https://www.apollosharp.in/blog daily 1.0 2026-04-02 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-exzenyas-the-fans-applauded monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/07759b25-ea81-4564-acfe-4c319216e131/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Exzenya’s ‘The Fans Applauded’ - Exzenya is a singer-songwriter with a distinctive style and a mercurial pulse. The artist stands strong in her uniqueness, leaning into it to create such affecting spaces of art, expression, and connection. Her latest release is ‘The Fans Applauded’, a track that explores the camaraderie and community that an artist can find under the spotlight. As a star, as a performer, standing before an audience, it can feel lonely. But then, when that feeling turns and lifts into recognition, following, and applauding, it becomes a miraculous experience. This is the phenomenon that the artist explores in this latest track. She chronicles beautifully the shift from one to the other. Honestly, vulnerably, and so truly. The journey is in the voice, in the emotion, in the melodies and in the soundscape. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-blade-of-thorns-deep-waters monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/63ff3348-ae30-4322-b145-92065c802dc6/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Blade of Thorns’ ‘Deep Waters’ - Blade of Thorns is a rock band with a penchant of depth. They go tunneling to the core of the genre, of the emotion, of the theme. And the result is a raw intensity that can feel cathartic, driving, and revealing. Think artists like Five Finger Death Punch or Bullet For My Valentine. That riff heavy soundscape with a powerful melodic blast. Their latest release is ‘Deep Waters’, a driving and unrelenting track that comes alive with rock/ hardcore theatrics. The abashing resonance and hypnotic solos have an impactful presence. They open up portals to a whole new world of evocation. Matched with tragic vocal emotion, it lands the listener in a wilderness much like it is in deep waters. It’s complex, tumulus and mercurial. So much concept and conceptualisation across the track. Definitely a band to watch out for. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-the-catchmens-england monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c6c20c12-297c-459e-83c2-1393e159dcc4/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : The Catchmen’s ‘England’ - The Catchmen, Ian Livingstone, and Jennifer & Michael Knowles release a heartfelt composition, ‘England’. The track has a lot of soulful elements, instrumental and vocal moments that make you want to give in and melt into the feeling, the thematic emotion. With luminous neoclassicals and a voice that floats into a dream, the theme comes to life. The artists have really doted on their craft, infusing significance and sweetness in each line, through every instrumental loop. There are such beautiful classical frames which are lifted into an alt folk flavor almost. With a lot of nostalgia, fondness, and softness, the song borders on homesickness. Across the track, the artists recall and celebrate England, the home of great artists, poets and literary figures, of musicians, scientists, and beautiful sights. It not only makes you want to visit, but transports you there with vivid emotions and lyrical imagery. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-pop-emily-dimes-staybilise monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a1fc2738-aafd-4165-ae46-2a30bb528f50/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Pop : Emily Dimes’ ‘STAYbilise’ - Emily Dimes is a singer-songwriter and a soulful artist. She blends folk and pop and casts it in a vulnerable ambience. It is immersive and quite powerful. It’s as if she’s let all the emotions spill onto the song, crafted to reveal rather than entertain. It’s confessional and raw in a way that is reminiscent of artists like Adele. Her latest release is ‘STAYbilise’, a six track EP that explores the complex contours and dynamic depth of love and heartache. Sometimes it’s a balm that soothes the listener’s emotions. Other times, it’s a cathartic healing flow that brings up the ugly and lightens it. ‘Stay’ opens the collection. The song is made with piano melodies and a flooding synth resonance. With fuzzy textures and an immersive flow, the soundscape envelopes the listener like mist on a rainy day. And within this space, Emily’s vocals ebb and flow, lifting into memory, thought, stream of consciousness, and emotion. The contemplative moments are contrasted with visceral and vivid presentations. A listening experience that neither forces nor holds anything back. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-fish-and-scales-tapestry monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/043787b3-5849-43b6-a05c-711a04d40236/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Fish and Scale’s ‘Tapestry’ - Fish and Scale is a singer-songwriter and a folk rock banner. The style is defined by its distinctive, raw sound that keeps the emotion unfailingly honest and real. The artist’s latest release is ‘Tapestry’, a song that asks for a love that runs deep, that understands and floats into an unconditional space. With acoustic texture and grit that takes you back to artists like Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, the soundscape is bare in more ways than one. And the vocals, baritones that rise out of somewhere deeply human, it affects. It splatters and stains, it is emotional and so expressive. If you like artists like Hozier or Nick Drake, you’re sure to love the ambience and mood of the voice. The texture is so powerful and the tonal nuance and feel is hauntingly raw. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-grey-jacks-with-who monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c78200e0-ab6a-4a1a-8864-1e5e1ba830a9/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Grey Jacks’ ‘With Who’ - Grey Jacks is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk artist. His style is a mellow criss-crossing of familiar tones and textures in a way that crafts emotion, ambience, and thematic presence. It’s such a new and fresh way of viewing song design. His latest release is ‘With Who’, an autobiographical storytelling that forms like a musical collage. With chunky raw folk acoustics blended with disco pop synths, neoclassicals, and an overarching theatrical allure. As you listen, you feel like you’re travelling through layers of the feeling. The vocals travel through this with simplicity that is instantly pleasing. Memories and emotions have so many dimensions and mutations to them. And this track seems to piece it all together, the rustic, raw, vulnerable, with a more fun, colorful, and festive atmosphere. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-little-wasters-i-had-a-dream-it-was-you monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ce862294-6d01-46ef-86b2-4f71219a47f2/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Little Wasters’ I Had a Dream It Was You - Little Wasters is a rock band with a raw, gritty vitality. They are charismatic, unapologetic and energetic in a way that makes you remember them. Known for their wiry guitar work and hard hitting beats, it’s like you’re immersed in a rock machine. They don’t hold back and that’s what it’s all about. Their latest release is ‘I Had a Dream It Was You’. The song has a strong hard rock influence with a punk edge. And it scales with an alternative dimension that compels the listener. With splashy instrumental aftermath and a vocal line that sets it all up, the song drives deep into the psyche. There are moments of ABBA’s ‘Fernando’ in the chorus to liberate the rock into a mist of disco. The composition is multi-dimensional, with gritty imagery and psychedelic finesse. It’s as if you fall into this abyss of rock and it suddenly springs with color, dimension, dance, and defiance. You’ve got to listen to know because it’s one of a kind. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-opcriticals-usa monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b2534d91-e4a5-4866-b04d-50f628c9b500/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : OpCritical’s ‘USA’ - If you like a gritty, groovy and a raw rock n roll sound, then OpCritical’s ‘USA’ is the perfect track for you. It is critical and unapologetic as it paints the political landscape of America. With grimy textures and an intense rhetoric, the track drives a hard rock bargain. It projects the sullen atmospheres and moods of the country’s citizens as they watch the government wage war. And the vocals, gritty baritones roll with the grooves, keeping the energy and edge alive. There are moments of feel-good lightness, frames reminiscent of America’s glory days that break up the grey skies. Reminding the listener of what the country used to feel like and the good that it had. Before returning to the grovelling, gritty rock scenes. It’s an immersive piece that transports you to the scene at hand, the emotion, the feeling, and the atmosphere of the country at the moment. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-joseph-turner-the-dudes-of-hazards-a-new-moon monthly 0.5 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/488fbd5f-0abb-4be4-91c7-3216acf141f9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Joseph Turner &amp; The Dudes of Hazard’s ‘A New Moon’ - Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard are an indie rock band with a surreal style. They have a way of transporting you to a lighter world, with a dimension that feels distant and all around you at the same time. Their latest release is ‘A New Moon’, a track in which they explore how to fill spaces with a profound and contemplative nothingness. One that looks out to something. A new beginning, growth and healing. Floating grooves, light beats, and a sweet melodic lift. The instrumentals are expressive without giving away everything. They work subtly, calling the listener to come closer and listen. To feel and interpret. The vocals are also just as mellow, feeding into the lofi psychedelics and moody atmosphere of the track. If you enjoy artists like Tame Impala, Glass Animals, and The Arctic Monkeys, you’re sure to love the flow state of this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-wlffes-holiday-from-my-mind monthly 0.5 2026-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f9c0fcee-a50f-4a4e-b92a-39233d1d873e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : WØLFFE’s ‘Holiday From My Mind’ - WØLFFE is an alternative artist who loves to explore the outlier. Things that evade familiar spaces, living in shadows. Invisible emotions and thoughts that lurk underneath the obvious. The dark nuances of life. That’s where her music lives, emerges from. Her latest release is ‘Holiday From My Mind’, a track which displays the labyrinthine expanse of her style. It sprawls out. It’s hypnotic, haunting and full of stories. Her vocals are artistic and experimental, giving us fragments. The soundscape is not linear, nor is it logical. It forms with an expressive flow, ebbs and flows with an intuitive calmness. Inspired by the mood and ambience of artists like Joy Division, Aphex Twin, Kurt Vonnegut, David Lynch, and Sylvia Plath, she projects dystopias that exist underneath functional structures. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-bailey-greys-most-of-us monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f167a28d-6169-4cd3-987b-462a50279a70/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Bailey Grey’s ‘Most of Us’ - Bailey Grey’s music is blended, edgy, and mercurial. The singer-songwriter has a fresh way of bringing modern blues and jazz stylings into the circle of pop and indie rock. The result is an artful collage that evokes thought, emotion, and lingering imagery. Her latest release, ‘Most of Us’ is a commentary on the deplorable affairs and ideologies that exist within society. With a sardonic slash, Bailey throws light on the sad state of healthcare, crime, homelessness, labour issues, etc. She uses a theatrical tone and a performative soundscape to animate the themes. Casting them in a tragic play with an air of comedy and a dark undercurrent. The sharp guitar moments, neo-classical swishes, country grooves, and blues unfolding, all of it, present a nuanced and compelling flavor of music that you don’t see often. If you enjoy artists like Amy Winehouse, Fiona Apple, and Joni Mitchell, you’re sure to love this artist and her unique ways of evocation. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-marty-van-wells-along-with-the-wilds monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7fb3a9b4-8c23-4b9f-ade0-b8415191cdf6/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Marty Van Wells’ ‘along with the wilds’ - Marty Van Wells is a singer-songwriter and a country folk artist. He has such a compelling style, a singing voice that nestles into the soul and an instrumental flow that seems to open up the whole world. Taken from his latest album, ‘songs to share’, the single, ‘Along with the Wilds’ perfectly sets out the artist’s brand of musicality. Think Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and The Mountain Goats. There’s a rustic flavor, piercing in its raw purity and texture. And swirling into this landscape is a voice that draws with a complex emotion despite its simplicity and straightforwardness. It’s as if he taps into a depth of feeling and delivers it honestly, vulnerably, giving you everything. You can almost taste the melancholy, the mundanity, and the wilderness that he looks toward. It all forms right there, in every moment of the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-nicindies-driftwood-hearts monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2fedfac1-934e-427b-bfef-c54f95c93941/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Nicindie’s ‘Driftwood Hearts’ - Nicindie is a musician and a visionary. The artist forges such remarkable emotional journeys for his listeners to flow through. With landscapes that are deep and immersive and vocals that hold your complete attention, his music holds a powerful space. His latest release is ‘Driftwood Hearts’, a track that explores the complexity of love and life. Delving into crossroads, hard work, commitment, and passionate dedication, he puts on an incredible show about love. It’s tumultuous, long-winded and full of twists and turns. But it’s definitely a song you would write home about. The instrumentals are mellow yet intimate and vulnerable. And within their glinting pool of melodies, a raw and coarse vocal line brews. It builds, lifts and launches, taking the instrumentals with it. It’s an odyssey, a voyage through time and space, making sense of a love that gives, takes, breaks, builds, and finally brings you home. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-the-pursuit-of-pleasures-smash-my-heart-to-ash monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/86d2cbd3-44e5-4fe7-ae73-58bbd9870de5/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : The Pursuit of Pleasure’s ‘Smash my Heart to Ash’ - The Pursuit of Pleasure is a British Americana band who are known for their immersive soundscapes and extraordinary emotional sensibilities. Blending indie rock with folk and country motifs, they engender a unique style that is impossible not to love. Their latest release is ‘Smash my Heart to Ash’, a track that sets out their style and sonic atmosphere. Their music is informed by intimate and honest moments of emotion and memory. This vulnerable space is the starting point. They build such potent and transporting worlds around this with slow burn chords, melancholic lifts and expressive vocal lines and harmonies. It’s bittersweet and full of fiery daze. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-martin-lloyd-howards-rapids monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8285f285-2d7d-47c9-bcb0-62af4eb88f41/7.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Martin Lloyd Howard’s ‘Rapids’ - Martin Lloyd Howard is a composer and guitarist with a freshness that you don’t encounter often. The artist doesn’t just compose. He awakens something with his gentle orchestrations. The melodies that he writes seem to lift off the page, stringing such intimate and inarticulate sensibilities. In his release, ‘Rapids’, the strings form as though flowing. It doesn’t seem composed. It feels like the instrumental was discovered in its natural state and traced with the guitar. The track has a gentle current that is highlighted with a hypnotic tone and nuanced inflections. It is rustic, warm, reflective and natural. You know that feeling when you look at the mountains for a long time. Something shifts. The philosophies lighten, emotions lighten and everything feels surreal. That’s the state of mind this track evokes. A deep and profound current that makes you feel connected to something big and wondrous. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-piano-matt-johnsons-for-good monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d5688c0a-b0a5-4c22-8433-f75ac159d48e/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Piano : Matt Johnson’s ‘For Good’ - Matt Johnson is a pianist and composer with a depth that you just want to fall into. His compositions have a way of being immersive, blurring the boundaries of music and emotions, creating connections in profound ways. His latest release is ‘For Good’, a track that explores the theme with inky piano notes. Each note is given space and time to stain the soundscape with its emotion. And the more of them that amass, the more drenched you get in the soft dalliance that is this composition. A bittersweet daze comes over you, making you nostalgic and reflective. It’s powerful how wordlessly he draws out beautiful moments of memories and contemplation. The progressions are soft and non-linear, so human as it swirls and flows into the depth of the theme. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-hard-rock-giant-hazes-the-healing monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a347e123-4b01-48ba-b45c-228c40e0f43e/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Hard Rock : Giant Haze’s ‘The Healing’ - Giant Haze makes music that sounds exactly like a giant haze. The alt rock band emerged from Northern Germany with an irrepressible angst in 2024. With influences of stoner rock and hardcore, they create music that is incredibly coarse and textured. With imprints and motifs that will send you off into a cerebral haze, they create fantastic realities. Their latest is ‘The Healing’. The spirit of this song is gigantic, it comes spilling out. As if in a purge, the expands out of an old shell and keeps inflating to fill out the whole room around you. The atmosphere is grungy and grimy. The riffs are so incredibly dramatic. So much character and charisma. The basslines are splashy. And it beats a nice gut punch that you want to keep going back for. And the vocals, erupting from deep within this monster, rockets out of it with an exhilarating force that you feel all over you. It’s as if you’re being scratched and scrubbed off, in the best way till you’ve healed. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-kalligarys-i-never monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9a2c5e6c-d90d-4fd5-8315-e0d56f455af3/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Kalligary’s ‘I Never’ - Kalligary is an indie rock band that loves to explore surreal atmospheres. Everything about their sound and sonic mood is otherworldly. It comes with an incredible daze. Like a heavy mist combing through a rainy day. The banner consists of frontman, Nikolai Konkvalov and multi-instrumentalist, Luk Star. Together, these pioneers imagine and build such immersive and complex worlds. Their latest release is ‘I Never’, a track that draws from a bed of absurdism. It has that daze and alienation that usually comes with absurd elements. From its fumes, they draw out rolling grooves, exploratory riffs, hypnotic chords, and nocturnal vocals. In the chorus, they introduce slight chromatic freshness and a few dramatic moments; an energy shift that reveals a peak before going back to the undergrowths. If The Arctic Monkeys and Tame Impala collaborated, this is what they would sound like. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-piano-hanan-townshends-what-we-lost-ii monthly 0.5 2026-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b200a189-d3b5-45fa-ad2a-723ed854be54/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Piano : Hanan Townshend’s ‘What We Lost II’ - Hanan Townshend is a composer and pianist with a descriptive musical style. His compositions have an ambient spread but also opens up with illustrative elements and a contemplative dimension. In his latest release, ‘What We Lost II’ Hanan collaborated with violinist William Fedkenheuer to create an atmosphere of grief and tragedy. The soundscape is cavernous with an immense emotional evocation. As the piano gently drifts through the space, the violins follow passionately, draping itself over everything. You feel the emotion twice. Once, with a muted and a more reflective and quiet grief. And the second time over, as you flow with the violin, you feel its dynamic presence, drenched and deep in its cascading vulnerability. Between these two instruments, the artist reveals so many layers of grief. Its many expressions and also all the big and small things that loss comes with. The song has so much nuance and so much to interpret. Each time you listen, a whole new way of perceiving presents itself to you, especially if you’re dealing with loss. This track is such a gift, because it compels thought, emotion, and release in beautiful ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-rock-the-iddy-biddies-the-world-inside monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a600c6ed-5fde-4bdd-a53f-183337391866/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Rock : The Iddy Biddies’ ‘The World Inside’ - Led by Gene Wallenstein, The Iddy Biddies is a musical collective who voyage through the alternative sphere. With an atmospheric style and a powerful emphasis on individualistic sound and modern production. Their latest release is ‘The World Inside’, an album that puts a whole new spin on indie rock, lighting it up with grooves, vintage influences, and surreal arcs. All in all, it’s not your average rock album. Marked by the sophisticated vision, fresh moods, and memorable moments of the song, it really makes a fan out of the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-rock-brian-bee-franks-chasing-the-dragon monthly 0.5 2026-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c990a02-1f39-4963-8ebf-7e3b8db38df1/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Rock : Brian Bee Frank’s ‘Chasing the Dragon’ - If you like cinematic alt rock soundscapes with grand production value and extraordinary energy, then ‘Chasing The Dragon’ by Brian Bee Frank and Syndicated Madness is the perfect EP for you. It keeps great company, unabashedly blending operatic frequencies with performative rock. It builds and mounts on power, simmering basslines and a complex riff progression. The chords are grand and flashy, full of charisma and allure. Matched with vocals that give you everything, the soundscape is more than alive. Across this five track collection, the band doesn’t hold anything back. It is an intense and deep odyssey that only gains more and more dimension. With alt rock spreading into contemplative gradients of nu metal and hard rock pounding. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-worldclubs-tender-in-temper monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1e7cab4c-d91e-4cae-a374-43f9a2501bb2/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Worldclub’s ‘Tender in Temper’ - If you like bands like The Kinks, The Who, and The Zombies, you’re sure to love Worldclub’s latest single, ‘Tender in Temper’. Influenced by the 70s and 80s, this band’s sound can be quite groovy. It is deep, dazing and hypnotic. There are punchy riffs, raw basslines, mod energy and clever songwriting. Imagine a cold surface interacting with a hot stimulant. That sizzle and cold heat is the dimension that this song seems to form in. It has a deep and psychedelic ethos that gets labyrinthine and intense. It’s all contained within a delicate and tender rock temperament that is fluid and fun. Elements of surf guitar extend into surreal riff daze that is lightened by the floating vocal temperament and chill beats. Listening to it feels like you’re boating on a dreamy sunset sea. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-waynolins-odeshi monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f86fefc8-acf1-4608-aaff-dab7021118bf/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : Waynolin’s ‘ODESHI’ - Waynolin is an R&B/ neo-soul artist with a modern interpretation of the genre. His ideas fuse this beloved genre with moments of lofi pop, soft emo, and a fluid rap flow. The result is an atmospheric, moody, and intimate composition that has you looping back. His latest release is ‘ODESHI’, a track that in its modern form has an alive rhythm. It’s robust with an intuitive feel as it changes and progresses to fit the emotion and pace of the vocals. The husky vocals and spontaneous verses are lovely, sensual as they celebrate and serenade a woman. It has so many inflections and stylistic layers that it gets to be a culture of its own. Around this, a globe of lofi melodies, mellow grooves and textural wind form, a production that is novel, experimental and creative. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-country-david-scott-weavers-two monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/60caa12f-baf4-408c-8935-52bfb75be99b/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Country : David Scott Weaver’s ‘Two’ - David Scott Weaver is a singer-songwriter and a folk country artist. The artist is a storyteller. And a great one at that. It feels as if his vocals are made up of lore. They swirl with nostalgic tones and an authentic tone that pulls you in closer. In his song ‘Two’, the artist tells the story of two people who fall in love and start a life. He details the passage of time and how the couple fit themselves into it. Against a scenery of mountains, community, cats and community, he expands the love of the couple to reveal the life that it created. The song has a kindred soul with its consistent riffs, rolling grooves, and memorable chords. David’s vocals, even in their simplicity, project the imagery in the verses for the listener to watch and enjoy like a movie. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-my-glass-worlds-river-of-light monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/33d7a269-55e4-4f5c-9213-4209c9236f35/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt : My Glass World’s ‘River of Light’ - My Glass World is an alternative duo with an impressive production value. Their latest release is ‘River of Light’, a track that showcases the vast range and expanding ambit of this duo's style and ideas. It’s a composition that presents like a cinematic production. Full of stylistic nuance, layered instrumentals, varying dimensions of music and immersing vocals. Imagine blending the labyrinthine sound of Tame Impala with the nostalgic 90s melodic rock of The Smiths. That’s what this song sounds like. There’s that dazing and cerebral modern atmosphere with a familiar and fond grounding. There’s so much texture, sparked by pouring luminosity and chill grooves. The vocals hold your hand and lead you into a surreal landscape of iridescent sunsets and endless horizons. It feels like a retro movie contained in a modern song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-cosmic-anxietys-the-crack-in-my-heart monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/698c6b10-fda7-4c0e-a60a-6965e2cfa29c/12.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Cosmic Anxiety’s ‘The Crack in My Heart’ - Cosmic Anxiety is a German based duo who create moody electro pop music. Informed by dark psychedelics and gothic fantasies, they inhabit a niche that you don’t often encounter. Their latest release is ‘The Crack in My Heart’, a track that explores melancholy with a lamentous hyperbole. With dramatic vocals and slow progressing melodic expanses, the artists create an immersive listening experience. Each song seems to be swirling in a galaxy of their own, lost to the rest of the world. In this track, they create a culture around loneliness, letting it become thicker and richer, feeding it with an authentic abundance that passes on to the listener. You know that feeling of invisibility, they trace the journey to it. Not in a depressing way, but with a sense of electrified curiosity and a will to express and explore. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-father-chocolates-mess monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9526ad7e-15ae-45cd-9b56-7ba19f4a92a1/11.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Father Chocolate’s ‘Mess’ - Father Chocolate is a singer-songwriter and an indie pop artist with a dreamy sound. His music forms in a dazed plane, mellow and unhurried, washing the soundscape with soft emotion and thoughtful ideas. His latest release is ‘Mess’, a track that feels like it’s formed underwater. It has a faraway sound. The intricate guitar work and nuanced melodies are dulcet, casting a surreal mood. Nothing about the song feels orchestrated, planned or produced. It forms naturally, featherlight, flowing into soft layers of itself. As fantastical as it is authentic. It’s the kind of song that you can slow dance to, day dream to, spend a mellow day with. It’s not just music. It bleeds into the atmosphere, becomes a state of mind. If you enjoy artists like Clairo, Men I Trust, and beabadoobee, you’re sure to love this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-the-fine-chairs-to-be-seated monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9acabead-91d1-40e9-839c-4fa2399ce74a/10.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : The Fine Chairs’ ‘To Be Seated’ - The Fine Chairs are a Germany-based rock band with a compelling pulse. They have a hard rock base, a solid foundation that they then skillfully take to alt rock spheres. Their songs are a journey in style, emotion, energy, and mood. They like to maintain a dynamism that keeps the listener sparked. Weaved in influences, energetic bursts, changing rhythms, catchy riff breaks, it’s all part of their changing reality. Their latest release is ‘Wait to be Seated’ a twelve-track album that showcases their expanding range and explorative impulse. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rock-dave-lebentals-stylus monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/da7e605f-6d76-45a7-8de8-c08c33d9af85/9.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Rock : Dave Lebental’s ‘Stylus’ - Dave Lebental and Karma Train have released their latest album, ‘Stylus’. A classic rock, blues, rock n roll collection that gets retro and fun. It takes you back to artists like Queen, The Beatles, David Bowie and other groovy 70s legends. It’s a whole lot of fun, with playful and dynamic grooves. When you listen to the album, you’ll realise that it’s not just music but an atmosphere, a state of being. It takes you back to the culture of rock when it came to be. It wasn’t just music but a way of living. This album is immersed in that spirit of things. There’s drama, theatrics, a performative charisma that just lifts into the sound and transforms it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-aurealiss-shadow-of-a-doubt monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/32b28a7f-63e2-422a-b6b5-c4ab9fd795ce/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Aurealis’s ‘Shadow of a Doubt’ - Aurealis is a modern pop project that forms with an electric pulse. The artist’s vision is to awaken emotions in their listeners, exciting them with moments of dance, color, and energy. Their latest release is ‘Shadow of a Doubt’, a track that explores the kind of love that you feel all the time, everyday without a shadow of a doubt. That feeling when you know you’ve found your person and every cell in your body comes alive with that knowledge and joy. That’s the atmosphere the artist creates with this track. The beats are fun and uplifting. Spiralling around it is a tight base orbit that builds momentum leading up to the chorus. Colorful synth blossoms feed into the emotion of the vocals and create a sort of euphoric sonic chemistry that brings the theme home. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-mandyboms-dream-it-spell-it-feel-it monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/73adccc5-18fa-4608-9ddc-dfb97b3532f3/7.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Mandybom’s ‘Dream it, Spell it, Feel it’ - Mandybom is a singer-songwriter and country folk artist with an indie sound. Her songs have an intimate, DIY quality to it. Matched with vocal candor and vulnerable storytelling, her music is an extension of her thoughts, dreams, and feelings. Her latest release is ‘Dream It, Spell It, Feel It’, a country pop song. It is enriched with expressive acoustics, warm melodies and an uplifting vocal spell. It has a contemplative rhythm, a soft and sweet evocation that draws out emotions from the listener. It has a retro sound, classic in its simplicity and straightforward instrumentals. Everything is laid bare. And her vocals arc into the sunny sentiments of the song. If you like artists like Laufey, Faye Webster, and mxmtoon, you’re sure to love this artist’s mellow indie pop with her nostalgic production. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-baaj-baajs-dont-give-up monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0c867ce1-baa0-4372-ac67-2cdcd2114c70/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : BAAJ &amp; BAAJ’s ‘Don’t Give Up’ - BAAJ & BAAJ’s latest single, ‘Don’t Give Up’ is quite a stylistic exploration. The artist is known for his electro pop finesse and high energy soundscapes. But with this track, he delves softly into virtues like resilience and strength. Blending 70s classic rock with mellow synth pop, colorful and dynamic, he brings the theme to fruition. Think The Beatles and The Beach Boys type rock awakened by David Bowie or 80s retro synth pop. That’s what this track sounds like. With this sound design, the artist makes the theme vital, almost magical. Not giving up becomes a landscape that you can explore and wander in, finding nuanced and unique ways back to yourself. It’s such a wholesome and feel-good soundscape. Definitely a must listen! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-leave-quietlys-marce monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d34d5fef-4978-4c8e-899f-76d6c3ce1730/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Leave Quietly’s ‘Marce’ - Leave Quietly is an indie pop boy band. Their sound is marked by their chaotic youth, sharp edgy energy, witty writing and an unbridled enthusiasm and will to play. Their latest release is ‘Marce’, a rock track that carries the soft pulse of punk and a kindred indie-ness in it. Think The Smiths meet The Strokes or The Modest Mouse. The track has a striking dynamism. A whirlpool of emotion that is looped into a playful instrumental carousel of sorts. As one layer creates a rotating motif, another one sprawls, travelling and journeying with the vocals. The riffs are steady, the chords are melodic. There’s a lot of bustle, so much of the energy pulling out outward, but there’s a contemplative core to it. It’s fresh, modern, engaging and immersive. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-the-ingrids-mother monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/64366e56-e9b6-463f-9e22-6e960b1dad37/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : The Ingrid’s ‘Mother’ - The Ingrid is a contemplative folk pop trio that wanders in an expansive realm of human emotion. With Jess Charleslyn on the vocals, guitar and keyboard, Will Hornsblow on the guitar and Josh Platt on drums and vocals, they create such an immersive listening experience. A sound that is unique and truly their own. ‘Mother’ is the band’s latest song. A track in which the listener is made deeply aware of how sound can be waves of emotion floating towards you. In this track, it’s as if they viewed the theme as a soft wilderness space with echoes of mystique and a mist of romance. The result is an alluring and intimate sound that feels like a panoramic landscape, one that swells in nuance and momentous detail. It’s evocative, layered, with mysteries and complex whirls of interpretation. A perfect tapestry to represent the depth and realm of motherhood. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-ava-valiantis-sophomore-slump monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b23b0be4-1b93-4fe2-8372-f0dcd72281e0/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Ava Valianti’s ‘Sophomore Slump’ - Ava Valianti can make even being in a slump or a rut feel glamorous. That's exactly what she does in her latest release, ‘Sophomore Slump’. It’s a pop rock song that explores the state of feeling aimless and distorted by self-doubt and failure. It’s incredible how she employs commercial pop through a classic rock parlance with a muted country weave. Her vocals carry us so candidly through the experience. They are strong and emphatic, owning the feeling while also trying to make sense of it. The relatable lyrical moments and charismatic songwriting have a way of making you feel lighter about it, especially if you’re in the same space. While the vocals anchor, the soundscape just exists in a floating state around it, weaving in moments of vulnerability. In the chorus however, she employs a strong riff break, a remarkable chord to create a catchy hook that you look forward to as you circle back to it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-groovy-shirt-clubs-believe monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5436fe92-4fe5-41fd-a9c8-eceafedbddd7/2BELIEVE_SINGLE_COVER_1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Groovy Shirt Club’s ‘Believe’ - Groovy Shirt Club is a rock band with classic rock charisma that you will not forget. The band takes you back to the 70s, the retro era where simplicity meets sophisticated technique and wholesome sound. Their latest release is ‘Believe’, an uplifting rock track that helps find the way back to a more hopeful and positive path. It is so hard to find a thread of perspective to follow in this complicated and layered world. But this band, with their warm atmosphere of hung riffs, slow chords, comforting vocals, and personal touch, make it all so simple. It’s all about believing in yourself and slowly making it happen for yourself. The band reveals that the secret weapon is you. And from this space, the song flows, smooth classic rock that is so full of emotion and soul. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soft-rock-kers-time-traveller monthly 0.5 2026-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a463a8a8-c3a8-48da-9757-1b20d05d9685/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soft Rock : Ker’s ‘Time Traveller’ - Ker’s latest release is ‘Time Traveller’. The singer-songwriter and classic rock artist is a storyteller. But his stories form with a contemplative and philosophical whirl. It’s as if he’s thinking out loud, letting the lull of his stream of consciousness float out into the world. In this track, he journeys through his memories, a time traveller in his own right, carving out wisdom and thoughts retrospectively. The soundscape is sparked with thoughtful chords, deep drum imprints, and an immersive vocal drawl. He’s not in a hurry as he traces soft moments of epiphany, like a child connecting stars in the sky. The best way to experience this track is to give into the immersive pace of the song. Its sprawling rhythm expands even the briefest feelings and drenches you in their momentous evolutions. If you’re in a reflective state of mind, then this track is definitely for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-ambient-magdi-aboul-kheirs-slow-heat monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5c2ebf57-b7f9-4d45-b995-c9d24029b69f/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Ambient : Magdi Aboul-Kheir’s ‘Slow Heat’ - Magdi Aboul-Kheir is a composer and musician whose interests and explorations span across all styles and genres. His discography reflects his work with baroque, metal, electronica, trance, ballads, and funk. His latest release is ‘Slow Heat’, an album that sets up ambient spheres of sound. Using slow burning layers, the artist forges dimension, emotion, contemplation, and energy into them. The instrumentals are immersive with a textural quality and tonal depth that beckons you to a new place. There’s also a cinematic aspect that expands slowly into this reality. With each track, you can really feel out the artist’s sophisticated vision and compositional virtuoso. