“Great Pretender” - Fore Fader
There are albums that play like a soundtrack to your life — and then there are albums that feel like a séance. Great Pretender, the debut full-length from Los Angeles duo Fore Fader (Stephanie Carlin and Carey Clayton), belongs firmly in the latter category. It’s not just a collection of songs; it’s a spiritual excavation — a raw, shimmering encounter with mortality, self-deception, and the divine.
“Arrival of the Ethereal” - AGAM
When Agam first appeared on the scene in the late 2000s, they already felt like a glimpse of the future — a bridge between the precision of Carnatic music and the emotion-driven chaos of progressive rock.
“Intergalactic” - Lucy Robinson
Lucy Robinson’s latest single Intergalactic is what happens when empathy finally grows a backbone. It’s tender, but it’s not timid. It’s dreamy, but it doesn’t drift away. Instead, it hovers — glimmering and resolute — over that emotional grey area between kindness and self-preservation.
“I'll Be Near” - Lemon
Lemon are taking a breather — and, in doing so, they’ve landed one of their most tender and affecting releases to date. “I’ll Be Near,” the tenth entry in their year-long #lemon12 singles project, finds the usually groove-obsessed band trading in dancefloor swagger for emotional sincerity. This is Lemon with their guard down — reflective, raw, and quietly powerful.
“Dziesmu Kamoliņš //Garland of Songs” - Arta Jēkabsone
Arta Jēkabsone’s Dziesmu Kamoliņš (Garland of Songs) isn’t just an album — it’s a luminous act of preservation and reinvention. The award-winning Latvian jazz vocalist and composer, now based in New York, has crafted a work that feels at once ancient and entirely new, weaving together the rich threads of her Baltic heritage with the improvisational pulse of global jazz.
“All You Need Is Lust” - Elise Trouw
Elise Trouw has never exactly played by the rules — but with “All You Need Is Lust,” she’s not just breaking them, she’s gleefully setting them on fire. The multi-instrumentalist, producer, and visual artist has built a career out of effortless musical precision — looping drums, bass, piano, and vocals into pop-jazz symphonies that made her a viral sensation.
“Sea of Memories” - Richard Green
There’s something quietly breathtaking about Richard Green’s “Sea of Memories” — a piece that doesn’t just play notes but seems to breathe them. Rooted in both cinematic minimalism and classical elegance, this single marks the poignant finale of A Journey, the first chapter in Green’s ambitious three-part musical trilogy.
“All in all - Live” - Eyal Erlich
There’s something undeniably magnetic about Eyal Erlich — a performer who doesn’t just sing his songs, but seems to live inside them. His latest release, “All in All – Live,” captures that rare spark artists chase their whole careers — the unfiltered, in-the-moment electricity of a true storyteller connecting with an audience.
“This is Not a Pop Song” - Sabina Estevez
There’s something instantly magnetic about Sabina Estevez — the kind of artist who doesn’t just sing songs, but conjures worlds. Hailing from Rio de Janeiro, Sabina brings a cinematic, witchy energy to the scene that feels both refreshingly anti-mainstream and hauntingly timeless. Her debut single, “This Is Not a Pop Song”, is less a rebellion and more an invocation.
“Life in the Slow Lane” - Double Yellow
There’s something beautifully crooked about Life in the Slow Lane — the debut album from Double Yellow, the alter-ego of Manchester’s own Dave Lilley. It’s funky, it’s weird, it’s slick, and it’s grimy — a kind of twisted, cinematic stroll through the backstreets of the city on a warm, hungover Sunday morning.
“Space Cadet / The Count” - KOYOT
With “Space Cadet / The Count,” KOYOT delivers a sprawling two-part odyssey that’s as atmospheric as it is electrifying. A seamless fusion of psychedelic rock grandeur, punk grit, and cosmic introspection.
“Ecstatic Lightsongs” - Aarktica
Across his 25-year journey as Aarktica, Jon DeRosa has always been an explorer of sound and feeling — chasing the delicate intersection between melancholy and transcendence. With his 10th studio album, Ecstatic Lightsongs, he’s built something both intimate and expansive.