Album: Sorry Sweetheart – Warm Room, Good Friends
It’s already been a great start to the year for ska-core, and Sorry Sweetheart, from Denver, Colorado (where the water boils faster) has launched that start into the stratosphere.
Month: February 2026
Single: No Floor – Helm
On the new single, Seattle’s No Floor doesn’t just try to make something heavy, but something felt.
Album: ka lok – Opium Boy
A triumphant debut which delivers an epic, cinematic sci-fi odyssey full of heart and soul.
Single: Sug Daniels – Black and Gifted (ambient version)
Through this lens, every detail feels poignant and deliberate.
Single: James Wyatt Crosby – And The Sky
And the Sky might be my favorite song of 2026 so far.
Single: Ceylon Sailor – the tiny wave
‘The tiny wave’ is a hit in a different quantum existence, where good music is cherished and autotuned pop-nonsense is never made.
Single: Nixon Boyd – You Will Always Get Away With It
Nixon Boyd’s new single, “You Will Always Get Away With It” packages a well-honed pop sensibility in an easygoing and mid-tempo tune about friendship and forgiveness.
Single: Beach Vacation – Quietly Drowning
“Quietly Drowning” is the kind of song that surrounds you, soft and luminous, until you realize you don’t want to leave.
Single: Cola – Hedgesitting
Even with the band’s three members, Hedgesitting sounds like a symphony of post-punk.
EP: Left Iris – Love Songs
Love Songs, the new EP from Dublin-based shoegaze/pop act Left Iris, dances a few very interesting lines.
EP: Minuit Phosphène – Les enfants fous brillent dans le noir
Ethereal, pulsing, and impossible to ignore.
I Speak, But No One Listens: Art as Expression vs. Art as a Commodity
The push for generative AI over man-made art comes from an industry that wants nothing more than to remove the pesky human artist from the mass production of art…
Single: CASTLEBEAT – This Takes Time
Ten years down the road, CASTLEBEAT shines brighter than ever without losing what made its music special in the first place.
Single: Antlers Motel – Nobody Cares Anymore
With this new single, Antlers Motel has brought to the table a strong indie rock song that is very relatable in this day and age.
Single: Wolfschmidt – File
Some tracks impress you, some tracks comfort you, but this one stayed with me.
Single: Space Corolla – Ya Ni Recuerdo
An emotionally raw and sincere portrayal of love at its most intoxicating.