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-hannah-dormans-suckerpunched monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2afe9bd2-bbd7-429b-b1f3-9cafa0ded8fa/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Hannah Dorman’s ‘Suckerpunched’ - Hannah Dorman, known for her explosive and commercial pop soundscapes, explores a slower and contemplative style in her latest release, ‘Suckerpunched’. Doting and tracing emotions with a stream of consciousness lyrical flow, the track showcases the vocal depth and evocation of the artist. Aftermath of a breakup, the song is written in the thick of heartache, in the throes of being engulfed by sweet memories and broken dreams. It’s such a vulnerable and honest space. Her vocals hold it all, ebbing and flowing with it. She embraces it all, draws from it. She lets the soundscape be volatile and mercurial, as she weaves in and out of the past. Reliving it all, coping, documenting, thinking, processing, understanding, mourning. It’s all there. Like pages in a journal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-olly-williams-candles-turned-to-ash monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/324b1f76-b98f-4af3-8972-a793470f8dd6/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : Olly Williams’ ‘Candles Turned to Ash’ - Olly Williams is a singer-songwriter and a classic rock artist. His soundscapes are marked by the vivid tones and textures of his vocals. Deeply engrossed in the thematic feel and emotion, they immerse the listener as well. His latest release is ‘Candles Turned to Ash’, a track that is best described as a dark storytelling rock song with deep evocative vocals. Despite the minimalism of all its elements, the artist carves a depth that cradles you and leads you in deeper and deeper. If you like artists like Nick Cave, Roy Orbison, and Chris Isaak, you’re sure to love this dramatic and emotional rock ballad that the artist curates with this track. A lost love that is awakened into a lamentous tragedy. It’s up there in its melancholic quality and nostalgic blues. Very comforting, that’s for sure. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-mesmonizeds-song-for-ik-prisoner-804-imran-khan monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9ee38f6b-d9cb-4f2c-b476-707fb4742528/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Mesmonized’s ‘Song for IK Prisoner 804 Imran Khan’ - Mesmonized is a musician and songwriter with such a powerful vocation. His music is atmospheric. With an immersive design, memorable vocal delivery, and a strong productional hold, the songs come incredibly alive. They affect the listener and compel them to journey through the emotion. His latest release is ‘Song for IK Prisoner 804 Imran Khan’, an incredibly emotional anthem against the unjust imprisonment of a national hero in Pakistan. The critique against the government is led with an affecting personal tale that humanises and sensitivizes the listener towards the plight of the prisoner. It makes it personal. The vocal depth and emotional peak is embroiling. It deeply engages the listener’s sense of justice and fairness, calling them to act in the interest of human rights and democracy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-moon-construction-kits-snake-charmer monthly 0.5 2026-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/357aebc5-ec13-4a4c-b71a-527d6a5c545d/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Moon Construction Kit’s ‘Snake Charmer’ - Moon Construction Kit is an exploratory banner founded by Oliver Cornu. The musician and songwriter loves to lay his music along the edges of genres, creating beautiful outliers of sound that makes you think beyond stylistic boundaries. His latest release is ‘Snake Charmer’, a track that forms with psychedelic influences, chromatic electronica, classic rock, pop, all fused with a cinematic production style. The vocals are lost to this world, they sound like they come from a whole other reality. If you zone in deep, it is the passage to this surreal space that it comes from. The instrumentals are a daze. Textured heavily and awakened by soft psychedelic sensibilities, they cast a hypnotic atmosphere. The glaze of it is omnipresent, dusting everything. All of it slowly progresses into a lofty performative sphere, expanding the cinematic ethos of the song as we drive to the climactic peak. If you enjoy artists like Beach House, Tame Impala, and the like, you’re sure to love the work of this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-jazz-ella-fitzpatricks-big-band-reflections monthly 0.5 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4d5774b6-dbb7-468e-94f7-35d664e6ae41/3.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Jazz : Ella Fitzpatrick’s ‘Big Band Reflections’ - Ella Fitzpatrick is a blues artist and vocalist. Her voice is lightness itself. Like buttery yellow light, it casts a buoyant glow. You can bask in it, feel its warmth and slow dance to its mood and get lost in the romance of it all. It’s a retro style, one that takes you back to the 60s. To artists like Bill Withers, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. That blues infused, jazz style, the smooth swing, and that smoky vintage voice. It’s all quite dreamy and transporting. Her latest release is the ‘Big Band Reflections’ album, a fifteen track collection. So vast and wonderful in its jazz and blues, it makes you happy and joyful. That sense of just being, floating and having a blissful time. That’s how it feels. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-pop-korda-korders-i-was-your-witness monthly 0.5 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/51dfd116-36f9-4392-b110-36947ee8dc77/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Pop : Korda Korder’s ‘I Was Your Witness’ - Korda Korder has such an electric sound. But they don’t get lost in it. The sound is made to diversity, become colorful and come alive. It’s an enchanting style. If you like artists like Tame Impala, Beach House, Men I Trust, you’re sure to love the psychedelic and new age spirit of this artist. Their latest release is ‘I Was Your Witness’. A love/ heartache song made with indie rock, dream pop and alternative elements. The song is immediately compelling. It draws you in. The vocals are so rich and beautiful. But it’s only the beginning. You’re drawn into a labyrinthine instrumental reality. With soft psychedelics, dreamy dazes, and hypnotic moments, it gains beautiful spatial properties. And it just grows from there. The band uses it all. Tactile features, textures, luminousity, chromatism and fresh imagery. Such a free and wild sound. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-della-vonnes-how-it-ends monthly 0.5 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6ea297d7-6bd1-45bd-951b-bcd923041f1c/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Della Vonne’s ‘How It Ends’ - Della Vonne has just released her sophomore single, ‘How It Ends’, an alt pop track that lifts into an intimate cinematic space. The artist’s style is about curating a culture of feeling. Starting from a raw, vulnerable space, she cultivates and enlarges it into an atmospheric listening experience. It is extremely immersive and very lofty. This track explores relationships and connections that are volatile and complex. The dangling and dangerous spaces between them, that’s what she explores. With dark mood frames, haunting vocal ethos, and a deepening ambience, the artist looks for peace and meaning within this wilderness. The chorus is especially powerful, as it lifts like a war cry, asking for peace. As it swirls into a theatrical crescendo, the listener, left in the aftermath, feels the depth of the emotion, of the experience, of the love connection. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-funk-rock-chris-oledudes-if-a-woman-had-made-the-world monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5045e175-ef35-44d9-ae2d-8ce5ef19213d/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Funk Rock : Chris Oledude’s ‘If a Woman Had Made The World’ - Chris Oledude brings us yet another wholesome soundscape. The way he weaves in styles to create an atmosphere is amazing. Each theme, concept, emotion has an ambience of their own. Chris has a natural way of seeking them out and showcasing them with vivid and colorful soundscapes. His latest release is ‘If a Woman Had Made The World’. The jazz-soul-pop-R&B-funk-rock song is so fresh and expansive. It is crafted to celebrate the theme. Featuring the vocals of Kiena Williams, the song daydreams about a world made by a woman. It’d be made with wisdom, care, thought, and harmony. They expand on this theme with a festive, celebratory, liberating composition. There’s so much grandeur and a whole lot of flush and fun. It’s catchy, easy to groove along with and it's joyous. And it passes on to you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-paul-gehls-devils-demons monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4eb3f75f-388c-402a-b048-f8a8ba576877/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Paul Gehl’s ‘Devils &amp; Demons’ - Paul Gehl’s rock is an atmospheric phenomenon. You don’t just listen to his music. You experience it, viscerally. It changes the composition of your body, brain till you can be a part of it. It’s consuming, in the best way. His latest release is ‘Devils & Demons’. It’s a deep rock track full of hard textures. Coarse, gritty and unapologetic, the artist lays it on nice to raw. If you like dirty riffs, rugged grooves and transcendental vocals, this track is for you. These are elements that transport the listener to a whole other dimension of listening. The world in the music forms around you and encloses you in. Compelling you to see the many dimensions and emotions within. It’s an impressive track from an incredible artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-lois-powell-night-wolfs-unstoppable monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e63cad3c-b7e6-4026-bef4-4a2357b090ea/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Lois Powell &amp; Night Wolf’s ‘Unstoppable’ - ‘Unstoppable’ is Night Wolf and Lois Powell’s latest track. It is an alternative track that draws freely and fluidly from pop. There are a lot of contemporary features. There is no structure to this soundscape, just a free flow of emotion and thoughts. Add to this a powerful cinematic allure. The visuals just lift off of the soundscape. The ambience is swirling with hypnotic moments, dark scenes, sensuality, and a melancholic that feels archaic and deep. Lois Powell’s vocals are especially compelling. Haunting and lost to the emotion, it’s like a siren’s call. It feels otherworldly. A great song for sure. It’s brilliant in design, conception and execution. They stay true to the nocturnal spirit of the song and deepen into spheres that are cerebral and emotional. It’s quite beautiful and unique. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronic-music-favillas-youve-got-to-stand-up monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f1b6e705-fc21-4b03-ba3e-38049c575a21/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronic Music : Favilla’s ‘You’ve Got to Stand Up’ - Favilla is an electronic music artist with a style that is diverse and dynamic. Her tracks are intoxicating. She is so generous with her soundscape, with her joy that it feels like she spreads them across the room with her music. If you like Fred Again, you’ll definitely love the many layers, emotions, and humanness in her sound. Her latest release is ‘You’ve Got to Stand Up’, a track that has a foundational dance beat. It is so flush and full. It is superimposed with sweeping vocal echoes, jazz motifs and brimming synths. She has a way of bringing an ambience to the dynamism. It’s fast, fun and so freeing. You know that if you flow with it, you’ll end up in a happy place. And so you up and it definitely doesn’t disappoint. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-world-tita-nzebis-rminiscence monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6929dee8-1486-4e10-a8e2-68b3e92cd8ca/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ World : Tita Nzebi’s ‘Réminiscence’ - They often say music reveals the soul of the artist. In Tita Nzebi’s case it is absolutely true. She sings with an authenticity that is hard to encounter. With her raspy, buttery voice, the French- African artist hypnotises her listeners, loops them in with the fluid sentiments and deep evocation. Her latest release is ‘Réminiscence’, an album that travels back in time, revisiting moments of provenance, genesis and becoming. Playing with blues, R&B/ soul, and regional African folk influences, the soundscapes are orbs of memory. They feel like precious gems, priceless. Even the aesthetic, ambience and the awakening all feel so raw yet exotic. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-gospel-levi-sap-nei-thangs-my-little-offering monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ff9e769b-286d-4a6e-ba1b-a0139e1ad48b/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Gospel : Levi Sap Nei Thang’s ‘My Little Offering’ - Levi Sap Nei Thang is a singer-songwriter and country folk artist. Her latest release is ‘My Little Offering’ in which she paints rolling country scenes. Like a painting it forms with textures and color, imagery and full of emotion. Stroke by stroke, she builds a life of memories, thoughts, feelings, and dreams. Her style is marked by nostalgia and fond contemplation. With honest words and storytelling vocals, she gives her listeners everything. It is vulnerable, real and endearing. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronica-tony-frissores-island-lantern-music monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71911d61-b909-4332-a68a-8961467248db/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronica : Tony Frissore’s Island Lantern Music’ - Tony Frissore is a music composer and a downtempo electronic artist. He loves to capture ambiences with music, explore energies, depict color, and immortalise momentous evolutions of life. His latest is ‘Island Lantern Music’, a minimalistic flow that forms with soft magic and frolic. It feels like the music is leading the listener somewhere. You feel like following it and as you go, you see the world the way he does. The beats are a remarkable feature. Expressive as they bob through the soundscape. Perhaps in the same way that the lanterns and their luminosity bob away on the water. The drum n bass plane connects into this, creating thin dimensions within it. With roaming island melodies, mellow and travelling come a soft din, a kind of softly populated space. You can project your imagination here, visualising the atmosphere that inhabits the island during a lantern festival. It’s quite fascinating and a mouldable listening experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neoclassical-richard-greens-midnight monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d926b424-f246-4a68-ae40-7171a3605319/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neoclassical : Richard Green’s ‘Midnight’ - Richard Green is a composer and guitarist. As an experimentalist, he loves to fall in love with different styles of music. Diving head first, he explores their nuance, their personalities and then molds them to fit his vast visions. Blending them with new counterparts to create a fresh music space. His latest release is ‘Midnight’ featuring Irene Veneziano on the piano and the Archimia String Quartet. It is a neo-classical composition that swirls, folds, unfolds and dances. It is a calming soundscape, shaped with softness and incredible detail. Midnight is the time that transforms the night. It’s the point at which the lightning begins. With this composition, the artists bring a sacredness to the theme, dimensionalizing it with climbing melodies and frolicking features. You get a sense of something blooming. It’s quite delightful and it has a beautiful way of elevating the mood and the cerebral ambience of the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-allegras-ash monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6d522055-cd59-4162-9e96-126abadd1b86/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Allegra’s ‘Ash’ - Allegra is a singer-songwriter and alt pop artist with such a versatile interpretation of the genre. She has an incredible fluidity with the style and a graceful ability to mold into any ambience that she wants it to be. In her single, ‘Ash’ (from her latest EP, Red) she explores an R&B pop that has the catchy playfulness of pop with the velvet depth and evocation of R&B/ soul. The track forms like a wave. It has such a natural and intuitive rhythm, forming at the pace of emotion and feeling. There’s no force to it whatsoever. It’s as if the track exists in its own right. Like it was always there and Allegra just carved it out. Swirling with sensual tones and dim tones, it harbors mystery and an incredible sensitivity. If you enjoy the work of artists like Sabrina Carpenter and Olivia Rodrigo, then you’re sure to love the way this artist holds and explores femininity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-maddox-jones-no-more-ghosts monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/50248a36-6e40-482e-8480-3b2a00f0a2d3/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Maddox Jones’ ‘No More Ghosts’ - Maddox Jones is a singer-songwriter and a synth rock artist. His music is not just made of song but it is a cinematic endeavor that is forged with vast creative dimensions and indulgences. His latest release is ‘No More Ghosts’, a track that blends expressive vocals with a pop rock build and evocative synth accessories. It takes you back to artists like Coldplay, One Republic and The Scripts. It has a multi-dimensional sound, dedicated to bringing the theme to life. The joy of healing after a long bout of melancholy and sadness. Blending that aching depth and contemplative soul with a hopeful peak, rising melodies, and evocative neoclassicals, he creates such a profound journey. Each frame clears through the dark fog and finds light. With a resilient composition that sparks powerful visuals, the artist conceptualises the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-blues-blues-corners-all-that-we-are monthly 0.5 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/55a81505-e833-4d03-838e-1704757124bd/11.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Blues : Blues Corner’s ‘All That We Are’ - Blues Corner have just released their latest album, ‘ALL THAT WE ARE’. The band covers it all. All kinds of blues. The slow, the fast and the groovy. Just a great way to spend the afternoon with. Sitting through disc 1, you get the fun, the scenic and the evocative. Moving through coarse, silky, velvet, and swing grooves, they put up a good show. ‘Set Me Free’ opens the album. In all its groovy, glowing goodness, it’s sure to take you back to the golden era of blues. Right back to the epoch of Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy, and Bo Diddley. The track has that swing blues energy with that charismatic rock attitude. It is dynamic and full of that party, dance energy that you want to keep returning to. Tracks like ‘What’s Good What’s Bad’ and ‘The Blues Are About Giving All What We Are’ have a similar make up. The former has a striking rock n roll energy while the latter has a more classic rock ethos. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-alexis-laces-stork monthly 0.5 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a5ec55a4-b660-4c20-bacd-b0f9ea3306b8/10.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Alexis Lace’s ‘Stork’ - Alexis Lace is a singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist. Her soundscapes are vocal dominant. She holds her emotions powerfully in her voice. It is revealing, vulnerable and opens up a way to connect with her experience and emotion. In her latest release, ‘Stork’, she delves into a relationship that ended. The aftermath is seemingly calm, but the pain broils and reveals itself in the silence between the piano notes, in the vocal pauses, and in the lyrical depth. The listener is given a lot of raw glimpses into the relationship. It ultimately boiled down the question of wanting children. As the vocals swirl and flow, you can sense notes of betrayal, bitterness and an ache of not being understood and despite everything that they have gone through. Despite its minimalistic form, it’s quite a loaded song, full of quiet parlance that you can explore each time you listen. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-allan-jamisens-this-is-not-an-act monthly 0.5 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/56e97f6b-58ef-449b-856b-1ee7c1d2b35b/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Allan Jamisen’s ‘This is not an Act’ - Allan Jamisen is a modern music artist. His art is not like anything you’ve ever heard. It has a lot of experimental angles, stylistic dimensions, and new age touches. The form is ever changing and you never know what you’re gonna get. His latest release is ‘This is Not An Act’, a musical collage of jazz, rap, hip-hop, R&B/ soul, trad folk, and mellow electronica. Like a Dali painting, he compels the listener to embrace the absurdity of his form and see beyond the structures that they’re used to. Free-flowing, stream of consciousness verses are superimposed with intersecting sax melodies, synths, beats, and soul harmonies. So many crossroads that you keep arriving at it. It forms like a mind warp. A lot of cerebral accents and psychedelic gestures. It keeps you listening, keeps you guessing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-wattmore-allan-caswells-ts-called-love-its-called-the-blues monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f40210ff-a9dc-4618-bd1a-c50c7aee34f7/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : Wattmore &amp; Allan Caswell’s ‘t’s Called Love… It’s Called the Blues’ - Wattmore and Allan Caswell have released ‘It’s Called Love… It’s Called the Blues’, a track that gets into the slow burn blues. Weaving the atmosphere with hypnotic tones and sensibilities, they reveal an intense and intimate passion for the blues. The chords and the bass grooves are retro and dramatic. Going through it, you’re led by dry, spoken word verses. They let the blues take up as much space and character as it ones within the soundscape. They let the blues speak for itself. The nocturnal mood, psychedelic spirals, and the dazing grooves; all of it is such a cerebral treat. It keeps on taking the listener deeper and deeper, showcasing a velvet underground, a warm and wet space that comes alive with raw blues. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-bullmaeras-imitator monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/535bca53-3d6e-4f79-a79a-bbd5ac2db7e7/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Bullmaera’s ‘Imitator’ - Bullmaera’s debut single, ‘Imitator (Demo)’ is a slow burn rock song that is made with hypnotic grooves, cold icy riffs and dazing chords. The vocals come into this instrumental atmosphere with a punk energy. Its defiance is soft but emphatic and it carries into the rolling grooves. The beats are underrated, kind of like a secret that is forming in the backdrop. When you tune in to its plane, a whole new world opens up. With the cymbal accents climbing on the muted beat line, it disperses something mysterious, a new dimension that you can indulge. The track has a very moody sound. It draws you in with its cerebral sensibilities and compels you to make sense of it. It is clandestine and kind of bizarre, a punk that is replete with absurdist ideas and musical tendencies. Definitely makes for an interesting listening experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-latin-alexander-abreu-and-jos-alberto-el-ruiseors-de-tu-alma-preso monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a6b0245c-6354-4d42-9a7b-e846cd2bce35/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Latin : Alexander Abreu and José Alberto EL Ruiseñor’s ‘De Tu Alma, Preso’ - Alexander Abreu and José Alberto EL Ruiseñor have just collaborated on a new single, ‘De Tu Alma, Preso’, a groovy, jazzy, Spanish pop song with a tropical feel to it. It has that free and expansive island atmosphere and energy to it, one that you can dance to. It is full of curves and lets you find the curves of your own body. With raw Spanish vocals matched with afrobeats, bluesy acoustics, and dramatic bugle features, the track is made both passionate and playful. It has a retro charm to it as the artists blend traditional/ classical styles with a modern production. There’s so many layers to the soundscape, each one creating new and fresh paths within the song, and for the body and mind to feel. You can choose your journey or let the song take you all in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-gareth-davies-ruin-my-life monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e8be1c9-5860-4028-b803-59e1cf546879/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Gareth Davie’s ‘Ruin My Life’ - Gareth Davie is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His style has a very indie feel, a homemade sound that is fresh with DIY elements, crafty touches and heartfelt quirks. When you listen to it, you feel the artist on the other side. The sound, style, energy, and sonic design feels authentic and uniquely his. His latest release is ‘Ruin my Life’, a narrative pop track, upbeat and full of stories. Think Charlie Puth, Shawn Mendez, and Nick Jonas. The song is youthful as it explores a carefree love that doesn’t care if it ends in heartbreak. The melodies blush with soft color. The guitar acoustics are expressive, almost playful. And Gareth’s vocals are easy to love, lighthearted and full of relatable moments and emotions. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-exzenyas-thats-the-story-of-my-life monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6b32cd5f-86c4-4155-b344-e38f334677a5/21.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt : Exzenya’s ‘That’s The Story of my Life’ - Exzenya’s music is like impact art. She lets her life dictate the way her music forms. There’s a raw space that she lets her music inhabit and that’s what makes her music uniquely powerful. Her latest release is ‘That’s the Story of My Life’, a track that is like crash art. It falls into the soundscape, spontaneous, and fluid. It takes you back to artists known for bursting into music, improvising in that charged moment of feeling. Think Janis Joplin or Patti Smith. Like a collage, the many moments, feelings, and instances of her life connect into a network and take over the soundscape. It is experimental, modern and controversial. The more you listen, the more interpretations, textures and dimensions it takes. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-adam-wedds-for-you-ill-cross-the-sea monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/493fcc88-3d5f-40e5-a281-f8aabda367eb/19.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Adam Wedd’s ‘for you I’ll cross the sea’ - Adam Wedd beguiles and charms us with warm-hearted sentiments with latest release, ‘for you I’ll cross the sea’. His vocals feel like home and carry like precious gems to the listener. The artist sings about his family, his lovely wife and brand new daughter; how he would cross the sea for them. Matching his free-falling vocals with raw guitar acoustics and an evocative violin melody, he finds a sense of meaning in it all. The complexities, the beauty, the emotion, and the hardship. Despite it all, he would cross the seas for his loved ones. The depth of the emotion forms in his vocal surrender. There’s nothing he’s holding back. He lets it all fall into the song and gives us everything he’s feeling. This emotion and depth makes up the theme in incredible ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-vagnar-av-guld monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ca00452c-40dc-4dbf-98f6-6ca66be8edfa/16.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Vagnar av guld’ - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends have released their latest song, ‘Vagnar av guld’. Giving us a glimpse into the Swedish band’s upcoming album, the song is plush and sunny with music and feeling. Detailed with Hammond organ and lively folk rock melodies reminiscent of The Beatles and The Byrdes, it glistens with hope. The song notes the importance of sticking with one’s artistic calling and to keep at it. Broiled into this warm, cozy folk rock soup is the artist’s own experience with his art. How it changed his life in important ways. Looping this in, he projects onto the canvas with fondness and nostalgia hoping to inspire the future generation to “keep on singing”. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-nicole-huffs-who-we-are monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6b14e141-cfe9-4899-a1cd-3186ff463e2d/15.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Nicole Huff’s ‘Who We Are’ - Nicole Huff inspires us to come into who we are in her latest track, ‘Who We Are’. The singer-songwriter and pop artist celebrates living life in a way that is true to yourself. To the abandonment of society all its expectations. With a vocal line that is glamorously rebellious and shiny pop melodies, she brings us out of the darkness into the light of yourself. It’s one of those tracks that not only helps you accept who you are but urges you to celebrate yourself and rise into the power and freedom that comes with it. The beauty of the song is that it has universal appeal, to anyone or any class of people that feel weighed down. With a soaring vocal power and melodic velocity, the artist seems to will us all with her into the spotlight. If you enjoy artists like Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift, you’re sure to love this one. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-pop-hyunwoo-kims-the-2026-k-hindi-collection monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0ffdc245-e6a7-4bdc-a343-52e92a6225c2/7.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Pop : HYUNWOO KIM’s ‘The 2026 K-Hindi Collection’ - EHco stands for Eternal Harmony Connecting Others. Blending styles ranging from K-Pop to Hindi music, the artist makes music that feels true to her heritage and origin. With sweeping melodies and an expressive vocal line, she builds up such an impactful listening experience. Her latest release is ‘The 2026 K-Hindi Collection’, an album that lifts emotion and stories with the evocative theatrics that K-pop has become famous for. In playing out, it pulls the sentiment out of the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-americana-mogipbobs-high-on-the-hog monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cca6429e-12c2-4cb9-b1bd-bb18d5d7814c/5.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Americana : Mogipbob’s ‘High on the Hog’ - Mogipbob is the music project of Jason Graves. A singer-songwriter and performer from the heart, his soundscapes are marked by expressive melodies, catchy hooks, and a singalong rhythm. His latest release is ‘High on the Hog’, an album that blends feel good pop with 70s classic rock and some country/ Americana influences. All of it brimming to the top with lyrical imagery and a larger than life vocal energy. The title track opens the album. With fresh instrumentals and a storytelling vocal line, the track lays out a feast. One that marks the progression of a life from little money to a rich lifestyle. Listening to the track, you start to feel lucky. The song sings of possibilities, paints a life that is colorful, bright and successful. Made dynamic with violins, jazz, and country flows, the song is perfect to sail into the sunset with. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-emerald-parks-a-song-to-c monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a0935fc3-b4ea-4d9d-9411-b5b6ed30c989/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Emerald Park’s ‘A Song to C’ - Emerald Park is an indie pop outfit from Sweden. The band has a warm sound that has the ethos of a home grown sound. Every composition is marked by an intimate expression. Their music reveals the artist behind them, making it feel familiar and authentic. ‘A Song to C’ is the band’s latest release. Made with electric synths, contemplative chords, resonant basslines and an expressive vocal line, it takes you back to the 80s. There is something softly retro throughout the composition reminiscent of a blend between The Smiths and outfits like Desire and Chromatics. It is a feel good, blended with active melancholy and a swirling dream romance. You can’t help but give in and dissolve into their sound. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-funk-grey-purple-songbooks-lessons-learned-vision-clear monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9b06408a-16e6-4597-8f75-6725a2656685/resized_1400x1400.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Funk : Grey &amp; Purple Songbook’s ‘Lessons Learned, Vision Clear’ - Grey & Purple Songbook is a theatrical music outfit that is known for their flashy and flamboyant soundscapes. The genre-blending outfit dabbles in funk, jazz, blues, soul, rock orchestra that keeps you flowing and elevated. Their latest release is ‘Lessons Learned, Vision Clear’, a track that exemplifies the dynamism of their style and the sophistication of their craft. Burned with retro ethos, it is delightful. It’s like a musical fantasy with an effervescing presentation. The vocals are emphatic and vivid, defiant and powerfully so. Think blues artists like Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, and Sarah Vaughan. There is impact in the confluence of the lyrical message and the emotion with which it is delivered. Presenting in a whirlpool of expressive instrumentals, it gets to be immersive and nothing short of cinematic. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rock-mick-j-clarks-pole-position monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cc341414-0bcf-4434-a043-1244ca4d67f7/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Rock : Mick J Clark’s ‘Pole Position’ - Mick J Clark is a singer-songwriter and a classic rock artist with a voice like butter. The artist has such a natural style and charisma that translates to a unique performative allure. His music is a brand of its own and it’s delightful to take in. The emotion of it, the mood that he casts and the effortlessness that he brings to his craft. It’s all quite memorable. His latest release is ‘Pole Position’, a collection of tracks that is sure to elevate your day with its feel-good rhythms, thoughtful vocals, and insightful lyrics. The collection begins with ‘There’s Nothing Anybody Can Do’. It is a comforting track that feels like a hug. A track that just holds your hand as you go through it. Warm instrumentals are lush all around. He has a way of bringing the universal to personal experience. It makes you feel less alone in your experience. In ‘Everybody Needs a Place to Hide’, you’ll find such a lilting tenderness both in message and tone. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronic-julia-sounds-one-love-ft-dolly-de-guerre-megasonic monthly 0.5 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/da034c90-2a29-4eba-add2-49a4173b251b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronic : Julia Sound’s ‘One Love’ ft. Dolly De Guerre &amp; Megasonic - Julia Sound is a modern, alt electronic project from composer and producer Lin Gardiner. She is quite the visionary who has won accolades for her style and compositional prowess. For her latest release, ‘One Love’, the artist collaborates with Dolly De Guerre and Megasonic to bring to life an electric and sonically vivid soundscape to life. It is full of life with a lot of layers. We see a trip hop backdrop detailed with swirling synths, soulful vocals, and a 70s disco pop rhythm. Coming together with a passion, it gets to be such a dynamic and immersive listening experience. There are moments of deep evocation that are tempered with lightness and fun. A non linear and creative balance that keeps it interesting. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-mohawk-castles-music-from-a-cloud monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cf0a4d3e-fa57-417c-a0d6-5f6547563906/14.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Mohawk Castle’s ‘Music From A Cloud’ - Mohawk Castle is the solo act of Erik David Hidde. The artist is known for his unique visions and sonic craft. Expansive as they are, extending into such nuanced spaces of feeling. His latest release is ‘Music From A Cloud’, a track with an intuitive rhythm design that flows alongside a stream of consciousness vocal flow. Forming in echoes, abstract synths, and spontaneous melodic patterns, it’s quite an experimental space. It almost sounds like you’re getting dispersed, drawn in and rearranged. Like a cloud. The artist’s eye for concept extends to the listener, immersing them in it. Not only intellectually but in a real way. It’s an interesting composition, made like a flowing jigsaw that compels you to adapt and see more than you usually would. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-siren-sections-separation-team monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3664950d-989f-4daf-b5db-44994ef56b4e/12.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Siren Section’s ‘Separation Team’ - Siren Section is an experimental, electronic rock, alt pop group with a conceptual depth that will blow your mind. Their sound, with its multi-faceted design and exploration sounds otherworldly, living up to their name. The novelty is just part of the charm though. It’s elevated by a non-conforming sense of style. The group seem to have a world of their own that they draw from and it’s fascinating to catch glimpses of this space through their music. Their latest release is ‘Separation Team’, a collection that builds a new sound sphere, song by song. The boundaries are forgotten. All that they care about is the music and the sensibilities. It’s quite compelling and the autonomy of their sound is intoxicating. Keeps you coming back for more. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-valiancys-voices monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e911f6d0-0650-444f-b5d4-a08541c4570c/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Valiancy’s ‘Voices’ - Valiancy is a songwriter and producer who loves to explore the depth of the human experience with his sound. His soundscapes are immersive, drenching the listener with powerful influences of pop and rock. There’s concept, and emotion that tie into evocative vision. His latest release is ‘Voices’, a track that explores the nature of the voices in our heads. It is cinematic and cerebral. Despite the darkness in the lyrics, there is an explorative pulse in the instrumentals that keep the song alive. The coarse fuzz of the bassines, the slow grooves and the baritonal emotion are all meditative almost. A space where you’re reflecting, feeling, relating and healing. There is a valiance and a soft power that emerges from this track. It’s really touching. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-americana-george-collins-bands-what-living-is-for monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5368ef35-97d4-4918-abaa-93d48dc4ffec/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Americana : George Collins Band’s ‘What Living Is For’ - George Collins Band brings the whole world to life with their latest release ‘What Living Is For’. It’s the kind of track that reminds you what it is like not just to live but to to feel alive. With warm, feel good instrumentals, energetic vocals and an atmosphere of soft grandeur, the song is made to revive and inspire. The lyrics are also so fun to follow and go with. They take you to such carefree and youthful spaces. Think, an acoustic rock song with a freshness that feels like summer. Sun in the sky, wind in the air and colors of the world all around you. That’s the memory and experience this song brings to you. It’s time to feel happy and open again. This song will be perfect for your spring and summer rock playlists. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-new-age-simonne-draper-and-jon-kennedys-finesca-ii monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a274e196-a6bc-4328-ad92-ebee0f99495e/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ New Age : Simonne Draper and Jon Kennedy’s ‘Finesca II’ - If you want to immerse in an ethereal folk atmosphere, then ‘Finesca II’ by Simonne Draper and Jon Kennedy has you covered. The multi-instrumentalists and composers have created such an explorative and experimental soundscape with this one. There are moments of soft and intimate expression. Melodies and chorals that make you feel like you’re in an enchanting forest, discovering a new world. It feels plush and alive but also grounds and connects you vastly. Filtered with moments of dynamic leaps of spontaneity, darkness, drifts and beats, we go through phases of softness and impact, plateaus and peaks. The ebbing and flowing of the composition speaks to the complexity and dimensions of the theme. Left up to the interpretation and imagination of the listener, it can be a way to think about things. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-hard-rock-butch-against-the-machines-no-hope monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e5bd6b63-cd4b-4c2e-a003-4ae169cad67c/2.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Hard Rock : Butch Against The Machine’s ‘No Hope’ - For Butch IV, his music is a response to the world around him. It is a living, breathing thing that seems to have its own pulse, life, and world of its own. The artist is known for his immersive soundscapes, with grit, soul, and deep prog rock atmospheres. His latest release is ‘Chapter V : No Hope’, a collection that features cinematic alt rock, prog rock, nu metal instrumentals. Each one is more detailed and nuanced than the next. It’s a powerful call and you can’t help but answer. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-piano-ashot-danielyans-spontaneous-piano-journeys monthly 0.5 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6c80b190-91c7-4f39-a994-2fb2565598ba/Screenshot+2026-02-13+at+4.31.09%E2%80%AFPM.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Piano : Ashot Danielyan’s ‘Spontaneous Piano Journeys’ - Ashot Danielyan understands the beauty that play can bring to creativity. That’s what he does with his latest release ‘Spontaneous Piano Journeys’. The composer and pianist compiles 10 spontaneous piano solos that he improvised from December 2025 to February 2026. The result is a light yet meaningful exploration of art, music, the self and the human experience. He has a way of whirling into reality feelings that only the soul feels. