Monthly Archives: December 2022

AUDIO: Baby Shade FT. Adventuresofque – “OuterSpace”

Hip hop artist Baby Shade teamed up with Adventuresofque for a new single. The rappers are coasting through life like they’re floating in the solar system, enjoying the little things as they go. They’re not looking to take any twists and turns; rather, Shade and Que have adopted the unbothered mindset and anyone who tags along has to be on

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AUDIO: D.B. Rouse – “Gravity Holds Us (Ft. Patrick Smith)”

Singer-songwriter D.B. Rouse released a new single in which he enlists Patrick Smith on lead guitar. Rouse takes a meta approach here, reflecting on how we’re all just victims of physics at the end of the day, forced to cope with reality as truth. The world’s constantly throw into states of anomalies and catastrophes, and we’re all just here for

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AUDIO: Cody Steinmann Trio – “Another Blues Head”

Jazz fusion trio Cody Steinmann Trio released a new single. Steinmann, Chris Bates and Abinnet Berhanu take a fun excursion through flavor here, led by a wandering guitar and supported by a sturdy rhythm. It’s another instance of seasoned musicians trusting each other with whichever direction they’re led in, excited by the spontaneity. We wonder if “Another Blues Head” and

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AUDIO: The Quilz – “Beneath The Covers With the Quilz”

Synthpop band The Quilz are known for their fun, brightly illuminated shows and retro touch to electronic pop music. They’ve released a full album of covers that they’ve regularly performed at shows, with everything from New Order to Prince to Blondie to Chris De Burgh to Material Issue and many more. The synths from Sage Schwarm whizz and whirr with

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AUDIO: Name Hymn – “Name Hymn Returns”

Name Hymn is a project of Nathaniel Heuer’s, who is known for his work in Hello Death, Marielle Allschwang & the Visitations, and The Altos. He released two new songs recently with features from Mark Waldoch and Marielle Allschwang plus additional instrumentation by Todd Umhoefer. Artful and emotive, the tunes reflect the elation of a new relationship and devotion to

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AUDIO: Lit Tiaa – “New Slave”

Hip hop artist Lit Tiaa confronts society’s cycles of oppression with her latest single. Those in power will find new ways to control, silence and marginalize folks, and Tiaa’s telling it like it is here with an auto-tuned chorus and vicious flow. With no justice there’s no peace, and she recognizes how the lying system will pit us against one

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AUDIO: Cyrus Chrome – “Back Around”

Electronic pop artist Cyrus Chrome’s latest single is about toxic lovers. Y’all could be something special and you keep coming back to each other, but you find yourself always compromising and you’re trying not to let yourself down, and Chrome is over that shit. Your idea of them is different than actually being with them, it seems. Favoring electronically manipulated

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