Sometimes, obsession takes root in your soul and blossoms into something dark and twisted. That’s the feeling of listening to Kennedy Taylor‘s “Burning on My Mind.” Banjo dances in the[...]
Songs like Todd Adelman‘s “This Rounds on Me” just make you feel all warm inside, as though you’ve taken a shot of whiskey and it’s quickly settling in your stomach.[...]
Tehya yearns to feel the heat from a crush, but there’s nothing, not even a tiny spark. “Burn for Me” swims in the rising tides of unrequited love. Her voice[...]
There’s something beautifully haunting about Ryann Ross‘ “Irish Exit.” Its acoustic luminescence carves out a stunning and blinding sketch about love and scorn. “You don’t have to love me, if[...]
No matter where life takes us, there’s no straining the roots out of our blood. With his new song “Rich Man,” Niko Moon recenters himself on the things that actually[...]
“Time is slipping through my fingers,” sings Allison Leah with raw delicacy. “And I’ve been wishing it away.” That’s the real tragedy of human nature, isn’t it? As they say:[...]
The one constant in life: human relationships are damn complicated. Indie folk band Wax Owls sculpt their song “Freckle” with this deep, rich understanding that existence is a series of[...]
Emily Vu is about to get your undivided attention. Her new song “Attention” feels like a song you’d grind to at a dirty, invitation-only dance club down a back alley[...]
Dagny takes a cue from Madonna for her brand new song, “Closet Disco Queen.” The spiritual successor of “Vogue” and “Express Yourself,” Dagny’s dance-floor confetti explosion turns the synths up[...]
Country music has always been so gay. Look at rhinestone-studded nudie suits for crying out loud! While The Cowgays are taking over the scene, trio member Adam Mac continues his[...]
Feeling sad? In total despair? Or maybe you’re numb? Well, Daniel Arison has the syrupy elixir for you. “I lost someone I never had,” he sings in his effervescent new[...]
Moncrieff is committed to making me cry no matter what. His new, deceptively anthemic “Point Me to the Sky,” explodes with some of his most earnest and vulnerable lyrics to[...]
To be a queer artist is to be in a constant state of untethering. Just take a listen to Adeem the Artist‘s “Jason Isbell B-Side.” The acoustic number sees Adeem[...]
Dark, somber twigs scratch in the midnight hour. That’s the sensation of listening to Cinder Well‘s new song, “While the Womb Screams Silently.” Within the witchy fabric she’s created, her[...]
“The road was filled with broken glass and gasoline,” sings Rod Gator in his emotional, raw cover. Bruce Springsteen’s “Highway 29” finds new life in Gator’s hands, calloused and dirty.[...]
