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Top 25 New Music Critiques of 2025
Music Connection offers a variety of ways for unsigned artists to receive recognition for creating exceptional music. Each month, for example, our New Music Critiques ... -
8.6
New Music Critique: Jess Jocoy
Contact: campbell@milestonecollective.com Web: jessjocoy.com Seeking: Label, Booking Style: Country/Folk Nashville’s Jess Jocoy reminds us what country music is meant to feel like—authentic, soulful, and grounded ... -
6.2
New Music Critique: The Legendary Ten Seconds
Contact: legendarytenseconds@gmail.com Web: linktr.ee/legendarytenseconds Seeking: Label Style: Singer-songwriter The Legendary Ten Seconds could very well be Schoolhouse Rock’s eccentric cousin. Their goal, as they say, ... -
8.2
New Music Critique: Dilyara
Contact: campbell@milestonecollective.com Web: voiceofgalaxies.com Seeking: Label, Booking Style: Cinematic, World Music “Dilyara is an extraordinary sonic phenomenon whose vocal range spans an astonishing 5.5 octaves,” ... -
7.2
New Music Critique: JESSE!
Contact: jesse.azriel16@gmail.com Web: Spotify Seeking: Exposure Style: Pop, Rock, Rap, Reggaeton According to his Spotify bio, JESSE! makes “songs about Jesus and a wife I ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: Charlie Kogen
Contact: bob@bradleypublicity.com Web: charliekogenmusic.com Seeking: Film/TV, Booking Style: Indie Rock Having “began writing songs at 13” and already earned National YoungArts honors and Kennedy Center ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: Gianluca Zanna
Contact: zanna@zanna.us Web: YouTube Seeking: Booking, Distribution Style: EDM, Rock, Pop Gianluca Zanna says that he’s known for creating “unforgettable songs with music and lyrics ... -
8.2
New Music Critique: Minaxi
Contact: minaxitheband@gmail.com Web: minaxitheband.com Seeking: Booking, Film/TV Style: Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock, Hindustani Music Absolutely fascinating. Brooklyn-bazed band Minaxi have taken upon themselves to blend shoegaze ... -
7.6
New Music Critique: Firefly
Contact: iamfarahmitha@gmail.com Web: iamfirefly.com/music Seeking: Management, Agent, Label Style: World Pop According to her bio, Firefly, AKA Farah Mitha, is the founder of Firefly World, ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: Zoee
Contact: zoeeofficial@gmail.com Web: zoeemusic.com Seeking: Film/TV, Label, Management, Booking Style: Country-Pop According to her online bio, Zoee journeyed from Tasmania to Nashville in order to ... -
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New Music Critique: Léah Duque
Contact: leahhuerto@gmail.com Web: instagram.com/leahduqueh Seeking: Streams Style: Pop, R&B On paper, Duque has everything in place to succeed. The production is impeccable, her voice is ... -
6.2
New Music Critique: Austin Spence
Contact: subgenrerecords666@gmail.com Web: austinspence.bandcamp.com/album/sect-of-the-triple-six-demo Seeking: Film/TV, Booking, Label Style: Darkwave/Goth Austin Spence’s “Sect of the Triple Six” unfurls like a fog-drenched darkwave dirge—slow, brooding, cinematic. ... -
8.2
New Music Critique: Robin Young
Contact: campbell@milestonecollective.com Web: robinyoungmusic.com Seeking: Label, Distribution Style: Folk/Americana Berklee-trained songwriter Robin Young has been writing songs since she was eight, and that lifelong passion ... -
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New Music Critique: Cionico
Contact: yukidrums@gmail.com Web: cionico.com Seeking: Film/TV Style: Rock Latin American band Cionico’s rock style straddles the line between classic cool and modern swagger, tipping a ... -
6.6
New Music Critique: Blvd Hvnny
Contact: cito@cito1974.com Web: blvdhvnny.com Seeking: Radio Style: Alternative Rock Blvd Hvnny’s bio states that they are “a spectral pulse in the gathering dark” of the ... -
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New Music Critique: Votan
Contact: votanband@gmail.com Web: YouTube Seeking: Label Style: Epic Black Metal It’s been a while since we had any black metal within these pages, so it’s ... -
8.4
New Music Critique: Jake Worden
Contact: jakewordenmusic@gmail.com Web: jakewordenmusic.com Seeking: Agent, Label Style: Orchestral Doom Metal First of all, it’s unusual to find an artist from the more extreme end ... -
7.4
New Music Critique: BINX
Contact: binx@binxofficial.com Web: binxofficial.com Seeking: Film/TV Style: Pop South African artist Binx delivers catchy pop tunes that immediately stick to the sides of your skull, ... -
8.3
New Music Critique: Dronehands
Contact: info@dronehands.net Web: dronehands.net Seeking: Review Style: Experimental Electronic From the moment we pushed play on the YouTube video for Dronehands’ track “Paper Animals,” we ... -
7.8
New Music Critique: Elinor Sitrish
Contact: elinorsmusic@gmail.com Web: elinorsitrish.com Seeking: Label, Booking, Film/TV, Review Style: Pop It seems that with each release, Israeli-American singer-songwriter Elinor Sitrish demonstrates a capacity to ...