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-chris-oledudes-white-lie-carolyns-story monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/10969874-9762-4486-a71b-d2a38c328117/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Chris Oledude’s ‘White Lie : Carolyn’s Story’ - Chris Oledude’s latest release ‘White Lie : Carolyn’s Story’ is a festive piece of music. It presents the story of a person with such a rich and full soundscape. The instrumentals are dynamic and diverse. With vocals that perform and paint a picture, the story comes alive, out of the song into the listener’s sphere. Chris Oledude is known for his alternative explorations, especially his love for funk infused rock, gospel, and pop. In this track, you’ll see it all. Along with electronic features and grooves that bring the whole thing to new life. There is not a moment of staticity in the song. It is everchanging, entertaining and elastic in style and charisma. Definitely not something you hear often. New, novel, and full of surprises. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-jars-agla monthly 0.5 2026-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f30cf3f8-f710-4055-a1d5-5deaf3ef1cb4/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : JaR’s ‘Agla’ - JaR is an alternative band with their own wavelength. And along that plane, they are able to create simmering and moody worlds that are astounding and compelling. Their latest release is ‘Agla’, an alternative metal/ rock track that takes on such exciting and mysterious flavors. Listening to the song is like entering a new world. Both of softness and full texture. The track opens with a coarse metal introduction. It digs into the style, finds a depth and then elegantly slips out of it for the verse. The composition grows light with a new jazz light, a hypnotic alt pop frame. And from here, they slowly drive to the depth again. Mutate and multiply. A slow burn, cerebral, and exceedingly bold and artful sound. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dark-pop-death-of-the-wolf-by-night-wolf-lois-powell monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/00766a19-0530-4bed-b6fb-17e92bf291ae/Death_Of_The_Wolf_Single_Cover_2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dark Pop : ‘Death of the Wolf’ by Night Wolf + Lois Powell - ‘Death of the Wolf’ by Night Wolf + Lois Powell is a cinematic, musical masterpiece. Orchestrated with classical instrumentals, atmospheric work, melodic lifts, dramatic set ups and immersive vocals, the track has a way of swallowing you into its belly. Keeping with the theme, the track is eerie and dark, full of twists and turns. There’s a slow burn element going on that really keeps you on your toes. As you listen, the soundscape takes on so many forms and forges so many layers. It’s as if you’re walking through a labyrinth, trying to find something. The journey becomes the story, a flow that evokes such matchless imagery and haunting sentiments. It’s not your average dark pop track. There’s a little bit of a sophistication and a grand vision that transforms this into an impressive theatrical piece. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-country-janet-devlins-candy monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e022ba86-e373-4d84-a03d-71b44bbe35da/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Country : Janet Devlin's ‘Candy’ - Janet Devlin’s rustic vocal finesse shines bright in her single, ‘Candy’. The storytelling, country style artist has an effortless way with expression. She lets the emotions disperse into her atmosphere and progressively strings them along, with words and tale to elevate her song. Think Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus in their country pop era. That’s the style that this song holds. Singing of girlhood, love, heartaches, and happiness, the song is so easy to fall into. The verses are made with an acoustic guitar and rolling beats. Her vocals are grounding, picturing frames and painting them for the listener. Come chorus, it becomes an energy high with catchy beats, singalong vocals, and scattering guitar lines. The riffs and beats bring the rock in. There’s drama, controversy, strife and so many feelings. So fun, sweet and full of youth. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-mr-rhames-better-tomorrow monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/07c45f51-bf74-4b98-a99c-7965b1e5005e/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Mr. Rhame’s ‘Better Tomorrow’ - Mr. Rhame delivers electric possibilities in a bottle with his latest release, ‘Better Tomorrow’. The electro pop track is not only dynamic but it is evocative and emotional. With a powerful vocal line, the artist pulls the listener into the theme in complex and deep ways. And within this maze of feeling, he unleashes energy and surmounting visuals. It’s the perfect example of going deep to go as high as possible. If you enjoy artists like Avicii, Swedish House Mafia and the like, you’re sure to appreciate the multi-dimensional value of this artist’s style. It’s not surface level dance music or electro pop. There’s so much more to it, a whole world within it that you get to explore and feel. It’s the kind of song that makes you feel alive and present and beautiful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-melodic-house-borsis-we-stay-close monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e9a7ce8-6fdf-46d0-ad69-10cea0db3bb9/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Melodic House : Borsi’s ‘We Stay Close’ - Borsi is an electronic music artist and producer. He delivers a mellow drift with his latest track, ‘We Stay Close’. It is a melodic techno - house flow that keeps you floating forward but also has a nuanced and magical listening experience. With an elegant combination of electric melodies, simplistic rhythms, and enchanting vocals, the artist creates an earthy and ethereal experience. The song makes the listener feel like they’re on the brink of something. There is love and pain, magic and mundane, dance and stillness. A dreamy trance that makes you happy, refreshed and energised. The song has a way of making you feel connected to people, feeling, sensibilities and life itself. There’s something so true in this track, something so settled that it grounds you and also makes you fly. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-the-amanda-emblem-experiments-ancient-dingo monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fd3ada5c-ff13-4064-873a-b391853d627c/Ancient_Dingo_cover_art.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : The Amanda Emblem Experiment’s ‘Ancient Dingo’ - The Amanda Emblem Experiment celebrates the Australian Dingo in their latest release, ‘Ancient Dingo’. It is part of their 2025 album, ‘The Wood’ where they explored a lot of naturalistic perspectives and philosophy, nicely weaving it into human emotion to create an immersive experience. The track is a celebration but also kind of melancholic as it reflects on their expansive historic habitat that has now been reduced to a few national parks. The track is a mellow blend of acoustic rock, alt folk, and reggae; a serene landscape with catchy grooves rolling across it. It sets up a kind of rustic wilderness for an atmosphere and just spreads a contemplative vocal across it. They create a special place to come and think about the Dingo, perhaps get to know the plight of these animals a little bit better. It’s evocative and educational. Very wholesome. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-cinematic-neural-pantheons-the-merchants-last-coin monthly 0.5 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/63dd50c6-2996-465d-a622-038bc2412f07/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Cinematic : Neural Pantheon’s ‘The Merchant’s Last Coin’ - Neural Pantheon is intensely cinematic. More so than cinemas themselves. The ability of this banner to breathe life into worlds just with music is incredible. Their latest release is the ‘Nameless Hour’ album, a collection that blends dark pop with nocturnal sensibilities and mysterious atmospheres. Taken from this collection is ‘The Merchant’s Last Coin’, a track that sounds like it belongs in stories like Lord of the Rings, The Witcher, or even Pirates of the Caribbean. The vocals are a theatrical ribbon floating in the wind. Think Billie Eilish or Melanie Martinez’s vocals within a soundscape that is lifting up like smoke. The feelings and emotions are alive and are readily moving towards the listener. There is so much musical depth and technical sophistication in this collection. If you enjoy reading fantasy novels or love musicals, if you are a classical music artist or a theatre kid, you’re sure to love and appreciate the artistic value of this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-pop-rap-joey-ps-missing-in-action monthly 0.5 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e2ec58b5-c80a-4c23-9705-a8914c21acbf/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Pop Rap : Joey P’s ‘Missing in Action’ - ‘Missing in Action’ is Joey P’s latest double single release. ‘Only One’ and ‘Wrong With You’, are two modern pop rap tracks that think out loud about love. The beats are bouncy and the atmosphere is light and youthful. With the vocals bobbing with thought, play, and emotions, the soundscapes come together with a mellow and easy listening pulse. ‘Only One’ explores the desire of the protagonist to be in an exclusive relationship with the girl he loves. It’s a little bit of a push and pull, a situationship of sorts. Progressing through the theme, the artist lays it out with a nonchalant sincerity. ‘Wrong With You’ has a similar style. It has a more pronounced R&B/ soul influence. Looping them with the pop rap, the artist presents a heartfelt yet buoyant and energetic composition. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rock-whiskey-generals-mooreish monthly 0.5 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6f42d388-a8e5-4bc7-9356-53b96f7bf14f/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Rock : Whiskey General’s ‘Mooreish’ - Whiskey General is a hard rock band with an emphatic sound. Marked by bold atmospheres, heavy riffs and strong beats, this band doesn’t just go half way. They are all in with a hardcore zeal that revives the rock glory of the 20th century. Their latest release is ‘Mooreish’, a collection that reinforces the power and pulse of this band. It also features the band’s range as they explore more expansive rock soundscapes. All in all, this album has layers that you can spend a whole day uncovering. With hard blending into alternative dimensions, the rock tunnels into the mind. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indian-folk-shreya-pujaris-naoriya monthly 0.5 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/029b772c-6c18-42a1-bd6d-6b5ac297c005/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indian Folk : Shreya Pujari’s ‘Naoriya’ - Shreya Pujari is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. Hailing from India, she crafts sweet and heartfelt songs that speak the language of her heart. In her latest release, ‘Naoriya’, she sings about her desire to find her love and life partner. With mellow acoustics playfully splattering in the backdrop, the artist daydreams about being in love. It has a lot of classical folk features. The earthy acoustic tones and the vocal journey takes us to North Indian style of folk. Everything about the soundscape has a way of forming around the listener. It circulates, forming pleasing symmetries and patterns that pleases the mind. Her vocals are grounding and gentle. Leading us into the bridge is the Moana folk melody, a creative flourish that she seamlessly brings into her craft. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-chillwave-richard-greens-ending-up-in-the-wrong-way monthly 0.5 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/44375e8f-0b40-4682-844f-ceb37effc96c/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Chillwave : Richard Green’s ‘Ending Up in the Wrong Way’ - Richard Green presents a melodic contemplative scene with his latest release ‘Ending Up in the Wrong Way’. The track is expressive and full of melodic nuance. As you progress through the soundscape, you realize that the artist has prolifically infused an intuitive language that the listener picks up on. The composition is not harsh or final in any way. It is a thoughtful exploration and reflection of the journey to that point. The artist leaves room for the listener to pour themselves into the composition, fit the song into their reality and experience. It is a chill flow, almost ambient if you want to listen to it like that. The neo-classicals and jazz elements make for such a pleasant landscape that you can keep growing into it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-disco-mishell-ivons-escape monthly 0.5 2026-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/425a2d0c-bf16-4d8b-8af0-d353b5ef9369/2.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Disco : Mishell Ivon &amp; Vincent Kwok’s ‘Escape’ - If you like edges and angles, dimensions and spatial texture, then Mishell Ivon’s latest release is for you. ‘Escape’ is a concept EP that explores the escape impulse with moments of funk, synth pop, and electronic music. Each track is prefaced and oriented with such vivid and visual frames. Feels like you’re in a colorful room of abstract shapes. It's fun, unique, and makes for a memorable listening experience. Featuring Vincent Kwok, the two of them keep it dynamic and full of twists and turns. The collection is built on changing tides and energy. So you’ll feel as if you’re part of a wave just flowing with the many currents and realities that the artists create for us. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-matares-when-alone monthly 0.5 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4df33f9c-78f8-4e9a-8d4c-c091d86164ed/When_Alone_art_2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : MatAre’s ‘When Alone’ - MatAre brings a new wave, retro synth pop magic with his latest release, ‘When Alone’. With the concept of the soundscape, he forges the theme, transforming the perception of time spent alone. He makes it fun, edgy, and full of possibility. Dynamic beats, glassy synth tones, and ethereal synth atmospheres mark the sound. It is blurry and romantic. There’s a lot of youth in it, a lot of excitement and joy. The artist lets the soundscape develop its own complexity, going with the drift and discovering its layers. There is exploration, experimentation, wrapped up in a spirit of seeking. Of course there are crazy moments, moments of chaos and doubt but it grows into something meaningful. By the end of it, it all feels very profound and surreal. Much like when life surprises you in ways you had not even imagined. If you enjoy the style of David Bowie, Desire, and Beach House, you’re sure to enjoy this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-live-oak-sunbursts-lurleen monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bc0c4d7a-404b-4b85-9d28-afbc1e7c1df3/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country : Live Oak Sunburst’s ‘Lurleen’ - Live Oak Sunburst is a music banner that revives the rustic, coarse, country landscape with latest release, ‘Lurleen’. The track is strung with retro vocals that quiver as if touched by the wind and age. It’s like an instant time capsule that transports you to a vintage scene. The emotion, the theme, and the sentiment with which it’s performed and presented; everything about it is dated so well. The song is advice from a father to his daughter about choosing the right man. It is a slow song, but in that tempo, you’ll experience so much of the theme and the concept. It’s as if for a brief moment, you’ve suspended the reality around you and immersed in a whole other landscape. It feels like you’re sitting around and watching a classic film from the 50s or 60s. Great songwriting and incredible execution. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-pop-barbonuss-fire-and-distance monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/816cc687-a035-4ae6-9a74-a8abf576266a/Cover_V3.png Music Reviews - EP Review/ Pop : Barbonus’s ‘Fire and Distance’ - Barbonus is a German songwriter and artist with an immersive lyrical presence. The artist’s words are expressive and rich, with a charisma that stems out of vulnerability. It’s the perfect medium for the storyteller. His stories are not just about what happened but it’s more of an emotional journey where it’s about the ways he felt. It’s a little bit more intricate and detailed. The articulation can be quite liberating, especially if you relate to it. His latest release is ‘Fire and Distance’, an EP that will take you back to artists like Charlie Puth and Taylor Swift, both in sonic spirit and lyrical worth. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-dylan-gers-scars-on-the-soul monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8cb158ae-0f84-48f8-8927-f720044f2867/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Dylan Gers’ ‘Scars on the Soul’ - Dylan Gers is an alt rock artist who channels an extraordinary musical ethos. His sound is a world, a whirlpool, a whirlwind. There is something living in each of his songs that the listener interacts with. ‘Scars on the Soul’ is a visceral alt rock track that merges features of classic rock, hard rock, and post rock to forge a bottomless fantasy of melancholy, tragedy, and heartache. It is dark but not depressing. The artist spins the theme into a complex spectacle that keeps going deeper. When you think, it can’t get any more layered or deep, he dives further in. The imagery that comes out of this track is nothing short of fantastical. It is quite the striking composition. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-paul-gehls-through-the-darkness monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3aa10216-09b4-46ef-9fe5-742eedf3b729/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Paul Gehl’s ‘Through The Darkness’ - Paul Gehl is an alt rock genius. His songs are not just music but atmospheres of sound. They have their own moods, their own personalities and a life of their own. His latest release is ‘Through the Darkness’, a muddy hard rock, alt rock composition that is thick and foggy in a hypnotic way. The riffs and basslines are kind of dazed as they disperse through the soundscape. With low tones and dim sensibilities, the song is well contained, but oozing out. His vocals have such an impact, roaming and swirling through the instrumentals as if travelling. The darkness doesn’t close in. It’s the kind of darkness that you can explore, find anchors in. It’s a great way to spend your time, just listening and wading through the enriched darkness of Paul Gehl. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-lana-crows-what-brings-you-back monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/09799222-a72b-4e91-90cd-d5392d0d44bd/what_brings_you_back.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Lana Crow’s ‘What Brings You Back’ - Lana Crow is a singer-songwriter and seeker. She seeks, explores and finds answers through music. Her latest release is ‘What Brings You Back’, a song that is made with storytelling frames and contemplative enquiry. The instrumentals are glassy and luminous, performative but in an intimate way. Lana’s vocals have a contemporary pop air to them, a reflective atmosphere that wades through feelings of melancholy, heartache, and loss. It is not your usual pop track. It’s mellow but definite, deep yet glazing. So many dualities that she sets out effortlessly. You can tell that it’s a song that was born out of authenticity. It is honest and made out of real emotions and a touching human experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-kev-howells-twenty-three-live-acoustic monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/80aaedc0-bf8f-44c7-b73f-fc11265aa6b9/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Kev Howell’s ‘Twenty Three - Live Acoustic’ - Kev Howell is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. He has such a wholesome style. His songs, detailed with expressive acoustics and gentle, evocative vocals make for such a fresh listening experience. His release, ‘Twenty Three - Live Acoustic’ exemplifies the nature and spirit of his music. It's a musical journal that grows into tenderness and taut spheres, but there is always an honesty to it. The melodies swirl and float around in the soundscape, growing into pleasurable moments of reflection, connection and warmth. As the artist thinks back to his time as a twenty three old, he brings back vivid memories. Filtered with nostalgia and a reflective tone, the track is very feel-good. If you enjoy artists like Ed Sheeran, Sufjan Stevens or Phoebe Bridgers, you’re sure to enjoy the lyrical nuance and vocal style of this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-orchestral-anayamusics-heaven monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/32676968-e474-4dba-b56d-7b762cf7e198/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Orchestral : AnayaMusic’s ‘Heaven’ - AnayaMusic is a composer and vocalist. She takes neoclassicals to a whole new level of expression. Her tracks lift into that quivering space of vulnerability, tenderness and fragile emotion. There is an intensity there. A depth that affects you. As it goes through you, it slowly changes you, takes some of you with it. Close your eyes and the visuals and feelings that it evokes will take you out of the world. Her latest release is ‘Heaven’, an album that exemplifies everything that was said about her. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-country-levi-sap-nei-thangs-childhood-memories monthly 0.5 2026-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8914dc41-8231-4ca1-9687-4885bb75ea1a/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Country : Levi Sap Nei Thang’s ‘Childhood Memories’ - With Levi Sap Nei Thang, you don’t just get a song. You get a whole array of artistic experiences. As an artist, songwriter, and poet, she’s adept at crafting layers into her music, each one taking you deeper into the ethos of her art and style. Her latest release is the ‘Childhood Memories’ album, a collection for which she chooses country as her medium. With pastoral lyrics and vivid imagery, she brings such elaborate stories and human experiences to life. It’s powerful in its feminine influence. With autobiographical inspirations, the song is like a film that speculates on the artist’s world and her life. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classical-chameleon-musics-the-bell-tower-and-the-cross monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/83e26f63-8a43-4735-9b07-ca57611c380a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Classical : Chameleon Music’s ‘The Bell Tower and The Cross’ - Chameleon Music in a project that blends classical arrangements with chorals, electronica, and a cinematic ethos. The result is an immersive, affecting, and impactful listening experience. It’s as if the music comes to life, with such a vivid sensibility, and it plays out in front of you. There’s grandeur but there’s also a very real exploration of cinematic scenery and music. Their latest release is ‘The Bell Tower and The Cross’, an album that lays out such a fascinating and fantastical flow. It’s lush with visual moments. It feels as though they’re all swirling around you, moments of mystery, adventure, and a mystical suspense. The album begins with ‘Last Adventure for a Pirate King?’ a track that is very expressive, but it has a veil that conceals and calls to the listener. As you go deeper and explore, you get a taste of the composition. Its richness, its secrets and its capacity for depth. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-singer-songwriter-benjamin-corsons-here-for-you monthly 0.5 2026-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9634b7a6-1d78-44e2-89ca-6f7c2a7ab3bc/1.png Music Reviews - EP Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Benjamin Corson’s ‘Here For You’ - Benjamin Corson is a composer, guitarist, and acoustic rock artist with such remarkable charisma. With vocals that are so authentic and expressive, he’s known to chart such evocative courses and bring his listeners along. There’s a generosity in his performances, in the way he gives himself to his art. A real artistic gem. For his latest EP, ‘Here For You’, he collaborates with singer - songwriter, Tim Pitchford to create two songs. Blending a classic rock ethos with an intimate singer-songwriter style, the tracks are immersive and also very deeply intimate and confessional. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-funk-pop-grey-purple-song-books-holiday-groove-x monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7f0e7945-46af-48a3-8993-0ca32d6ac9a7/3.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Funk Pop : Grey &amp; Purple Song Book’s ‘Holiday Groove (X)’ - Grey & Purple Song Book’s ‘Holiday Groove (X)’ sounds exactly how the title sounds. It is a funk pop track that feels so festive. Listening to it changes the mood and energy of the day. The grooves get you dancing and vibing as the vocals brighten the days and fill it with possibility. It’s a light-hearted, feel good track that is fun to be a part of. If you enjoy Bill Withers’ tracks and performance style, especially the more buoyant tracks, you’re sure to love this track. The warm baritones, the fresh rhythm, the crisp melodies and just joy all around is such a great way to start your day. Like the morning sun, it energizes and gets you ready and running. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-cathleen-irelands-coastin monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4d8565d2-ef3b-43c9-927d-2da2d8a4d5ca/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Cathleen Ireland’s ‘Coastin’ - Cathleen Ireland has such a remarkable voice. Bold and vivid, everything she sings seems to come to life. The perfect pop vocal set that drives you to that feel-good singalong mood. Her latest release is the ‘In the City’ album, a collection that celebrates the city and the person she is within it. She sings of its magic, its possibilities, and its unique, irreplicable feel. Taken from this album is ‘Coastin’. It is the breakout track that introduces the listener to the city’s air, vibe, and the views. The atmosphere comes alive with the activities she is describing. A vacation along with a feeling of home. Such a great way to start the year off. It’ll put you on the top of the world. Best way to enjoy it is to let yourself just lift into the fancy and fantastic dream she sings of. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-sebastian-clarins-the-weight-of-a-circle monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f4cf83f6-e8d0-46cc-bba0-0e0c39a7f80c/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Sebastian Clarin’s ‘The Weight of a Circle’ - Imagine being in the thick of a synthwave. Splashed with color and vivid sensibilities. And within this sphere, a poetic unravelling of a relationship. That’s what Sebastian Clarin’s latest release, ‘The Weight of a Circle’ is about. It is a grand spiral, retro futuristic, fantastical synthwave. It’s a continuous spiral, an orbit that elongates and swirls around you with feeling. There is a cerebral quotient, a romanticisation of dysfunction within fluid synth symmetries. It absorbs you, immerses and drenches you in you. If you like artists like Beach House, Tame Impala, then you’re sure to love the experience of this track. It is visual, abstract, vibrant, and so full of art. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-new-age-ananda-xenia-shaktis-the-perfumed-garden monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bb8ff305-ae22-4af2-840b-0c1b81cae5a7/2.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ New Age : Ananda Xenia Shakti’s ‘The Perfumed Garden’ - Ananda Xenia Shakti is a modern artist, a singer-songwriter and soul musician. Her music is abstract and non-conforming, a representation of her individualistic and free spirit. Her latest release is ‘The Perfumed Garden’ a self portrait of sorts. In it, her vocals flow like a cloth flying in the wind. It is fluid, spontaneous, and full of raw energy. She doesn’t hold back. The softness is delivered with so much emotion, energy and passion. While the soundscape itself is mellow and simple, her voice is the creative expression. Mellow and magnificent, the artist stays true to her voice and style. With a lot of soft and floral tones, she explores hope, positivity and possibility. All attributes of a perfumed garden that comes to life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-kate-kristines-stranger-i-cant-tell monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c174b18-bc95-46ad-9edc-2e79593e46c8/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Kate Kristine’s ‘stranger I can’t tell’ - Kate Kristine is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. Her storytelling style is confessional and vulnerable, in ways that take you back to artists like Phoebe Bridgers and Taylor Swift. Her latest release is ‘stranger I can’t tell’, is a song about love and loss. In the aftermath of a breakup, the protagonist explores the gaping hole in her life where the love had been. The song is a stream of consciousness flow, as she feels the ache and tries to connect her pain to reality. It is raw, presenting with a softness that you can’t help but feel for. It is a fluid whirlpool of her mind, presenting with such vivid storytelling frames that makes it feel personal. If you’re going through a heartbreak and want to cry, then this song will hold your hand in ways that both validate and comfort. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-fred-presleys-sympathize monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0e4ef693-0637-43db-851b-34cea14eebc9/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Fred Presley’s ‘Sympathize’ - Fred Presley is a singer-songwriter and acoustic artist. His songs have a way of drenching you completely in its emotion and theme. Like in his latest acoustic rock track, ‘Sympathize’. The track has a fluid melody design and stream of consciousness vocal flow. It crumbles and flows like sympathy. With no rigid structures or moments, the track is made to flow and feel abundant. The artist is reflecting on the relationship between mankind and nature. About our greedy behaviour, selfish ways and the consequences of our actions; leaving behind an appeal to rethink our lifestyles, our values and the way we think and feel about the Earth. Because otherwise, it’ll become too late. And there won’t be anything left. It’s a powerful song, especially because it is delivered with such vulnerability and raw feeling. This coming year, perhaps we can re-align and find a way to reconnect to our roots. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-tom-minors-change-it monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9559a09e-58e4-4e3e-b0e4-7475681801a1/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Tom Minor’s ‘Change It!’ - Tom Minor’s latest is ‘Change It!’, featuring Johnny Dalston. With fresh tones, dynamic riffs, and a brisk rhythm, the song feels like a brand new day. That crispness and clarity that the artist explores with the theme is all over the track. He wants to do away with the confusions, dilemmas, and overthinking. And he’s gonna change it. The track has such fun grooves and catchy hooks. With sharp guitar features and enjoyable melodic frames, it becomes such a feel-good song. Especially because it feels like you’re a part of someone’s journey. And the theme is so relatable. Full of enthusiasm, a sense of purpose and power, it’s a done deal. It’s definitely the energy you need going into the year. To change what doesn’t work for you. And that it can be fun and you just gotta do it! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-rock-ulrich-jannerts-two-men-by-the-harbor monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0ab6f52b-d7b8-4cf0-9b81-4506cfcd91ff/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic Rock : Ulrich Jannert’s ‘Two Men by the Harbor’ - Ulrich Jannert is a singer-songwriter and alt folk/ country artist. He carries so much in his voice, and as it flows into the soundscape, it gets to be such a profound and absorbing experience. In his latest release, ‘Two Men by the Harbor’, he sets up a scene at the harbor. A quiet contemplation that is rife with possibilities and comfort. As the instrumentals bleed from expressive acoustics to blues and jazz, the vocals contemplate two ways of life. One, a wildness, adventurous and full of uncertainty, and the other, a safer path, one of comfort and warmth. And you’re asked, which one path would you take? Ulrich’s vocals have a dramatic impact on the choices. With poetic imagery, and an appeal to youth, the artist urges the listener to ride the tide, to take the harder path and find out what they’re made of. Such a complex and layered song, with musical influences that you wouldn’t see coming. Definitely a great song to start the year off. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-veronica-fusaros-gold-rush monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5a2c1ed0-4ac5-4652-818e-593fd2611a19/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Veronica Fusaro’s ‘Gold Rush’ - Veronica Fusaro is a Swiss-Italian musician and pop artist. She has an edgy style that toughens up the soundscape, makes it a little bit complex. She’s not your predictable pop girl. There’s layers and an individuality to it that is unlike any other. Her latest release is the ‘Looking for Connection’ album, a collection that is bad ass with raw emotional textures within a playful and bantering atmosphere. Taken from this is ‘Gold Rush’, a track that is youthful and full of that hedonistic drive. The protagonist wants to take flight, live the fast life. It has that dark and dry appeal that is reminiscent of Lorde, blended with a very Halsey vibe. It’s unpredictable with a rebellious spirit. The lyrical charm is found in the nonchalance, the apathy and the devil may care attitude. It’s fresh, interesting and keeps you guessing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-singer-songwriter-barry-allens-perhaps monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/43baf125-adbd-4f50-8c39-82ed50df24c7/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Barry Allen’s ‘Perhaps’ - Barry Allen is a singer-songwriter and a folk artist. He explores moments and emotions of life in such a human way. It’s informal, confessional, contemplative, and full of candor. Even the melodies and instrumentals that form around it blossom with a similar energy. It’s comforting, feel-good and relatable. ‘Perhaps’ is one of the artist’s best collections, with an array of songs that delve into the possibilities of love. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-synth-pop-rock-midsummer-exs-television monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a3ab2179-764f-4275-8b6d-26d4655c87df/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Synth Pop Rock : Midsummer Ex’s ‘Television’ - Midsummer Ex is a Swedish artist and musician who explores the retro-futuristic sphere. Using muted vibrance, a vast textural profile, and an explorative flow, he revives the genre with vintage nostalgia and progressive themes. It’s as if you’re in an old timey classic movie, daydreaming about space travel. He blends these two worlds with a language and style of his own. With pervasive lenses and catchy hooks. With that 80s pop rock twist and retro synths, he makes emphatic musical gestures. One that is hard to forget. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ac-scotts-15-minutes-of-fame monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/15d26deb-923a-4140-ba3d-7d49725240a7/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : AC Scott’s ‘15 Minutes of Fame’ - AC Scott is a singer-songwriter who explores the fluid vocal sphere of contemporary pop. The artist explores the fickle nature of fame, of luck in her latest track, ‘15 Minutes of Fame’. With the spotlight on the vocals and floating piano melodies all around it, the atmosphere of the song is soft and contemplative. The vocal tone is intimate and personal, slow and rising as it gains on the theme with an evocative depth. The song showcases the sophisticated craft of the artist’s vocals. As she chronicles the rise to fame, the exhilaration of being in the spotlight. Lamentously, she recalls how it all faded away as quickly as it came to be. The song is so beautifully vulnerable as it blends contemporary pop elements with blues and ballads, wrapping it up in a soft grandiose. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-folk-michellars-reverie-from-then-till-now monthly 0.5 2026-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4b21ed1e-0b29-4d2f-8a5c-979a142db443/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Folk : Michellar’s ‘Reverie … From Then Till Now’ - Michellar’s latest album is ‘Reverie .. From Then Till Now’, a collection that readily demonstrates the prolific talent and musical abilities of Michellar. The songwriter and her ability to slip effortlessly into a variety of styles, musical form, emotional atmospheres, and creative concept is captured within this album. Collaborating with fellow vocalists and musicians, she brings the album to life. Fresh and frothing with alt folk accents, it’s reminiscent of artists like Joni Mitchell and Carole King. Listening to the collection, it does transport you into memories, moments, and life experiences of the protagonist. It swirls with picturesque frames, so warm and full of heartfelt character. There are so many moments of freshness and literary depth that will put in a watercolored dream. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-martin-lloyd-howards-selene monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b8bc96ef-c33c-4551-aa72-854e07ea6d15/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Martin Lloyd Howard’s ‘Selene’ - Martin Lloyd Howard is a composer and guitarist. He crafts his instrumentals with so much soul. They’re so human that they don’t need lyrics to express the thematic quotients. Just a sway of melody that says it all. In his track, ‘Selene’, the artist weaves a thin string of acoustic guitar across a dreamy summer night. The melodies are light, floating and flirting like a dragon fly at dusk; catching the color of the sunset and spreading it to the next frame. There’s nothing by the raw string. But the memories and emotions that they are drawn from casts a whole scenery, a backdrop with such rich details, nuances and complexities. It all just opens up in your imaginative eye, an unspoken language transferring from the artist to the listener. It’s incredible how much of a speculation and story he brings about in his mind, by saying so little, by playing so little. It’s so elegant and delightfully confounding. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dance-pop-allegras-red monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a6fc1ed8-c7f5-4585-994d-3696f64ffa1e/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dance Pop : Allegra’s ‘RED’ - Allegra’s charisma and sonic energy always makes a splash. Her boldness, playful style and capacity of grandeur makes up such vivid and enjoyable soundscapes. ‘Red’ is the artist’s latest release, an electro-pop/ dance pop number that is fun, flirty, and full of girl power. The soundscape is flushed with such potent synths and high energy beats. With soft spontaneity and an expressive vocal line, it carries the excitement, romance, passion, sensuality, and possibility of the night. With pulsing basslines and active beats, it has a melodic techno base. Building on it are moments of trance house and absorbing pop vocals. Together, it all lifts to an intoxicating atmosphere. One that completely absorbs you in its reality, in its dream, in its feeling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-classic-rock-creative-vibrations-musics-sunday-bummer monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d1117930-dc6f-4820-a814-237679f5d065/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Classic Rock : Creative Vibrations Music’s ‘Sunday Bummer’ - Creative Vibrations Music is the music label of Pete Sahaidachny (Sah-high-dotch-knee), an American composer & songwriter. The banner spans across the classic rock spectrum, exploring notions and nuances of the genre in remarkable ways. He loops in influences from across rock history, edging across experimental planes and immersing in class styles. It’s rich. Their latest release is ‘Sunday Bummer’, an album that you can spend your Sunday afternoons with. It has the perfect energy, grit and drama to engage you thoroughly. The collection has 13 songs, each one switching up on us, being its own energy, doing its own thing. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-adam-wedds-figure-it-out monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ec67668a-fa54-4455-aac3-b311a2364e63/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Adam Wedd’s ‘FIGURE IT OUT’ - Adam Wedd is such a prolific rock musician and artist. His songs are such a burst of energy, an undeniable presence burning with charisma and character that you immediately want to take in, surround. His latest release is ‘FIGURE IT OUT’, an alt rock composition with a dynamism and distinctiveness that you cannot let die down. It needs to be played on a loop and played as soon as possible. The hooks are so catchy. The riffs are full and fuzzy, dispersing. And with basslines that grit and grind the foundation, the soundscape delivers a shifting fog of reality. Add to that Adam Wedd’s incredible vocal performance, offering an effortless and radiant range of voice and emotional turmoil. All this raised by an anthemic chorus and a repeating motif that you cannot get out of your head, the song comes alive around you. It imprints and grows into the patterns on the walls, upholstery and the mind. Such a fun and energetic ride. