Your Soundtrack To Life
Some ambient compositions attempt to create an escape from the world. Others realize that the world itself can be an escape. Noah Crist’s “Welcome to Loch Raven” is firmly in…
Rock music never really had to reinvent itself to remain exciting. Occasionally all you need is a great riff, a catchy chorus, a couple of guitars turned up loud enough,…
“Heat Check” is the kind of track that makes most sense when you stop thinking about music as something that merely enters through the ears and start considering what happens…
The kind of freedom that comes when life no longer asks you to prove yourself. That can be disconcerting at first, because so much of adulthood is constructed around motion:…
There is a certain kind of confidence running through FREE to FEEL, the latest EP from The New Citizen Kane, and it is not the kind that has to stand…
Motko’s presentation of the idea of home is immediately revealing. The lowercase title is deliberate, understated, almost deliberately anti-ceremonial, and that same sensibility runs through this nine-track album. There’s no…
Cooper Mae’s “confidence complex” is the kind of pop song that enters the room with a sense of authority. Instead of turning heartbreak into a reason for reflective solemnity, Mae…
“Please Comfort Me” by The Sonic Travelers is a stellar example of a song that comes at the right time. Written by George Aiello and John Ingram in the late…
Martin Lloyd Howard’s “Highland Mist” is proof that a solo guitar can carry the cinematic weight of an entire landscape. In this new work, Howard takes a very different tack…
Milyam’s “Dream” is the sort of track that understands the value of restraint. It doesn’t start with a dramatic hook or an overblown production but rather begins almost like a…