Ellery Twining – “Oy!”
Ellery Twining made “Oy!” as part of a soundtrack for a student film by Ben Bostian, a filmmaker he connected with through a loose web of shared SCAD history and mutual contacts. Twining describes getting pulled into the project under unusual circumstances, then deciding to commit once the film’s structure and detail made the work…
Aptøsrs – “Rust Mountain” (Monochrome Piano Version)
Aptøsrs is the instrumental project of composer, songwriter, and producer Paul Terry. “Rust Mountain (Monochrome Piano Version)” is a rework of “Rust Mountain” shaped by the black-and-white version of Godzilla Minus One. Terry’s idea was to rebuild a track that originally leaned on bigger forces, drums, bass guitars, and strings, as a solo piano arrangement….
Fish And Scale – “Tapestry”
Fish And Scale is the songwriting name of Roland Wälzlein, a German artist who leans hard into story and atmosphere. He’s open about where that comes from. As a child growing up in Franconia, he survived a serious heart operation, and that early brush with life-or-death questions sits behind his writing. He also points to…
Michael J McEvoy – Adil Searches
Michael J McEvoy composed and performed the score for White Gold, a short film by Luke Bradford. The film was built out of Bradford’s time documenting people living with albinism, and the story is framed around injustice, endurance, and faith. The soundtrack is released through Rezzonator Music as a standalone listen, not just a film…
Jex Ayla & Michel Jaensch – Battlefront
Jex Ayla is a Swiss-based singer-songwriter linking with German producer Michel Jaensch on “Battlefront,” a self-released single built on dark electronic pop with cinematic weight. The vocal was recorded at Heaven Recording Studio in Massagno, with mixing and mastering handled by Roberto Colombo. Ayla frames the writing as a breakup aftermath piece split between two…
The Sven Curth (Huge) Trio: Live at The Waterhole
Sven Curth has four solo albums behind him, and this live record is the next step, made after he pulled a band together for a concert series. Drummer Kyle Murray and bassist Colin Dehond came in as the core, and keys player Chris Carballeira joined for the show after getting just one rehearsal. The result…
Beyond Signal: Punk Drums, Synth Swerves, and Suspense
Beyond Signal is the solo project of Thomas, a UK artist who writes openly about individuality, neurodivergence, and the feeling of never quite matching the room. He calls his lane “TIM,” short for transcendental indie music, and he’s clear about what he’s chasing: a personal blend of indie rock, electronica, post-punk, and classic rock. He’s…
Lois Powell & Night Wolf: The Laws Of Life
Lois Powell and Night Wolf return with “The Laws Of Life,” their fourth track together, sitting in dark pop and trip hop territory with a cinematic edge. It’s built on a simple idea, let the mood come in immediately, then tighten the screws as it goes. The opening is all plucked pizzicato strings, with backing…
Eoin Shannon: Every Drunk’s Gotta Story
Eoin Shannon is an Irish singer-songwriter building Every Drunk’s Gotta Story around a late-night lounge bar setting. He records his vocals at home, then brings in session musicians and a rotating cast of backing vocalists. The influence list is straight bar-room canon: Tom Waits, Frank Sinatra, Mick Flannery, Bing Crosby. The whole album plays like…
OCHRE’s “Way Out” Flips From Dreamy to Grit
OCHRE frames “Way Out” around the idea of using emotion as momentum. It’s written as a push-forward track, not a calm-down song, and the arrangement follows that by building tension and then snapping into something heavier. It opens on a repeating guitar line that sets the mood immediately, dreamy with a melancholic tint. The vocal…
