Billie Marten’s new album is her statement of purpose: Flora Fauna is an affirmation of undeniable talent and, this time, it sounds like Billie believes it too.
High Functioning – High Functioning EP
Released on Friday, April 23, via Airbag Records, High Functioning’s eponymous debut EP is a white-hot thrasher. It’s fast-paced punk at its finest, compact but more than enough to tide you over. The production value here is through the roof—it was recorded at Toe Rag Studios in Hackney by Grammy-winner Liam Watson, who famously worked […]
Weezer – OK Human Live with the LA Philharmonic + YOLA
On April 17, from The Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles, California, Weezer, along with the LA Philharmonic and the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, put on a very special live stream.
FancyNormal’s Noni and Jules on their debut Starters & Appetizers, authenticity in pop and hard to swallow pills
Newly-formed Melbourne pop duo FancyNormal are launching full throttle across romantic 80s synth soundscapes with their subtly profound debut EP, Starters & Appetizers.
Black Honey’s Izzy B. Phillips on the beginning of their rise to new pop stardom
In the fall of 2019, Black Honey entered the studio and started recording their sophomore album. COVID-19 hit in early 2020, and the whole world went under multiple lockdowns. There were false starts, bad-to-worse middles, new hopes, bittersweet and triumphant ends – and through it all, Izzy B. Phillips and Black Honey masked up, locked […]
MF Tomlinson – Strange Time
A bleak reality was still setting in as we passed the one-year mark of the degradation of our social cocoons. MF Tomlinson’s first full-length project, Strange Time, landed amidst this bleak anniversary, one full trip around the sun after the world suddenly shut down.
Cowboy Flying Saucer – “Mascara”
Following their recent LP release, Cowboy Flying Saucer is set to drop a double-sided single today, Apr. 2. “Mascara” is the headlining, followed by “I Threw Something Awful On It.” This is a strictly limited physical release with only 25 copies of the 7” available (and already sold out at the time of this review!), with artwork […]
Ryan McMey – ‘Boomer Baby’
‘Boomer Baby’ is the latest single from British songwriter Ryan McMey, a young pop talent writing and producing from his bedroom to the world.