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-book-of-moods-fashion-romance monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5dc4754e-9268-4868-afa4-4d8c79268479/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Book of Moods’ ‘Fashion Romance’ - Book of Moods delivers a whimsical, wandering and genre blending folk rock song with ‘Fashion Romance’. The track is like an abstract painting of a scene. It’s lush with varied textures, chromatism, and style. It’s a fun song with a lot of imaginative frames and elements. As you listen, you get drawn into so many worlds falling away into other worlds into other worlds. There’s imagery but not in the usual sense. It’s open, expansive, subjective, and quite scenic. Add to this the vocal pulse. So unique, descriptive, narrative, and changing. There’s a lot of retro influence to this song. The design takes you back to 70s/ 80s modernist artists like The Beatles, David Bowie, and The Kinks. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-funk-chris-oledudes-rainbow-soul monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/177ebd55-562e-48ec-9816-d51596dd8417/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul Funk : Chris Oledude’s ‘Rainbow Soul’ - Chris Oledude is a musician and artist from the multiverse. He’s here straight up from the funk rock posters of the 70s. There’s so much soul and festivity to his music that you’d think you died and went to rock n roll heaven. His latest release is ‘Rainbow Soul’, a track that is as colorful as the title might suggest. Happy, feel-good, and uplifting, it’s the best way to start your day with. Think Bill Withers. That’s the energy he effortlessly brings. For this track, he blends technicolor funk with R&B/ Soul influences. Tinted with gospel energy and groovy rock, the track gets to be more and more energetic and addictive. It’s all going to be okay, because the Rainbow in all our Souls shine through. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-callum-kerrigans-daisies monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fbc8067d-e7c6-48a5-8bc9-4d8951ed7ebb/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Callum Kerrigan’s ‘Daisies’ - Callum Kerrigan has a striking voice, a candor that pierces through his vocal timber. It’s the way he holds the emotion, so raw and uncensored that it gets to a really deep place. For his latest release, ‘Daisies’, he crafts a folk song. With bare instrumentals and an even more bare vocal line, he confesses his life experience. There’s softness in his lyrics, a sort of contemplative gentleness which ebbs away as it transfers to his vocals. All of this to create a frame and then make it vivid, vibrant and coming out of the song. If you like the vocal style of Bob Dylan, The Mountain Goats, you’re sure to love this artist. Especially the way he blends melodic chemistry with rustic, affecting emotion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-lekursis-amarna-letters monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6149d1ab-239e-4080-a689-a2eacee5b211/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Lekursi’s ‘Amarna Letters’ - Lekursi is a modernistic banner, a sound exploration that knows no bounds. Listening to their tracks, you feel like you’ve been carved open. There’s a sense of liberation that comes with every track. In their latest track, ‘Amarna Letters’, they curate intimate and emotional frames, bringing them to life with abstract electronica, post rock planes and jazz pieces. There are folk echoes, sounds of the sitar winding around, looping and orbiting this space. It’s a collage, a superimposition of one along the other to create such vivid tapestries. All while maintaining a meaningful atmosphere, a strong sentimental command and a profound design. It’s nothing like anything. A novelty act with a sophisticated make. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-latin-pop-soul-lions-so-good monthly 0.5 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/993d2443-a63e-4c96-b248-617be6ec59d7/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Latin Pop : Soul Lion’s ‘So Good’ - Soul Lion delivers a soundscape and shimmer and simmers. The singer-songwriter and French musician, Luca brings an array of styles and influences to hit his musical banner. For this latest release, ‘So Good’, he explores a neo soul plane. A track that swims and sways with moody melodies and intimate vocal lines. The chunky acoustics are layered with Latin grooves and bluesy guitars. The result is a smooth, curving flow with seductive edges, a sensual atmosphere, and pleasurable sound. It has that old-school Latin make, infused with a modern, fluid touch. The best way to listen to the song is to just go with it, flow with it and give into the warm, velvety goodness of the soundscape. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-hard-rock-ping-machines-from-1-2-another monthly 0.5 2026-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9388318d-9760-4a20-b951-b8d05276f74e/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Hard Rock : Ping Machine’s ‘From 1 2 Another’ - Ping Machine’s ‘From 1 2 Another’ can be best described as a portal to another world, to another person, to a whole different feeling. The hard rock, alt rock, nu metal track is hardcore with driving grooves, deep inlays and vocals that burst out of the soundscape. It’s as if all the elements are arranged to pry open a portal, one that will bring you to salvation. It is desperate and dangerously raw. Listening to it, the protagonist seems to be tunneling to the middle of the earth. Such a stellar composition with a high energy drive, an unstoppable rhythm and a darkness that encloses and moves away. Like an organism that opens and closes around its center, this spectacular alt rock track will have you dropping to your knees. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-paul-gehls-train-to-nowhere monthly 0.5 2026-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/39adaacd-dcaa-46cf-aeda-e54dd5bf43fa/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Paul Gehl’s ‘Train to Nowhere’ - Paul Gehl builds an alt rock monstrosity with his latest release, ‘Train to Nowhere’. It has that depth, darkness and a swirling stillness that nicely captures the theme. The soundscape is filled with such ardent instrumentation and vocals that bolsters it with a cohesive brilliance. There’s no performance here. It’s real and passionate. The composition seems to demand from the listener something, showcasing a tale, raw emotion, and a powerful play. The riffs vastly disperse, the grooves are deep, cutting and the electric guitar lead gives us a cerebral drift. One that you can roll with and become transported by. It has such a classic, old rock sound and style. You can go right back to the 70s with this. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-rock-jc-cutters-tequila-at-dawn monthly 0.5 2026-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c56264ab-d811-471a-9892-073a05bc399b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country Rock : JC Cutter’s ‘Tequila at Dawn’ - JC Cutter has that undeniable charisma that he carries in his voice. His alt country, country rock style gains so much from the energy and vocal style that he brings to it. ‘Tequila at Dawn’ is his latest release, a track with such memorable and catchy grooves, emphatic riffs, breaks, and a vocal presentation that opens up the whole scene. It is well matched with an uplifting beat line. Listening to the song feels like you’re walking straight into the sun. Feel-good, fun, festive, energetic, and full of celebration, the song feels like an energy boost. With progression, it only gets better. Country motifs are so well-mixed with rock, and we even see some gospel harmonies driving us to a climactic height. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-trashy-annies-the-games-we-play monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5ff43732-61c4-46f9-bbc4-6a3587025ff6/10.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Trashy Annie’s ‘The Games We Play’ - Trashy Annie doesn’t hold back on their rock. They unleash it with a grit and gore in a way that reveals human experiences. Their latest release is the ‘Let it Kill You’ album, a collection that erupts with passion, indulgence and raw intensity. They explore the spectrum of rock, merging hard rock with garage rock depth and a circling punk ethos. ‘The Games We Play’ is a single from this album. Torn with riffs and striking chords, the soundscape is warped. There’s so many realities, perspectives, loopholes, and sensibilities. All of them arranged as if in a maze. The format is spontaneous, charismatic and intentionally chaotic. It is played and performed in a way that compels the listener to play the game, to immerse and understand the order that stretches out within. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-train-conductors-elephant-graveyard monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f4b8d45a-94db-4f32-bdcd-496b17d7f449/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Train Conductor’s ‘Elephant Graveyard’ - Train Conductor is an alt rock duo. They don’t just play music but they carve onto the rock genre like you wouldn’t believe. There’s wilful depth, dimension, and an experimental charisma that opens it all up. Their latest release is ‘Elephant Graveyard’, a track in which they travel back to the 70s, exploring psychedelics, obscure spaces and absurd perspectives. They capture the wilderness that you might imagine into the title and the chaos that follows. The title suggests such an expansive space and they strive to explore it, posing it as an alien world with new formats, fresh order and grand adventure. With the riffs and basslines zonked with texture, the chords wandering wayward within the composition, it’s wild wild country out here. There’s classic rock with hard rock, experimentals, psychedelics, all coagulating into a shoegaze like space. And the creatures you meet, the sights you see, feel spectacularly otherworldly. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-synth-pop-fredryds-let-the-girl-have-her-fun monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2cbf39e0-1a96-448f-a8de-c77c9603be80/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Synth Pop : FREDRYD’s ‘Let the Girl Have Her Fun’ - FREDRYD’s ‘Let the Girl Have Her Fun’ is a synth pop infinity. A track that ripples, dances, bursts, doubles, triples and mutates into a dance floor. There are retro, 70s synth pop elements that merge into a more modern hyper pop rhythm, and it feels timeless. The soundscape is designed to perhaps conceptualize the theme; To create a reality, a dream where the girl is completely liberalised, to a point of incredible and insatiable fun. It feels boundless, as it holds nothing back. Full of energy, bounce, and a euphoric freshness, the track is definitely one that will energise you. The synths are also kind of girled up, a chromatism that blossoms with pinks and technicolor vibrance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-milton-bateras-pra-sempra-unexpectedly monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c4fc9a2e-a923-4700-a71f-aedc6e6fa5c6/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Milton Batera’s ‘Pra Sempra, Unexpectedly’ - Milton Batera collaborates with Sonia Flores and Cleberson Horsth on his latest release, ‘Pra Sempra, Unexpectedly’. The Spanish pop track is such a fresh and expressive song. With warm vocals, groovy rhythm and enjoyable melodies, the track comes to life. There’s joy, luminance, and a growing love that comes into play. While Cleberson’s voice feels like the pleasing afternoon sun, Sonia’s vocals are like the dusk, tinged with blues and purples. Harmonising, both these voices orbit around each other like twin stars, a camaraderie that is so good to take in. All this in Milton’s galaxy of playful, passionate, and creative instrumental sphere. It’s a whirlwind, a romantic pop rock song, and an incredible energy boost. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-the-crow monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ecbd3f72-bdab-4c9c-8ef3-7b39c8925531/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘The Crow’ - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends deliver a scenic, contemplative and storytelling single with ‘The Crow’. The track has a classic folk rock character which they blend with fresh & crisp imagery and thoughtful evocations. The song is an acoustical float that is sparked by moments of mellow theatrics, neoclassicals and performative vocals. We see a phasing blend of Nick Drake’s ruminative style, Simon & Garfunkel, and a more modern folk flavor; like that of Sufjan Stevens. The band blurs and blends stylistic boundaries seamlessly. An expansive space that gives you so many layers and perspectives. It’s romantic, melancholic, melodramatic, and fringed with theatrical features. An interesting piece of work, one that seals the band’s sophisticated vision and imaginative quotients! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz/-funk-tony-frissores-bad-strategies monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/038da483-c1d4-423e-b434-42a3f2819e74/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz/ Funk : Tony Frissore’s ‘Bad Strategies’ - Tony Frissore’s compositions are such specific types of masterpieces. His instrumentals seem to have a language of their own, so much so that his songs convey vivid scenes, feelings and emotions like words can. In his latest release, ‘Bad Strategies’, you’ll especially catch the patterns of the theme in the jazzy accordion flow. With recurring motifs, memorable grooves, and an expressive beat line, the track forms spontaneously. It’s such a colorful composition. The chromatism is just as important a part as the melodic progressions. It’s a visual drift, like a car flying down a highway. It’s sunny, whimsical, retro, descriptive, all of this with a punch of histrionics and melodic slapstick. A very unique and fresh song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-3peace-s-colors-letting-go monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f98c563a-9fa2-414d-bc6a-623e0c06ddff/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie : &lt;3peace. ‘s ‘Colors' (Letting Go)’ - <3peace. is an indie artist with a delightful alternative style. His music explores themes of harmony, joy, peace, and love. The artist manifests this in his soundscape with beautiful melodic design and captivating sonic layers. His latest release is ‘Colors (Letting Go)’, a track that flows as if in a dream, luminous, colorful, and buoyant. There’s nothing holding it back. It’s wide, open and expansive. Using dispersing textures, soothing dynamism, and splattering colors, the artist builds a memorable soundscape. His vocals emerge from an evocative core, expressive and vulnerable with moments of romanticism and contemplative tones. Weaving in R&B/ soul into electronica, and dream pop frames, the drift of the song is reminiscent of a mix between The Weeknd and Beach House. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-kath-and-the-kicks-wild-side monthly 0.5 2025-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8997d83c-5385-4806-9bba-4222edfcdcae/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Kath and The Kicks’ ‘Wild Side’ - Kath and The Kicks revive the gritty, badass, alt rock ethos with their music. With unapologetic vocals, deep bass grooves, and a defiant riff atmosphere, they awaken the dark side, the underbelly, the complexity of the genre. Their latest release is ‘Wild Side’, a track that is nothing if not an expansive wilderness. Kath’s vocals are awry and absurd with a punk personality. It has mysteries and a charismatic rebellious spirit. Think The Bangles or The Kinks. These raw vocals are fleshed out by wayward chords, roving pitches, flashing riffs, and scaling beat lines. If you’re looking for an alt rock delight to refresh your playlists, then this track is a great pick. Kath and the Kicks keep it gritty, raw and real. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-stone-seas-left-to-be monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/56fe801e-a49a-464a-b508-429aa74c7c70/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Stone Sea’s ‘Left to Be’ - Stone Sea is an alt rock band who don’t just explore themes with music. They create entire worlds and cinematic atmospheres around it. All their tracks are remarkable productions that submerge you under an evocative barrage of music. Their latest release is ‘Left to Be’, a track that burns the boundaries that exist between hard rock, grunge, and nu metal to create an incredible high. There’s so much energy, momentum, and bold impressions. Driving riffs, basslines and luminous chords fills every part of the soundscape. The vocals spectacularly match and surpass the instrumentals in their performative appeal. Moments of reflective clarity are mixed into these dynamic and explosive spaces; A contrast that gives the song that theatrical quotient. A craft that diversifies and intentionally molds the way the listener experiences the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-house-bekims-we-belong-together monthly 0.5 2025-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/92b9ee8d-d788-4cc2-b728-1155796d7376/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ House : Bekim!’s ‘We Belong Together’ - Bekim! has just released their latest track, ‘We Belong Together’. The song has such an incredible pulse; a dance track that will have you moving and leaping with feeling. It is an electro pop drift that swirls with the fresh magic of new love, romance and connection. The artist blends a commercial pop vocal atmosphere with an explosive and infinite rhythm loop. It’s unending in its peak, with the rhythm never slowing down. The song is an anthem, a celebration that is so full of dopamine, electric synths, and color. Despite the dynamic rhythm and the flying vocal drift, there’s still so much melodic nuance. All this to say, it doesn’t get repetitive, but is a progressing composition with so much personality and creative flavor. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-folk-bc25s-unearthed-pt-2 monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/78d93ca6-ef34-4857-9bbd-ce27c53d6b94/8.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Folk : BC25’s ‘Unearthed Pt. 2’ - If you like listening to music like you’re watching a painting, then BC25’s latest album, ‘Unearthed Pt. 2’ is for you. The tracks move with so much detail, depth, perspective and tale. A slow and swirling revelation of music and moments. The acoustic album plays not only with folk stylings but blends it with neo-classicals, classical, and a contemporary pop ethos to create its own world. A musical brand that feels familiar and fresh at the same time. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-antoin-gibsons-dead-end monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b63285e0-630a-44c6-a6eb-8e7220251007/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Antoin Gibson’s ‘Dead End’ - Antoin Gibson’s music is like you’re experiencing a magic spell. Their soundscapes have a way of absorbing you into themselves. You’re mesmerized, enchanted, and bound by the boundlessness of their sound. Their latest release is ‘Dead End’, a contemporary pop song that wanders into neo-classical elegance and vocal complexities that is reminiscent of Adele and Lady Gaga. What holds your attention is the vocals, at the center of it all; its depth and evocative gradients. The melodies around it hold a remarkable contrast, casting a theatrical air and mystical aura. With the piano so delicately transforming the atmosphere and the ever-changing globe that is the vocals are transfixing. Especially the way they form in this song. Like an orbit, you’ll find yourself going around and around, just for another look or a new perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-tony-lios-better-to-sleep monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/72ee20be-07d2-45ab-a6d3-3ec7139c524c/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Tony Lio’s ‘Better to Sleep’ - Tony Lio’s is a singer-songwriter and a folk rock artist. With his latest release, ‘Better to Sleep’, he pulls the listener into a dream. Dispersing reality, Tony incepts his imaginative scene, one that you take; like a journey to a far away place. There’s no urgency, no danger. Just a daze that draws you into a thoughtful and reflective space. The artist tells a love story. Surrounded by drawling petals of melancholy, the tale gets to be so complex and romantic because of it. The spilling resonance of the acoustics, detailed with fuzzy baritones and electric guitar textures kind of unfocuses the mind. Creates a space to daydream, to float away into a world where the bad things are suspended and the dreams take over. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-tonneaus-in-my-defence monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/de4ab60a-0686-4d99-98e3-09e5d3320da1/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Tonneau’s ‘In My Defence’ - Tonneau is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk artist. His music tells stories about human bonds and connections. Exploring it with a chunky acoustical orchestra, he delivers so many frames of feeling, thinking, and being. In his latest release, ‘In My Defence’, he delves into the strength of faith, of trusting a God and taking comfort in him during hard times. The journey to it is beautiful because the artist personalises it. He tells his story. With the melodies carrying context, Tonneau’s vocals are so vulnerable and full of nuance. It does not preach or impose, but it’s a heartfelt expression. That’s what moves you. Delivered with a deep baritone and a lot of buoyant melodic whimsy, the tracks get to be quite enjoyable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-powers-of-the-monks-sleepy-fields monthly 0.5 2025-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e7ec9ca4-e697-41d7-a4df-f39d125f1328/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Powers of the Monk’s ‘Sleepy Fields’ - Powers of the Monk creates a fresh folk rock sound with his latest release, ‘Sleepy Fields’. Known for his image-rich and immersive style, he transfers these features to this composition as well. The track opens up to a vast space with an expansive sky over it. With thoughtful vocals and dazing melodies, it sort of gains a sedating feel; casts a surreal atmosphere that you fall into. It spreads into your rooms and the house, swaying and buoyant with fuzzy textures. Imagine a blend between Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell, throw in a little bit of Phoebe Bridgers. That’s what this song sounds like. There’s so much of life infused into this song and you get to experience its various sensibilities as you flow through it; or rather as it flows through you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-highroad-no-28s-thistroubledsoul monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/02c5ea00-c4cc-46e7-b925-f330f72177f7/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Highroad No. 28’s ‘Thistroubledsoul’ - Highroad No. 28’s alt rock sees new heights with latest release, ‘Thistroubledsoul’. The track features edge, indie, warmth, and emotion. The stylistic fluidity and fluency in this composition is incredible. Especially because it’s done so naturally, authentically and originally. As if it’s the automatic aftermath of the first frame. With the instrumental sphere playing out expansively, the vocals project a whole other perspective on it. The two together, unite and separate based on what the listener is hearing for. Like musical 3D art almost; with a retro flair. There’s so much melodic rock in it that it is reminiscent of The Smiths, but you’ll also see features that take you back to artists like This Will Destroy You and Night Verses. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-audrens-were-all-lost monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/164d86e7-8c52-45ea-be2e-5a62de8a60d2/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Audren’s ‘We’re All Lost’ - Audren is a singer-songwriter and a contemporary pop artist. Her soundscapes are fluid rivers of emotion, that embrace the human experience with a soft spirit and comforting vulnerability. The artist has an uncanny way of dissipating the loneliness of a difficult experience. Like in her latest song, ‘We’re All Lost’ the artist crafts a warm and comforting space. It makes light of the process of making sense of life, its complexities and its many many layers. With sing-along harmonies, buoyant instrumentals and free vocal arrangements, it opens it up, keeps it positive and hopeful. The spirit of the song is so fresh as well. A great way to start off your day with, especially if you’re feeling dejected and defeated. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-scotts-tees-cope monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8f7f9e30-3fa3-4903-8c32-8e1171109320/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Scott’s Tees’ ‘Cope’ - Scott’s Tees has just released his latest single, ‘Cope’, a track that immersively delves into melancholy and heartache. The track has such a powerful texture feel; which is more enunciated by the slow vocal flow and the depth of the emotion. Drenched in fuzzy riffs, the composition is like a thick winter blanket. And through it, we see glassy bass lines, deep yet light and luminous. The vocals inch through this fog with heartfelt and drawling sentiments. The melodrama is wrapped up with vulnerability and romantic themes, making it quite relatable and validating if you’re going through a heartache. The post rock character of the song, tinged with moments of honest confession and grand tragedy, is a total winter song. Dorn it on like a sweater and let it get all warm and fuzzy around you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-pop-eva-pagns-ep1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/367108ab-9d81-4501-9142-f104724280c6/1.png Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Pop - Eva Pagán’s ‘EP1’ - Eva Pagán is a singer-songwriter and an alt pop artist. Her style revolves around storytelling, evocative singing, and a mellow, lo-fi alternative soundscape. All of it combines into a fresh and unique piece of sound. The artist is so graceful with her craft, bringing authentic parts of her experiences, emotions, culture and stories so naturalistically to music. And it transforms her music to a language, a way of connecting with her and understanding her art. We especially see it in her latest release, ‘EP1’ , a five-track collection in which each song is its own world. So fresh and stylistically individualistic in the way they explore the themes. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-blind-mans-daughters-all-i-need monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8b8b1d0d-bf9d-4bef-957b-39be361d7f37/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Blind Man’s Daughter’s ‘All I Need’ - Blind Man’s Daughter aka Ashley Wolfe is back with her latest single, ‘All I Need’. The track is fresh and bursting with emotion, energy, and a whole lot of pop rock goodness. Blending contemplative lyrics with a high energy soundscape is especially hard to make it work. However, this artist does it and makes it make sense. The grooves are smooth and fluid with a Latin touch. The beats are built into a drift. And the synths are full of dance and dynamism. Ashley’s vocals are colorful, kind of spacy and full of self-expression. There’s no holding back. Just a smooth outward flow of wishing, manifesting, asking positively. Across the song, there is power, dance, and a burgeoning sense of self. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-christmas-fons-the-chargers-the-last-little-christmas monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0b3aeb47-28f7-4828-b790-80a6794ca6bd/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Christmas : Fons &amp; The Chargers’ ‘The Last Little Christmas’ - There’s no track like a feel-good, storytelling Christmas track. If you’re looking for one this season, look no further. ‘The Last Little Christmas Tree’ by Fons & The Chargers is such a light-hearted, old-timey, bluesy jazz pop track. It has the Christmas ambience, imagery and that cozy warmth that you would associate with the season. The song is about the last little Christmas Tree that nobody wanted. A POV is that of a tree left behind after all the other trees have been bought. The song leads us to a happy ending of the tree getting picked by a little boy and celebrated. For the spirit, for the imperfections, and for its potential. The vocals are so fun and fresh and the instrumentals so full of life and vitality. All telling a story that is heartwarming. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-classical-hilgrove-kenrick-and-fendramas-four-songs-for-christmastime monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/480e6ecc-af23-41e5-8bb8-5b67d1314608/6.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Classical : Hilgrove Kenrick and Ǣfendrēama’s ‘Four Songs for Christmastime’ - Hilgrove Kenrick and Ǣfendrēama have just released a four-song EP for this Christmas season. ‘Four Songs for Christmastime’ features angelic and choral music that solemnly explores the birth story of Jesus. The compositions are crafted to immerse the listener with nuanced details, emotions, imagery, and ambiences. In ‘Winter’s Breath’ they represent the loneliness, the expanse, and the silent white of the scene. All with a sense of supernaturality forming just at the horizon, at the brink of happening. ‘Here is the Man’ is a choral celebration. It is as classical as they come, a choir singing in abject excitement. There are theatrical elements as they lean into a lot of that traditional style. ‘When They Saw The Star’ is an oozing, ethereal, and angelic song that brims out of the speakers. The vocals layering each other, both in emotion and sentiment builds into it. Composed to capture the magic, the miracle that was the star. The divine orientation. ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ is the last single. This one is joyful, full of love, hope as they contemplate on the nature of the faith, of their God and the trust that they share. The EP was a collaborative effort of Hilgrove Kendrick, Ǣfendrēama, and Chloe May Evans. Each of them bring such beautiful features to the EP, they own grace, craft, and style in a way that will move you. It’s a great way to experience the season this time of year. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-lo-fi-tony-frissores-self-soothe monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b7699886-002e-4c19-bbb8-0e8d672156c3/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Lo-fi : Tony Frissore’s ‘Self Soothe’ - Tony Frissore is an artist and composer. Tapping into the neo-soul and new alt space, he creates modern ambiences. Stark in their ethos and yet soft in its nuance. His latest release is ‘Self Soothe’, an ethereal ambience that you can relax and loosen up to. The track is set up, crafted like a drift, endless and infinite. Laid with soothing rivers of melodies, soft twinkles of liveliness and whispering vocals, it all expands and encloses around you. It’s a space that comforts, consoles and imparts so many warm and settling sensibilities. If you’re looking for a track to fall asleep to or calm down to, this track is definitely the perfect way to reach that goal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-cyluss-missin-u monthly 0.5 2025-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a5924fa3-c26a-470e-9552-f06ba397e997/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Cylus’s ‘Missin U - Things that make you miss people. Beautiful places. Sweet moments. Tender emotions. In their latest single, ‘Missin U’, Cylus journeys through them all, entangling them into such beautiful spaces of contemplation, feeling, and ideas. An electro pop song with ethereal influences, EDM rhythms, and a vocal flow that is abstractly beautiful. The track is made with soft textures, plush synths and a drifting EDM rhythm. Listening to it, it’s as if you’re deep underwater or lost in a feeling somewhere in space. The artist creates a sense of expanse, adding dreaminess and an infinity to the mix. The result is a fresh, vital yet dazing dance. There are visuals, imaginative sounds, and such lively sonic scenes that you can make anything you want out of them. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-argyros-lifeline monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1ce43445-c529-49c9-9de7-855539b9e289/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : ARGYRO’s ‘Lifeline’ - ARGYRO is a rockstar. The artist has such an expansive presence, with a musical charisma and performative spirit that can energize stadiums. He tells stories that make you feel seen. Through music and affecting vocals, the artist journeys through peaks and pits, making it all seem like a part of life, a rite of passage, a universal experience. His debut album is ‘Glitterati’, an intoxicating pop rock collection that you definitely need in your life right now. ‘Lifeline’ is a single taken from this album. As the piano melody and guitar chords lift into the soundscape, his vocals lift into an anthem. A massive sensibility that captures the essence of living, of feeling connected and shining bright through it all. He highlights the strength and power of the human spirit. It gets you going, gives you a lifeline. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-pop-rock-erros-shadowland monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4f2e3672-a4cb-4536-a97b-9f7a369c3866/15.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Pop Rock : Erro’s ‘Shadowland’ - Erro is a Pittsburg-based pop rock band with a new sound. Fronted by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nikki Stagel, the style is fluid and layered. The dynamism is soft, paired with the feeling of wanting to linger, explore and comprehend emotional spaces. It has a modern pulse, unique calls, and fresh sensibilities. Their latest release is the ‘Shadowland’ album, a collection made bountiful by the alternative influences that they especially feel out. As a result, the collection sports such different states of mind and stream of consciousness. As if you’re flowing with them as they discover, define, and deliver. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-omnesias-dangle monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/18fee23c-1fad-48d3-bb50-9f79354f9e75/99.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Omnesia’s ‘Dangle’ - Omnesia is an alt rock banner that gets to be as free as you could imagine it. The sound and style has such a liberty to grow, cultivate and expand spectacularly. Their latest release is ‘Dangle’, a track that blends big, bad, bold riffs with a hard rock and nu metal build. True to its title, listening to the song feels like you’re dangling off the edge of something. It is precarious, edgy, and full of possibilities. The funk grooves lead us into dangerous riff lairs, hard rock and punk fringes. The vocals are embedded with that 80s/90s punk spirit. There’s that rebel without a cause kind of energy going around. It is a dynamic and unpredictable rock experience. Definitely gotta listen. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-chris-oledudes-we-will-get-through-this monthly 0.5 2025-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c7ed9a91-932a-4497-9dcc-4e2504db74b8/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Chris Oledude’s ‘We Will Get Through This’ - Chris Oledude is a vintage musician. He loves the slow paced, evocative compositions of the 20th century and he revives those styles in his songs. Doing it by blending soul/R&B, gospel, rock, pop, blues, and Broadway style, he dates his music as an homage to his experience. His latest release is ‘We Will Get Through This’ featuring artist and vocalist Yanitza Lee. Together they have envisioned and created the solidarity of an irrevocable connection. Exploring the give and take, strength and storms, love and loss, the song is plush with luminous instrumentals, plucked acoustics and choral vocal duet. It feels very 80s and has a very retro, humanistic quality to it. If you are looking for a holiday song that addresses themes like community, family, and friendships, then this is the song for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-christmas-john-smyths-please-come-home-for-christmas monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dba63c1f-0a94-406b-a891-ffc480ca4185/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Christmas : John Smyths’ ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’ - For this Christmas season, singer-songwriter and musician, John Smyths covers a classic seasonal favorite, ‘Please Come Home for Christmas’, a track that explores the bonds, ties, sentimentality, love, family, and friendships. The core of the season that warms us all up. The song has been covered by so many remarkable artists from Charles Brown, to The Eagles and John Legend. However, this artist brings his vocal interpretation of the song. With a mellow cast of Christmas atmosphere, his vocals float over the scene, deep and weighted with emotion, like a blimp in the sky. You get to linger, delve, and hover with him, over feelings, over people. And it’s a beautiful way to miss a person. Put this song on and see who your mind takes you to this time around. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-3-days-of-wonders-anyone-who-knows monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d981ae70-36a9-46ac-8c4a-6795fc4c8bd2/7.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : 3 Days of Wonder’s ‘Anyone Who Knows’ - 3 Days of Wonder are an alt rock band, known for their rich and atmospheric soundscapes. Influenced by bands like Foo Fighters, U2, and The Script, they explore such expansive energy spectrums and rock music. In their latest release, ‘Anyone Who Knows’, they seem to seamlessly combine a raw production of post grunge, hard rock with a post punk, arena rock frame. The result is a soaring, expressive, cinematic highs; grounded only by the emphatic, bold, gritty, and loud guitar flows. It’s not just music surrounding you. There’s not just emotion, but spaces, memories, scenic expanses, and thoughts in the music. In the flood of riffs, in the active basslines, the energy, and the anthems. It’s a song that touches on peaks and depths alike. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-christmas-jd-days-evergreen-christmas monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/62d317ac-ed3e-482c-a38a-3dc1c67cba85/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Christmas : JD Days’ ‘Evergreen Christmas’ - JD Days creates a Christmas wonderland with their latest release, ‘Evergreen Christmas’. It is a mellow folk track that is as light and as omnipresent as winter snow. With soft, Christmas-toned melodies and romantic vocals, the songs come alive, swirling with stories and emotion. It’s as if the atmosphere of Christmas, mingled with magical love forms around you. It’s vivid and fantastical, as if you found a door in your closet to this dreamy world. The melodic arrangement is very pleasing and instantly likable. And the way that the vocals interact with its flow, that’s where it all happens. Like fine rain, it surrounds you without immersing you. The magic of falling in love is mixed into it. Such a beautiful song to put on in the house as you’re getting ready for the season. The song especially interacts well with the smell of freshly cut Christmas trees, cakes baking and cookies cooling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-matthew-phillips-till-its-over monthly 0.5 2025-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/53c30943-9748-40b1-a282-bb30a5f17201/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Matthew Phillips’ ‘Till It’s Over’ - Matthew Phillips is a singer-songwriter and an alt pop artist. For his latest single, ‘Till Its Over’, the artist explores the push and pulls of a breakup. The song is a stream of contemplative, storytelling flow where the protagonist is asking his partner to let him go. The mixed signals are not working anymore, neither are the breakups and getting back togethers. The artist captures the melancholy, the resignation, and the inevitability of the situation so well. With raw vocals and a burgeoning melodic scale, the artist gets real and passionate. If you enjoy artists like Zedd, DJ Khaled and the like, you’re sure to enjoy the combination of reflective vocals with a powerful soundscape build. It’s an explosive combination of softer planes with explosive, vivid, and impactful presentations. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rydes-stop-the-wheel monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1c58ee7f-fc32-4d51-b90c-76a0abc6e98f/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt : RYDE’s ‘stop the wheel’ - RYDE’s latest song, ‘Stop the Wheel’ is like a musical painting. Listening to it literally feels like you’re watching an artist paint it. With abstract strokes, raw emotions, and storytelling moments. The song has a youthful flow, modern in how the rhythm flows and kind of edgy even. With elements of dream pop, grounded by plain and honest vocals, mellow acoustics and soft drum flares. In the song, you feel the journey, the creative process. If you like an indie sound especially, this song is for you. The alternative pulse is so effortless, unique and fresh. The song has a drift but a lot of soft forces acting to make it stop. There are so many journeys, so many analogies that you can make with this song. To where it takes you, see what you see, and take from it what it shows you each time. You’ll see influences of R&B/ soul, drum n bass, dream pop, rock, acoustics, and a whole bunch of styles. