Music Dose

Wesley Dean’s “Magik” is just the summertime pick-me-up that’s been prescribed. In uncertain times, the buoyant sway of the feel-good, love-heavy track certainly feels magical. Continue Reading

“Words I Couldn’t Say” is the new single from South Yorkshire quartet Alvarez Kings. The pop-driven single demonstrates how the group has come to win Continue Reading

Finding the groove between in bittersweet lamentation, “No Ordinary Love” is often regarded as one of Sade’s greatest hits. Its intoxicating layers of textured sound Continue Reading

Frank Zappa once famously declared, “Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny.” That line was uttered onstage for the sake of a good laugh, but Continue Reading

Árstíðir lífsins – Saga á tveim tungum II: Eigi fjǫll né firðir (Van Records) Iceland’s Árstíðir lífsins are a committed band. The flesh of their Continue Reading

Much like Yann Tiersen and Ludovico Einaudi, the young pianist Gabriel Ólafs comes from the modern school of instrumental performers centered on mood over virtuosity. Continue Reading

When I first met and spoke with the alto saxophonist and composer Rudresh Mahanthappa over a dozen years ago, he was still an up-and-comer, recently Continue Reading

Lake Street Dive/Cuddle Magic/Okkervil River members, Bridget Kearney and Benjamin Lazar Davis’ Still Flying has been received with wide critical acclaim since its release earlier Continue Reading

Main Source – “Live at the Barbecue” Foremost among 1991’s superlative beatcraft is Main Source’s LP Breaking Atoms. Astonishingly out of print for more than ten Continue Reading

Toronto’s GRAE looks back on past relationships on her new indie-pop cut Ex Lovers. It’s about those same streets filled with the same faces while holding Continue Reading

Following their second EP ‘Early Rise’ and a slew of singles, Lisbon’s Vaarwell have returned with New Woman. Warm minimal electronic elements unfurl alongside Margarida Falcão’s delicate Continue Reading

After releasing his debut EP, ‘On The Run’, and hitting the festival and club scene around Norway, Kristian Grostad began work on his debut full length. Feels Continue Reading

Dubai-based Scott Attew and identical twins Lucas and Thomas McCone are the trio behind indie pop-rock outfit Vandalye. Earlier this year, they released their debut Continue Reading

It was a whopping 16 years ago that The Slow Painters originally formed but it’s only this summer that they’ll release their debut album. Inspired Continue Reading

Giampaolo Pasquile has just announced the release of a new song titled “Risk It All,” to be released sometime​ this month. In the meantime, listeners Continue Reading

On their debut album, What Happens After, Laveda (Jacob Brooks and Ali Genevich) explores the great yawning unknown. From the freedom and uncertainty that rests Continue Reading

Lorana returns with Countless First Times, the second single off her forthcoming EP. Here, Lorana explores how she views and feels returning home to Alken, Continue Reading

Toronto’s Falcon Jane and Andrew McArthur are set to release a five-track cover EP titled ‘We Get By’. Speaking on the project,  Falcon Jane offered: Continue Reading

Following last month’s ‘Ink’, Stevie Wolf has unveiled his Chapped Lips EP. Through seven tracks, he explores themes of bravery and vulnerability to love and Continue Reading