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Appearing to originate from a mystical portal from beyond, OHMA is a two woman band composed of Mia Garcia and her guitars and Hailey Niswanger and her woodwinds and sax. The two combine their creative energy into a colossal cloud of pure musical spirit on their debut album Between All Things. This album is a medley of Spiritual and Nu Jazz,New Age, and a little bit of futurism mixed in. The result is a wormhole of transcendental nature as you travel through the spirit realm, guided by the ... read more

City of Clowns by Marie Davidson is a pretty straightforward project. Davidson puts forward a dive into the sounds of EBM and synthpop and techno in 2025. Her execution… satisfactory. Pounding drum machines and 808s underscore the core of the production here while Davidson’s vocals often appear hypnotic or provocative like in Sexy Clown or Y.A.A.M. Likewise, the beats can oscillate from white bread to tiger bread. Sometimes, the EBM and techno inspiration is pretty derivative and ... read more

Red/Yellow/Blue by de Staat is a concept album of three 5 track E.Ps all wrapped into one. Red is the higher energy, electro-clash influenced E.P; yellow is the alt-rock and dance punk E.P. and Blue is the more moody and sentimental alt-rock E.P. The way the album is structured, the songs go from high energy to poppy and danceable to mellow, given the red> >yellow> blue order. Now given this intention, I’ll take a look at each E.P. individually and then sum up my thoughts at the ... read more

Lotus from Little Simz is the most recent project from the emerging British superstar hip-hop artist. She’s made a big name for herself recently, even being featured on a Coldplay record. It’s been a well deserved ascent though, as her prowess in conscious uk hip-hop is second to none. Her pensive but hopeful pen game and the experimental direction towards her beats fill in a nice niche that I feel U.K rap was missing. In her latest project, Lotus, Simz reflects on her new found ... read more