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-amy-vees-blood-in-the-water monthly 0.5 2025-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e31658c5-a792-49f1-96e8-3ada581accbf/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary : Amy Vee’s ‘ Blood in the Water’ - Amy Vee is a contemporary artist. As a musician, she doesn’t perceive her soundscape in a conventional way. Her songs are an emotional exploration and expression. So the patterns in her songs, the formats are all up in a whirl, circular, spiralling, layered and abstract in ways that you feel but can’t connect to your usual flows. Her latest release is ‘Blood in the Water’, a track that blends raw folk instrumentals with fluid vocal presentations, and soft discordant underbellies. Think Patti Smith, Janis Joplin, and artists like that who etched themselves on their music, transforming it in the process. That’s the ethos she carries to her sound. It’s not just a song. It is a deep and evocative self portrait. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-giuseppe-cucs-21grammi monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/670662d7-4b9b-463a-90a9-c7196beefa0b/453B2FA1-F303-4FCE-96E6-788E426667B3.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review : Giuseppe Cucè’s ‘21grammi’ - Giuseppe Cucè is an Italian singer-songwriter and musician whose music is best described as a global sound. The artist is a traveller, a universal citizen who brings culture to music. A sense of community, authentic life experiences, and a sound so entangled with the feeling of living. That’s what you get with his latest album release, ‘21grammi’, a collection that emboldens the vitality of life and everything that comes with it. Ranging from carnival spaces to deep, personal and intimate reflections, listening to the album is like spending the day with the artist; getting to know his dimensions, his life, and his stories. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-ed-boxalls-polar-bear monthly 0.5 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3d24ad0b-e19f-425f-b6fb-4937efdb1a06/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Ed Boxall’s ‘Polar Bear’ - Ed Boxall is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. His latest song, ‘Polar Bear’ brims with a sense of preciousness. It comes onto the scene with such a tenderness. So loving and caring, soothing as his baritones coats you with warm honey ooze. The song is meant to make people aware of the effects that our actions and industrialisation has had on the polar bear and its natural habitat. With a deep humanistic concern, similar to the one we show our loved ones, the artist sings to the Polar Bear and enquires after his well-being. It’s such a vivid and immersive song, one that disillusions us of the distance between our actions and their endangerment. And in the most profound way, it makes us feel connected to nature and its nuance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-amurrayzs-this-time-of-year monthly 0.5 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/689450f2-c249-4f27-8d15-a55f06d70cd1/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : AmurRayz’s ‘This Time of Year’ - AmurRayz’s latest release is holiday-themed. Called ‘This Time of Year’, the neoclassical/ contemporary folk song is meant to capture the spirit, mood, atmosphere, and energy of the season. A holiday season that is sure to bring people closer to each other. As the end of the year draws close, the season creates perspective, opens hearts and ushers joy to our lives. The baritones swing and sway to this feeling, moving through it and capturing its essence. And with instrumentals that play out with heartfelt festivity, it's the perfect song to wrap up your Christmas parties with. You know the feeling that you have listening to Auld Lang Sine. This song has its own feeling like that, one that reminds you of the human we are, the humans and communities that we were always meant to be. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-shelitas-im-so-in-love-with-you monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d7fb7f96-8754-4fd2-912d-57919ff0ce96/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Shelita’s ‘I’m So In Love With You’ - Shelita’s new track, ‘I’m So in Love with You’ is an upbeat, descriptive, and fun pop release. It’s not an intense love song that is deep and drawn out. With crisp grooves, a bouncy rhythm, and a dynamic beat line, she presents how she feels in love. The soundscape, with all its melodies, textures, and accents is all part of the feeling, the emotion, and the experience of love. She blends electronic moments with R&B/ soul vocals to create depth within the composition. It’s romantic, dreamy, and colorful. A celebration of finding someone that you love so much. Each frame is meant to explore that feeling rather than just presenting it. And this draws the listener in, keeps us connected with the artist’s experience and love story. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-pop-shabs-skin-bones monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/20f8ec2f-8891-4492-a754-632d68c61afa/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM Pop : SHAB’s ‘Skin &amp; Bones’ - If you are looking for a track that is a foundation of energy and euphoria, then look no further! SHAB collaborates with Damon Sharpe on their latest release ‘Skin & Bones’. A track that is made with an expansive vision. The soundscape is grand with synth colors, dance beats, and a dreamy vocal line. There’s an infinite drift to the rhythm and addictive beat emphasis. So you feel dispersed and centered at the same time. It is reminiscent of artists like Calvin Harris and Zedd in its commercial appeal. But it also has some modernity to it. The high energy, dance grooves, and the joyful peaks are so fun to take part and immerse in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-qymiras-shade-of-my-shadow monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c9cf3979-98af-40ad-aa5d-fed951fe282b/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : Qymira’s ‘Shade of my Shadow’ - Qymira is a singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist. Her style has an ethereal pulse to it, her music floating, swirling, and flowing. Nothing disturbs you from the fantastical softness of her track. All the elements are crafted to carry the dream, the illusion, and the alluring spirit of her style. Her latest release is ‘Shade of My Shadow’, a track that celebrates the pulse of her vocals. One that stretches cinematically. With deep, quivering neoclassicals, transcendental themes and vulnerable vocals, the song is affecting. It’s not raw. She dresses it up, makes it artful and performative as she builds the track. It has no formulaic pattern to it. It’s a free fall, a contemporary musical style that thrives on its stream of consciousness flow. If you enjoy artists like Lana Del Rey, you’re sure to love this style of music. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-sean-griffins-im-in-love-for-christmas monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a1b39b23-3ba5-4499-89bf-eb53c3e45b24/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Sean Griffin’s ‘I’m in Love for Christmas’ - If you’re curating a holiday playlist, then this latest release by Sean Griffin titled ‘I’m in Love for Christmas’ has to be in it. The artist not only captures the magic of the season but multiplies it by adding a love quotient to it. A storytelling, warm narrative that draws you in and has you living in its luminous acoustical holiday card. Sean Griffin keeps it light and simple. The acoustics are mellow and comforting, and his vocals are fresh and luminous. It’s for easy listening, something that feels festive while also having another dimension to it. With plush tones, fresh textures, recurring peaks, and holiday melody motifs, the song comes alive in the mind exactly as the title promises. Especially if you have a new crush or love in your life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-lofi-west-wickhams-sakura monthly 0.5 2025-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b76abeb9-5fc1-4b63-aa8f-a9bfa814ac89/1.jpeg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Lofi : West Wickhams’ ‘Sakura’ - West Wickhams is an indie artist who creates dynamic ambiences. Each composition is a flighty exploration of a feeling, or a state mind. His songs form where concept meets art and aesthetic. The result is such a fresh, crisp sonic breeze that you don’t encounter often. It’s not the same old, tired interpretations of themes. Feels youthful, new and unique. His latest release is ‘Sakura’, an EP that especially captures themes through a filter of the cherry blossom phenomena. Imagine you’re seeing the Japanese Sakura for the first time. That elation, love, soft stimulation, color, feeling, and energy. That’s the state of mind that he brings to these tracks. Rosy, new, and excited. And it shows. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-exceptional-failures-givin-it-all-away monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a6ada92-cd7f-4101-b94e-d1a7ad7659df/7.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Exceptional Failures’ Givin’ it All Away’ - Exceptional Failures are a fantastic duo with ideas that expand into a rock grandeur. Their vision is not restricted by the boundaries of conventional genre. It scales and it all becomes an arena of exploration and experimentation. Their latest release is ‘Givin’ it all Away’, a track that blends heavy riff action with angled chords, wayward vocals and brimming harmonies. They confluence into a massive and messy scene in the best way. There’s that 70s retro scene, pooling into psychedelic scenes, classic rock contemplations and a hard rock ascend. Leaping off the peak with cool, whimsical vocals, the song is dynamic. It never repeats itself. It is a flow rather than a pattern and you get to take in the wilderness all at once. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-mark-anthony-bartolos-up-brown monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b02e7429-b410-4108-b26c-cc3726ecb50e/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Mark Anthony Bartolo’s ‘Up Brown’ - Mark Anthony Bartolo’s songs are like paintings that come to life. There’s so much color, so many layers, and evocation that is both visual and sentimental. His latest release is ‘Up Brown’, a folk tapestry that blends storytelling with human experience. His vocals are contemplative. That intimate expression when ideas meet emotion. That’s the space he explores with this song, leaving so much imagery and quiet stories for the listener to imagine. Mark’s vocals are rich pools that you can draw from, journey into and flesh out. Especially as he sails through the warm wilderness of this song. If you like the work of artists like Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, and the like, you’re sure to love the moments of beauty, poetry, and feeling in this song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-funk-tony-frissores-stand-for-freedom monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7726582c-a561-4ff6-8d03-4a9f283d8b8a/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Funk : Tony Frissore’s ‘Stand For Freedom’ - Tony Frissore opens up the space of freedom just a little bit more with his latest release, ‘Stand for Freedom’. He blends themes of the theme with moments of solidarity, revolution, and truth. It’s all done with an effortless grace, with an electronic music drift in the backdrop. Modernity adds a further layer of lightness. But it feels important, vital and alive with the core of the theme. The funk-infused electronic flow is fed with mellow beats. With progressions being so groovy, and full of dynamism, it’s as if the song is meant to mobilise a crowd. And there’s a spoken word parallel that reads from powerful documents, preambles that ponder upon the essence of the human experience. It all comes together so well, charming and pleasing. If you enjoy the spirit of Janelle Monae and Childish Gambino’s music, you’re sure to love this. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-clinton-belchers-save-me-from-myself monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/711e5545-941b-4abf-9d6d-9908ed9d15b5/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : Clinton Belcher’s ‘Save Me From Myself’ - Clinton Belcher has just released his country/ classic rock song with ‘Save Me From Myself’. A track that explores the dark and broken spaces contained within humans. It forms in the shadow planes of personalities, carving out fears, insecurities, pain, self-doubt, all in search of being understood. The artist gives us a gut-wrenching performance, directing his raw and vulnerable power to spectacular moments of revelation. His vocals are not honest but desperately true, giving us a deep look into the tortured exploration of the self. It’s really affecting and evocative. A portrait of classic rock with textured guitar frames. The guitar is an extension of his vocals. And together they trace the edge between silence and loudness, reality and illusion, sanity and insanity. So complex in ways that are reminiscent of Linkin Park. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sing-review/-rock-broken-colours-pretending monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f6dc49ed-020f-4d47-80e6-32536955e1be/3.jpg Music Reviews - Sing Review/ Rock : Broken Colours’ ‘Pretending’ - Broken Colours have released an edgy, alternative track with latest, ‘Pretending’. The song contrasts feel good riffs against gray vocal skies. You know those moments where you start to feel the sadness start to set in, the woes coming in, little by little. That’s what this song is about, but with a conversational narrative. The guitar work is expressive, a smooth and natural extension of the vocals. Acoustics building into a passionate electric guitar play. With progression, the riffs get more pronounced, get harder and deeper. It adds so many layers to the soundscape, revealing a landscape that feels both raw and laden with complexities. The band blends hard rock styles with softer and lighter rock accents, a modern rock confluence that will get you into that nice, edgy state of mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-bernadette-denglers-shout monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/868c41dc-588c-43fc-a545-551f773907e3/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : d’Z’s ‘Shout!’ ft. Chris Korzec - Chris Korzec collaborates with d'Z & Bernadette Dengler’s latest single, ‘Shout!’. It’s the best energizer with its festive atmosphere and colorful instrumental flush. The music is a smooth combination of funk, blues, jazz, contemporary pop, and disco. With a fanfare, the song spreads out and grows bigger and brighter with progression. The vocals expand into it, raise into its energy. The synergy of the instrumentals and the vocals create such a fantastic spirit, a beautiful place to propel into. And it’s not just a song. With the grooves, colorful melodies, theatrical elements, harmonies, and a performative delivery, it all comes together like a dream. A cinematic dream that will take you back to musicals, theatres, and 70s disco fun. d’Z aka Hans-Peter de Zeeuw is a songwriter, who wrote, arranged and produced the track. Bernadette, his sidekick, wrote the melody and. lyrics. And together, the three artists bring the song to a grand fruition. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-holiday-music-omer-netzers-holiday-blues monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71440167-a88f-40c0-a7e3-78a7ddc538c0/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Holiday Music : Omer Netzer’s ‘Holiday Blues’ - Omer Netzer’s latest release is ‘Holiday Blues’, a Christmas flavored single. It ushers in the feelings of the season with a baritonal warmth and lyrical nostalgia. There’s a lot of festive scenes, frames that bring the memories to life. It is a jolly folk pop song with rock accents. There are themes of love, melancholy, joy, and Christmas. As the winter starts to set in and you start to feel a little bit sad, you’ll need a song that will get you in the spirit of it all. And this song does it really well, all the while validating your state. The Christmas melody motifs are faint and all over the song. And the vocals are so cozy and warm, it’s like a soft fireplace to get you to your heartwarming holiday. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-gdnesss-were-all-good monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1bfb96bb-b090-4fe4-ab6e-c153912c65f2/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Güdness’s ‘We’re All Good’ - Güdness has swagger, has suave and groove. They bring it all to their retro-futuristic indie rock soundscapes. A band made of and made by four best friends, the vibes are immaculate. It’s notjust about the music but the songs contain so much of the time spent together, the conversations had, the ideas exchanged, and the thoughts that have combined. Their latest release is ‘We’re All Good’, a track that is fresh and full of soothing, dulcet tones. The song is cast with an abstract ambience, an atmosphere of soft electricity. And within that, they craft 60s-70s reminiscent classic rock motifs. Think The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and the warm pastoral flows of The Kinks. It is cerebral, visual, and auditory art that feels classic and modern at the same time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-holiday-pop-mick-j-clarks-its-christmas-party-time monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3370e308-1ef6-471f-8bcb-76cf915fcb25/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Holiday Pop : Mick J Clark’s ‘It’s Christmas Party Time’ - Don’t worry guys because Mick J Clark is here to spread some mighty cheer this holiday season. His song, ‘It’s Christmas Party Time’ is such an addictive holiday jingle with all the staples, without the formulaic feel to it. The song is warm, comforting, perfect to make your spaces cozy and cheerful. Crafted with jingling acoustics, tolling bells, and a candid vocal spell, the song is like a Christmas filter. It changes the scene around you, reminds you that it’s almost Christmas. Transforms the atmosphere with thoughts of holiday traditions, childhood, nostalgia, gifts, cheer, friends, and family. The holiday means so many things to people and he holds space for the listener to make it their own. It’s so sweetly encompassing, definitely a must listen this holiday season. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-electro-rock-seven-nation-armys-electro-time monthly 0.5 2025-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a9731b7a-5741-4ec9-84be-1284cde13bb5/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Electro Rock : Seven Nation Army’s ‘Electro Time’ - Travel to the disco/ rock n roll decade with Seven Nation Army’s latest release, ‘Electro Time’. The album sounds exactly as its title suggests. Teeming with fresh and colorful electronica and grooves that keep you flowing for days. It’s a modern disco and retro rock n roll party! And we’re all invited for it! The band was founded by guitarist Jarek Balsamski to explore the rock sound and maybe take it to places it’s never been. And true to that, this band has a very explorative sound, fluid and flowing, never in a hurry to attain a definition or description. The Seven Nation Army is all about the journey. See it all in this latest collection. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-folk-jackie-conns-baking-day monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4080f7ae-3e8b-45de-89a8-5098deed8470/6.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Folk : Jackie Conn’s ‘Baking Day’ - Jackie Conn’s debut album, ‘Baking Day’ comes like a summer breeze. It lightens the atmosphere around you with its calming folk and enriching nostalgia. The themes, the style, the tone, and the mood, everything feels like a letter, a postcard from the past. Listening to it draws you into a journey, through its frames. Some familiar, some personal to the artist. But a meaningful journey nevertheless. Even the thumbnail with its vacant sky blue with a rough sketch of a child rolling out dough feels intimate. You’ll especially feel that call to slow down, to connect and spread out, take up space and time. Across the collection, you’ll be able to spot the influences of artists like Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, Nick Drake, and Leonard Cohen. That naturalistic weave of folk purity, poetic sophistication, openness and an introspective mood. It’s all there, rife for your taking. In tracks like ‘A Robin Calls’, the understated simplicity in unravelling a layered feeling becomes prominent. It introduces the artist’s style with such fluid imagery and vivid frames. Feels like you’re watching an indie movie, scruffy and imperfect but all the more close to the heart because of it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-lovepet-horrors-dance-routine-4 monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f5f0db4f-33d8-4aad-9892-d31992615ecf/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Lovepet Horror’s ‘Dance Routine #4’ - Taken from Lovepet Horror’s latest album, ‘Sea Change’, ‘Dance Routine #4’ is a song that sounds exactly like its title. Fleshed out with an ethereal melodic outfit that makes it all feel very transcendental. The song blends dream pop with slanting moments of shoegaze and fresh indie rock. It’s youthful, modern and colored with a lot of grooves. We see a disco style cast in a moody atmosphere. The tones are muted and the glamor is softened and made a little bit more deeper. With vocals that mellow out across tides of beats, synths, and riffs, they play with abstract and ever-changing dimensions. Both in style and sentiment. The complexity and current washes over you, draws you in and compels you to invest in it. To understand it and become fluid with it. If you enjoy artists like Tame Impala, then this song, this artist is definitely for you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-dylan-gers-feel-my-heart monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/93b89537-2c74-4e9a-9dfa-8af13b0497ef/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Dylan Gers’ ‘Feel My Heart’ - Dylan Gers is an indie rock artist with a distinctive pulse. Blending moments of pop into a changing rock reality, his latest release, ‘Feel My Heart’ is a novelty act. The vocals are fresh, the soundscape is ambivalent and the feelings that come out of, so human and evocative. The artist’s vocals are a vivid smear of emotion across a dazing instrumental dynamism. They are mercurial, spontaneous, and delivered from the heart. It runs deep, transcending the electric guitar grooves and the fuzzy basslines. When you listen to the track, it feels like you’ve been absorbed into a tunnel of emotion. Dylan paints it all on with varied strokes of sound, texture, sentiments, and dimensions. It feels like you’re witnessing it and also getting painted into it. As part of it all. By the end of it, the theme is realized, the connection is sparked in the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-holiday-pop-amelinas-new-years-wish monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3c164102-9873-431f-a035-260ec4f10b9e/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Holiday Pop : Amelina’s ‘New Year’s Wish’ - Amelina’s ‘New Year’s Wish’ is a festive pop song that lifts the mood up almost instantly. A feel good song that draws you into the holiday spirit and has you looking forward to the new year. The instrumentals are fresh and splashy, dressed in that tinsel and glassy textures. And the vocals have a gleeful and sweet holiday energy. In the chorus, it lifts into a pop rock anthem with a renewed energy and grand expansive chord spread. This thirteen year old artist’s enthusiasm and spirit so nicely transfers to the listener. It’s pure and exciting in a way that reminds us of our childhood. Blending narrative storytelling, descriptive imagery and heartfelt emotions, the artist believes for all of us. Believes and hopes and wishes for a great New Year. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-mangy-mutts-misery-loves-company monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7a6e711b-2f56-481f-8c8d-bb734d3c84db/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Mangy Mutt’s ‘Misery Loves Company’ - If you want to be immersed in the current of sonic theatrics, then this song, ‘Misery Loves Company’ by Mangy Mutt is for you. The instrumentals dive, jump, bleed, flow, lift, run, and crawl to entertain the listener. It is so immersive. With a raw vocal line and a histrionic instrumental plane, the artist brings the whole thing to incredible life. The song has a definite raw twang to it. We see folk, country, and rustic Americana influences. All weaved into a landscape of drama. So sophisticated that it carries a mood, an emotional climate and an expressive tone. Mangy Mutt’s vocals have a piercing and powerful quality to them as they cut through the layers of melody, beats and rhythms, completing the ecosystem of indie folk rock. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-mark-anthony-bartolos-shooting-star monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/67a34d51-2899-4576-981d-9b28ac9a107a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : Mark Anthony Bartolo’s ‘Shooting Star’ - That experience of feeling connected to the universe, to an energy so vast and infinite. Mark Anthony Bartolo creates that for us in his release, ‘Shooting Star’. The contemplative acoustic ballad explores themes of true love, a serendipitous love. When you meet your person and you just know. That bolt of knowledge that you’ve found her! That’s what he compares to a shooting star. The artist unpacks that electrifying feeling with beautifully swaying neoclassicals, bottomless vocal emotion, and a lyrical nuance that is as fine as poetry. The song can be a prayer, a connection, a hope, or a reality. Just anything you need it to be in love. So if you want to wish upon a shooting star, this track by Mark Anthony Bartolo has a way of sparkling that speciality and creating that atmosphere for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-tania-kyllikkis-i-promise-ill-wait-for-you monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d927d932-b0ef-47a4-b198-817b7bdae1fb/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : Tania Kyllikki’s ‘I Promise I’ll Wait For You’ - Tania Kyllikki is a singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist. She has such a powerful call. Especially with her vocals. Charged with raw and authentic emotions, she lets it take over the flow and pour over the listener. Her latest release is ‘I Promise I’ll Wait For You’, a love song that celebrates her lover, the man who makes her feel loved and absolutely safe. She channels that safe space, the depth of the love she feels and unleashes it with aching simplicity and nuance. It’s so heartwarming and feel-good; reaching the listener in a way that inspires them to find love like that, or celebrate love like that. It’s the kind of love that brings the best out of a person. And you can especially feel it in Tania’s vocals. It comes alive with it. You can feel it flow through, like a current, like an infinitely calm and calming tide. A promise of forever and always. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-mardi-grass-dont-touch-me-sinner monthly 0.5 2025-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c2cb45f3-91a6-46ad-b6da-b70d6ee3fb1a/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Mardi Gras’s ‘Don’t Touch The Sinner’ - Mardi Gras puts on such a grand show. A vivacious and vibrant performance that blends moments of pop and rock with soul, country, and neoclassicals. The result is a refreshing fountain of music that you can pour all over you. Their latest release is ‘Don’t Touch the Sinner’, a composition that plays around with melodic patterns, amplifying symmetries, and instrumental prowess. It is a cinematic expression, so utterly performative. Everything about it is evocative and vivid. As if it’s all made to form around you, swirl into your reality. A neo-classical introduction lifts into a rock powered chorus. An anthem that then amasses European accents. The pop vocals are not sung but unleashed with so much grace and expression. And it’s ridden with a chariot of irrepressible music, so grand, so sophisticated and artful. It’s a powerful affair. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-priapisms-there-for-a-bigfoot monthly 0.5 2025-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/25f7d678-169e-4122-b9bd-1ef3aafbfcda/Cover_art_with_title_sml.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : PRIAPISM’s ‘There For A Bigfoot’ - PRIAPISM is a modern rock outfit that channels prog rock/ alt rock with experimental rhythms and builds. Debuting with ‘Rock Hard’, they create such a vivid portrait of their sound, taking the listener through a whole new plane of rock music. Taken from the collection is ‘Theme for a Bigfoot’. The track opens the album. With its rounding grooves, deep, scruffy basslines, and discordant fringes, the track has the mystery and monstrosity that well fits the theme. The vocals set up for a beast. A beast who’s on his way to a party. It’s fun and funky. With stomping beats, rhythmic vocals recurrence, and instrumental wilderness, it’s modern rock jungle with a cool, hip vibe. A place that everyone wants to be at, because the people are cool. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-ambient-yo-and-carmina-alegras-cogulo-de-un-instante monthly 0.5 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f4c0c7dd-7a12-47a0-9eab-9f5725792190/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Ambient : Yo and Carmina Alegría’s ‘Coágulo de un Instante’ - If you want a song that fills up the room with ethereal skies then this latest track by Yo and Carmina Alegría called ‘Coágulo de un Instante’ is where it’s at. An instrumental, compositional brilliance that spans across infinities. With layered moments, transcendental harmonies and chorals, all of them lead us upwards. To something grand, expansive and bigger than us. Something that is magical without having the ability to be understood. It can only be felt. The places that you end up in are so fantastical, dazingly surreal and unimaginably beautiful. Imagine standing under the glitters of the northern lights. That awe is what inhabits this entire track. The more you listen, the more it fills you up with it! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-hollowss-blood monthly 0.5 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c4962ccc-af26-4890-8027-50ec59148be9/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Hollows’s ‘Blood’ - Hollows is an alt rock band who create such expansive soundscapes with incredible depth. Hollows that they create within the music that ties the theme. They have a way of bringing it alive. In their latest release, ‘Blood’, a dark and stormy soundscape is tempered with a soft gush of softness. Their thoughtfulness in representing both the dominant and softer parts of the theme, brings so much beauty and depth into the song. Drifting riff-bass sheets are sprinkled with reflective piano melodies. And the vocals are a contemplative surge, lost in a world of melancholy and trying to make sense of it. The sound forms in waves and splashes, with such deep and dark colors. In so many indirect ways, the music speaks to the listener. All of them tie up in a deep hollow that supplies each verse with new life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-pop-transgalacticas-reweaving-the-rainbow monthly 0.5 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/70e32bc7-1763-49d0-9694-74c0a95cf17b/2.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Pop : Transgalactica’s ‘Reweaving the Rainbow’ - Transgalactica is a synth pop master, inspired by musical theatrics that are so engaging. The soundscape is made into an immersive medium that fills up the thematic sphere. Their latest release is ‘Reweaving the Rainbow’, a track with such unique stylistic frames and elements. Opening with a rounded flute melody, you get to see it open up into a sky of ambient synths, glassy textures, as the vocals envision a world that values the important things like human rights, rule of law, science, humanity, and happiness. A choral verse leads to a neo-classical peak, which then dissipates into an electric synth river. So smooth, so fresh and softly euphoric. As their name suggests, their style is so far past the conventional boundaries. It dives into a spectrum that feeds the theme, the meaning and the energy of the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-tom-minors-bring-back-the-good-ol-boys monthly 0.5 2025-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a22922cd-b6de-4b10-a07c-301a640097a2/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Tom Minor’s ‘Bring Back the Good Ol’ Boys’ - Tom Minor’s latest whimsy bleeds into his song, ‘Bring Back The Good Ol’ Boys’, a nostalgic and festive track. It comes alive with smooth melodies, sparkly textures, groovy rhythms, and twinkling accents, all of ushering the holiday season in an atmospheric way. The track is full of cheer and joy, as the protagonist rides back into his past, reminisces and looks forward to more of it. More memories and more laughs. The song is feel-good and smooth, bejewelled with the holiday staples. The accordions sing and sway through the theatrical soundscape. Tom’s descriptive vocals paint a scene, a story and an emotion that you journey on. And the guitar work is so intuitive, fresh and reactive, like they’re all in on a vibrant conversation. And it’s so good to listen to it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-pop-mykolas-always-lead-to-you monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9d240098-8461-4d8f-aeb4-3db4ce2af566/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Pop : Mykola’s ‘Always Lead to You’ - Mykola is a singer-songwriter and synth pop artist who creates life within his music. He incepts his experiences and stories to fathom such vibrant soundscapes of feeling. His latest release is ‘Always Lead to You’, a track that is about a love that keeps compelling you towards it. In a way that feels like destiny. The vocals are expressive and vulnerable, pooling into rippling and dispersing moments of electronica. It is crisp and electric but also doting and intimate. You can find moments of your youth in the track, and also so many of those feelings of joy, connection, and love. The artist does a great job carrying that dreamy romance in a very personal and unique way. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-alt-pop-audrens-when-freedom-dies monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b4fd47b4-8929-462a-8367-2acb7c0f3647/4.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Alt Pop : Audren’s ‘When Freedom Dies’ - Audren is a singer-songwriter and alt pop artist. She explores vivid soundscapes that are lush with color and contemplation. Especially in her latest track, ‘When Freedom Dies’. The artist tells us to beware of the freedom that people in power are selling to us. In the context of the world today, there’s a lot of pitfalls on the way to true freedom. With a composition that characterizes pop with the melodic subversions of rock, funk, jazz, and blues. These retro influences are seamlessly blended with modernity and novelty into the pop features. And the vocals, a fluid ribbon weaves freely, through the grooves, textures, and riveting tones of the rest of the soundscape. It’s so new and fresh, both in its style and theme. Definitely not your average pop song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-country-chris-rusins-cinders monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e579ec4-d8f8-4e73-b5f9-4ad86cdcd963/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Country : Chris Rusin’s ‘Cinders’ - Chris Rusin delivers rustic country on a golden platter. His music casts a watercolor scene that you can disperse with. His latest release is ‘Cinders’, a track that is delicately light yet deep in a way that anchors you. The melancholy in the song is alive, a living being that softly breathes through it all. Raw baritones lift and disperse with the textures and tones of the acoustics. All of it with a resonance that swirls into the atmosphere around you. If you’re looking for a song to sit with and grow into, then this is for you. The artist uses melodies like language, turning each flow into a conversation, a contemplation that you can drift off into. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-cinematic-d-wests-dance-of-the-cathedral-flames monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5aaaca7b-de84-452e-89d6-8e61730f9eb5/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Cinematic : D. West’s ‘Dance of the Cathedral Flames’ - D. West is a guitarist, composer with a visionary mind. His music is immersive, cinematic and packed with happenings, whilst being simple, minimalistic and modern. ‘Dance of the Cathedral Flames’ is an instrumental, a song that moves, grooves, and performs for the listener. With a theatrical artiste, it plays out exactly as the title suggests. A musical dance that is enriched with sophisticated vision, technique and creativity. It has a mood; style and a flavor of its own. A cold warmth, like an ethereal fire simmers. The thin leaves of the guitar acoustics have a visual state; autumn leaves, sunset skies, combined with solemn theatrics. It has classical features that progress with modern fixtures, ideas, and fluidity. The best way to enjoy this song is to let both the expanse and the nuances absorb you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-pop-avarajs-the-crumble monthly 0.5 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8f37fe73-3dc2-403d-9865-995e3cb023b4/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Pop : Avaraj’s ‘The Crumble’ - Avaraj is a singer-songwriter and pop artist who emulates the rhythms, tones, textures, and moments of her life to create music. Her songs are thoughtful and intimate, fun and energetic. ‘The Crumble’ is the artist’s latest album, a collection that embraces the theme of love and romance, and builds a whole world around it. There are picturesque frames, storytelling narratives and imagery that brings it all to life. The track, ‘Romance’ opens the collection. With its twinkling melodies, luminous moments and swaying vocal lines, pop is blended with R&B atmospheres and its moody resonance. It’s reflective and reminiscent. We see these performative and immersive aspects across the soundscape. Avaraj allows it to manifest with so many stylistic variations and sweet layers. In ‘Two Lines’, we see a slow, expressive burn with a mellow cinematic backdrop. A minimalistic space is detailed with precise and specific elements, details that filter into the theme in a very layered way. Similarly with ‘Influences’, we see a swelling neoclassical show. Gentle tides of music washing over you as the vocals pave inroads into it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-john-taglieris-ghost monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a81d8f54-39bf-4e84-a2ae-2ab9a3cbe8ec/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : John Taglieri’s ‘Ghost’ - John Taglieri’s charisma and showmanship spills out of his latest release, ‘Ghost’. A rock n roll number song with a sound that comes swelling out of the bass and beat jacket. It has a lot of active and cinematic moments, theatrical in a very immersive way. It is a song about outrunning your demons. It has that “on the run” kind of feel, with edgy, wayward energy and chaos. All of it in the pursuit of wanting to be free, to be less haunted by the ghosts of your past. It’s such a fresh and dynamic track with a drive that’ll have you coming back. When you’re fighting your demons, you want to at least have fun doing it. That’s what this track feels like. To keep it light while also being hardcore and hustling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-trueclaws-the-ones-remembered monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cc43ce5b-9bf7-4a2f-9397-5eef216f6fad/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Trueclaw’s ‘The Ones Remembered’ - Trueclaw is a very unique sonic banner. One that creates sonic realities that have an atmospheric feel that you cannot get enough of. Their latest release is ‘The Ones Remembered’, a track that explores grief, melancholy and reminiscence in the context of losing someone. The track is evocative and very immersive. With vocals that strike a deep and powerful chord in you. The melodic landscape is a hypnotic, ethereal spiral with beautiful moments of synth pop taking you through its infinities. Combined with the profound and thoughtful lyrical makeup, the listener becomes transported into a world so embroiled in human grief and all its crevices. It’s a beautiful space to be a part of. Especially if you’re dealing with loss. It evokes, soothes, and gives perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-downtown-mystics-somebodys-always-doin-something-2somebody monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2357c150-aae4-4a0f-ae9c-5636aaff89ff/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : DownTown Mystic’s ‘Somebody’s&nbsp; Always Doin’ Something 2&nbsp;Somebody’ - DownTown Mystic makes a blues, funk rock, retro modern sound. It merges the tides of time, the currents of rock and adds a little bit of twang to it. Americana Rock n Roll that will have your heart in a jiffy. The charisma, the curveballs, and the country sound is vested in the heart of a rock and roll rhythm. Their latest release is ‘Somebody’s Always Doin’ Something 2 Somebody’. With accordions swirling down the soundscape, an electric tangent that disperses the mind and opens the emotion. It clarifies the blues within the rock n roll, creating two parallels that distinctly flow, interact and drive each other. It’s such a layered soundscape, with sound work that is quite remarkable and interesting to follow. