Posts by Joseph Lo

darkDARK – the producer-performer duo of Chris James and Genevieve Vincent – shares their full-length debut album Feel So Much (out today via Nettwerk Records). There is an uncanny futurism beating inside DarkDARK, the synth-pop act that pairs cinematic synths with modern pop. The 14 tracks feature ethereal, glitched-out singles like “No Symmetry,” “Watercolors,” and “Tell Them You’re Here,” as well as guest…

Jaguar Jonze makes music for the moment of implosion. There’s no delay, there’s no need for it. Her music constantly occupies two spaces: one calling us in, lulling with its majestic, eternally frank beauty, the second unafraid to cut us right down to the quick, harshly slicing into our most vulnerable thoughts and feelings. The Asian-Australian…

This week, Passenger (Mike Rosenberg) appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from London’s famed Royal Albert Hall performing an intimate, acoustic rendition of his latest breakout single “Sword from the Stone” for the first time on national television. The song is from his latest acclaimed album, Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted, out now. “Sword…

Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Joshua Radin announces his ninth full-length album, The Ghost and the Wall, out July 23rd via Nettwerk. Produced by Jonathan Wilson [Father John Misty, Conor Oberst, Dawes], The Ghost and the Wall sees the troubadour continue a cycle of catharsis meant to be shared among any and all receptive hearts. “I see where…

“Boy & Bear’s Tim Hart left no stone unturned on his third solo album, and the result is a majestic burst of folk rock charm that fills the room: ‘Winning Hand’ is an aptly titled record of raw emotion, movement, change, and our never-ending journeys.” — Atwood “raw and powerful” — Tone Deaf “cathartic escapism…

“Freyr’s delivery has the intimacy of Sufjan Stevens and Sigur Ros, which in itself is enough to take your breath away… one of those voices that sets your soul at ease” – The Revue “a folk song that taps into a majestic feeling, full of beautiful vocal moments and atmospheric tenderness that you just can’t…

  Over the course of his career, William Fitzsimmons has made his living writing a specific brand of honest and inward-looking folk songs that fearlessly and candidly examine the evolving self while dexterously communicating his talent for robust melodies and catchy instrumentation. That the subject matter tends to dwell on the darker parts of human…

Today, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Mexico-born and New York City-based artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Emilio Quezada Ibañez, aka Mishegas, pulls the candy coating off of real life ‘sweethearts’ in his emotionally stirring instrumental new single, “Feel It All.” He elaborates, “I tried to give the song a dreamy feel at the start that then intensifies in the chorus and…

Baroque-pop, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Reid Jenkins is excited to announce his debut solo EP, A Beautiful Start, will be released on April 23rd. Reid is one-half of the indie-folk band Morningsiders, who are known for their single “Empress,” which reached the #1 spot on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 playlist. Tomorrow, he shares the first taste of his solo work with…

  Swedish singer-songwriter and producer Mountain Bird (aka Adam Öhman) reveals “Too Blue,” the latest single to be taken from his forthcoming new EP Once We Were Present (out April 4 via Nettwerk Records). Once We Were Present marks Öhman’s continuing growth as an introspective songwriter who enjoys exploring the human condition just as much…