Author: Helena Lynch
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Postfeminist Glam: New Album “Apocalypse” by Lacey Lune
New Yorkers joke that: “If you want to see the real city – come in the first week of January”. After the stormy meeting of the New Year, the noisy megapolis suddenly takes a pause. The streets of Manhattan seem like decorations for a film about an abandoned planet. The wind chases skeletons of thrown-out…
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MDWS With New Song “12 Days”: Picking Through the Wreckage of a Long-Term Breakup
Callum Meadows combines a sensual voice and rich sonic textures, creating music under the pseudonym MDWS (pronounced “Meadows”), where the electronic atmosphere takes on a personal character. A producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from New Zealand, he opens the year with a new track, “12 Days” – a frank, documentary snapshot of the emotional state that follows a…
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Gravity Recorded in Three Minutes: “Touch The Sky” by Emm Gryner
Just think about what a country feels when it has for decades been a “star assistant,” and now is preparing to step onto the main stage? For Canada, 2026 will become precisely such a moment of triumph. Jeremy Hansen will fly around the Moon as part of the Artemis II crew – and the country,…
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Bird’s “The Boy and the Swan”: a Swan Song About Fragility and Healing
Watching swans gliding smoothly across the mirror surface of the water, my imagination paints images of impeccable purity, peace and grace. But behind this visible perfection often hide fragility and pain, isn’t that a perfect metaphor for a song? And who, if not Bird herself (Janie Price) – a singer and composer of Irish-English roots,…
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John Hayes: Chasing Inspiration, Not Perfection – “I’m More Excited About Seeing What Comes Next”
A skiing injury, months of recovery, it seems that life is put on pause. But it was precisely at this moment that something clicked – producer and performer John Hayes from Denver decided to change his sound and wrote a new album “Closer,” which came out on January 16th. Known for his intimate piano compositions,…
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Between Sadness and Warmth: “Winter Song” the New Work by Ro Jordan
Winter is a time when the cold seems to intensify feelings. Artist and producer Ro Jordan releases a new single, “Winter Song” – a gentle and slightly sad ballad about how to cope with the loss of a loved one during the quietest months of the year. Its sound has minimalism and clarity, like fresh…
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“Love & Let Live” by Alternative Influence: Quarter Million Views and Revolutionary Energy
While the whole world argues about whether music can change reality, band Alternative Influence doesn’t bother with empty talk, the guys prefer to act and release a new album that’s impossible to ignore. “Love & Let Live” – the release united eleven tracks about equality, climate and women’s football, packed into catchy melodies, and I…
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Honest, Raw, and Restless: Courtney Hadwin in “Die And Stay Pretty”
Courtney Hadwin is a 19-year-old singer from England, known for her powerful, slightly husky voice and wild stage energy. Her new single “Die And Stay Pretty” and the accompanying official video open a new page in her sound – a mix of pop rock, indie pop, and alternative that live through emotions.Courtney’s voice is sincere and confidently mature. The song is…
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No More Shy Fluffy Guitars: Summer Colds Go Bold on Second Album “Missing Out”
After all, there is some benefit from the COVID era despite all its unpleasantness – and the album reviewed here ultimately proves its existence. The forced inactivity made it possible to focus on new material. The quarantine years turned everyone into anthropologists of their own everyday life. We studied cracks on the ceiling, counted how…
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When Life Feels Ordinary: Emmalee Rainbow Explores Big Emotions on “I’ve Had Some Wine”
Emmalee Rainbow, a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles, has released a new single, “I’ve Had Some Wine” – a personal and large-scale confession infused with the melancholy of the ’80s. Together with Max Morando (Miley Cyrus, Liily), she created a track where the neon sadness of U2 and The Cure meets the sincerity of…
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