Robert Ellis Orrall,“Where Do We Go From Here”Fixation RecordsRelease Date: March 27, 2026 There is a specific kind of songwriter...
Dirt Road Souls“Next To You” Released: February 27, 2026 There is a specific kind of anticipation that only exists when...
"Loser" has something of a western feel to it under the hood, characterized by a steady, almost statically insistent groove and punctuated with deliberate rhythmic strikes a la Parker's recent hit "Borderline."
“A seismic steppers cut that detonates inside the echo chamber — bass you feel in your lungs before your ears catch it, tape delays like slow-moving electrical storms. SSLy Scout pushes Bristol’s dub tradition forward with authority and grace.” — RumorControl (9.1)
Sounding something like "Moaning Lisa Smile" by way of Siouxsie and the Banshees, "Bloom Baby Bloom" delivers ferocity and reflection in equal measure.
... "Animaru" contains multitudes, being on the one hand as unpredictable and wild as its namesake would imply, and on another a carefully sonic opus.
Bristol’s dUb from the Ruins label drops a heavyweight single from Tenja in Dub, featuring Blackout JA on heavyweight vocals...
...Gabriel's effort is both topically and musically meditative, calling attention to the mechanical complexity and humanitarian pathos of the matter at hand without devolving into the paranoia that often accompanies artistic appraisals of the looming specter of the digital future.
Fuzzed-out guitar licks drip over a strutting, lascivious beat while Kane channels Marc Bolan's sultry croon in an ode on a botanically-dubbed lover, all wrapped up in a warm layer of saturation that recalls both retro recordings, and the scores of present-day tracks made to invoke that same analog aura.
..."Unraveling," feels like a both a culmination and an evolution of all these past iterations of Muse, merging the synthwave ventures of their later years with the guitar-driven heaviness of their earlier repertoire.
... OB's exultations are put forward with an delicacy found in the most effervescent indie pop. The end result feels at once relaxed and celebratory: a perfect portmanteau of Afrobeat jubilation and Indie contemplation.
"I Like It I Like It" is a soulful, almost sinister little helping of R&B, built on a roiling, slinky beat and a positively seductive bassline and topped with luscious, chime-like keys, plus the occasional clarion-call synth. Both singers join in reverb-drenched harmony throughout, splitting the song's two primary verses between them before ending once more in perfect tandem.