6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (337+ words) THROES NYC’s The Wires Out lives in the messy territory where attraction becomes obsession and intimacy can feel just as alienating as it does comforting. Drawing from alt-pop, trip-hop, electronic music, and New York’s underground pulse, the duo’s self-described “altriphop…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (347+ words) With more than two million streams worldwide behind him, independent recording artist Dorian enters a new chapter with RECONNECTED, an album that sounds less interested in staying within familiar boundaries than in rediscovering what might happen when those boundaries disappear....

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (197+ words) “Morning Sun” gets things moving with heavy, deep bass and thumping beats, immediately giving the album a sturdy pulse. Over it, Kilby’s husky yet light voice bounces through the arrangement with catchy phrasing, vibrance and an almost weightless sense of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) Ann Arbor native Reale$tGold is stepping up to flip the script with her fierce, boundary-pushing EP, R.A.P. Hailing from Michigan and recording at her longtime Ypsilanti studio since age 15, this 100% independent power-player is carving out her own lane. Tired of…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (198+ words) Lexington-based independent artist Perpetuate The Struggle is turning tragedy into triumph with his groundbreaking hip-hop album, The Good Fight. Operating as a true one-man creative powerhouse, he writes and composes every element himself, harnessing cutting-edge AI technology alongside digital audio…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (282+ words) Illustrate Magazine Slightly Out of Focus by Brendan Ranney: Album Review After a 19-year self-imposed hiatus, Southern California indie singer-songwriter Brendan Ranney is striking while the iron is hot with his debut solo album, Slightly Out of Focus. Having cut…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (307+ words) Illustrate Magazine Black Whole by Paper Nova: Album Review New York’s Paper Nova have spent more than a decade turning wildly different musical backgrounds into something that refuses to sit neatly inside one genre. Formed in 2013 by Christiana Wu, John…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (309+ words) D3PRT turns absence into something you can almost physically feel with “This One’s For You,” a dark electronic track that sits at the intersection of UK garage, breaks and dubstep. Built around memory, late-night emotion and the weight of someone missing,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) Thomas Lemmer’s Dreamscapes II feels like an invitation to slow down in a world that rarely stops moving. Released through Sine Music, the 12-track album returns to the atmospheric territory of its predecessor while reaching deeper into neo-classical textures, ambient…...