Music Reviews

After years of shaping chart-topping records behind the scenes, Grammy-nominated producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Tenroc is finally telling his own story. With the release of his debut album, God Is A Person, the Queens native steps from the producer’s chair into center stage, delivering an intimate collection rooted in faith, purpose, and personal transformation. For […]

The best emotional music doesn’t always need to hit like a big dramatic scene. Sometimes it sneaks up on you. A lyric lands a little too close, a melody makes the room feel heavier, or a song catches the exact feeling you were trying not to name. That kind of music stays with you because […]

At a time when country music is increasingly built by committee, 19-year-old Sela Campbell arrives with something refreshingly rare: a debut project written entirely by herself. On Lovin’ Made Me Mean, the Virginia native delivers six songs that feel lived-in, sharp-edged, and remarkably self-assured for an artist still in the earliest chapter of her career. […]

Today, Holy Pinto (aka Aymen Saleh) has announced his new album Wedding Season, due out September 14th. The announcement arrives alongside lead single “One Tattoo,” an energetic, carefully crafted pick-me-up designed to evoke the complex emotions surrounding love. “It’s about romantic pull and devotion meeting the fear of permanence,” Saleh explains. “It asks whether someone can trade their chaos for commitment – and […]

The best new music sometimes shows up quietly, in a song that catches you totally off guard. Right now, listeners want mood, personality, and a strong point of view – songs that feel lived-in, with powerful vocals, and an emotional atmosphere.  The kind of music tends to stay with you. And it’s exactly where Betty […]

There’s something quietly devastating about the way Natalie Del Carmen approaches heartbreak. She doesn’t oversell it or dramatize it for effect. Instead, she lets the emotion sit where it naturally belongs: in the spaces between longing and resignation, freedom and grief, memory and acceptance. On her newest release, a reimagined version of The Shins’ “Gone […]

Some songs ask us to look inward. Others invite them to look up. On her latest single, “We Could Be Stardust,” JES does both. The Grammy-nominated artist continues unveiling the world of her forthcoming album Dreamer with a track that shifts the focus away from everyday anxieties and toward something infinitely larger. Equal parts philosophical […]

Princess Goes first met onstage over a decade ago while performing in the award-winning rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The band — composed of vocalist, lyricist, musician, and actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under, Lazarus), keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie, Cyndi Lauper), and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood) — had so much fun pretending to be in a band together that, when the show […]

Some songs just click from the first listen. You don’t overthink it, you just hit replay. That’s exactly the energy Abby Nissenbaum brings with her new single “Naomi,” a track that feels both classic and completely her own. The Nashville-based indie-rock artist has been steadily carving out a sound that feels distinctly her own, blending […]

It’s been a minute since we’ve seen Lewis Capaldi on a stage this big. After a self-imposed hiatus to focus on his mental health and navigate the complexities of Tourette’s, the Scottish king of heartbreak made his triumphant return to North America last Thursday. But this wasn’t just any tour stop; this was Madison Square […]