EP & ALBUMS
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An old photographer once told me the trick isn’t finding the light—it’s deciding what you let through. Jthurston’s album entitled “APERTURE” lives by that credo, treating the studio like a darkroom and the psyche like unprocessed film. Indeed, the Bay Area rapper…
Most mirrors tell the truth only when cracked — James Linck’s latest album “One on One” holds that jagged reflection up to the face and refuses to look away. Billed as a feedback loop of self-confrontation, the record…
Alicia Lov’s debut EP, “Lost On Venus,” reads like one of those constellations—glittering, aching, and stubbornly hopeful. Indeed, the title hints at misplacement, yet Lov turns displacement into…
Picture a lighthouse assembled from old diaries and ticket stubs—that is the aura of Emily Popli’s debut, Lilith Fair Kid. The title nods to the matrilineal beam that guided her—Sheryl Crow’s amber grit, Sarah McLachlan’s chiaroscuro…
Nigerian artist Black Jesus has released his album, “Equity,” a ten-track ledger where pleasure, principle, and punchy groove are entered in the same column. The title is a statement of balance: house-leaning textures…
Emanuel Carter releases Untitled, a five-song vignette of contemporary R&B and hip-hop where candor wears cologne and rhythm learns to confess. The St. Paul native (by way of Liberian roots and an L.A. detour) builds…
A clock cracks like an eggshell and spills light—Elle J. releases her debut, “.27 CRISIS,” and suddenly time has a temperature. The Brooklyn-based, New Jersey-raised auteur wrote, produced, mixed, and mastered…
A cracked heirloom locket sometimes holds more gravity than a marble monument — Eli Lev’s Past Lives EP Project, set to be released on October 8th, opens that locket and lets its contents sing. This five-track Acoustic…
David Wimbish & The Collection’s self-titled album is like wandering through a lush botanical garden at twilight—beautifully serene yet intimately haunting, imbued with a profound sense of introspection…
Experiencing David Redd's sophomore album, "Love Is Everything & It Will Not Save You," feels much like standing before a vast ocean—its beauty captivating yet unmistakably tinged with an inherent melancholy…
A raven feather drifts across a projector’s beam, casting obsidian sparks on the screen—so begins Cam Be and Neak’s “a film called black”, an album less streamed than witnessed. Though the record spins through…
Call it the musician’s paradox: the more you tidy your mind, the messier the melody gets. Tamar Berk’s ocd embraces that paradox with mischievous clarity, delivering a suite of indie-rock and alt-pop miniatures where fuzzed guitars…