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After 15 years without a release, Michael Shouse has returned with Jaded, an instrumental rock record that shows he never stopped thinking about the guitar. The Jackson, Kentucky musician pulls together an unlikely cast of players: Michael Angelo Batio, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, Tony MacAlpine, Charlie Zeleny on drums, and James Amhelio Pulli on bass. The…
AUNCE, the project of Anna Edith Daly Edgington, is a London-based artist with roots in Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent. After earning a PhD in Music Production in New Zealand, she returned to the UK to develop a sound that mixes electronics with voice in ways that blur song form and sound art. Her work has appeared…
Lussilia, the Venezuelan-Canadian singer-songwriter now based in Vancouver, has been steadily carving out her space by weaving Latin pop with Venezuelan folk and a mix of global textures. Her songs, often sung across three languages, push for connection across identities. Earlier this year she released her debut EP ten four sixty one, a nod to…
Swamp Music Players are a collective out of Victoria, Canada, who have spent the past few years carving a niche in swamp rock and cosmic Americana. Their music often leans on collaboration, and the new EP Hear It on CN2 continues that approach with contributions from Virginia songwriter Joseph Gearheart and Hollywood vocalist Sugar Parks….
Micheal Fordays has been part of Los Angeles’ rock underground for years, carrying experience from bands like Mind Over Four and OverBreaker into his solo work. His new album The Odds of Magic, produced with Dave Klein, takes that history and filters it into nine songs tracked with focus at Klein’s upgraded studio. Fordays handled…
Joseph “Josi” Costi has spent years as a pianist, composer, and collaborator moving between jazz, world music, and experimental projects. His resume is long and eclectic, but Joya is the first release where he steps forward simply as a songwriter with a guitar in hand. Recorded in Richmond, UK, while house-sitting for his sister in…
Dark City Kings have been shaping their sound in a weathered homestead outside Black Mountain, North Carolina. The six-piece: Colleen Rose, Merlin Armstrong, Kyrie Antoinette, Bayla Ostrich, Craig Rumney, and JP Kennedy, pull from bands like The Waterboys, Blondie, and The Cure, but the results don’t feel secondhand. They’ve built something that leans on new…
Carla Patullo has made a name scoring for film and television, but her solo records come from a more personal place. Her 2024 album “So She Howls” was born from a near-death experience and won a Grammy for its blend of ambient textures and raw emotion. On Nomadica, she goes somewhere even harder to reach:…
Ferdinand Rennie recorded Someone to Remember Me in 2010. Fifteen years later, he returns to it with the same producer, Alan Vukelic, and no major structural changes. The song, written by Wayne Hector and Steve Robson, still plays as a widescreen ballad: slow tempo, orchestral backing, and a vocal pushed to the front. The difference…
Dez Rocket has spent years in alt-synth rock, stacking sounds and dialing in details. Akashic Walker cuts most of that out. It’s a quiet track built on a few choices: soft guitar, muted keys, steady rhythm, and a vocal that stays close. It’s his first love song, and you can tell. The line “So I…