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-pop-rock-la-need-machines-rock-and-roll-show monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/64f21884-c7a6-4754-bb6b-4f9ffa27ee21/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Pop Rock : LA Need Machine’s ‘Rock and Roll Show’ - If you came for an energizing, feel-good and a compelling rock show, then you’re in the right place. LA Need Machine’s latest release ‘Rock and Roll Show’ is a pop rock song about meeting the love of your life, your ride or die and everything that went right because of it. The track is a sentimental machine with such beautiful moments of recollection and memory. Of a life lived with your person. It traces the perfect girl. The riffs and chords are electric, happy and full of that uplifting love. She’s not only cool but she’s the best woman with the best personality that gets it all. Met her at the rock and roll show, and she brought the rock and roll into the protagonist’s life. The song is a celebration of her, of everything that she’s been for him, the perfect woman. The perfect rock song in her honor. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-alt-rock-samuel-yuris-wind-before-the-storm monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/70266bc1-fc2a-4d58-8123-36455dd4c241/2.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Alt Rock : Samuel Yuri’s ‘Wind Before the Storm’ - Samuel Yuri’s rock rises from the embers of an intense emotional core. The Brazilian artist’s latest release is ‘Wind Before the Storm’, a song that blends mythical imagery with stormy life experiences to create a rock cinema of strength, resilience and perseverance. The chords are moody and descriptive, setting the scene along with the fuzzy riff curtains and swirling bass lines. The beats create moving landscapes within which legend unfolds, the wind breezes and the storm broils. With vocals that feed it, worship it, celebrate it, they rise into a warrior state, one that is able to combat the incoming force and calamity with a powerful sense of self and strength. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-dorians-reconnected-dream-mix monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ca886158-d5c1-44ff-b2f7-14f23c45073a/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Dorian’s ‘Reconnected - Dream Mix’ - Dorian’s ‘Reconnected’ defined his style for us when it was released in 2024. His ability to carry emotions into such dynamic sonic moments and drifting spaces. He has now released ‘Reconnected (Dream Mix)’, a track that further elevates the track, spruces it with a little bit more romanticism. With a pump of colors, vivid melodies, and an active rhythm has us more invested in the protagonist’s dream to reconnect and reacquaint with an old flame. There’s that excitement that is represented with synth spikes and stark exaggeration. The hit, the high and the boom is instant. It’s all there. The love, the loss, the curiosity, and the impulse. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-amelinas-step-by-step monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fb57642c-83b3-4d5c-a577-54e46395d85c/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Amelina’s ‘Step by Step’ - Amelina is a young singer-songwriter and artist. Her music is a burst of energy, a sense of youth and power. Which is very impressive given her age of 13 years. She has confidence, a well-formed sense of style and knows who she is as a musician. You’ll especially witness it in her latest single, ‘Step by Step’, a pop rock track that lifts into the listener with a surging energy. Brimming with positivity and an uplifting atmosphere, the song is sure to get you to the place that you need to get to. Step by step. The riffs, grooves and beats create an electric space. Amelina blows it open with her pop vocals, so bold and emboldening. To receive this space is to feel revived, almost revolutionary. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-new-wave-shoes-patterns-of-possession monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/19fe3c86-888b-4acd-a2b8-071d822deaaf/7.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ New Wave : _Shoe’s ‘Patterns of Possession’ - _SHOE is a modern alt electronic banner that staunchly implements concept pieces. And their latest release, ‘Patterns of Possessions’ is no different. It explores the theme with a dark and sinister edge, one that you can interpret as a critique towards capitalism or consumerism. Perhaps go a little into the anthropological side to explore the greed underneath, the amassing, and the identity that gets cast on inanimate things. Which can then extend to the illusion thinking that we might perhaps possess people in relationships, and the thought spiral goes on. This collection compels thought and contemplation like never before. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-elisa-vs-how-you-feel monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/951d5633-721d-4c39-8b63-7244e8965aff/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM : Elisa V’s ‘How You Feel’ - Elisa V is a Finnish violinist who brings the instrument to the new age. Taking it out of its classical context, the artist still celebrates its grace, its transcendental sound, and its evocative quotients in new arenas altogether. Her latest release is ‘How You Feel’. A track that casts an EDM atmosphere, which the artist weaves through with her violin. It is fresh and bursting, a colorful house track that is generously punctuated by beats, synths, and expanse. The artist sets up a violin groove and scales it throughout the track. She showcases it as a stand alone expression, and progressively adds it to the EDM symmetries, multiplies the emotion into energy. It’s a modern sound show. And you get to not only listen to it but also watch it. It comes alive within the mind, its colors, feelings, flows, and possibilities. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-mats-deadites-everywhere monthly 0.5 2025-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/58701be6-f697-418a-b124-76ba725639ca/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : M’at’s ‘Deadites Everywhere’ - M’at channels his inner gremlin with his latest release, ‘Deadites Everywhere’, a perfect track for the Halloween season. The alt rock artist has a dark pulse and runs deep with it. He is known to use jagged textures, edgy accents, and is not known to shy away from experimentation. This new track crawls with his signature sound. There’s that atmospheric dread that haunts the soundscape. Which he fills with dusty, moody, and ghoulish rock music. The riffs are strong and driving as they take us all over the track. Like going through a haunted house. And the vocals spring with gory imagery and visuals. Taking you in and out of realistic and phantom frames. It’s quite the alt rock-nu metal combo. You definitely don’t want to skip this new age, wild gore that M’at brings. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-saint-fridays-reason monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/388d2f23-55cd-4970-9718-2bb2976e3529/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Saint Friday’s ‘Reason’ - Saint Friday is an alt rock duo from Philadelphia. Their interpretations are modern and fresh in a way that reminds you of wide, open spaces. For their latest single, ‘REASON’, they create a scaling soundscape, a gradual continuum with fluid symmetry. The riffs, chords, and beats grow in a slant, lifting into an atmosphere of glassy, ethereal vocals. They crackle with life as they form all over the soundscape, sentiments and mood quotients just spreading into it. And it’s so youthful. There’s that burst of youth, of young experience in it. It is reminiscent of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ with perhaps more of a modern touch, a softer edge and a dreamy feel. If you’re looking for a song that soothes you and lifts you into a contemplative spirit, this is the perfect song for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-decedes-leave-it-all-behind monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ccd1a53e-1278-4145-9d84-861fdfcf5558/decede-leave_it_all_behind-cover_decde.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Decede’s ‘Leave it all Behind’ - decede creates a nuanced sound. The artist escapes duality and spreads across the spectrum that exists between them. His music is a result of just wanting to explore his own experiences, emotions, and the music they make. His latest release is ‘leave it all behind’, a track that seamlessly blends mellow acoustics with melody driven guitar and smooth grooves. All this paired with vulnerable vocals that blend raw melancholy with a contemplative mood. It’s a bittersweet song as it conjoins joyful sparks of melody with forlorn atmospheres. They all swirl together to form a room of human experience that is often hard to articulate with words. It is fresh indie rock, forming along the horizon of reality and thoughts. That intimate space is what the artist brings to us. And it’s beautiful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-korda-korders-goodbye-my-friend monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3ca7abf4-08f5-49c8-b30b-8b43ba0f220a/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Korda Korder’s ‘Goodbye My Friend’ - Korda Korder is a dream pop - indie rock banner that mesmerises with their music. They have a way of swirling realities into enchanting atmospheres of song. For their latest release, ‘Goodbye my Friend’, they explored bittersweet moments of saying goodbye to a friend. There’s nostalgia, melancholy, memories, and a sense of magic. Like Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, each verse comes alive, a vivid moment of emotion. The vocals are a delicate fluid, a mixture of liquid and air almost as they flow through the dazing riffs, plush chords, and climbing beats. There’s a lot of wispy elements that disperse across the soundscape; creating a surreal space, a romanticism and a fondness that we all remember loved ones with. It’s so special and endearing. If you enjoy artists like Beach House, Lana Del Rey and the like, you’re sure to love the ambience and mood that this track sets. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-blind-mans-daughters-harbor-boulevard monthly 0.5 2025-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9554fc7f-3081-4f59-8255-76edd608741b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Blind Man’s Daughter’s ‘Harbor Boulevard’ - Blind Man’s Daughter is Ashley Wolfe, a songwriter with a versatile and fluid style. For her latest release, ‘Harbor Boulevard’, she orchestrates a feel good pop rock song that is enriched with a country flow. It is a celebration of the protagonist’s father who was there for him, uplifted him and gave him love, nurture and grace whenever he needed it. Looking back at his childhood, he remembers moments from Harbor Boulevard, his home, where joyful core memories took form. The song is created with immersive instrumentals and evocative vocals to affect the listener. To move them to celebrate moments that were shared with their own father. The uniqueness and speciality of the relationship is not only recognised but elevated and romanticised. It’s the perfect song to play come Father’s Day or on your dad’s birthday. Or even if you’re just missing your dad. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-tim-woodbridges-pure-vital monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5cdcfb5e-7fcf-4c66-a7a1-14fefba7fe86/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ alt folk : Tim Woodbridge’s ‘ Pure Vital’ - Tim Woodbridge is a singer-songwriter with an honest style. He sings from the heart, reveals himself with every song. For his latest release, ‘Pure Vital’, he creates an atmosphere of reflective melancholy. A song that blends stylistic glimmers of The Beatles, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Simon & Garfunkel, and Gary Jules. You’ll catch the folk rock, the dazing acoustics, comforting melodic chemistry, paralleling harmonies, and moving contemplative planes. It has simplistic, yet rich emotions and sonic sensibilities. That gradient is so well formed and it takes beautiful interpretations and intensity. And in its progressions, it reveals something, clarifies and just leads you to a deeper understanding. It is special, unique, and personal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-ava-valiantis-running-on-empty monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d3ed6d62-5146-43d4-8af0-957189d17d63/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Ava Valianti’s ‘Running on Empty’ - Ava Valianti’s music is a journey. It takes you through moments of feeling, thoughts, all ending in a pool of you. Her latest release is ‘Running on Empty’, an oozing alt folk song. Within a shimmering, floating, and undulating ethereal synth space, Ava’s storytelling vocals flow. The acoustics are mellow and rustic, glinting through the smooth melodic cast. You feel ensconced by her music, immersed but also a lightness starts to form as she makes you feel it all. Telling us stories of her childhood, creating scenes familiar to all of us, nostalgia that releases slowly and gradually. The song, about people we love, and people we know, is a soulful recollection of people who the protagonist has loved and lost touch with. She explores the drift, in retrospect, with a fond tone and a vulnerable heart. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-george-collins-bands-black-and-white-world monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7a63e118-711b-43ff-91a2-37b17fffcd34/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : George Collins Band’s ‘Black and White World’ - If you’re looking for songs that blend thoughtful life philosophies with feel good pop rock, you’re in the right place with the George Collins Band. His latest song, ‘Black and White World’ is as colorful as the rainbow. With an uplifting atmosphere, the artist brings out the dullness and bluntness of a black and white view of the world. He wants his life, he says, to be full of color, with all the shades of the rainbow. A more nuanced outlook that is joyful, positive, and full of possibilities. That’s the world he wants to live in. He creates this space with happy melodies, warm instrumentals, comforting vocal lines, and a boost of pop rock goodness that you can sip from. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-carl-liungmans-saint monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/20a709f0-7df2-4f68-bacc-184a5b1a2189/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Carl Liungman’s ‘Saint’ - Carl Liungman’s instrumentals are not a performance. They are a way of feeling, knowing, and seeing. In his latest release, ‘Saint’, the artist’s piano professes a solemnity but also a tenderness, a vulnerability that affects the listener, even softens them. The flow is intuitive, flickering, rising and falling like a wave; like thoughts forming, naturally. The subtle undertones that are attached to it also form wordlessly, very naturally, without orchestration or plan. That authentic space makes it feel like more than just an ambient song. It attains a meditative quality, one that absorbs the listener into its journey and creates a pristine space. This beautifully ties into the theme of Saint; the prayer like atmosphere, the quality of confession, surrender, and reflection. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-bailey-perries-supreme monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad42bade-2f30-436d-9ace-5f6d283ec3e9/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Bailey Perrie’s ‘Supreme’ - Bailey Perrie is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. The young star has a confident style and fresh moments that drive the listener to really high energy and evocative moments. Her latest release is ‘Supreme’, a track that navigates the labyrinth of truth and lies as it exists in a difficult relationship. The artist brings moments of youth, sass, and a sense of justice to the theme. With fun and performative metaphors, it gets to be quite engaging to listen to. It is a blend of pop punk choruses and reflective verses that take you back to moments of Avril Lavigne, Hayley Williams, and the like. You’ll see vulnerability and bare honesty uplifted to electrifying peaks of strength and a sense of self. It’s remarkable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-anniees-wearing-black monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2b415246-e0cb-4a88-aa0e-3df8409a28e2/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Anniee’s ‘Wearing Black’ - Anniee is not from this timeline. Her music has that retro inspired post modern feel. With electric synths, disco and dance, her soundscapes are splashed with color and dynamism. Her latest release is ‘Wearing Black’, a track that is made as a tiered electro pop number. It is vivid with texture with tactile melodies. Anniee’s vocals are dreamy, almost ethereal as they roam these colorful spaces. In this track, her melodic chemistry is reminiscent of Daft Punk. The simple straight strokes in the chorus to a plush full of synths in the chorus. It is not just sadness that she explores but the complex chasm of melancholy, grief, and loss. She drives it to a soft grandeur in a way that opens your personality. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-camille-ks-lets-face-it monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/346840b4-4519-44cb-ac49-9cdccdef7b1e/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Camille K’s ‘Let’s Face it’ - Camille K is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. She tells stories, crafts spaces, explores emotion, and finds people in her soundscape. Her latest release is ‘Let’s Face It’, a track that features a soft R&B flavour in her pop. There is a sweet reminiscence to artists like Taylor Swift, Rachel Platten, and Hailee Steinfeld. The song is about staying in a relationship despite the fear, the doubts, and the intrusive thoughts. There’s no need to worry. To take it one day at a time, moment to moment; that’s the magic, that’s what keeps you happy and sane. The song swirls with uplifting vocals and synths in ways that feel both youthful and fresh. There is comfort in her style and power to her lightness. It’s a beautiful song, listen now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-steel-velvets-orphans-lament monthly 0.5 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bc818f8c-d0e7-44eb-9f9d-e2be62bb1ec8/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Steel &amp; Velvet’s ‘Orphan’s Lament’ - Steel & Velvet have just released their latest collection of music called ‘People Just Float’. It is made with an exceeding cinematic atmosphere that celebrates the classical instrumental culture and theatrical vocals. Each soundscape is made up of breathing walls and live emotions. It is affecting in the best way, in a way that transports you both in time and musical cultures. Taken from the album is ‘Orphan’s Lament’, the breakout track that perfectly captures the vast stylistic range of the artist. With expressive acoustic moments, the song fills up, brims with a vocal overflow. The depth of the voice is so complementarily contrasted with the simple elegance of the acoustics. You can see it all playing out, imagine it, allow it all to form in your head. It’s like you’re watching a play, a musical but it passes through you like a rain cloud. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-mrgeorges-light-in-your-eyes monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7b853746-c7b9-476e-8ce4-dc5b2ecc924b/16.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : MrGeorge’s ‘Light in Your Eyes’ - MrGeorge is a German musician and electronic music artist with a strong passion for songmaking. It bursts out of his music, leaps into the scene and carries the listener away with it. His latest release is ‘Light in your Eyes’, a song that blends modern dance pop with disco to create an electric atmosphere. The rhythm is uplifting and swirling into the stratosphere of colourful synths. It feels retro and has a pump and performance that takes you back to the 80s. That disco feel is everywhere and on everything. The artist’s vocals lean into this energy and build a world of emotion and sentiment into it. If you’re in the market for an energy show, a song that drives you towards an expansive and engaging space, you’re in the exact right space. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-ezra-vancils-babylove monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d148021a-1b0e-44a5-9054-fcbbcc9073b0/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Ezra Vancil’s ‘Babylove’ - Ezra Vancil comes in with simmering country blues with his latest release, ‘Babylove’. The track celebrates the raw and rustic emotions, textures, and culture of blues. With the vocals crackling and crunching against the plush electric guitar chords, the charisma charges the air around the listener. This track is made as a flow, one that engulfs the theme and explores it with a moody atmosphere. With guitar chords and solos weaving through the sound, the instrumentals speak volumes. It sets up a stream of consciousness energy, one that is left to the interpretation of the listener. It is expressive, playful, deceptive, and evasive. Ezra’s vocals flows with it, performs with it, shares a chemistry with it and goes with it spectacularly. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-new-age-nikirs-eternity-beneath-the-stars-of-god monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/45e1e41a-2329-4272-8ffe-7285ab4912d1/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ New Age : Nikiré’s ‘ETERNITY beneath the stars of God’ - Nikiré brings the vastness of the universe and everything that it has to offer to our doorstep with her latest release, ‘ETERNITY Beneath the Stars of God’. A track that is meant to dive into the expanse that is human experience blended with cosmic energy, higher consciousness. The peace and harmony that ensues from it all. Nikiré captures all of this with an ambient, contemplative neo-classical space. Gradual piano melodies floating into the misty vocal space, lending serenity and that magnificent sense of stillness. The song finds and presents the divinity and the miracles that exist within us all, encouraging us all to unite in grace and love, becoming a part of the grander scale of life. The song is transcendental. Nikiré’s vocals are unmatched in their authentic beauty and belief. Each verse carries her hope, her dream, and her spirit, inspiring us all to feel light, stay free, and come together. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-rock-ulrich-jannerts-wander-still monthly 0.5 2025-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/690e0d18-ab10-4ad9-9c56-fa447e107e2b/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul Rock : Ulrich Jannert’s ‘Wander Still’ - Ulrich Jannert is a singer-songwriter with a spectacular sense of style. With vocals that extend out to worlds and universes of emotion and a performance that keeps you swirling between them, he outdoes himself every single time. His latest release is ‘Wander Still’, a collection that explores moments of soul rock with contemporary pop in ways that are reminiscent of Adele, Lady Gaga, and John Legend. The artist’s vocal ability especially marks this release. In the breakout track, ‘I’ve Walked Through Fire’, his voice gives us the journey, the struggle, all with a triumph that has you feeling stronger by the second. That’s what he does. He takes a piece of human experience and leads with an authenticity in a way that transforms the atmosphere of the theme. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-house-bonita-delaneys-we-can-light-the-world-cutmore-remix monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/26510842-df41-4ad2-95de-f96dc1e9fe0a/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ House : Bonita Delaney’s ‘We Can Light The World - Cutmore Remix’ - Bonita Delaney is a singer-songwriter and a pop artist. Known for her feel-good style and affecting vocals, her music is reminiscent of Katy Perry and Rachel Platten. She released ‘We Can Light the World’, a radiant and powerfully optimistic track earlier this year. A mellow anthem that leads you to the light at the end of the tunnel and fosters a feeling of love for life! This latest CUTMORE Remix of the song is so special because it uses elite house music features to bolster the message. Make it into an anthem that has you shooting for the stars. The dance in it is incredible and that intoxicating peaks are a dream. It takes you back to Swedish House Mafia and Avicii. The artist takes the listener to the brink of transcendent emotion and then lets you fall into it spectacularly. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-the-kellows-breathe-me-in monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5218c2c6-f304-4e0f-8a63-b45f57856e16/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : The Kellows’ ‘Breathe Me In’ - The Kellows is an indie rock band with an addictive pulse. In their latest release, ‘Breathe Me In’, they blend a drifting rhythm with dispersing riffs to create an intoxicating atmosphere. It feels almost like the song swirls around you like a gathering storm. You can taste it, feel the warm riffs gaining traction, leading us into the bass fog. The beats are everywhere, sounding in close and distant spaces within the soundscape. The best way to listen to the song is to play it out loud in a room and experience the energy shift. It becomes part of the air that you breathe, bringing the theme to life. The four piece band’s style is so youthful and fresh in ways that make you feel alive. If you enjoy bands like The Hunna and Black Foxxes, you’re sure to love the punchy, melody-driven and emotive songwriting style of this band. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-broken-colours-brother monthly 0.5 2025-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b6929d7c-131c-48d0-9ace-b19203757836/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Broken Colours’ ‘Brother’ - Broken Colours are an indie band that is formed on the foundation of brotherhood and friendship. The band is indeed composed of like-minded musicians and pals who have a camaraderie that they hold close to their heart. And it pours out into their music. It’s everywhere. Their latest release is ‘Brother’, a track that blends moments of confessional folk rock with alt rock and indie funk/ soul flavors. It is made with sweeping cinematic hand. Immersive instrumentals, plush melodies, and vocals that feel so human that it aches. And the theme forms with an endearing quality, as pure and sacred as a child’s promise to his best friend. That lyrical sentiment is nostalgic and memorable. Enough to take you to a soft and beautiful place in your heart. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soft-rock-michael-cohens-save-my-love-tonight monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4d18d472-ad31-43fe-9dd4-ac45bc6322cd/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soft Rock : Michael Cohen’s ‘Save My Love Tonight’ - Michael Cohen’s music has so much life to it. He makes music that breathes, lives, and moves with the tides of the human experience. There is a richness, a compelling simplicity that goes a long way. His latest release is ‘Save My Love Tonight’, a love song that is classic, dreamy and romantic in a way that takes you back to olden times. The exploration of love with an emotional depth, irrevocable ties and sincere sentiments. Michael’s warm baritones sweeten the pot like honey. With the blank spaces punctuated with piano melodies, soft synths and vocal harmonies, the track swirls around you. Like the perfect day dream, carrying you into moments of intimate joy, pure love and thoughtful intention. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-paul-gehls-chasing-shadows monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4f6fd0e9-1bb6-4677-8637-a77fa2e9bc7b/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Paul Gehl’s ‘Chasing Shadows’ - Paul Gehl has just released his latest single, ‘Chasing Shadows’, a slow burn hard rock song that will have you buried in its grit long before you even realise what’s happening. The track is rich and enriching. With fiery riffs that lick the insides of your brain and body, basslines the splash and glisten, the atmosphere is set to burn a hole in your brain. The vocals slant hypnotically through the soundscapes. It is apathetic, dark, and deceptively charismatic. Its timber and texture contrasting yet complementing the electric fog of the instrumental. It is retro, old school, authentic hard rock the way God intended. The slow rise lifts into an expressive guitar solo line, melting away into an infinite climax. It’s the kind of song that sets you up for the theme, to experience the dimensions of it, in all its facets and deep, dark power. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-rock-lost-velvets-endless monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/841037b7-400b-43a2-9a68-7e6640903526/2.jpeg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Rock : Lost Velvet’s ‘Endless’ - Lost Velvet explores the dark and hypnotic spaces. With soft, glistening atmospheres, refracted by grunge, post rock, and shoegaze moments, their soundscape transports you to a whole new level of musical consciousness. The style is surreal, kind of alienates you at first until you start to see, start to understand, contemplate and identify with it. Even if you don’t want to go that deep, it’s an experience in novelty, a unique style that captures the nuances of emotions and the simmering spirit of the band. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-satellite-trains-james-dean monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0aea83b4-5175-40bb-9589-4866b9a312ef/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Satellite Train’s ‘James Dean’ - Satellite Train is an indie pop band with a fantastic flair. It is plush, full of an unforgettable musical grandeur. Like in their latest release, ‘James Dean’, where the band imagines the glamorous life and world of the legendary actor. The song projects that passion, that daydream into the music. Causing theatrical collisions of instrumentals and vocals, it erupts into a need, a craving, a powerful desire. It bursts out of the song. Vocals stretching far and wide, it is presented as the protagonist with a big and bright vision. The instrumentals are played and performed to emulate the stardom, like they are the spectators of the protagonist’s wishes, the journey and the ultimate witness of all the fame. The song is such a cinematic masterpiece, an indie pop track that is sure to supersede all your expectations. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-kaleb-hikeles-slowly monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1e3ebac7-50e5-468d-ad60-f9b4fc0d930f/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Kaleb Hikele’s ‘Slowly’ - Kaleb Hikele is a Canadian singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. ‘Slowly’ is the artist’s latest release, a track that blends soft acoustics with a contemporary vocal style. The song swirls with a contemplative purpose, thoughtful and evocative. It’s just him under the spotlight with his music and his feelings. And you’re absorbed into his performance, dispersed into the expanse that his vocals creates. It’s a slow track, a conceptual choice to let the listener in, allowing them to trace all the moments of the protagonist’s spiral. Even though the track has minimalistic flows, it has such a remarkable depth and dimension to it. The spatial moments only get better as we progress to the climax. Its apex is made with splashy guitar instrumentals, luminous bass lines bouncing off, and vocals that will send you into a soulful crescendo. The blend of folk rock, with soul and blues features is so wonderfully pleasant. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-transgalacticas-the-great-escape-famine monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d8e954f3-9c57-4d1a-a722-6567c2530aa2/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Transgalactica’s ‘The Great Escape : Famine’ - Transgalactica’s latest release is ‘The Great Escape : Famine’, a cinematic prog rock production that embroils the listener in supernatural imagery and drama. The Poland-based father-son duo lift the story to life. With striking vocal performances and instrumental sophistication, they put on a play, a theatrical affair. It’s a prayer, it’s a story, it’s a revolution, an ideology, a war, and a humane emotion. The vision, spirit, and sonic fabric of the song is so profound. It’s nothing like you’ve heard before. It feels ominous, fantastical, almost like you’re in the old age, in a past time. Blending this mood with prog rock instrumental and electric guitar performances, the song expands in the mind. If you’re looking for something new and novel to indulge in, this is it! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-ed-boxalls-the-high-far-fields-of-home monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71dd6118-37b2-4470-a38e-84028cb034d0/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Ed Boxall’s ‘The High Far Fields of Home’ - Ed Boxall writes music that takes you on a journey. One that compels you to explore the human moments, contemplate on them and grow closer to yourself, your roots. His latest release is ‘The High Far Fields of Home’, an acoustic folk track that forms like the expanse of fields. Visuals of rolling fields, the soft rhythms of the breeze and the fresh smell of the countryside come to the listener. An immersive listening experience that drives you to feelings of nostalgia, childhood, simplicity, and a soft melancholy. To think of the past fondly, in ways that make you smile, make you gentle, that’s what this song is about. If you like artists like The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, and Phoebe Bridgers, you’re sure to love the thoughtful style of this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-post-rock-blackout-transmissions-twilight-resonance monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/94b0ef5b-423d-42d9-96cd-b610f83f8eff/5.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Post Rock : Blackout Transmission’s ‘Twilight &amp; Resonance’ - The listening experience of Blackout Transmission’s ‘Twilight & Resonance’ is extraordinary. A collection that grows full with dazing textures, vibrations, and luminosity. Sound that is dimensionalized with space and human emotions. It’s as if the artist introduced the song through the filters of the human experience. And what comes out on the other side carries beautiful moments of it. It’s not just sound, it’s a sense of style that is viscerally informed by a sense of self. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-s- monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cc9c2e0f-f13d-42c8-8d4e-62ac19e8c67f/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : 彭俐客’s ‘沉沦’ - Alex is a singer-songwriter, composer and neoclassical artist. The artist’s operates under his banner, 彭俐客 (Penglike) a moniker that was inspired by his love for the Chinese language and culture. His latest release is ‘沉沦’, (sinking) an AI track, blending neoclassical echoes with evocative Chinese vocals and sweeping synths. Even if you might not understand the lyrics, it is an emotional expanse that is given to you. It’s so human, so powerful that you feel its impact. It compels you, holds you within itself and immerses you in its experience. The artist’s cinematic style and expansive imagination is big here, informing every moment of expression. It’s as if you’re watching a movie. The tale of melancholy and grief that is dramatised so beautifully, so touchingly that you can see it all, feel it all, and hear it all. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-folk-liz-nashs-nana-and-the-gator monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/52bdf0ca-4a6c-4452-857a-e5aff7114870/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country Folk : Liz Nash’s ‘Nana and the Gator’ - Liz Nash is a singer-songwriter from The Big Apple. Her country folk style is buoyant and fresh as it comes out of the song. In her latest release, ‘Nana and the Gator’, she tells us a fun story from her childhood about gators and her eccentric grandma. Her nostalgic tone, warm storytelling, and fresh imagery, all of it springs at you and keeps you amused, laughing and guessing. From a mellow country introduction, it spectacularly progresses into country rock blues in the chorus. Coming back down to it, the second verse celebrates the outrageousness and unique spirit of her Nana. The artist’s vocals carry that bold sense of style, her nana’s spirit into the song, so alive, so fresh and so adoring of that perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-wattmores-canadian-whiskey monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/861a0098-1804-438f-a812-7c06424b8314/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country : Wattmore’s ‘Canadian Whiskey’ - Wattmore is a country style brother duo that try to find their way with their music. Blending comical lyrical strips with sarcasm, satire, and a sass that will make you laugh out loud, they have such a fresh style and worldview. Their latest release is ‘Canadian Whiskey’, a honky tonk track full of sharp tones and twangs. They stumble through its dynamism, combining it with vocal and instrumental histrionics. The song is a critique on the political policies of the USA, poking fun at it by boycotting its liquor. It is fun, petty and light-hearted while addressing the deep-rooted violence that make up the country. Reference to Ukraine tells the listener who the boys side with, while also reminding us of the antagonistic role that America played in the Ukraine war. Can’t get a better Satirical song than this. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-jamaine-leones-empty monthly 0.5 2025-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5670207e-d3bd-42f8-9a15-801dd926608f/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Jamaine Leone’s ‘Empty’ - Jamaine Leone is a singer-songwriter and a soul artist. His vocals have a way of capturing the spirit and essence of a complex emotion. And he does it deeply, honestly, and vulnerably. If you enjoy the music of Leon Bridges, you’re sure to love the authentic sound of this artist. His latest release is ‘Empty’, a track in which he explores the feeling of aimlessness, feeling lost in yourself, in who you are. It’s such an underrated emotion that nobody talks about. That journey can feel lonely, make you feel empty, like you’re without substance or weight. To be able to carry it into a song in a way that makes people feel seen and understood. That’s the Jamaine Leone experience. This contemporary R&B/ Soul track is all kinds of good. In its vocal flavor, lyrical character, and stylistic spirit. It’s going to hit home! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-edm-makanduks-ruined monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b4480b5d-479f-428f-b18f-92c116aff221/4.jpeg Music Reviews - EP Review/ EDM : Makanduk’s ‘Ruined’ - Makanduk is an electronic music artist and producer with a fresh style. His latest EP, ‘Ruined’ sparks a dynamism and excitement that you want to keep on with. The three part collection showcases the elastic stylistic range of the artist. From infectious grooves to the bass-slathered melodies, each track is a star that shines and shimmers with its own light. While ‘Crazy’ is marked with darting rhythms, futuristic vocals, and cerebral melodies, ‘Patience’ is more of a drive. It has an aggressive tempo, falling over itself. That progressive edge dances with dark rooms of emotion. ‘Reason’ is extravagant with beats that beep bop and scat all over the place. And it’s the best. The spontaneity, unpredictability and conversational vocals bring human frames to mind. If you like Fred Again, you’re bound to love the innovation and imagination of this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-tango-el-cachivache-quintetos-chacabuco monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/99bdd182-7479-4a05-8d3f-b873a668b817/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Tango : El Cachivache Quinteto’s ‘Chacabuco’ - El Cachivache Quinteto is an Argentinian tango band who explore the underworld of the genre. Sometimes on confluence with other genres like rock, jazz, and blues. Their latest release is their studio album, ‘Dance me to the end of noise’, a collection that features such vivid pieces of music. The compositions are artsy and abstract, with a Dali-esque chaos built into it. Each track brings up so much imagery, so many worlds and it’s a delight to go through them. Taken from the collection is ‘Chacabuco’, a mellow track that has such an ambivalent atmosphere. It is moody, sensual and cast in a dim light that takes you away. With the slow progressions of the classical accordion, the lightness of the piano melodies, you are reminded of a romantic moonlit night, stone castles, and a melancholic story to tell. All culminating in a fantastical imagination that you want to keep reliving. