MUSIC REVIEWS

In an era of artists sounding like one after the other, Pennan Brae scores an unusual home run before anything else: originality. His entire style proves to be an eclectic set of contradictions, yet the marriage of said contradictions nonetheless produces a sort of unearthly coherence to the whole image. …

South Carolina based – Lecretia Ann is a singer/songwriter with country roots and a strong southern swagger. “Does She Know” and “Roll It Up” are two tracks featured on her – Better Thangs CD, and while both of these songs feature well on the album, it’s completely full of some …

For his latest release, a track and music video titled “Perfect,” Stringz EMB is getting as brooding as he ever has on lead vocals and constructing a harmony that could serve as a real point of interest among mainstream fans. As opposed to taking a conventional approach to lyricism, he …

Buried in the adrenaline of a percussive element distant in the mix but big enough to crush anything in its path, Michael Ghould’s vocal is initially out of reach in his new single, “Girls & Boys,” but not for long. As we continue onward in this take on the Blur …

Though lyrically more aggressive than her last couple of songs have been, Stacy Gabel is still being herself in “High Heeled Shoes” and steering clear of the overindulgent concepts that many of her peers have been enamored with in their own work recently. There’s no space for a surreal bend …

It’s been a big year for inspirational music around the world, and although he only released his very first EP in 2020, Tolu. A is definitely among those to have contributed to a much-needed soundtrack of optimism. In his new single “My Talents,” he introduces us to a fluid jazz …

Jane n’ the Jungle have released some of their best work so far this year, and to cap things off they’re dropping another incendiary track and music video in “Lucky 7” that you’d be foolish to miss out on this December. “Lucky 7” doesn’t shift the artistic trajectory from what …

“Little is much when God is in it / He multiplies and He restores,” sings Terri Bannister in her rookie single “Little is Much,” currently out this winter and making quite the splash among gospel fans everywhere. In this climactic pair of lines taken from the song’s chorus, we find …

Echoing the unforgiving backdrop of their present home in the American west, Milquetoast and Co. hold absolutely nothing back from us in their new single and music video “Hummingbirds,” which was released this year and is currently available everywhere premium indie music is sold and streamed. There’s nothing fake or …

There hasn’t been a lot of partying going on in 2020, but that hasn’t stopped Lucky Harmon from putting out some of the best beats of his career in the form of “Party Life” this December, and critics are taking notice. Whether it’s his efficient lead vocal or the equally …