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Home›Reviews›Category: "New Music Critiques" (Page 2)

New Music Critiques

  • 7.6
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    February 20, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Dawn Derow

    Contact: beatrice@empktmedia.comWeb: dawnderow.comSeeking: Booking, Film/TVStyle: R&B, Adult Contemporary Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed that Derow was reviewed in our Live section recently, and so impressed ...
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  • 7
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    February 20, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: C. Steven Blue

    Contact: cstevenblue@gmail.comWeb: wordsongs.comSeeking: Label, Booking, Film/TVStyle: Rock, Pop, Blues, Folk, Country, EDM A poet, it seems, according to his bio, C. Seven Blue is also ...
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  • 8.2
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    February 20, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Sophie Gault

    Contact: alex@torrezmusicgroup.comWeb: sophiegault.comSeeking: Booking, Film/TVStyle: Americana, Rock Nashville-based Americana artist Sophie Gault is a bit of a throwback, in the best possible way. While the ...
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  • 7.8
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    February 20, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Summer Colds

    Contact: info@summercoldsmusic.comWeb: summercoldsmusic.comSeeking: ReviewStyle: Indie/Alternative Rock There may be nothing worse than a summer cold, but Nic McNamara (whose moniker is Summer Colds) is the ...
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  • 6.8
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 24, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Gamilla

    Contact: gnesquerdo@gmail.comWeb: gamilla.bandcamp.comSeeking: LabelStyle: Grunge, Shoegaze, Punk Gamilla’s Catholic School Girl doesn’t play like a passion project—it feels more like the foundation to actualizing a ...
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  • 7.4
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 24, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Birdie Nichols

    Contact: birdienichols07@gmail.comWeb: birdienichols.comSeeking: BookingStyle: Western Country Birdie Nichols operates firmly within the modern Western lane, dusted with familiar imagery and genre signifiers that can occasionally ...
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  • 8.3
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Stella Cole

    Contact: stellacolepr@shorefire.comWeb: shorefire.com/roster/stella-coleSeeking: ReviewStyle: Jazz Stella Cole seems to have discovered a wormhole—to the past, that is. In her rendition of “Merry Christmas, Darling,” you ...
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  • 8
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Charlie Angel

    Contact: charlieangel2pr@hotmail.comWeb: dot.cards/charlieangelmusicSeeking: Booking, TV SyncStyle: Hip-Hop First of all, Norfolk, VA rapper Charlie Angel has a great name. But that would mean nothing without ...
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  • 7.8
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Kyle Dillingham

    Contact: info@horseshoeroad.netWeb: reverbnation.com/kyledillinghamSeeking: Booking, Film/TV, LabelStyle: Americana According to his bio, Oklahoman Kyle Dillingham “started playing the violin when he was nine,” and apart from ...
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  • 7.2
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Miss J

    Contact: themissjexperience@gmail.comWeb: themissjexperience.comSeeking: Booking, interview, exposureStyle: Rockhouse According to the lyrics of the song “Numbing the Pain” from Miss J’s new album ROCKHOUSE, the aforementioned ...
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  • 7.6
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Cassia Dawn

    Contact: cassiadawnmusic@aaron-freiwalWeb: cassiadawn.comSeeking: SponsorshipStyle: Singer-Songwriter Right from the opening bars of “Life is Like a Latte,” we get a flavor of what acoustic soul-pop artist ...
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  • 8.2
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Greg in Good Company

    Contact: gregingoodcompany@gmail.comWeb: gregingoodcompany.comSeeking: Management, Label, Booking, Film/TVStyle: Rock ‘n’ Roll L.A.’s Greg in Good Company feels like you've stumbled in on Marcus Mumford wrestling Nathaniel ...
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  • 7.6
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Emily How

    Contact: booking@emilyhow.comWeb: emilyhow.comSeeking: Management, BookingStyle: Indie, Alternative There’s not a lot of biographical info about Emily How available online—rather, she lets her music do the ...
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  • 7.4
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: NORA.

    Contact: michelle@pitchcandypr.comWeb: itsjustnora.comSeeking: Label, Booking, Booking AgentStyle: Indie-Pop “I may be a little weird,” says NORA. on her website, “but that’s what makes the world ...
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  • 7.2
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Thick Needles

    Contact: thickneedles@gmail.comWeb: thickneedles.comSeeking: BookingStyle: Rock Hailing from Milwaukee, Thick Needles brings a jagged, high-voltage energy to the Midwest rock scene. The vocal performance carries the ...
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  • 8
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    January 23, 2026
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: Tori Lord

    Contact: tori@itstorilord.comWeb: itstorilord.comSeeking: FeatureStyle: Alt-Pop Toronto native Tori Lord describes herself as “fiercely independent and hopelessly romantic, and her music lives in the tension between ...
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  • 8.4
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    December 20, 2025
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Leilani Kilgore

    Contact: dave@longviewpcc.comWeb: leilanikilgore.comSeeking: Review, CoverageStyle: Rock, Blues Some artists feel powerful on record, others feel dangerous in the best way. Kilgore is by far a ...
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  • 7.2
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    December 19, 2025
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: August Gladstone

    Contact: asgladstone@gmail.comWeb: augustgladstone.comSeeking: Label, Booking, RepresentationStyle: Folk Influenced heavily by the ’60s and ’70s folk revival, August Gladstone’s melodies feel intentionally simple, allowing his lyricism ...
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  • 8.2
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    December 19, 2025
    by Brett Callwood

    New Music Critique: SmartBlackKid

    Contact: 4pjmusicgroup@protonmail.comWeb: smartblackkid.comSeeking: Film/TVStyle: Modern Rock, Classic Rock, Punk Rock According to his Bandcamp bio, SmartBlackKid released an astonishing 10 albums in a year between ...
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  • 6.6
    Magazine, New Music Critiques, Reviews
    December 19, 2025
    by Ruby Risch

    New Music Critique: Syante

    Contact: skg-1234@hotmail.comWeb: linktr.ee/syanteSeeking: Management, Label, Film/TVStyle: Alt Pop/Rock There is no issue of polish in Syante’s tracks; perhaps the only thing that's lacking is a ...
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