Maiya Blaney Creates a Fascinating, Densely Woven Tapestry
Brooklyn’s Maiya Blaney explores her darkness with a fascinating blend of drum ‘n’ bass, folk-infused R&B vocals, and metal guitars.
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Zzzahara Combines Thrills and Chills on ‘Spiral Your Way Out’
zzzahara’s new LP is about making the best of a bad situation, of transforming darkness into light. It’s a bittersweet testament to the spirit of Los Angeles.
Zzzahara’s ‘Tender’ Is Exactly That, Plus Irresistible Hooks
Zzzahara’s Tender is poignant and sincere above all else but is also a fantastic and sonically relevant collection of pop rock with no time to waste.
Producer Eyedress Is Everything Right With Bedroom Pop on ‘Full Time Lover’
Eyedress’ Full Time Lover takes up-to-date pop sensibilities and keeps them moving in new ways that are not just creatively fruitful but genuinely fun.
Triathalon’s R&B-Adjacent Jams Get a Bit Samey on ‘Spin’
Adam Intrator’s breathy vocals often mesh quite well with Triathalon’s music on Spin. That uniformity in style can also make every Triathalon track sound the same.
Eyedress Sets Emotions Against Shoegaze Backdrops on ‘Let’s Skip to the Wedding’
Eyedress' Let's Skip to the Wedding is a jaggedly dreamy assemblage of sounds that's both temporally compact and imaginatively expansive, all wrapped in vintage shoegaze ephemera.