Ilja Alexander conducts a mini dream-pop orchestra on uplifting ballad “Butterfly” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·June 12, 2020London-based dream-pop purveyor Ilja Alexander lays claim to the influence of some heavy hitting bands, such as The...News & Track Reviews
JOBS offer a disorienting collage of avant-garde sounds on cross-genre experiment “Brian” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·June 8, 2020It all began in a tiny closet in Manhattan and involved music students making noise under the moniker...News & Track Reviews
Devin Balram employs gauzy indie-pop movements to express personal conviction on “Belief” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·June 3, 2020Devin Balram isn’t concerned with emotional frivolities. His gaze is turned inward, toward the deeper parts of his...News & Track Reviews
Rory Butler explores the consequences of our digital obsessions through the folk-pop ramble of “That Side of the World” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 29, 2020Scottish singer-songwriter Rory Butler has been surrounded by music all his life – and it began in the...News & Track Reviews
Anacarina revels in glistening pop acoustics on new EP One of Your Forevers (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 28, 2020Growing up in The Woodlands, Texas, Anacarina Acuna (or just Anacarina) escapes into the landscapes of her songs...News & Track Reviews
Zoon reconstructs WHOOP-Szo’s folksome “Cut Your Hair” into an ambient wonder (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 25, 2020Under the alias of Zoon, Daniel Monkman is able to travel into the depths of his personal experiences...News & Track Reviews
Heartour races through neon-streaked electro-pop landscapes on R U IN (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 21, 2020Growing up in a small town in Connecticut, Jason Young spent his formative years in the shadow of...News & Track Reviews
Sara Marie Barron explores the line between fantasy and reality in luxurious jazz-pop soundscapes on “Up All Night” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 21, 2020Some things we can’t help but embrace – some innate talent that allows us to see ourselves in...News & Track Reviews
Radiator King explores a blues-punk apocalypse on “Crusade” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 18, 2020There are admittedly few things from which to take comfort during the current social and political stresses, but...News & Track Reviews
Venus Furs lays waste to acres of densely distorted indie rock landscapes on “Page Before” (BPM Premiere) Joshua Pickard·May 14, 2020Working under the moniker of Venus Furs, Montreal-based writer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Paul Kasner has been assembling a...News & Track Reviews