by Lauren Burns ✿

Annie Taylor is not one woman but a band. ‘Ride High’ is their newest single, and it came out on June 2nd in advance of their eagerly-anticipated forthcoming LP, Inner Smile, which will be released early next month.

by Lauren Burns ✿

Over 64% of musicians are struggling to make ends meet.

According to the Music Industry Investigation Report from the Creative Independent, earning enough to survive is challenging for most artists.

by Lauren Burns ✿

Harry Styles fans are known for their commitment to fashion. From elaborately coordinated outfits to glittery accessories, concert-goers bring their A-game to every show and leave a trail of feathers behind them.

by Marilù Ciabattoni ✿

Rosalía is one of the most iconic artists of the new millennium.

There, I said it.

I want to start this analysis by stating my intentions–so if you were hoping for me to drag the album and express my disappointment about how Rosalía “changed for worse,” maybe stop here.

by Tessa Byrns ✿

High Castle Teleorkestra is yet another offshoot from bands within the Mr Bungle metaverse, including members from bands like Secret Chiefs 3 as well as Mr Bungle itself. The band members live all over the world, meaning compositions were produced remotely during the pandemic. Knowing this, the tangled webs of technically avant-garde instrumentation are astounding.

by Jessica Palmer ✿

We draw influences from the things, people, and environments we surround ourselves with. For a while, I felt my mentality toward many things; health, love, relationships, and societal expectations kept me withdrawn and away from being truly myself. So, I have camouflaged my life with Harry Styles since I was 7. At 19, this is what his newest single taught me.

by Rachel Wonders ✿

Rachel Wonders is a UK-based live music photographer, splitting her time between London, Liverpool and Bournemouth and catching gigs across the country.

by Tessa Byrns ✿

On May 26th, Chicago based country/folk singer-songwriter Iris Marlowe released her third album, ‘Where the Devil Bid the Owl Goodbye’. This new full-length offering shows Marlowe’s insistence on expanding her sound beyond the traditional confines folk is known for.

by Lauren Burns ✿

London via Berkshire-based alternative artist Michy Tree has returned with ‘SIKE!’, her fourth, latest and boldest release to date.

Following 2021’s ‘The Wire’ and released last Friday (May 13th), ‘SIKE!’ is shouty, visually covered in black block capitals. It leaves behind the pinks and purples of ‘Floating House’ and ‘CocaineLove’ and turns red.

by Teresa Valenton ✿

Minji Kim speaks about BTS’ success and what it means to her identity as a Korean-American

While BTS have seen new levels of success by journeying into the American music scene, Korean-Americans have become more comfortable with their cultural identities.

by Tessa Byrns ✿

On April 23 at the Lost Lake Lounge in Denver, Colorado local emo-centric band Broken Record treated the audience to an energetic show full of old and new favourites.

by Tessa Byrns ✿

Dua Lipa, with tour support from openers Megan Thee Stallion and Caroline Polachek, took her long awaited celebration of her bombshell album ‘Future Nostalgia’ on the road to the Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado back in March (15th).

by Tessa Byrns ✿

Playing together since 2018, Khamyel, which consists of vocalist TJ Yeager, lead guitarist Matt Beza, rhythm guitarist Quintin Cohn, bassist Ryan Reneau and drummer Frank Woronoff, are poised to release their debut album this summer.

by Lauren Burns ❀

Following the release of her debut EP, ‘Grey’, in May, Brooklyn-born and based artist Sirota has just made and released a music video for ‘Matches’, one of her most popular tracks to date. A 22-year-old independent singer-songwriter, Isabella Sirota merges her love for R&B with poppy sounds and meaningful lyrics. Commuting from New York to Philadelphia, she worked with Bloom Productions on ‘Grey’, which received support from us earlier this year, alongside Pastel Serenity Zine, Renouveau Media and The Pinnacle Mag.

by Tessa Byrns ❀

For anyone noticing the abundance of exciting, obscure and up and coming female singer/songwriters producing and performing their own music lately, it is a mystery why there hasn’t been another Lilith Fair to showcase all of these performers. Enter Oklou and Caroline Polachek – just another example of Sarah McLachlan’s influence over young female musicians.

by Maya Yegorova ❀

During Eurovision’s Grand Final on May 22nd, 2021, Ukrainian singer Kateryna Pavlenko stepped onto the stage wearing a green coat and sang in her native language. Only a couple of hours later, Ukraine’s captivating song entry, ‘Shum’, ranked second in the public vote. Two days later, ‘Shum’ made it onto the Spotify Viral 50 daily list. The song further dominated the Billboard Global 200 list. The popularity of ‘Shum’- a word that means noise in Ukrainian-is a testament to the unforgettable qualities of Ukrainian electro-folk. Pavlenko is the lead singer of the Ukrainian electro-folk band, Go_A, a band that was formed in 2012.

by Tessa Byrns ❀

At the Gothic Theatre on December 2nd , TV Girl’s rescheduled show marking the six and a half year anniversary of their 2014 debut album, ‘French Exit,’ was overrun by the TikTok crowd thanks to the boost their music has received from the social media platform.

Jordana, who is also the bassist for TV Girl, opened the show with an acoustic set of her solo melancholy songs.

by Lauren Burns ❀

Lemon Lord is an artist we’ve been keeping up with all year, having reviewed ‘Superpower,’ the most-streamed song from her debut album, ‘Be Blonde,’ back in Springtime. Another track from that 2020 record, ‘All I Want,’ now freshly remixed by milkrings, forms her most recent glittering electro-pop offering. Lemon Lord is the alter ego of Nora Germain, a Los Angeles-based violinist with a classical, jazz background allowing for precision in everything she creates.

by Tessa Byrns ❀

GENZ Supremacy Comes to Colorado

To mark the start of the holiday season on December 1st at the Summit Music Hall, in the know Coloradoans were gifted the ultimate Gen Z experience with a show from BLACKSTARKIDS and Beabadoobee. The young crowd packed the intimate obscure venue to brim. The patrons came decked out in their finest garb – the recycled 90s trends that we’ve come to see more often now – bucket hats, chokers, platform boots and sneakers galore.

by Tessa Byrns ❀

On the one year anniversary of her critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Dry’, PJ Harvey released her sophomore album, ‘Rid of Me’ in 1993. It would be the last album that she and her bandmates who were also a part of the PJ Harvey Trio, would record together.

The unhinged psychotic anger and vitriol of the title track should make it as popular a break up track as ‘You Oughta Know’ but it might just be too frightening for the general public.