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8.2
New Music Critique: Cold Weather Company
Here’s an immediately engaging trio, not just due to the galloping tom-tom beats in the acoustic-guitar flavored “Reclamation” or the hooky piano riff in “Clover.” No, what’s compelling about ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Hu$h
HU$H invests plenty of effort into his beats and tracks, but they are so dense and packed with stuff that it can be hard for ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: Gordon Thomas Ward
Gordon Thomas Ward is well grounded in various musical eras and he brings a professorial flair to songs that stand out for their wholesome, earnest, scholastic qualities. Spearheaded by ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: me&you
With Connor’s mellow leads and Karlee’s high harmonies, bro/sis duo me&you take us along on their rustic, feel-good road trip, effectively delivering songs that convey their “don’t worry, be ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: gloryBots
The term “dark alien pop” is ideal for Jalal Andre’s Seattle-based project, which is aurally ambitious, full of throbbing synths and electro textures that course through the artist’s subterranean ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: 7Horse
Rock duo Phil Leavitt and Joie Calio achieve quite a stomping, rocking racket on their craftily produced recordings, which bring tremendous energy in the form of sturdy riffs, booming ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: Lil Khaki
Artist Lil Khaki brings a confident flow and a defiant, probing intellect to “By Myself” and “Stuck in Yesterday.” The former is an introspective tone poem where he ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: Mighty Joe Nolan
Joe Nolan’s recordings are superbly produced and engagingly arranged with generous helpings of organ, squeezebox and harmonica. Nolan’s voice has an immediately likeable, old-soul appeal that gives each of his ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: Sarah Clanton
Fans of Regina Spektor will take to this artist, whose soft, supple, artful songs are intriguing mood pieces about life and love, each one seasoned with cello, which is ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: Kill the Reflection
Based in Oklahoma, this alt-rock trio are fronted by Morgan Routt, whose substantial lead vocals are ideally suited to the band’s relentlessly bleak depictions of wretched love and dysfunctional ...
