Written By Chloé Sautereau The world started to spin a little when “The Hardest Part” started playing while I was walking down Spring St. listening to Alexander 23’s new album Aftershock. The beginning motif on keys, panned from left to right in my ears, subconsciously rocking me into a continuum; that feeling of lost balance that comes with something as difficult to understand as losing a loved one too soon. Written with Amy Allen who’s proven her tact with addressing similar subjects with her beautiful track “Heaven,” and Daniel Nigro, a long-time collaborator who also co-produced the track with Alexander 23…
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Written By Zoe Kallenekos The Sunshine State offers a tongue-in-cheek critique of male entitlement, “Pushing 30” off their debut EP. It’s amazing when a tune can be fun, summery and nostalgic while also having a message that feels important and long overdue. In “Pushing 30,” the final song of The Sunshine State’s new EP In Another Life, Los Angeles singer-songwriter Skyler Stonestreet strikes that balance with three and a half minutes of indie pop goodness. Although Stonestreet has put out very few of her own releases, she has been an active and successful songwriter for several years. She has writing…
Written By Chloé Sautereau It’s an emotional state of mellow and melodic trance that Richie Quake invites his listener to experience with his song “That’s Not Love!.” Re-released on June 29th as part of his latest body of work – his debut album I Want Some! – the track is a deep dive into the artist’s musical universe. From a first track released in 2018 to his second EP, Voyager in 2021, the essence of Quake’s sound was clear from early on: taking his audience on a journey, not through things, but through states of being. The singer-songwriter producer’s latest…
Written By Chloé Sautereau “I miss myself. I miss myself. I miss myself.” Don’t you? There’s something chillingly soul-gripping in the way renforshort, aka Lauren Isenberg, lets us float and ponder in between the chorus lines of her most recent single “i miss myself.” The single is the intro track to her debut album dear amelia which was released July 8th. “i miss myself” is a true letter to the self or rather to “somebody out there,” as the 20 year old singer-songwriter explains to her fans on social media. She recently created a p.o. box for her listeners to…
Written By Zoe Kallenekos Some of the best art is pure escapism, something that takes us directly into the moment someplace else. With his new atmospheric dance track “Blur,” dhruv accomplishes just that. Upon first listen, one might not be able to tell how different this song is compared to dhruv’s previous efforts. Earlier this year, he released his debut EP, “rapunzel,” chock full of soft, lo-fi, bedroom pop meets r&b music. Essentially, these previously released songs were better suited for the speakers of a coffee shop rather than the dancefloor. Listening through “rapunzel”, one might be compelled to compare…