Scrappy Goodbyes and Lo-Fi Hope — Wotts Closes a Chapter with Heart Canadian indie pop duo Wotts hit a raw nerve with “I’ll see you when the game resets,” the emotionally ragged finale to their EP FLANK!. Stepping away from their usual synth-driven shimmer, the track leans into jangly alt-rock territory, thinking the grit of […]

A Pop Labyrinth Worth Getting Lost In Monsieur Herr’s Learning to Ignore the Problem is not your average alt-pop single, it’s an immersive, oddly exhilarating trip through irony, abstraction, and pop sensibility, masterfully wrapped in layers of self-aware ambition. It’s as if someone took the rulebook of traditional songwriting, tore it up mid-sentence, and used […]

Swagger, Satire, and Whistles—Daddy Drwg Strikes Gold with “Wise Guys” From the moment the first whistle cuts through the mix, “Wise Guys” plants its boots down and dares you not to look. Cardiff’s own Daddy Drwg (aka Richard Proctor) returns with a track that struts with confidence, only to expertly tear that very confidence to […]

Drowning in the Deep: Glass Rumours Navigate the Swell of Self-Doubt Glass Rumours’ The Rolling Deep Blue Sea doesn’t just ripple, it crashes into you like an emotional tide, pulling you under with its indie rock intensity and quiet vulnerability. From the opening chords, there’s a haunting, windswept quality that feels both vast and intimate, […]

Rising from the Smoke: A Song for the Shattered and Strong In Ashes, LA-based songwriter jeanie (Christy Lamb) offers something far more than a melody—it’s a requiem, a memory capsule, and a battle cry wrapped into one hauntingly beautiful track. The song emerges from the devastating aftermath of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, but what […]

 A Ukulele-Fueled Escape Route to Joy If you’ve ever wanted to bottle up the itch to escape and turn it into a three-minute sonic cocktail, Paradise State of Mind by Talon David KC Star is your new go-to. Written in the sterile chaos of a Nashville airport during the height of the COVID lockdowns, this […]