Weekly Playlist: Girl Wilde
Angst-pop powerhouse Girl Wilde has revealed her debut EP, "Probably Crying," a five-track journey through the good, bad, and ugly of the human experience. Through her lyrics, Girl Wilde approaches the oft-taboo topics of depression, anxiety, and female sex positivity with a radiant confidence. Her musicality is equally as rebellious, blurring genre boundaries with bombastic punk-inspired riffs,…
Weekly Playlist: MADDEE
Toronto-based artist MADDEE this week shares her new single "Dry" and it's giving us strong rainy day drinking a cup of a tea by the fire vibes. In other words, it's cozy af, smooth and enveloping with subdued horns and twinkling synths.
Taken from the forthcoming debut six-track EP, "Red Mind," "Dry" finds the 20-year-old artist expanding on her previous sound to introduce a gripping network…
Weekly Playlist: Caroline Grace
22-year-old singer-songwriter Caroline Grace has a knack for creating pop earworms. Grace first started writing songs at the tender age of 14. While studying writing at the University of Southern California, Grace captured the attention of Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd (Justin Bieber, Usher) and together they'd go on to co-write Grace's debut single, “Show Me." Since…
Weekly Playlist: The Driver Era
Actors with band side projects isn't a new trend, take Zoë Kravitz's Lolawolf, Dylan Minnette's The Wallows, or Finn Wolfhard's Calpurnia for instance, and why not seek the full measure of your creative pursuits? There's a long-standing idea for entertainers to be a "triple threat" or the allure of membership in the exclusive EGOT winner's circle (Academy, Emmy, Grammy and Tony), so it's perhaps…
Low Island on their new single, ‘Search Box’, Google therapy, and adult breastfeeding
Low Island are an indie rock and electronica four piece band hailing from Oxford, UK. The city of dreaming spires has paid its dues to the broader British music scene in recent times, with the likes of Radiohead, Supergrass, and (more recently) FAULT featured acts Foals and Glass Animals all launching stellar careers from within spitting distance of this less-than-humble base.
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Weekly Playlist: Ingrid Michaelson
Season 3 of the Netflix hit series Stranger Things debuts next month and it seems only fitting that singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is back and paying homage to the show with her forthcoming album, "Stranger Songs." The album is a collection of ‘80s tinged synth-pop anthems that will be released on June 28th and so far, Michaelson has shared the lead single "Missing You." The track is…
Weekly Playlist: Naomi Banks
Get lost in the soulful catharsis of Naomi Banks' music. Her standout 5 track debut EP "Deja Vu" has got us feeling some feelings. Written between her house boat and in Essex, "Deja Vu" uses Naomi Banks' electric style of soul to tell stories from a few difficult years in her life.
“The EP is a collection of songs I have written over the past few years. Each track has been inspired by someone…
Weekly Playlist: Le Boom
Dublin duo Le Boom makes quirky, understated electro-pop that's just plain fun. Comprised of Christy Leech and Aimie Mallon, Le Boom is set to release their eclectic debut EP "All Of My Highs" next month. Their third EP single "Just Want To" is a great introduction to the pair for first listeners. Stripped of any excess and frolics, the song features melancholic vocals against stabs of thudding…