Forever a music lover who has been everything from musician to promoter to manager to booking agent to publicist to blogger to record label founder to a degree from Berklee College of Music in Music Business.
Disaster rarely arrives with sirens and explosions; more often, it creeps in until strange feels normal. That’s the world Kenny Foster explores on his new single, “Sideways Apocalypse.” It turns quiet unease into something oddly comforting. The song leans into a slow, dreamy melody that carries a feel-good vibe. Underneath, though, the lyrics drift somewhere […]
Ten years behind a drum kit will teach a musician plenty about patience. Sometimes, though, it takes a pandemic to finally push someone to the front of the stage. Paul Totten’s debut album, Brightland Shines, is exactly that kind of arrival. It’s the sound of a percussionist-turned-songwriter finally stepping into his own voice, after years […]
“I’M YOUR DAUGHTER” PREMIERES TODAY 9/1/2026 Darkwave and danceable synthpop don’t often share the same track, but this new single we discovered manages to blur that line completely. Our friends from Mercy Land released “I’m Your Daughter” on September 1, 2026, as the third single from their upcoming debut LP. It blends upbeat energy with […]
We often don’t find music from an artist until they have released a string of songs. But we do like to dive back to hear their debut to see where it all started and how far they have come. Our recent discovery of Alone New Yorker led us to find a worthwhile debut in “Room […]
Indie Artist Playbook – Part 5 – In this edition learn how promote yourself without being annoying. You made the song. You recorded it. You released it. Be proud! Learning how to promote your music is one of the biggest challenges facing independent artists. You can spend months writing and recording a song, then release […]
Christian Parker and Patrick Cleary have built something rare with their American Cosmic Revival. It is a series that treats the architects of Cosmic American Music as collaborators instead of ghosts. American Cosmic Revival Vol. 2: Miles From Nowhere, the second installment, arrived August 21, 2026 through Edgewater Music Group. It widens the lens beyond […]
What happens when a lullaby and a warning sound exactly the same? Carrington MacDuffie spends Sugar Drip answering that question, and the answer keeps shifting depending on which track is playing. MacDuffie has built an unusually layered career on the way to this record. A published poet and an award-winning narrator of over 250 audiobooks, […]
There are few places in New York City better suited for a breezy summer concert than The Rooftop at Pier 17. On August 19, 2026, the venue hosted Max McNown’s stop on The Summer Vacation Tour. The roof was packed with about 3000 fans, offering the perfect scale for a rising name in the indie-folk […]
