Imagine blog favorite Bad Flamingo and new find Lace and Lee touring together. Minds would literally explode. With their new song “Roadkill,” Lace and Lee offer up a smoky, thumping[...]
Stephen Day has a way of wrapping his warm vocals around indelible melodies that are so transcendent, they defy time and space. “Mama, I Found Your Guitar” etches the roots[...]
In 2026, we can always use more protest songs. As billionaires hoard wealth, poor folks scrounge for crumbs. With his new song “Billionaire’s Hand in My Pocket,” rockin’ tunesmith Barlow[...]
When darkness strikes, hold those you love close. You never know when things will vanish in the blink of an eye. With her new song “Failing Hail,” country singer-songwriter Shiloh[...]
“I believe it’s too late to turn back now,” sings Zak Smith, with a strawberry rasp hanging in his throat. His new song “Some Rules You Just Have to Break”[...]
Prinz Grizzley‘s voice can rattle mountains. With his aptly titled new song, “A Mountain to Be Tamed (The Struggling),” he tears through the craggy edges of earth with bulldozer propulsion.[...]
Winston Liv galvanizes “thinking you’re destined for greatness and also thinking you’re worthless” through stained glass on their debut album. Joan of Snark, a reference to the iconic tragic figure[...]
Kelly Dunham Schneider, known professionally as Paper Comet, drenches her new self-titled EP with hope and resilience. “Neither one of us can do it on our own,” she coos between[...]
If you struggle with mental health, you’re likely well aware of the things (e.g., art, music, movies) that serve as warm blankets in your darkest moments. Pop purveyor teo tala[...]
In a time of depressing news and doomscrolling, it’s more important than ever to remember the good things in our everyday lives. Country tunesmith Taylor Nauta delivers a low-swinging song[...]
Society doesn’t tell you that grieving a heartbreak packs a wallop on a deeply physiological level. Your body shakes with sadness and wrecks your senses at the most inopportune times.[...]
Filippa Frisell and Erik Olsson carve tremendous sorrow into life’s coarse bark. Even when they’re offering olive branches of hope, there’s an unshakable heaviness flowing through their musical grooves. Together,[...]
Late-stage capitalism is killing us. Look at the world, especially in the United States, where billionaires get richer and the poor get poorer. Out of FrightFest, co-directors Ed Dougherty and[...]
FREND‘s “Arcade Elevator” is the best pop song you’re not listening to. In collaboration with SKV, the solo project of Tom Woods pulsates with sweaty bodies and the neon glow[...]
Damon Brock roots around in his life for songwriting inspiration. Whether it’s finding hope and resilience in his wife or the grief coursing through his veins after his father’s death,[...]