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-composer-mark-suttons-odyssey monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/479a45e7-c8ac-4c4b-94db-457071acd432/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Composer : Mark Sutton’s ‘Odyssey’ - Mark Sutton is a composer who tells stories with performative instrumentals. His ideas come alive with emotion. There is an emphasis on showcasing. For his latest release, ‘Odyssey’, he created yet another cinematic piece. Piano melodies leading the journey into an ethereal space. It is made to emulate a supernatural wonder, a sound experience that transports you to a fantastical space. The synths swirl around the dalliance of the piano notes. There is depth in each note, with its dimensions floating around it. The more you flow into the expanse, it gets to be more and more layered. Like a candle flame, flickeringly illuminating the dark, the song leads you away into the mystique and mysteries. Let the song bring up what it does, journey with it and you might find a better perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-ramblermans-midday-melancholy monthly 0.5 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e4fd89e3-552b-466b-bea7-738effe4047f/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : Ramblerman’s ‘Midday Melancholy’ - Ramblerman has come out with his latest, ‘Midday Melancholy’, a track that delves into mundanity with a stream of consciousness narrative. The artist’s gloomy baritones are committed to bring the alt folk blues to life. The instrumentals are soft, conditioned with the daze and moody atmosphere of the theme. His vocals are buoyant, numbing, and resigned in a way that it flows through you, feels through you. If you’re having a bad day and you’re stuck in bed feeling nothing. Throwing this song on, you’ll be encircled with a warmth that feels near and intimate. Listening to the song is a way of feeling understood and seen especially on a day when you want to be invisible. So if you’re having a bad day and have no interest to be roused out of it, Midday Melancholy is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-cosmic-songbirds-ophelia monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a63aa7ee-4d7a-443a-8ff8-76811da155b7/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Cosmic Songbird’s ‘Ophelia’ - Cosmic Songbird is a sonic banner that extends spectacularly to ethereal moments. It is immersive and unforgettable. For her latest release, ‘No Longer Lost’, she collaborates with fellow artist and singer-songwriter, Frances Yonge. Together they create a contemporary musical, a play that you can feel unravelling in you, in the mind in all its imaginative glory. The track ‘Ophelia’ opens the album. A song in which the artist explores a dalliance of neoclassicals with theatrical ambience and performative vocals. It is the kind of song that forms on the whim of a piano key, in the middle of shimmering instrumentals, within operatic vocals, and an atmosphere that is as alive, and set up with a sense of magic and wonder. If you enjoy movies like La La Land, or are nostalgic for a Julia Andrews kind of vibe, then you’re going to absolutely love this. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-saline-eyes-autumn-rain monthly 0.5 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/519f2b1f-d630-43fb-b85a-05eced64929a/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie : Saline Eyes’ ‘Autumn Rain’ - Saline Eyes is an indie music project aimed at making music that feels like home. That warm feeling of meeting an old friend, or taking in the smell of your childhood home, or when you're grasping at the beauty of an autumnal scene that you’ve seen all your life. That’s what the artist’s latest release ‘Autumn Rain’ is about. The indie rock track is made up of so many layers, textures, tones, and elements of music. Autumn has a lot of complexity weaved into it. In this track, the protagonist draws from it to relate to the difficult moments of his life. And it opens it up. There’s passion, there’s so many perspectives and definitely there are such memorable influences. If you enjoy bands like The Beatles, The Smiths, and John Mayer, you'll love the style of this song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-the-parachute-testers-tired-bones monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/12a32b4d-f3f2-4d4b-aeab-7913be1274c9/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie : The Parachute Testers’ ‘Tired Bones’ - The Parachute Testers craft a melodic cinema with their latest ‘Tired Bones’. The track is moody and melancholic. Like a stormy sea or a rainy day, it carries a sense of melodrama that you can just immerse in. You can cuddle with it and get cozy within its many pockets of feelings. The artist leans into it with mystical imagery like a horde white horses, sailing out on the blue, and others. It’s a surreal scene. Violins swiping in the backdrop, deep resonant basslines, electric rock guitar textures and a vocal line that tends to get wonderfully lost in an infinity. On a tired day, when every bone in your body grows long and elastic, when you cannot hold a thought in your mind or a feeling in your heart, this song will give you the rest you need, the validation and the dreams when you fall asleep. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-gideon-unnas-what-is-love monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5b2cbd61-c904-48dd-acba-5c0fc3098ada/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Gideon Unna’s ‘What is Love’ - If you’re in the music market for a fresh and feel good alt folk song, then Gideon Unna’s latest release, ‘What is Love’ featuring Kaley Halperin is where it’s at. The song is meant to immerse the listener thoroughly in the golden halo of love. You can swim in its liquid warmth, glowing gold and serene landscapes. The song is made of acoustic meadows, its gentle moments ruffled by breezy background accordions. It all feels so retro and rustic. We see piano melodies, synths, and a little bit of orchestral features. Kaley’s sweet soprano, innocently toned and nostalgic, floats into the scene. So weightless. Like a blimp floating through a retro sky. A scene starts to form, you begin to journey with it. The melodies wash over you as you immerse in the sound space, its gentle tides and all the love. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-eileen-careys-carry-me-away monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/edcedb46-69a9-4b97-adb7-e9270c3e4f30/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Eileen Carey’s ‘Carry Me Away’ - Eileen Carey is a singer-songwriter and contemporary vocalist. Her voice has a way of creating vivid stories to come alive around you. The feelings in them are so strong and sensational that it finds a place in your body and brain. Her latest release is ‘Carry Me Away’, a track that naturally blends country sentiments and vocal style with pop energy and a brooding rock instrumental. You instantly realize the versatile abilities of her vocal performance, stretching across these ranges of style and context. The artist is generous with her emotions; letting it all pour out. And the melodies, charged with it all just sparks with a luminosity and a gradient that transforms the space around you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rachael-sages-just-enough monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8d7a2ff9-161b-45f8-b0c9-f673098e72de/9.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Rachael Sage’s ‘Just Enough’ - Rachael Sage is a delightful vocal performer. Her ability to carry the emotions and cast it as if in play, effortlessly and free is remarkable. The artist is leading up to the release of ‘Canopy’ an album that is meant to spark moments of reflection and maybe even epiphanies about yourself. Flowing through its melodies and lyrical narratives is quite the delight because it has a way of making you feel seen, validated, and secure. ‘Just Enough’, is a song from the collection. Lined with quivering accordions, mellow guitar grooves, and tactile lyrical moments, the track is so pleasantly immersive. Rachael’s vocals are light and fresh as she sings about feeling loved everyday. It’s almost as if she’s drawing from the atmosphere of being in love, buoyant, easy, like you’re on top of the world. Content, loved and serene, glistening like a jewel. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-experimental-exzenyas-captivity monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/70ee336a-c6e3-44ac-a09a-cba85b0f803c/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Experimental : Exzenya’s ‘Captivity’ - Exzenya is an experimental artist and singer-songwriter. She leans into the chaotic side of being human, drawing from it so many frames of feeling and living. Her latest release is ‘Captivity’, a track where she explores the boundaries that we draw for ourselves, or let others draw for us. An exploration that is so abstract yet so deeply relatable. Conversely, in another world within the song, you can also sense the freedom that the artist is seeking out, creating a duality that is so unique. Exzenya’s works are all novelty acts that hold space for the obscure, for the new and innovative. It’s not a static sonic space. It’s unpredictable, edgy, and kind of meta if you think about it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-bleaks-the-wave monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/76ccb422-fbbe-4a84-8ec0-b535eee31cbd/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Bleak’s ‘The Wave’ - Imagine Bleak’s latest song, ‘The Wave’, as an atmospheric space that delves into the drive, depths, current, and spirit of waves. It is stormy, so ominous and dark; an alt rock song that is made with theatrics, performative allure and a lofty vision. Given all of this, it is spectacularly executed. Because once you’re in it, you’ll crash onto nu metal shores with a psychedelic stroke of genius. Hard rock is driven to a whole new level. It has that OG rockstar kind of feeling. Think 70s Pink Floyd with their expansive and willfully absurd and transcendental musical spaces. That’s exactly the vibe here as well. The song is so powerful, compelling. The riffs, basslines and drums seem to carry a vastness inside them, a kind of purgatory gloom that they skillfully wield on the scene. The middle-eastern and Asian vocal tangents further confound the listener, draw them in deeper, into this unbelievable labyrinth of a song. Once you’re in, it’s the best thing ever. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-the-7th-gatekeepers-you-are-my-sunshine monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d5ff58f9-c1da-4469-981a-ed0b4b3751c5/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : The 7th Gatekeeper’s ‘You Are My Sunshine’ - The 7th Gatekeeper brings a whole new level to the children’s beloved lullaby, ‘You are my Sunshine’ in his latest release of the same name. Casting it in a dark and atmospheric rock fantasy, he explores themes like melancholy, grief and loneliness. Perhaps the aftermath of such a deep attachment to something. The artist’s vocals are mystifying as they move at snail pace, word to word, dragging across the soundscape. Guitar acoustics clink occasionally and the bass resounds in the far back. There are quick peaks of dark, riff-addled flows before we drop into the haunting cradle of his vocals again. At the bridge, it picks up a high intensity rock drive. Splashy basslines, fiery riffs, slapping beats, and a coarse vocal line that tears through it all. It is quite an interesting song, especially experimental in its rhythms, its format. All in an effort to interpret the specularly beautiful yet destructive instinct of humans to become attached. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-new-wave-matares-epilogue monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f0bb8637-a2b5-4fcc-9ca7-0504fa1e3206/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ New Wave : MatAre’s ‘Epilogue’ - MatAre’s conceptual genius reaches a new height with its latest release, ‘Epilogue’. The track, true to its title, has a concluding ethos, the kind of grandeur and fanfare that comes with it. Cast in a fantastical musical space, the song is so unique and not like anything you’ve ever heard before. The artist brings about a confluence of new wave with moments of pop, electronica and rock. His vocals are a deep, glassy baritone that seems both stormy and prophetic. The atmosphere is dark, rich with mystical activity, a space where things that you don’t know swirl into the scene, entangled with the things you know to create an ending, a conclusion, a final chapter. The whole whole things seems to have a momentum and vision of its own as it leaps vividly into your world. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-benjamin-quartzs-pyromane monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ce1e7072-06e7-43dc-85db-1cb3302aea92/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Benjamin Quartz’s ‘Pyromane’ - Benjamin Quartz is a French singer-songwriter known for his charismatic storytelling style. His latest release is ‘Pyromane’ or ‘Pyromaniac’, a mischievous tale about an explosive lover. He sets the scene with such festive instrumentals, melodies that spring into the frame. It is playful, groovy, sensual, and even hypnotic in some of its parts. The artist plays with beats, keeps you dancing, shaking your hips and flowing with the moody jazz blues. And his French vocals, just sliding through this space, so simple yet magnetic and fresh. And just like that, you find yourself lost in a maze of his energy, style and vision. Imagine yourself in a spontaneous love, with a dark eyed lover, fiery passion driving you both, laughing as you explore a new city, dancing on the streets, and having a good time. All this to say, even if you don’t speak French, the song communicates in so many ways other than language as well. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-vanessa-marie-kings-estoy-tan-orgullosa-de-ti monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/baad7d7d-e131-48ce-8ea1-3c3d1060cf10/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Vanessa Marie King’s ‘Estoy tan orgullosa de Ti’ - Vanessa Maria King is a Spanish singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist. Her soundscapes are crafted to soak in emotions and radiate them with a strength and depth in a way that moves the listener. The artist’s vocals are especially crucial to this vision. The ability to harness your experience and your own emotions, wield it with a supreme expressive purpose. That shine cannot be dimmed. ‘Estoy tan orgullosa de Ti’ or ‘I’m Proud of You’ is the song that opens her latest album ‘Eterna’. The track is a globe of energy and light, just beaming through with authentic emotion. Her vocals draw from the depth and therefore strikes an intense height. Hold it in a way that moves you to tears. Even if you don’t understand Spanish, you’re sure to be captivated by the vocal presentation. The emotions are so free, generous and honest. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-maddox-jones-body-soul monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a13aa2ab-8295-4526-8c94-c3743246b272/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Maddox Jones’ ‘Body &amp; Soul’ - Maddox Jones is a singer-songwriter from Northampton. For his latest single, ‘Body and Soul’, he collaborates with Nigerian Afrobeat artist Great Adamz to create a harmonious soul music space. It is dynamic with easy and effortless stylistic varieties. Pop, soul, R&B, afrobeat, and island soul. Think Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ and OMI’s ‘Cheerleader’. This song forms along that plane but with a more softer and sentimental sound. The beats grooves are so catchy, the motifs forming on a loop, the perfect backdrop. While Adamz’s vocals are ethnic with that Nigerian charisma, Maddox keeps it soulful and honest. Singing about the irrevocable affinities shared between lovers, both the artists bring their music style, culture and experience to it. Weaving it into a delightful song that you can’t but hit repeat on! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-yume-aos-papillon monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f1034a3a-2d7b-4ba4-bf1c-df21dbbf06e5/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Yume Ao’s ‘Papillon’ - Yume Ao is a modern pop artist. The French singer-songwriter plays with electronica in a fresh way. In a way that brings a kind of GenZ funk to the music. An edge matched with novel stylings and charisma. Her latest release is ‘Papillon’, a tongue in cheek electro pop story. Trippy lines of melody and beats run through the soundscape, creating cerebral patterns and imprints. And through these funky frequencies, Yume’s secretive vocals flow. It’s deliberately plain, but has an exclusivity to it, a sophisticated flow with sensual undertones and mischief. The song kind of brings a rebellious pop atmosphere to the shores of disco, dance, and soft girl chic. It’s such an unusual aesthetic confluence that it keeps you hooked. Like abstract paintings, it keeps showing you new ways of looking at it and listening to it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rock-car287s-looking-through-the-lens monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6d08b89e-e47d-4ebf-8fd3-8069b5a6788b/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Rock : CAR287’s ‘Looking Through The Lens’ - CAR287 is a Winnipeg-based rock band. They throw it back to 80s pop rock, blues and classic rock like it’s the most effortless thing in the world. They have a charisma and a confident style that presents their music quite well. Their latest release is ‘Looking Through the Lens’, a collection that shows off their range and the variety of their performance. The album has a lot of interesting features and feelings. A great way to journey through everyday themes, making them into incredible worlds to share in and explore together. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-mercy-kellys-breathe-for-her monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1c807c30-1630-4604-86c2-ec284ed90ffa/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Mercy Kelly’s ‘Breathe For Her’ - Mercy Kelly is an indie rock band with a melodic style, with a tinge of familiarity and camaraderie. Think bands like The Smiths, The Strokes, and Modest Mouse. There’s a sense of connection. Something about their sound chemistry, texture play and vocal delivery, everything sounds like they’re coming out of you, or perhaps from a close friend. Their latest release is ‘Breathe for Her’, in which they explore a dynamic, storytelling, contemplative melancholy. Splashed with live riff textures, classic rock guitar style, and a progressing vocal style. Apart from the soundscape and instrumentals, even the lyrics have so much imagery. So the song springs up in your mind as photos, short reels, a burst cinema of sorts. That youthful yet retro flair takes up the mind and it makes for a delightful experience. Listen Now! . https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-daph-veils-bloodsucker monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/59c381ac-4389-4a94-b24d-e3c1e5ad3b84/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Daph Veil’s ‘Bloodsucker’ - Daph Veil is an alternative artist with a style that transcends genre boundaries. She explores dream pop flavors within fresh rock frames, giving rise to spectacular visuals and sonic sensibilities. Like in her latest release, ‘Bloodsucker’, she explores a pop that is so novel and compelling that it is a phenomenon. The song forms in an atmosphere that is dazing and dreamy; her vocals agile and leaping through it. It’s sensitive, sentimental, intimate, and immersive. The dream pop forms like a world of its own, swept up in the experience and emotions of the protagonist. The synths are soft and conditioned to be blurry and ambivalent. The frame leading into the bridge is splashed with an electric guitar solo, a rock feature that tears through, intensifying the whole listening experience. Adds a bluesy/ classic rock dimension to melancholy and melodrama and leads us back into the dreamy world. It is a novelty act and a sophisticated one at that. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-siren-sections-medicine monthly 0.5 2025-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/852f12a6-29cf-40b7-93aa-dbe6922738ac/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Siren Section’s ‘Medicine’ - Siren Section’s sound is plush indie rock, music that comes out of the speakers. Music that transports you. Music that takes you all over the expanse of your consciousness. Their latest is ‘Medicine’, a dazzling rock song that slather you in frothing riffs, glistening basslines, and dazing vocals. The track is cerebral, it winds around your head and keeps you immersed in their spatial realities. It is an expanse. And within that the rhythms rise and fall, tsunamic and tremendous. In the best way of course. It pours on you, flushes you with it until you’re part of that vast ocean of emotion and energy. If you enjoy styles like shoegaze, you’re sure to enjoy the stylistic formations in this song. The band is big on texture and uses it to warp the whole soundscape, create concepts around it and a story with it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-classical-joe-kenneys-the-improvised-cinematic-piano-sessions monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f4246de0-c4cb-4322-b14f-72f98d8318b9/5.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Classical : Joe Kenney’s ‘The Improvised Cinematic Piano Sessions’ - Joe Kenney is a pianist, classical composer and songwriter. His music is marked by a burst of freshness, because of explorative style, eclectic variety and musical articulation. His arrangements carry an individualistic style, a novelty that feels authentic. And that mark is distinctive, one that you can trust to elevate your ambience and your space. His latest release is ‘The Improvised Cinematic Piano Sessions’, an album, whose every track seems to linger a little bit longer in human moments. Stretches it, swims in it, and creates a space to stay in that feeling. A lot of the time, emotions feel a little complex and it may cause us to leave it and not make sense of it. But with Joe Kenney’s collection, you get a compelling map to explore it for yourself. The artist’s work is so delightfully compelling, creating an expanse for you to either just chill in, study with or relax in. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-janet-devlins-houston monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7d9df22e-5220-4102-8205-391eee131cb0/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country : Janet Devlin’s ‘Houston’ - Janet Devlin is on her way to being an iconic Nashville star. With her authentic and raw charisma, she brings a refreshing energy to country folk music in a way that is reminiscent of the greats, the classics like Dolly Parton. Her latest release is ‘Not My First Emotional Rodeo (Deluxe)’ album, a collection that perfectly captures the artist’s love for songwriting and celebrates her performative passion. Taken from this collection is ‘Houston’ a track that is bare, gritty, chunky and so country. Add some blues, and a mellow spaghetti western plane, and you’ve got yourself a full fledged, fabulous rodeo. Banjo melodies running through the soundscapes, building beats, and a gritty vocal personality that energizes and ties everything together. Her vocal timbre is reminiscent of Miley Cyrus, that low, gruff yet expressive sound that instantly compels. There’s mystery in her voice, experience, and a whole journey that you can take contained in it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-patrick-costellos-borderline-chaos-at-the-border monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/346197c8-0865-4570-8601-1ee7802049b3/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Patrick Costello’s ‘Borderline : Chaos at the Border’ - For his latest release, Patrick Costello collaborates with the Knabokov Collective. Titled ‘Borderline : Chaos at the Border’, the track is a cinematic production. Flushed with rock features, jazz, Latin blues, and an unforgettable vocal line to go with it, the song is thoroughly engaging. Listening to it is like watching a play, the theatre comes alive with each frame. And there’s so many of them, strung into performative arcs. The rock basslines set the stage, and built over it are crisscrossing accordions, clarinets, piano melodies, and an orchestra of so many other sounds and strokes. The moments in the bridge are high and potent with an aliveness, that leading into the climax becomes such a summit to end on. If you like an immersive, dramatic, and dynamic soundscape that sparks the imagination immediately, then this is definitely the song for you! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-joo-joness-se-tivesse-sido-ns monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cb485aec-a927-45ff-8e78-1bbd75daab65/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : João Jones’s ‘Se Tivesse Sido Nós’ - João Jones is a Brazilian artist and singer-songwriter. Exploring his latest release, ‘Se Tivesse Sido Nós’ or ‘If It Had Been Us’, we encounter a fresh, acoustic alt folk song. The crispness of his vocals carries an emotional depth that you wouldn’t expect. The mellow acoustics swirling around it, sparkling and glinting adds to this and like a daydream, you can escape into it. If you don’t know the language, you can tell that it’s a stream of consciousness style storytelling, recollecting moments and memories of a past love. That melancholy nicely carries into the soundscape. It lifts into the listener, comforts in a way that surpasses the boundary of language. Even if you don’t understand the lyrics, the emotion is so well formed and captured that it creates a connection instantly and easily. The artist’s expression is so honest and vulnerable that it resonates with the heart. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-martin-lloyd-howards-winters-light monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8e3f2b14-2805-4d53-af85-974cffc38558/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Martin Lloyd Howard’s ‘Winter’s Light’ - Martin Lloyd Howard is a singer-songwriter and a guitarist who creates music that fuse with moments, spaces, minds, and memories. His latest release is ‘Winter’s Light’, an acoustic instrumental that captures the softness, moodiness, and silence of the theme. There’s an intimacy to the, a generosity of emotion that gets passed on to the listener. You know that feeling of just sitting around and doing nothing with your closest friend or lover. That’s how the song feels. There is a mellow luminosity to the plucked guitar melodies. In a way that when it interacts with the surrounding through the listener, it evokes a daze, a daydream, a surreal feeling that you don’t want to shake off. Like a journal entry, it’s meant for solitude. Explorative as it is, the song presents so many moments of clarity, warmth, and a cozy atmosphere that wraps it all up. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-cathleen-irelands-in-the-city monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a1e513c1-40b9-4078-bd4a-1288a476a24b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Cathleen Ireland’s ‘In the City’ - Cathleen Ireland is a singer-songwriter and an electro pop performer. Everything that she sings about, she brings to live. That’s the best way to describe her music. Her latest release is ‘In The City’ album of which the title track sets the stage. It shines and glitters with the bustling energy, the buzz, the activity, dynamism and lights of a city. The electronic melodies with its color and animated by the beats and vocals, all of it brings the theme to life. It is electric, there’s a scene and you know as you listen to it, it’s going to be fun. The energy, emotion and the spontaneous atmosphere of the song feels so familiar. Especially if you like to have a good time. It’s youthful. There is dance, joy, and just a carefree night with friends and strangers. Come get some of this, especially if you’re getting ready to go out on the town. Cathleen’s energy is sure to fill you up ! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-caludia-ballas-video-game monthly 0.5 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b078c0e9-ebbe-410b-832e-1a2c73c39fdf/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Caludia Balla’s ‘Video Game’ - Claudia Balla’s stylistic range continues to amaze and impress with every release. Her latest release is ‘Video Game’, a track where she crafts a space of confluence for commercial pop, contemporary pop, alt pop, some rock and even some pop rap. The song moves dynamically like a video game. Exploring the complexities of love and everything leading up to it, she showcases the experience with so many frames. A consistent beat line sounds in the backdrop, and a piano line that wanders with her emotions. Her voice is so fresh, as they switch between vocal personalities. It is narrative, confessional, yearning, expressing, and anthemic. So many emotions pass through the screens of perspective and storytelling. It’s an interesting composition, a unique interpretation of alternative pop, whilst staying true to her artistic character. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-aircrafts-idiot-love monthly 0.5 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/07baa815-bcd2-4697-a172-b1322a02ad7b/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Aircraft’s ‘Idiot Love’ - Aircraft is an indie banner that explores the moody edges and dreamy spheres of rock. The artist flies through burning sunset skies of shoegaze and hypnotic progressions. Quite fitting to his moniker. In his latest release, ‘Idiot Love’, he explores the absoluteness of the theme, the kind of love that is infinite, that builds against all reason, against all odds. The love that blinds you. With a modern rock soundscape that journeys in fantastical spaces, filled with luminous visuals, futuristic features and an alien feeling, all of it has a psychedelic tinge to it. Deliberate and intentional, it grows and progresses across the soundscape, and is awakened more and more by Aircraft’s hypnotic vocals. There are many ways for you to enjoy the song. You can drift through it, delve into the nuances, or the best way, daydream with it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-folk-debi-derryberrys-go-to-slee monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5d707ed2-0d5e-4838-9b13-98378b815b8c/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Folk : Debi Derryberry’s ‘Go to Sleep’ - Debi Derryberry has released her ‘Go to Sleep Lullaby’ Album, a collection of songs that are made to put kids to sleep. With soothing tones, sweet imagery, and immersive lyrics, the artist crafts relatable music that can engage a child and gradually lead them to sleep. If you’re looking for a simple yet creative way of helping your child go peacefully into their sleep, this is the album for you. The vocals are memorable and easily likable. With hums and serene tones, it makes its way through the many ways of falling asleep. Not only that, but it loops in educational aspects, developmental moments in a child’s day and gently loops it into the song. Engaging the child, slowly relaxing them. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-synth-pop-cupid-spells-look-alike monthly 0.5 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e9fef44e-0ab0-40dc-b195-f0a9b9fc662b/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Synth Pop : Cupid Spell’s ‘Look Alike’ - Cupid Spell is an alternative, dark synth pop duo who have such vivid and varied imaginations. Their songs are full of visuals that flow away into interesting tangents and fresh spaces. In their debut single, ‘Look Alike’, they explore unique symmetries with such novel elements and presentations. In an explorative darkness space, their ideas, thoughts, concepts and emotions flow with color. The vocals are not definite. They have spatial qualities and have a way of lending their moods to the soundscapes. Lyrical moments hang within the space, catching your attention and sending you down yet another rabbit hole. It’s cerebral, contemplative, and compelling. If you like artists like Beach House and Cocteau Twins, you’re sure to love the style and world of this duo. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-bob-augustines-the-candy-wrapper monthly 0.5 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/645b169a-03c5-4f23-b1b8-e31ce0dda999/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Bob Augustine’s ‘The Candy Wrapper’ - If you’re in the market for a chunky, cozy, contemplative, feel-good song to warm this fall, then Bob Augustine’s ‘The Candy Wrapper’ is the perfect track for you. The artist creates such a fresh composition. With plucked strings, luminous melodies, undulating accordions, and a voice that is warm all the way to the core, the song is so human. It carries a life lived, moments, memories and feelings that amass as the song forms. As you listen, you get to be a part of that, you get to watch people, a story play out. The artist tells stories not only with words, but with instrumentals. Each moment has such a vivid sentiment, a reality, an emotion that feels like your own. It feels intimate and it makes you invest and engage. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alternative-lovina-falls-would-that-it-were monthly 0.5 2025-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/258e5685-2360-4e6e-9658-328d96737fc0/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alternative : Lovina Falls’ ‘Would That - Lovina Falls is the alternative banner of Valerie Forgione, a vivid and vibrant space that explores new ways of fusing energy and music. The artist is not just a musician, she is a performer, an orchestrator of music with visions that far surpass the boundaries and norms that exist today. Her ideas are electric and combusting. Executed with a confident hand and an energetic brilliance, the soundscapes are so fresh, so ready to feed the listener. Her latest release is the ‘Would that It Were’ EP, a collection that is fiery, active, and so alive. Vocal-forward and instrumentally rich, you are in for a treat. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-fierbinteanus-women-of-the-world monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ca9adcaf-4634-4c10-bec6-96f78b2f2137/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Fierbinteanu’s ‘Women of the World’ - Fierbinteanu is an alternative banner that thrives on musical chaos. The duo create a soundscape that keeps you on your toes. Think a wild and outrageous style matched with experimentation and spontaneity. With one feeding the other, what comes out of the other side is something you’re gonna want to see or try out. Their latest release is ‘Women of the World’, a bold and outrageously alternative performance. It is edgy, challenging, intentionally defiant. The vocals are stretched in a way that it pervades into the warping, new age soundscape. The rock instrumentals have an impromptu dynamic, intuitively forming around the chaos that is the thematic landscape. It’s a call for all the women of the world, an anthem of power, independence, freedom, and absolute autonomy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-folk-rootigers-rewinder monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/034d7ea0-fb7c-4e55-95a7-60e13985b7f8/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country Folk : Rootiger’s ‘Rewinder’ - Rootiger is a singer-songwriter and a country folk artist. He is known for his fresh pallets, luminous melodies and uplifting soundscapes. If you’re looking for a feel-good space that makes you feel all your feelings without worrying you, then you’re in the right place. His latest release is the ‘Rewinder’ album, a collection that perfectly exemplifies the warmth and essential nature of his style. Taken from the album is ‘On the Ball’, a track that flows with an informal rhythm. It’s a flow for the most part, with Rootiger’s baritones floating along the river of guitar acoustics. The images come and go, harmonica accents lift and leave, and the plucked melodies give us so many layers. There are some electric guitar moments as well, that takes it a little bit more deeper, leaves space for you to take it to the next level in your head. If you enjoy the work of John Mayer, you’re sure to love this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-soul-pop-mia-delamars-love-me-not monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/50fa6587-4177-48f1-a37d-f40a976a4e5c/2.png Music Reviews - EP Review/ Soul Pop : Mia Delamar’s ‘Love Me… Not’ - Mia Delamar is a soul pop artist and a singer-songwriter who creates such deep and vivid portraits of experience. Her songs are best described as fluid frames of storytelling, an experience that so seamlessly combines emotions and human moments. Her latest release is ‘Love Me… Not’, a collection that blends R&B/ soul with commercial pop production and energy. The result is a contemplative, expressive, and addictive album. Think Rihanna and Beyonce in early 2000s. She revives that ethos, pulling R&B in all its brilliance to the center stage. And she does it well. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-kevin-honolds-two-lovers-in-the-summer monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f098818b-7edf-49f5-881f-8c94f2491291/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Kevin Honold’s ‘Two Lovers in the Summer’ - Kevin Honold is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk artist who sings about the songs that life manifests in his life. His music is crafted by his life experiences, so honestly and endearingly presented. His latest release is ‘Two Lovers in the Summer’, a luminous, acoustic, dreamy, romantic song about two people who met and fell in love in the summer. And now holding hands, walk into the falling beauty of autumn. Surrounding their story, their feelings, and their memories with seasonal changes, they bring the song into your own world. Kevin’s vocals are warm and pleasing, a man in love. Female vocal accents lift into it, giving us a glimpse into their union, their chemistry, and their love. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-stephanie-westdals-lesser-than monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b3b596d7-8acb-4553-989a-ca117440161c/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Stephanie Westdal’s ‘Lesser Than’ - Stephanie Westdal is an alt pop artist who creates swirling rooms of stories, scenes, theatrics, and emotion. Flavored by the unique brand of her femme, her songs come alive in the wake of it. It’s dark, mysterious, mellow, and bold. In her latest release, ‘Lesser Than’, she holds a slow flow, doting on momentous feelings. The storytelling frames form so well, surreal yet so raw and real. Bluesy vocal style blended with a classic rock band and dark pop accents. It takes you back to artists like Amy Winehouse who didn’t just make songs but lived them as it was sung and performed. The listener is made an immersive audience to this expression so much so that it felt like a cinema altogether. That’s how this song feels. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-caroline-in-the-gardens-push-through monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/847cf6e6-e95d-4463-b5b0-612fbc0ee6d7/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Caroline in the Garden’s ‘Push Through’ - Caroline in the Garden is whimsy, craft and creative theatrics coming to life. The banner was founded by singer-songwriter and producer, Caroline Milby. Her style is defined by her love of performance, of showcasing an emotion or an instance in the most fun, playful, extravagant, grand, and unique way. In her latest release, ‘Push Through’, she gives us a dynamic and playful soundscape. With darting piano melodies, diving and bumping along, country chords winding down, and the vocals a watercolor expression, the whole soundscape comes alive. There’s not only lyrical imagery but musical imagery. There’s theatrics, that histrionic drama, classical moments, all of it busy and bustling throughout the soundscape. It’s a travelling and fun kind of chaos, one that you can’t not keep up with. So keep on juggling with it, it’s the best way to enjoy it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-latin-valeria-stewarts-el-da-ms-oscuro monthly 0.5 2025-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bbf743c0-91d2-4dd3-9b51-568637ab833c/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Latin : Valeria Stewart’s ‘El Día Más Oscuro’ - Valeria Stewart’s music forms in the past. The style is classic, retro even in a way that feels authentic. Her latest release is ‘El Día Más Oscuro’ or ‘The Darkest Day’, a track that forms as if in transition. You’ll see a twilight cast on the whole song, with the vocals tracing fading edges of time and emotions. Memories and stories. Valeria’s voice is like the soft light of a night lamp. It disperses into the room and transforms the atmosphere of the room. And the light just keeps on floating, like a cloud across the space. The mellow acoustics, so DIY and intimate that it further softens the vocal emotion. It endears the protagonist to the listener, makes you want to linger and listen again. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-the-house-flies-sweet-foxhound monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e71ddd3c-643b-46d6-9364-b4a4f9b60704/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : The House Flies’ ‘Sweet Foxhound’ - The House Flies is an indie rock band with a sound that stretches deep into your psyche. The way they use rock music to project their vision into the listener’s cerebral landscape is incredible. You’ll be able to experience that in real time in their latest release, ‘Sweet Foxhound’, a track that is made with deep, circular riff spirals. The texture of the riffs, its depth superimposed by hypnotic vocals and bass floors radiates into the real time world. Pleasantly warps the atmosphere till it becomes surreal, blurry kind of distant almost. It makes you the observer, puts you in a place of perception but also makes you an important part of the scene. The concept, ideas, aesthetic, and execution is all done with a cohesive vision that by the end of, they all amass and put their brilliant weight behind you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-falling-into-views-on-with-the-show monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4915f243-af6b-4a2e-8ff8-d8b53dc8c9c1/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Falling into View’s ‘On With the Show’ - Falling into View is an alternative band that loves to celebrate the styles that they love. Pooling them altogether to create soundscapes that are original and authentic to the members of the band. With each one passionately flowing in the direction of their style and influence, it all somehow makes sense, a harmony forms. Their latest release is ‘On with the Show’, a track that features an immersive pop rock show. It’s a performance that expands into a concert in your head. The energy running through that song is so vivid and vibrant. With Alyssa’s emphatic and evocative vocals flowing into Alan’s ambitious visions, alongside Gordon’s lofty drums, Rob’s empowering bass and Bernie’s splashy chords, the song is such a grand piece. A masterpiece of country, folk and pop. