodicism shaped into a worthwhile power ballad in her...

  • Brian Shapiro Band – Better in TX

    Brian Shapiro and his musical compatriots come together again for their latest single “Better in TX” and the results stick with you. The Philadelphia based...

  • Justine Sletten – Dandelion

    Justine Sletten has every opportunity to play the part of a stereotypical country songstress in her new single Dandelion, she instead bewitches us with a...

  • La Need Machine – Killer Instinct

    If you’ve ever heard the music of La Need Machine before, you know that charging guitars are a big part of their sound – but...

  • MUMEx Duo – Heat The Silent

    As both a fan and a professional critic, I can’t help but notice the uptick in increasingly conceptual output coming out of the underground lately....

  • The Refusers – Eat The Bugs

    The Refusers’ brand of modern hard/punk rock emerges again with the Seattle quintet’s new single “Eat The Bugs”. Michael Belkin’s latest lyrical tirade against the...

  • Paul Nourigat – Complex Truths

    Paul Nourigat’s Complex Truths are a brief collection of demos, but many acts/artists would be happy to release three songs packing the cumulative impact of this...