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REVIEWS


A Journey Into Identity, Fantasy, and Self-Discovery: The Kountess Announces Debut EP「INIT」
A confident, emotionally vivid debut from an artist with a genuinely distinctive creative vision! The EP opens with ‘intro’, an escalating orchestral vortex blending electro-pop with dark fantasy influences and layers of ticking clocks that evoke Alice in Wonderland’s anxious rabbit. The symbolism is precise: anxieties about time slipping away, the moment of falling down the rabbit hole into an inner world detached from reality. ‘Lucky Charm’ follows with playful pop melodies
Aug 3


A Review of Lucy Robinson’s New Track - ‘Let Down’
‘Let Down’ pushes back against the always-on mentality Lucy Robinson sees flooding her feed. She’s spoken about feeling worn down by content pushing constant productivity, and the song reads as a deliberate unwinding of that pressure - a reminder, in her words, that hustle doesn’t equal sustainable. It’s a message that lands particularly well coming from an independent artist juggling every role in her own career, from performer to manager to marketer. Facebook, Instagram, X,
Aug 2


A Review of Molly Tinsley’s New Release ‘I Built The Man‘
For anyone who has ever loved deeply and wondered if their effort mattered: ‘I Built The Man’ is the song that answers that question with warmth, honesty and considerable melodic craft! The full band arrangement gives the track its sonic character: acoustic guitar and mandolin sitting alongside drums, bass, electric guitar and piano in a combination that feels simultaneously intimate and fully realised, the instrumentation creating space for the emotional complexity of the ly
Aug 1


A Review of The Orange Blossoms’ Green Light - a ten-track post-punk and alternative rock statement…
Green Light is a ten-track post-punk and alternative rock statement rooted in deep engagement with New York’s musical history: the Velvet Underground, the Ramones, the Arctic Monkeys, the Strokes, all present as ancestors rather than templates… That haunted, nocturnal relationship with the city as idea rather than geography gives the album its distinctive atmosphere across tracks ranging from ‘Avenue A’, an experiment in dissonant harmony that took three years to complete, to
Aug 1


An Album of Mastery - Reviewing Noah Villeneuve’s Debut
The album unfolds as a deliberate narrative journey, moving through guilt, confusion, frustration and sorrow before arriving at reflection, acceptance and genuine renewal. Noah Villeneuve himself has described it as holding up a mirror to himself, and the emotional honesty of that description is entirely consistent with early listeners’ responses: beautifully intimate, heartbreaking, mystical indie brilliance. The influences he cites, spanning Bleachers, The Magnetic Fields,
Jul 31


An Empowering Release - Lauren Akosia New Single ‘It’s Time’
Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, IMDB “It’s time to lock in, believe in yourself, and get ready for whatever it is you’re hoping for”: a message delivered through genuinely compelling music! The particular quality that distinguishes Lauren Akosia as an artist is the seamlessness with which her work across television, theatre and music informs and enriches each other, the emotional intelligence of a trained classical performer finding its fullest
Jul 30


An Important Message Presented In Art - A Review of Nanseera’s ‘Purple Rain’
‘Poison Rain’ opens with the kind of quiet that feels deliberate, the sound of a song built to sit with you rather than rush past you… Nanseera, the Nashville-based singer-songwriter raised between London, Uganda and Ethiopia, has crafted a track that wears its politics openly without ever losing its intimacy. FOLLOW: THREADS | INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK | FACEBOOK | LINKTREE WEBSITE | SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE | APPLE MUSIC | BANDCAMP Written after the US Supreme Court’s ruling to signifi
Jul 29


A Review of Mya Angelique ‘Teenage Popstar’ By
As a statement of arriving at a new creative era, ‘Teenage Popstar’ is both empowering and genuinely moving. Mya Angelique is an artist well worth watching closely! The track follows the emotional journey of a young person balancing ambition, self-doubt and the desire to belong, offering a candid look at how dreams, expectations and self-image shape the teenage experience with a specificity that prevents it from tipping into the merely generic. “‘Teenage Popstar’ is about wan
Jul 29


Chris Pannella Releases ‘Holdin On’ – Reviewing A Powerful Tribute to Friendship, Loss, & Lasting Memories
‘Holdin On’ was born from that birthday, and from the ache of rereading that final message a hundred times afterward. The single serves both as tribute and reflection, channelling through music the specific grief of losing someone who understood you, the irreplaceable weight of a friend who had been one of the biggest supporters of Pannella’s music even when he was still an amateur who did not yet sing. Thomas always encouraged him. Pannella waited until last year to finally
Jul 29


A Review of Eon Awa’s Drama
On stage, Eon Awa delivers performances defined by elegance, emotional intensity and a commanding presence. Drama captures exactly that quality in recorded form: a body of work that balances intimacy with theatricality at every turn! Switzerland’s contemporary music landscape does not often generate artists with the kind of theatrical pop ambition and emotional range that Eon Awa brings to Drama, his latest body of work, and the six-track release firmly establishes him as one
Jul 28


MIIA Releases Her Debut Album ‘Huldra’ - An Exploration in Folklore & Fantasy
For fans of Billie Eilish, Tate McRae, AURORA and Tove Lo, Huldra is an invitation to reconnect with the wild parts of ourselves that were never meant to be hidden. An astonishing debut that fully justifies the decade-long wait! In Norwegian, Swedish and German folklore, the huldra is a forest spirit of extraordinary and dangerous beauty: irresistible, powerful, impossible to control, her hollow back and cow’s tail signalling the complexity that made her simultaneously desire
Jul 28


Creative Philosophy As A Body Of Work: A.fter I.ntelligence
A.fter I.ntelligence represents the fullest realisation yet of that creative philosophy, the cinematic depth and sonic precision developed through the Reznor and Ross collaboration brought to bear on subject matter that could not be more urgently contemporary. Experimental electronic music as genuine philosophical intervention: challenging, immersive and genuinely necessary! The album centres on the existential risks posed by humanity’s accelerating development of artificial
Jul 26
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