AUDIO: Diet Lite – “Lightning McQueen”

The original song, from 2021’s “Seems The Be The Way It Tends To Go,” is fully intact, but given a shot in the arm,.
Read moreThe original song, from 2021’s “Seems The Be The Way It Tends To Go,” is fully intact, but given a shot in the arm,.
Read moreThe 14-track offering is full off chilled out production, with MNTRY’s vocals taking center stage and given plenty of space to properly shine.
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Read morePop rock act Rye Catchers, led by songwriter David McClintick Roberts, released a new album a few months back. The ten-song record comprises a balanced mix of originals and covers, as the title suggests. With an edge bridging classic hard rock and power pop energy, Rye Catchers’ “Covers and Concepts” harkens to 80s power anthem sensibility with the group’s own
Read moreT!ny’s latest single blasts off with swagger and adrenaline. The hyperpop/hip hop fusion artist takes on sugar-rush production with this one, looking to live luxuriously and chasing the money, but being pursued by someone who’s trying to copy them/be them. You either get it or you don’t, T!ny says, cutting off anyone who doesn’t get the vision. T!ny flexes having
Read moreHip hop/hyperpop artist Hi-Milly brings rambunctious energy with her latest single. Leaning into a trap, party side, Milly raps about getting so high that the ring appears above her head, then cutting off fake people who say they’ve got money but really don’t. “Penny pinching like Krabs” has got to be one of the hardest bars of the year, that’s
Read moreJabril Yousef recently dropped a new single. The genre-bending pop artist merges elements of R&B, hip hop and punk here as they sing of infatuation with someone. Flirting with the shadows of love, Yousef wrote this song under a full moon, executing a powerful vocal performance rife with trap production, howling passion and atmospheric crescendo. It’s produced by Spike Lindsey,
Read moreSinger-songwriter Mark J. Soriano has a new single out. Taking on a folk rock approach, Soriano sings of keeping a good head on his shoulders in spite of how confusing and chaotic life gets, hoping that another will do the same. He’s got honesty and heart in his voice, moving forward at all times and singing a song as he
Read moreExperimental-electronic project Detraction released a new EP at the end of October. It’s six tracks, venturing into frequencies emanated like fragmented hallucinations. Bookended by two ambient pieces, the body of this work contains periodic vocals, loose pop phrases and precipitation samples that altogether feels like a Lynchian meditation. Detraction drifts off into dystopia with “More Songs About Rain.”
Read moreHip hop artist Yo Shorti dropped a new single recently. Over rapid piano-sampling production, Shorti goes hard in the paint here, rapping about trusting nobody and not tripping about what anybody thinks of her. She’s looking out for herself, normally lowkey but loud when she needs to be, telling the haters that they’re the ones who need to get their
Read morePunk rockers Man Alive released a new single last month. Sharpening their sound with their first tune in nearly two years, Man Alive channel the isolating nature of anxiety and envy of those who know how to manage it, enlisting Honey Creek’s Chris Merisalo for a guest verse. If you’re one to worry yourself into worst-case scenarios, the message here
Read moreElectronic artist Tarek Sabbar released a new single. This 138bpm techno cut is inspired by a short story by Egyptian writer Yusuf Idris. The tune’s clattering beat gets your blood flowing, with walls of drones in the background that rise and fall. All proceeds from Bandcamp are going to charity, and links to demand a ceasefire in Gaza are listed
Read moreGrunge/stoner rockers Toadskin released a new single this past month. Hope you like citrus fruit because this tune’s got a whole bunch of it – Toadskin rip and roll with a psych-tinged chug that thematically likens lemons to habits you just won’t shake. Oranges, limes and other produce have no business here. It’s the first taste of Toadskin’s upcoming album
Read moreBernadette is the solo ambient project of post-punk duo Genau’s Chris Belkofer. His debut EP is out now, featuring two tracks that take the cold, gothic textures of Genau while removing the pop structures, creating no wave-adjacent soundscapes. Ominous guitar tones and droning tape loops conjure a bleak yet ensnaring atmosphere, like you’re exploring a vast underground cave with only
Read moreSoup Moat announced some time ago that the band is dissolving, but they weren’t going to throw the towel in before releasing a final, eponymous EP. They bring their sludgy, fuzzy, grungy rock and roll out in full force, unleashing four songs laden with shouted group vocals and booming riffage that accompany humorous lyrical themes such as National Packers Day
Read moreThe beat is fairly low-key, but Jav has a calm confidence on the microphone.
Read moreNot letting anything get in his way, he’s going to work his phones and do what he needs to in order to get paid.
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Read more“Back 2 Us” feels like a refined cut that can touch on emotions without going too far out of pocket.
Read moreWhen most artists don’t keep a train of thought from one bar to the next anymore, Orion ties it all together in a preview of his “Find One Another” project.
Read more“Dopamine 432” is music that you can feel in your core, which is becoming harder and harder to find.
Read more“Closure” feels personal, and certainly can be a relatable sentiment for many.
Read moreThe 12-track release gives Delay time to take things in many different directions, mixing funky grooves with distant feeling, distorted vocals.
Read moreThe lyrics talk about making moves from state to state, serving the city and holding down business whenever they need to.
Read moreIf you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready, and that’s the type of time that FMG UPT is on with his new video.
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