Rusty Reid has spent four albums building an impressive name as a wide-ranging indie folk-country-rock singer-songwriter. His fifth flips that restlessness toward other people’s songs. Lone Stardust (Masterworks of Texas Songwriters) is a nineteen-track double-album of covers, each one written by a songwriter with ties to Texas, roughly…
This week’s indie folk trades polish for intimacy. Bedroom tape hiss, quiet defiance, a bit of playful myth and some hard-won warmth: songs recorded close to the bone, where the smallest gestures carry the most weight and honesty does the heavy lifting. Esteban Obando – Montreal (Feeling it…
Radiant, driving and built to turn effort into euphoria: this week’s workout bop is a peak-time house banger made to push you that little bit harder. Michael Grandel – Eta Carinae “Eta Carinae” is a superb peak-time house banger from Michael Grandel, all thick driving drums, rave-lift synths…
This week’s hip hop shows off the full range of what the genre can do. From joyous, genre-blurring party energy to hard-won, honest storytelling, these are tracks built on rhythm, feeling and something real to say. Turn them up and let them speak. Johnny Priest – AlgoRitmo “AlgoRitmo”…
This week’s deep house is all late-sun warmth and slow-building release. Rolling grooves, hooks that surface just when you need them, and production that keeps its cool even at full tilt. Music for the golden hour and the long stretch after it. Zmbya – Wendapi “Wendapi” is a…
This week’s pop is proof that a proper tune never goes out of fashion. Whether it’s road-trip soul, a timeless devotion or diary-page confessions, these are songs written with heart and craft, the kind that stick around long after summer fades. Alex Maes – Continental Alex Maes’ “Continental”…
This week’s pop rock is all about craft over bombast. Warm harmonies, clever arrangements and a real love of a proper tune run through both tracks, songs that reward a close listen and prove there’s still magic in getting the small details exactly right. Ho Jo Fro -…
Cinematic, hushed and quietly hopeful: this week’s lo-fi bop of the week is one of the most affecting debuts to drift into the postbag, a new voice finding its feet across borders and languages. Amarah – Invisible Light Amarah’s “Invisible Light” is a gorgeous piece of cinematic atmospheric…
Stockholm brings feminist techno-house energy; Toronto answers with smooth R&B-laced groove pop. Three artists, very good reasons the dancefloor does not need to choose a lane. FREDRYD – Girls Run The Dancefloor FREDRYD delivers an excellent piece of high-energy techno-house with “Girls Run The Dancefloor”: a hard, pumping…