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On ‘Soft Echoes,’ Sharada Shashidhar takes you through a jazz adventure of the mind
The Los Angeles-based singer’s latest EP feels like one big survey of the surreal as it twists, turns, soothes, and shakes.

Interview: Starling’s ‘2324’ captures the shared moodiness of this fledgling band
“Making any piece of music that has to do with anything at all conceptually is nostalgia. It only ever is nostalgic.”

Who’s the realest in the rap game, if not CENSORED dialogue?
The compelling rapper who doesn’t have to flex her authenticity’s latest album, ‘Pyrex Housecat,’ has style and nerve in spades.

Interview with Tlya X An: the musician bringing multidimensional surrealism to pop
“I would love to create a space where people feel empowered and lose themselves to the moment.”

Tiril Jackson’s soulful EP ‘Who Are You?’ invites reflection while keeping things hopeful
With a voice that can do anything and a band that can play everything, Jackson’s sound is exciting and moreish.

PINK SLIP offers fun ska for really unfun times on ‘Suck City’
The Boston-based band proves ska was never really a fad, but rather a scene for those who want good trumpet-heavy bangers to skank to and good vibes from good people.

Best of 2024
A list of the greatest projects released in 2024 by our frequent contributors.

On ‘SLAZYERZ BALL,’ Kossisko celebrates newfound freedom
The Berkeley-based artist’s latest album is a spirited throwback to the days of 70s psychedelic soul, disco, funk, and pop.

A diary in song: Shanuka finds herself in ‘A Safe Return Back’
A blue-grey wistfulness lingers on the Toronto-based artist’s debut EP, giving the project a melancholic yet comforting mood to soothe even as it reeks of heartache.

Actress creates his way into another loose concept album with ‘Statik’
The London-based artist’s latest album is composed like a real-time journey from a dark heavy place to the stars.