BLOCK – Over And Over
Block has been around long enough that his catalog is getting the full resurrection treatment while a new wave of listeners finds him through playlists. Meridian’s four-part deluxe reissues have pulled old records back into view, he’s picked up fresh press and streams, and his New York residency at KGB’s Red Room has rebuilt him…
Carla Patullo – FLY UNDER
Two-time Grammy–winning composer Carla Patullo is in the rare position of watching the same record open up twice. Last year Nomadica introduced itself as a dense, grief-struck collage for strings, choir, and voice, written in memory of her mother. Shortly after it picked up the Grammy for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album, she…
Cazzjezter – Woman I Don’t Know Yet
Cazzjezter makes quiet, interior pop from a very small space: a kitchen at 2 a.m., everything played, recorded, mixed, and mastered alone while muted Kyrie Irving highlights roll on a screen. His songs circle faith, mental health, and the weirdness of modern life, but they do it in a way that feels like private reflection…
Sometimes Julie – Transition
Sometimes Julie have spent five records working as a full band, folding classic and alternative rock into a tight live setup. On Transition, singer-songwriter duo Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker zoom in on the most direct parts of that project: piano, voice, and a small circle of players from their San Diego orbit. It’s their…
Giardini Oort – Zero Point
Giardini Oort is a solo project out of Ravenna, built around one person doing everything himself: modular patches, guitars, bass, voice, production. Zero Point is the latest slice from that world, a track that leans into industrial feel and detailed electronic sound design. The song opens on a choral pad and a heavy low end,…
Bog Witch – Dream Birds
Dream Birds leans into quiet storytelling from the first line. Released under the Bog Witch name out of Decatur, Georgia, it stays close and small on purpose: voice up front, gentle backing, and a scene you can picture as it unfolds. The track opens with that intimate vocal, almost like someone talking you through a…
JD Hinton – Ways of Seeing
JD Hinton’s new EP Ways of Seeing feels like it comes from someone who has moved through a few different chapters already: Texas kid, film-and-TV actor, songwriter with credits in Gloria, Tick-Tock, Children on Their Birthdays, and now a quietly heavy Americana voice coming off a praised EP and heading out on the road with…
Robbie Rapids – Class 2 Rapids
Robbie Rapids is a Gen X guitar guy who treats classic rock as the base but pulls in pop, folk, alt-country, and metal ideas under the Class 2 Rapids name. He writes with a rotating crew of co-writers and players, but the voice stays consistent across the record. The songs read like separate scenes collected…
Ashot Danielyan – On the Station
Ashot Danielyan is a pianist and improviser who treats the instrument like his home base, even while his catalogue moves through classical, ambient, new age and experimental corners. Awards from songwriting competitions and the Independent Music Awards are on the CV, but the strongest calling card is still how naturally he shapes a melody at…
Stephani Ezatoff – Precious Lord Take My Hand
Stephani Ezatoff comes out of the Pittsburgh gospel world with a voice shaped by church music and old hymns, but this version of “Precious Lord Take My Hand” plants her right inside the classic Nashville tradition. She’s cut it with Brian Speer producing, Johnny Minick on Rhodes and Hammond B3, and a small choir of…
