Category: Album

Every year in spring I watch how new names appear on the musical Olympus, tremulously, like the first snowdrops in the forest breaking through the thickness of habitual radio noise. But if most of these “flowers” wither faster than their first tour ends, then Jessie Altman definitely plans to stay for a long time. Her…

There are careers that start with a strategy. For yetep – a producer and DJ from Seoul who moved to Los Angeles – everything turned out differently: mixes on SoundCloud, tracks on Tumblr without genre labels. People recognized something of their own in this and were drawn in. This is important to understand when listening…

An amazing privilege – to have a form for the release of emotions and feelings. Not everyone is given it. Most people experience the same storms – jealousy, longing, delight, confusion, grief – alone with themselves. A feeling comes, stays for a while, and leaves unprocessed. However, creative individuals are somewhat lucky in this regard:…

For the first time I encountered the work of Shayan Regan while working on a review of his mini-album “Selene” (2025) – since then his name has firmly established itself on the list of artists whose releases I am genuinely interested in following. And I am doubly pleased to introduce our readers to the artist’s…

There’s something amazing in how people romanticize space. We look at the stars and see love, although there – only vacuum and radiation. In 1984 Limahl sang about the neverending story, and this was not a metaphor, but a literal truth in how synthesizers can stretch time to a state of weightlessness. Forty years later…

Brilliant ideas rarely visit people in moments of triumph. For example, Charles Darwin honed the theory of natural selection not at banquets, but during monotonous walks along the gravel path near his home. But the list of those who caught enlightenment in the most inappropriate (or too mundane) moments can go on endlessly. Often extraordinary…

It is commonly believed that faith is the prerogative of temples. But for Cole Lumpkin it is found elsewhere: “Faith is about trusting yourself. In what you love and what you seek to be. In how intensely you adventure on the path of your life.” Under conditions of progress, the sacred moves onto monitor screens…

Winter in Los Angeles is, to be honest, conditional. January there smells not of snow, but of dust from highways and overroasted coffee. The city lives in a mode of eternal rehearsal – as if everything is still ahead and the main stage is only being built. In such an atmosphere, voices that don’t try…

A rare and fascinating bird has flown into our “net.”EP “In My Rearview” is by Dani LaCour – a songwriter and singer from Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. This release wasn’t made by someone basking in fan attention, but by a woman and mother who’s taken a few hard hits and learned to choose herself again. The record…

“I’d probably say my songwriting ranges from dreamy poetry to rather banal ‘heart-rhymes-with-pain’ lyrics,” Katrine Schmidt smiles, talking about her new album “Wearing My Heart On My Sleeve” the release of which is scheduled for February 13. Usually I start reviews with some kind of metaphor, but this time there was no need for it…