Masque, the rock artist from Hawaii, has released Midnight Invasion through EMPIRE — a 13-track album that frames anxiety and depression as forces that actively breach the mind. As Masque explained in a recent interview, the project centers on “negative emotions breaking in at the worst moment. Specifically, when I am flooded by anxiety and […]
35 Albums Deep, Longboat Still Has Something to Say
Thirty-five studio albums is a number that stops most conversations before they start. For Igor Keller, it’s simply the current count. Under the Longboat name, the Seattle-based composer has spent decades building a catalog that now exceeds 500 songs — one that spans electronic blues, jazz-influenced pop, film scoring sensibilities, and full orchestral production. Album […]
PRÝNCESS Is Releasing Music Monthly, “A-List” Is Next in Line
Born in Manhattan and raised in Atlanta, PRÝNCESS came up absorbing the energy of pop, rock, and R&B, pulling early influence from the careers of Michael Jackson and Prince — two artists who didn’t just make music but controlled the narrative around it. She taught herself to write and record, developing a process rooted in […]
3 Layla Rey Singles That Deserve Your Attention Right Now
Layla Rey continues to build a catalog that refuses easy categorization. Across three standout singles — “Still I Rise,” “If I…,” and “Miss You Bad” — the half-Black, half-Filipino R&B pop artist demonstrates a deliberate range, moving between reclamation, vulnerability, and collaboration without losing the throughline that defines her work. “Still I Rise” marks a […]
Kelly Monrow Revisits Childhood in New Interview
Some songs are written for the moment. Others wait for the artist to become strong enough to share them. With “Dear Dolly: A Child’s Memo,” Kelly Monrow opens a chapter she’s carried privately for years, choosing to release it now not from grief, but from joy, stability, and a deeper understanding of who she has […]
Anushka Is the Self-Produced Teen You Need to Know
Most 16-year-olds are figuring out their coffee order. Anushka is figuring out her sonic identity, and doing it without a label, a producer, or a co-writer in sight. Her debut single, “My Valentine,” arrived the way the best introductions do: quietly, and with something real to say. No industry machinery behind it. No team of […]
The Providers and Friends Build Music Around Trust and Time
In an era when many music projects are built around branding, virality, and constant touring, The Providers and Friends are taking a more personal, relationship-driven path. Led by longtime songwriters Les “Doc” Cunningham and Audie Smith, the country-rock studio project has grown less like a traditional band and more like an evolving creative community centered […]
Kris Kolls Serves Sweet Revenge With “Baby, You Are Not Delicious”
Kris Kolls has never been afraid of emotional precision. On February 20, the genre-fluid pop artist dropped her latest single, “Baby, You Are Not Delicious,” alongside a eye-catching, style-shifting music video that leans fully into playful detachment. Shortly after release, she teased the visual on social media with the caption: “Baby, You Are Not Delicious” […]
Longboat Examines Structural Loss on Absentia — And It Feels Uncomfortably Current
There are albums about heartbreak. There are albums about grief. And then there’s Absentia — an album that zooms out. Longboat’s latest release doesn’t frame loss as a private tragedy. Instead, it studies it as a system. Careers collapse. Buildings disappear. Elections shift power. Fortunes evaporate. Identity erodes. Across Absentia, loss isn’t just emotional — […]
A$AP Rocky Releases ‘WHISKEY/BLACK DEMARCO’ Video: Watch
Years of waiting for A$AP Rocky’s Don’t Be Dumb finally paid off for fans when the New York rapper dropped the album this past Friday. It has the blend of genres that people have come to expect from him at this point and it feels as though the general consensus is that it’s up to […]