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-broken-colours-before-the-sun monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eeabd2a5-d2af-47e7-b760-f096463cd842/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Broken Colours’ ‘Before the Sun’ - Broken Colours is an alt folk band that delves into the fractures of the human experience. And they come out with nuanced feelings and emotions that open something. Their latest release is ‘Before the Sun’, a track that explores the anxieties and adventures of youth, leaving an impression of strength and perspective along the way. This blend of candid confessions along with a positive outlook is quite a refreshing way to present the theme. The instrumentals are soft and bare which keeps the soundscape open for the listener to roam in. And with vocals that plow into the emotion in a way that is both validating and endearing, the band’s sound is reminiscent of artists like Lukas Graham and softer Hozier tracks. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-blues-corners-piggy-back-blues monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5a4af436-5b6a-4a0d-b9ec-342fd48f4d13/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : Blues Corner’s ‘Piggy Back Blues’ - The raw, rustic, and sharp country blues of Blues Corner is the place to be. Their latest release is ‘Piggy Back Blues’, a track that is made with the most vintage melodic and vocal pallets. The acoustic strings twinge and glint. The moody blues envelope you, come over you like a warm blanket on a winter night. Undeniably welcome until it becomes a part of you. It pairs especially well with a whiskey in your hand in a smoky bar with a ruminating mind. The song is not just that. It’s a whole world that the duo pulls you into. It sets the scene, creates the plot, and then lets you be the protagonist. They let you flow through it, experience the landscape, the emotion, and the reality of it all, the story of it all. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-folk-the-amanda-emblem-experiments-the-wod monthly 0.5 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/64d0de01-2369-49b8-9202-e1eae623a3d4/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Folk : The Amanda Emblem Experiment’s ‘The Wod’ - The Amanda Emblem Experiment is an exploration of sound in all its whimsy and artistic expression. The artist is not afraid to be led by her sound. No matter where it goes, she shows up to witness it in its wildest form. Or perhaps even at its most mundane moment. Bottling it into sweet numbers that you can grow into and experience for yourself, she is a promising musical progeny. Her latest release is ‘The Wood’ album, a collection that explores jazz with folk components, instrumentals and textures. It’s like watching a wildlife show. There’s so much exotic activity, naturalistic atmospheres and a freshness that elates you almost instantly. The collection contains eleven tracks, each one laying out its own distinct energy and artistic power. Opening with ‘Hanging Flute’, she inaugurates a gentle yet flighty flute performance. It lifts, falls, and floats away. With a lack of a lyrical quotient, it is like the wind; up for fluid interpretation. With melody lines hanging out, it presents like a conversation. The din at the neighborhood market. A familiarity yet a delightful strangeness. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-the-archdukes-line-of-fire monthly 0.5 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b129ca23-9224-472e-b776-fd1db704df1c/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk - The Archduke’s ‘Line of Fire’ - The Archduke is not your average singer-songwriter and blues artist. He curates a compelling atmosphere of human emotion and experience. Like a cinema, he lays it all out, frame by frame. His latest release is ‘Line of Fire’. It is a folk/ classic rock blend that keeps you in the loop, every second of the song. The stream of consciousness lyrics flowing alongside storytelling and emotional expression lays out a familiar complexity. The vocals are an arena of texture and raw performance; building up into a unique charismatic presentation. The instrumentals are of course the invisible mood makers. I say invisible because of how seamlessly that reflect and merge with the vocal experience. Each one a natural and intuitive extension of the other, without that formulaic familiarity. It’s just a flow, and the best way to experience it is to go with it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-aylees-slow-down monthly 0.5 2025-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/48546739-4587-4101-8687-e4524c481704/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Aylee’s ‘Slow Down’ - Aylee is a singer-songwriter and alt pop artist. Her style brings intimate lyrical narrations into an uplifting, commercial pop space. Think Phoebe Bridgers forming within a Carly Rae Jepsen song. That reflective and confessional spirit bursting into the feel-good, youthful burst. Her latest release, ‘Slow Down’ is the perfect example of this duality. Two stylistic pallets laid out in a conversation, contemplation, and celebration. The artist flows into a free space, where there is time to discover and become who you want to be. Where there’s no race, no judgment, no urgency to find the life that’s paved for you. Just a slow exploration of yourself that reveals. If you enjoyed the pop ethos of mid 2010s, you’re sure to love this song. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-pop-korda-korders-you-still-turn-me-inside-out monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e7667e06-a5c2-45c3-b924-bb3b002e7c54/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Pop : Korda Korder’s ‘You Still Turn Me Inside Out’ - Korda Korder is an indie band whose sound oozes across genres, over many energy frames and sonic aesthetics. A genre-blending group who don’t do it in an obvious way, but strike that unique chemistry with deep, creative work. For their sophomore single, ‘You Still Turn Me Inside Out’, Korda Korder creates a mesmerizing, glazed, glassy, dream pop soundscape. It radiates with luminosity and a striking warmth that is scintillatingly cooled off with the vocalist’s sweet voice. The slow pace of the song, combined with the reflective piano melodies, poetic lyrics, and ethereal resonance, is all so fresh. Like a contemporary pop lift with a cinematic swirl and a transcendental vocal line. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-alessandro-savino-projects-sorry monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ffc034a9-79b7-4be5-914f-43058e0e1693/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt : Alessandro Savino Project’s ‘Sorry’ - Alessandro Savino Project has just released their latest release, ‘Sorry’. It’s not your usual kind of music, but the production is a compelling blend of pop, blues and jazz in a way that keeps it light and retro. It’s an immersive song, with instrumentals drenching so much of the soundscape, creating a whole world through it. And as the vocals form, it allows the listener to explore the thematic emotion and sentiments with imaginative instrumental interpretation. It gives the listener a chance to connect with the song in a way that ties back to their experiences. And that’s quite a fresh atmosphere to be a part of. It’s light, imaginative, creative, and full of visual and mood frames. There’s romance, heartache, contrition, apology, and a deeper union because of it all. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-rock-university-drives-first-stage-separation monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/83cba395-cab0-40e9-880a-821e63429040/3.png Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Rock : University Drive’s ‘First Stage Separation’ - University Drive is an alt rock band from Scranton. Their soundscapes are marked by boldness that they create with driving beats, atmospheric riffs, deep basslines and stormy vocals. They explore alt rock as a neo modern genre, inspired as their sound is by the 90s hard rock, some emo with a modern, imaginative kick. Their latest release is ‘First Stage Separation EP’, a five-track collection that keeps you deeply immersed and involved in the thick of the theme. There is alt rock sludge around you and it is not only the best thing in the world but it feels exhilarating to be a part of soundscapes that are so alive. All around you. The will to play, and to perform authentically is what makes this band so easy to love and praise. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-baaj-baajs-echoes-in-the-mind monthly 0.5 2025-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c59620d5-5fd8-4e69-960f-67666b2c5c60/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Baaj &amp; Baaj’s ‘Echoes in the Mind’ - Baaj & Baaj puts on a luminous sonic show in his latest EP, ‘Echoes in the Mind’. The collection is contemplative, conversational, and cultivated with aliveness. And the title track showcases this vision with a readiness and refreshing candor. The track stretches out like a horizon. And lifting over it, like a sunrise, are streaking melodies, mellow grooves, sparking textures, and warm vocal air. There is just a sense of opening across the song, something growing, inflating, becoming bigger. And as it grows it does with an ethereal echo and a cerebral pulse. It makes the listening process so compelling. The visuals that it effortlessly evokes and carries you into are definitely lofty and surreal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-art-rock-marianne-nowottnys-marzanna monthly 0.5 2025-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5e30ef57-9fed-4e10-9e99-7ba07ca94947/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Art Rock : Marianne Nowottny’s ‘Marzanna’ - Marianne Nowottny is a singer-songwriter and a literary artist. Lover of classics, theatricals, and dark femme style, her music is not commonplace. It is a niche, frothing with dark frills, unusually delightful perspective, and dramatics with sonic props that will put you right at the scene of her mind. Her latest release is the ‘Marzanna’ album, a collection that explores a dark spectrum of emotions and thoughts, casting an ethereal and ghostly frame on the reality of some feminine realities. It’s done so artfully, with so much imagination, ideas and concept. That it feels more like the works of great authors rather than a record. Lots of fantastical elements with elements of satire, irony, and literary expression. If the moods of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Emily Brontë, Shakespeare, and Jane Austen were to swirl together with mellow modernity, this would be the energy. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-transgalacticas-liberal-anthem monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6e09ba95-7d14-4f18-9e3c-5977a58d6554/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Transgalactica’s ‘Liberal Anthem’ - Transgalactica is an alternative concept banner. In their latest release, ‘Liberal Anthem’, they explore a dystopian sphere of infinite liberties. A philosophical monologue, it draws a lot into contemplation. It compels the listener to think about the absolute extensions of the theme. The song is a hypnotic anthem, unwavering and staunch, in a way that reveals the rigidity of hyper-liberalism. The artists present it with a radical structure. And in doing that exposes how blinding anything becomes if you make it absolute, if you think about it dogheadedly. That hyper-liberalism will in fact end up standing against the core essence of liberalism. It’s a cerebral track that awakens the philosopher in all of us. It makes you think, realise and find perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-lilia-ashas-ghost-house monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d2cd02c5-def4-47e3-ab33-7dc40804cd5d/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Lilia Asha’s ‘Ghost House’ - Lilia Asha is a singer-songwriter and a contemporary pop artist. She has such an effortless way of revealing human experiences. So vulnerable, honest and articulate in the way she strings stories. Her latest release is ‘Ghost House’, a track that explores the remnants of heartache and grief. Detailing ghost memories of a happy childhood, Lilia’s vocals evoke so much imagery and real time emotion. The past dances in her voice, the feeling and sentiments paving the way for it. Detailed with soft acoustics, and soft haunting piano melodies, The concept of home can be very complicated and the bond that you have with it is made by the people that raised you, that you grew up with. In this track, the artist is mourning the loss of one such person, of the person that made her feel seen. Not just that but who made her believe that the world is hers. And now, without them, it’s a ghost house that haunts her with pain, and regret of having lost them. It’s a sad song but one with authenticity and substance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-powers-of-the-monks-bread-and-circuses monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d178fb38-eedd-413d-841e-045ce8b47f6b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Powers of the Monk’s ‘Bread and Circuses’ - Powers of the Monk is an immersive music maker. He doesn’t just create music. His songs are musical cinemas and swirling portraits of ideas, concepts, and thoughts. They make you think, feel, and visualise across a sophisticated plane. His latest release is ‘Bread and Circuses’, an alternative music matinee that reveals the melancholic correlations between earning a living (bread) and reality of circuses. The Beatles, Queen, David Bowie are all artists known for their productional flair and freshness. If you’ve especially listened to and enjoyed some of The Beatles’ earlier work (songs like Because from the Abbey Road album) you’re sure to enjoy the melodic craft, and dramatic acts/ scenes that the artist lays out. The soundscape is fiery, swirling with imagery, sound, melodies, emotions, and human realities. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-the-messages-sacrifice monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4398e4fd-73ad-4e24-aa16-4a7115a80307/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : The Mess:Age’s ‘Sacrifice’ - The Mess:Age is the banner of singer-songwriter, musician producer, Glen Ziggy Brandon. He has many decades of sound making under his belt and has even worked with a long list of A list musicians from the 20th century that includes names like Bowie, Duran Duran. Under this banner, he explores pop rock with a contemplative pulse. Reflecting on the complexities of this modern age, of how much of a mess the world can become sometimes. In their latest, ‘Sacrifice’, the band blends lyrical narratives and spiritual planes to create a sound that is so vast in its imagination and emotion. The band writes a genre-defying Christian rock song that is empowering in its spirit and call. There’s so much of that zest and passion for all that is good and divine. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-darren-halls-electreic-heartbeat monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/19f73c2e-b2a8-4e4b-b7ec-b5dbb55abbae/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Darren Hall’s ‘Electreic Heartbeat’ - Darren Hall is a pop rock artist with an electric pulse that makes the whole thing feel-good and unforgettable. His latest release is ‘Electreic Heartbeat’, a track that is open and vast, like the big blue sky. And striking this space is the feeling of unending love, infinite hope, and electric synth flashes that keeps reinforcing it. A globe of music that roots for your love, for your heart’s desires and everything else in between. If you enjoy listening to artists like Elton John, Belinda Carlisle, and Cyndi Lauper, you’re sure to love this retro-flavored electro pop rock love song. It is so energizing, immersive and full of that larger than life feeling. Like it takes over the body and the mind in the best way. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-dj-thommeks-feeling monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/41247860-106b-4aab-9d13-16b1ba5b2159/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM : DJ Thommek’s ‘Feeling’ - DJ Thommek is a dance music producer with a modern stylistic arc and fresh ideas. There’s a remarkable sense of youth and dynamism to his tracks. And it forms with a novelty that you wouldn’t predict. His latest release is ‘Feeling’, a melodic house track that is touched by moments of daft punk reminiscent of electro pop and an infinite dance sequence. The soundscape is mellow and fluid, smoothly progressing, multiplying and growing into new sensibilities. It’s that scaling of melody, beats, backdrop, and rhythm that brings the theme to life. There’s nothing heavy about it, nor serious or sincere. Just a dreamy space that is explored with splashes of synths, dance grooves, and strange, hypnotizing imagery. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-hyperpop-glitch-armours-loveexe monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b52a396a-ab65-4c52-b917-de54ace95f2f/2.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Hyperpop : Glitch Armour’s ‘Love.exe’ - Glitch Armour is a banner that explores candy hearts, romantic notions, and love with an electric pulse. With glitch core, some emo, and a whole lot of modern electro pop, we get to fly through dynamic, fun, hypercute, and technicolor electro high. It is so undeniably girly, with a cool electro punk edge that you cannot put away and forget. It has that radiating ripple effect. With larger than life, colorful, darting electro sonics, the whole thing is a world apart from reality. Her latest release is ‘Love.exe’, an album that is all kinds of endearing and cute. It is marked by its colorful melodies, ripples, darting patterns, explosive textures, and a vocal line that drifts with an autotune flight. There are so many inventive, experimental, and novel elements. She captures the modern love, futuristic in its aesthetic. Even the worlds she creates around the feeling is so electronic, like an e-girl frame that you can over feel and over share with. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-pop-rock-sehores-husfikbur monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dd722700-b0da-4586-8b71-7d7859b57416/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Pop Rock : Sehore’s ‘Husfikbur’ - When you listen to Sehore’s work, you not only meet music, you interact with emotion. His music blends fluid Latin music with blues, rock, and an emotional perspective that will make you feel it all. Not only that, but his music carries culture. We saw it in his award-winning LADENCIA album. And now in his sophomore album, ‘Husfikbur’. Across the fourteen-track album, he takes Latin rock and blues to a whole new spectrum of feeling. There are definite explorative and experimental facets, presented as if to capture a nuanced, nameless emotion or human experience. There’s so many specificities like this across the board and it is such an interesting space to explore. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-super-pyramids-only-the-vain monthly 0.5 2025-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0fc208a4-2135-4668-819f-f7c2be48f14c/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Super Pyramid’s ‘Only the Vain’ - Super Pyramid is an indie rock band who create dazing atmospheres of feeling. It’s modern, youthful, with a refreshing edge. The fluid stylistic pallet of their music casts new light on indie rock as a genre. It’s smooth and effortless with a sophisticated sound. Their latest release is ‘Only the Vain’, a track that forms with an Italian summer aesthetic. That air of romance, art, contemplation, and dreams. It floods the song. The glassy riffs, harmonica lines, layered vocals, and beats. All of them have a freshness to them. And with progression, we see smooth pitch filters, rustic folk pieces, and wandering patterns. It is like you’re cycling around the countryside. All those frames are forming with feeling profiles and colorful visuals. It is authentic musical discovery and you’re there for the whole thing! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-the-transferences-floodlights monthly 0.5 2025-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4dbe0501-15e6-4da1-9b31-908700e1bd1a/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : The Transference’s ‘floodlights’ - The Transference is an indie rock/ power pop band with a strong sense of style and an irrepressible energy profile. It is as if their energy precedes them. Their soundscapes are vibrant, lofty, and dynamic, but also contemplative, feel-good, and wholesome. They bring these moments of driving rhythms to a heartfelt flow and the results are amazing. Their latest release is ‘Floodlights’, an album that is made like its title suggests. There’s a lot of that fanfare, celebratory, and busy frames. Luminous instrumentals and roaring beats. Alongside that, there are those stark frames of dazing realities and cerebral euphoria. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-danny-hammons-shooting-stars monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/592866d0-2255-45a7-9d20-2ec1c8407720/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Danny Hammons’ ‘Shooting Stars’ - If you’re in the mood for a cozy, warm, and chunky acoustic folk song, you’re in the right place! Danny Hammons’s ‘Shooting Stars’ is so feel-good and wholesome. A song that takes you to places of childhood wonder and reflective storytelling. The artist brings the fragility of life to the forefront, the wonder of being alive and makes us realise our duty to experience it to the fullest. He brings this to us on the heels of glinting melodies - floating guitar melodies, plucked ukulele, and plush banjo moments. It’s a fresh soundscape with profound vocal emotion. A beautiful blend of energy and emotion to bring the theme to life. It invokes a sense of humility and a soft inspiration to live it up! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-pop-burnt-souls-eternal-distance monthly 0.5 2025-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0de6b859-1665-4fea-a8b7-ff3ab3b3f3c3/8.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Pop : Burnt Soul’s ‘Eternal Distance’ - Burnt Soul is an alt pop/ indie rock banner whose sound forms where the experimental meets the explorative. The artist’s music is full of dynamic ideas that are smoothly reconciled into unique worlds of sound. ‘Eternal Distance’ is Burnt Soul’s latest album, a collection that explores moments of human experience. With dark pop elements and resonant rock flows, the artist creates dimension and spectacular perspective across the album. We see a lot of cinematic features, theatrical moments that make it more immersive. The artist gets into themes like love, friendship, loneliness, heartache, human connection; all of it leading to memories and nocturnal frames. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-sdantes-your-smile-got-me monthly 0.5 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/87618165-e167-48ce-8d4a-d2f07587eff0/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Sdante’s ‘Your Smile Got Me’ - Sdante is an indie rock banner. The songs have such energetic atmospheres, a feel good feel that you can flow into and live in. The artist’s latest release is ‘Your Smile Got Me’, a track that wholesomely features the intoxicating experience of being affected by a lover’s smile. Sdante draws the romance of it, cultivates it with fresh instrumentals, warm vocals and luminous halo of emotion. The beats are upbeat and the rhythms expand into a horizon of feeling. And layering this spread is the artist’s vocal emotion, oozing and bright as it lathers it and adds to it. It’s a sunny, summer song with that spark of sweetness and positivity that you would want to carry with you into the fall. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-rock-reeya-banerjees-this-place monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b1762ea6-5e34-4a70-adf7-ef9ff4bb1489/7.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Rock : Reeya Banerjee’s ‘This Place’ - Reeya Banerjee is a singer-songwriter, storyteller and a rock artist that will make your teeth hurt. In the best way of course. Her edgy style combined with her vulnerability creates an intoxicating sonic atmosphere. She bares it all, her sharpness and softness and gives it all to her sound. The result is a coarse, visceral, vivid, and powerful repertoire. Her latest release is ‘This Place’, an album that explores moments of her life; moments of love, heartache, connection, joy, and survival, projecting it onto a sonic space with brilliant cinematic appeal. This collection is the artist’s second full-length album, in which she gets into an explosive flow of literary songwriting and grand instrumentals. It paints fantastic frames, landscapes of a life lived with immersively humane moments and sentiments. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-tim-camroses-going-to-nashville monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d61eca14-ed92-44f5-ba7b-299a23e45eef/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country : Tim Camrose’s ‘Going to Nashville’ - Tim Camrose’s country is hearty, it is old school and full of that classic storytelling. His latest release is ‘Going to Nashville’, a glinting, glistening track that combines luminous instrumentals with warm encompassing baritones. As it wraps itself around you, the passion, the dreams, the road to Nashville, it’s incredibly cozy. Cozy in a way that makes you brim with the humanness of yourself, of the artist and the world. It is a song of hope, as the protagonist looks to Nashville, a place that can make all his country dreams come true. And tracing the passion back to childhood, the song swims with nostalgia and carries that deep human want, and the sincerity of it is moving. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-lost-chimes-man-mother-boy monthly 0.5 2025-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/59fa1797-20bc-43fd-a40f-41af4d8e7d57/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Lost Chimes’ ‘Man Mother Boy’ - Lost Chimes is a contemporary, new age alt folk duo, Gemma and Nicky Kirk. The combination of theatrical neoclassicals and highland folk with the enchanting vocal depth of the Gemma transports you. Their latest release is ‘Man Mother Boy’, a track that is crafted with rustic folk acoustics and earthy beats. And flowing through it, like an ethereal river is the vocals. It has a ribbon like fluidity to it, floating and flowing as if gravitating to something. To an emotion that is so complex yet so visceral and deeply human. It opens the instrumental spirit, creates space for Nicky to expand into it. Neoclassicals weave through, as if joyous, celebrating the epiphanic times in the voice. And just like the jingle of the tambourine sounds, a bag pipe plane tunes in. The song has a very soft spontaneity, something nomadic and wild about it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-melodic-techno-snow-n-stuffs-galaxy monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/227f73c3-6d18-4a9c-9648-129aa2d698a4/9.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Melodic Techno : Snow N Stuff’s ‘Galaxy’ - Snow N Stuff is a modern electronic dance music banner. The group curates a spectacular atmosphere combining moments of techno with a raw and visceral underground feel. Their latest release is ‘Galaxy’, a track that transports you to faraway worlds with its smooth beats, slick grooves, and fantastical melodic chemistry. They keep it progressing, building on the journey with new imagery, alien ideas, and visuals that are enchanting. Oasis of trance and transcendent melodic color create a whole new dimension to the techno flow. Combined, they seem to project the expanse of the theme, its magnificence and radiance as a concept. So if you’re in the market for cerebral, hypnotic, and visual electronic music, this is it! Look no further. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-acoustic-andy-zs-my-voice monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/52abf0ce-cd98-43f2-a4a0-44e1e9f126af/8.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Acoustic : Andy Z’s ‘My Voice’ - Andy Z’s latest album is ‘My Voice’, a playful, quirky, alt pop-jazz collection that features an array of feel-goodness. The artist has such an easy and effortless way of creating these crafty, chunky, and character rich soundscapes. He gives them color, texture, and a mood. It all comes out of the soundscape like a children’s rhyme does. Joyful, playful, curious, and wondrous. In tracks like ‘Song For My Baby’, ‘Good Morning’ and ‘My Voice’, the artist adapts a rhyme like music format, overlaying it with more complex musical arrangements like jazz, contemplative acoustics and fresh themes. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-michellars-september monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2144fb9d-da09-4069-ad67-d385315f6a02/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Michellar’s ‘September’ - Michellar’s ’September’ traces the faint lines of the dying summer. The track is a goodbye to all that summer is. The sun, the holidays, the friends, family, and warmth all around. A melancholic moment, pining for the past season. There is a lot of visuals in the track, seasonal imagery that will create opportunities for you to recall moments and memories from your own summer. The vocals and the soundscape create a globe within a globe. Autumn imagery enveloping the warmth of the summer recollections, held close to the heart. Helen Walford’s singing is so heartfelt, and effortlessly so. It’s a love letter to summer. So for all the summer girlies who are feeling bad about the ending season, the song gives perspective while validating the sorrow. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-tyyes-whole-thing monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2b1b1b12-8613-4a0c-8454-d67e4aef6a8d/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : TYYE’s ‘whole thing’ - TYYE is a singer-songwriter and pop artist with such a fresh and modern sound. He has a romantic style, one that dreams, floats, and blushes with color and emotion. Especially in his latest single, ‘whole thing’, in which he gives us a confessional love song. One that is asking their lover to choose them, completely, totally, and irrevocably. It’s ardent and youthful, a true lover’s note. The track is made up of soft, smooth beatlines, like heartbeat in the background. The synths are flush yet full of sensibility and an aliveness. And TYYE’s vocals, so dreamy, on so many planes of singing. The emotion not only forms but transcends, forms that depth and the peak. It’s consuming, in the most evocative and fantastical way. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-kristin-graydens-wrapped-with-a-bow monthly 0.5 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/83af38b6-1d05-435b-b605-c17c98a57fab/11.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Kristin Grayden’s ‘Wrapped with a Bow’ - Kristin Grayden is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. Her style is a soft mix of melodramatic romanticism and quirky tones, enlarging them into vulnerable and feel-good moments. In her release ‘Wrapped with a Bow’, the artist explores the merriment of Christmas as if in a storybook. The track has a lot of imagery, cast in a vintage festive atmosphere. The Y2K glassy synths lift into her modern bedroom pop vocals to create such a unique feel. It’s not your usual Christmas themed song. But it definitely has a very personalised Christmas spirit to it, perhaps the one the artist has experienced over the years. It has that personal touch, a homey feel that instantly makes it endearing to the listener. It’s September and Christmas will be here soon. If you’re looking for a track to look forward to the season with, this is it! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/folk-eddie-witzs-my-island monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a22edd21-034c-4c27-92a6-9363ec114432/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/Folk : Eddie Witz’s ‘My Island’ - Eddie Witz is a singer-songwriter with a rustic folk brand. His soundscapes are marked by sharp acoustic melodies and deep vocals. Both of which have resonant after tones and effects. His latest release is ‘My Island’, a song in which he offers a happy place where you can go to just lay your head down and relax. An escape from your stressful life within the rat race. However, as you listen to the song, there’s something compelling about that kind of slow and soft life, where you feel alive and happy, and won’t want to leave it at all. With chunky ukulele melodies journeying through reggae rhythms and island beats, he transports you to the Caribbean. The visuals of expansive skies, endless water, and the feeling of cool breeze is all around you. Sail away to your dream island with Eddie Witz! Listen Now. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-allegras-wildfire monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/28547885-d202-46fc-b122-5c42740aef6c/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Allegra’s ‘Wildfire’ - Allegra is a London-based singer-songwriter and dance pop artist. Her soundscapes infuses her themes with movement, giving them a dimension of fun and color. And like that, she forges them in a whole new light. Her latest release is ‘Wildfire’, a track that blends her expressive vocals with dance grooves and active synth planes. If you enjoyed the work of Zedd, Chainsmokers, and Calvin Harris, you’re sure to love the immersive way in which she fuses the dance with the pop. And the beat attacks leading to the chorus is electric, vibrant, a soft explosion of melody, feeling, and visuals. All of it just renews as the song progresses. It explores love and human connections with an intoxicating flavor. So youthful and fun. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-jon-golds-wholly-you monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/67696a9c-2374-4ce9-8a6a-5b3593e61091/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Jon Gold’s ‘Wholly You’ - Jon Gold’s latest release, ‘Wholly You’ is a playful, dynamic, cheery, and sentimental song. The composer and pianist collaborates with instrumentalists and vocalists, Mauricio Zottarelli, Marina Marchi, and Jackson Lourenço, and Guilherme Hoss to awaken a joyful sense of self and be the absolutely complete and fullest version of yourself. The soundscape, made with light-hearted acoustics, dancing melodies, shimmering accordions, and darting beats, embodies the spirit of the theme and encourages you to take as much space, as much silliness as you want. And Marina’s vocals, weaving through the jazz flute lines, cymbals, and swaying tunes, is heartfelt and compellingly sweet. Jon inserts instrumentals frames just to capture the state of being. There’s so much frolic, fun, and a lively flow. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-french-pop-vofs-la-grande-motte monthly 0.5 2025-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/011f31f9-8375-4460-9f36-a854931e2d31/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ French Pop : V.Of’s ‘La Grande Motte’ - V.Of debuts with ‘La Grande Motte’, a French synth pop track. It celebrates the futuristic town in Southern France of the same name. Known for its distinctive, avant-garde, pyramid-shaped buildings, the artist pools in all the spatial energy and stylistic accents into the track. It is a French pop song, however it is layered with Middle-Eastern hooks and Latin grooves. It is very creative songwriting, especially the way he blends genres and diverse stylistic elements into a single track. There is a sophisticated vision that underlies it all, executed with a light-hand, and fun-loving energy. Across the track, you can actually visualise the expanse of the sea, the sunny magic of the blended atmosphere, and the uniqueness of the whole space. And to be transported like that, perhaps in a language that may not even know is nothing short of virtuoso. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-geoff-abraham-bands-when-love-is-at-the-root monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/895fe2a3-18b1-40eb-b768-c368c819fdce/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : Geoff Abraham Band’s ‘When Love is at the Root’ - Geoff Abraham Band explores the ambits of classic rock and showcases it for the versatile style that it is. That means he doesn’t shy away from discovery, experimentation, and just going with it. His latest release is ‘When Love is at the Root’, a track that displays his signature like no other. The vocals are rustic, retro, and a rush of authenticity. Set against a luminous instrumental backdrop, it splashes, glints and glistens. Geoff Abraham is very generous with his playing, with the instrumental flow. He gives us so much, so space to expand and explore his world. The circular guitar motif, playing in loops at the base is so fun to chase. And with beats punctuating the soundscape, the bass, riffs and melodies all become a fantastic structure of rock. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-svarp-the-harps-hoochie-coochie-man monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/db146dc3-2c8b-47b6-9749-8fefe9d4d850/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : Svarp the Harp’s ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’ - Svarp the Harp has a style and charisma that can take on blues and make it bluer. His song, ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’, a cover of the 1954 release is especially special. The blues are old, dripping with that era’s richness, ethos, and nostalgia. He keeps it chunky, coarse, and full of swag. Svarp’s vocals are pausing and emphatic, a blues vocal rhythm if there even was one. Each time he pauses, you take it all in. The quality, the performance, the emotion, and all the blues. Deep and baritonal, he keeps it authentic. And the instrumentals, they all flow, spread, and converge around the vocals. The guitar especially is raw and just as expressive as the voice. We see harmonica solos, it carries the blues into delicious shades of country and folk. Slow dancing, growing, quivering, swinging, and glistening, it puts on a great show. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-emma-whybrows-amnesia monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f15c3a57-2cbd-40b1-af52-1e3e666b66c4/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Emma Whybrow’s ‘Amnesia’ - Emma Whybrow’s ‘Amnesia’ presents a fresh brand of electro pop vibrance. Singing about the men that feel and forget, the song is refreshing in its attitude and energy. The artist blends dance pop with rivers of electro color and active beats. Her vocals are flush with a storytelling high. With melodies and rhythms running through the track, drifting through her vocal energy and emotion, the song comes together like iconic 2000s pop music. It is reminiscent of artists like JLo, Destiny’s Child, and Kesha. There are modern elements, but also ultra retro styles like disco pop playing into the composition. All in all, it has a fun and exuberant pulse that keeps you coming back loop after loop after loop. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-cody-pipers-leaking-me monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dbdb58af-9b2d-448e-8208-ec91b8c877f6/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Cody Piper’s ‘Leaking Me’ - Cody Piper is an alt pop artist with a dreamy, cinematic style. His songs don’t just explore themes but create worlds, stories, and feelings around it. Marked by immersive instrumentals and performative vocals, the soundscapes are creative and imaginative. His latest release is ‘Leaking Me’, a track that explores the experience of feeling lost and aimless. Especially in your sense of self. He crafts a fluid atmosphere, with stylistic dynamism and a vulnerable vocal line to bring the theme to life. Everything feels like it’s forming and dissolving, swirling away, changing into something else, getting away. Neoclassicals connecting into cinematic synths, and acoustics. However, it progresses towards a more hopeful space. The artist alters it foundationally, and like a continuum, it flows towards the epiphanic climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-prog-rock-wingfishs-looking-forward monthly 0.5 2025-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d3920bca-e4e5-48b2-aa92-fe8c25412071/11.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Prog Rock : Wingfish’s ‘Looking Forward’ - Wingfish is the progressive rock banner of vocalist/ lead guitarist and songwriter Jesper Larsenas. The artist has an extraordinary sonic pulse, especially the way he visualizes and creates rock soundscapes. It is jagged, rugged, layered, and bold. You’ll see a lot of broad strokes, driving rhythms and a dramatic atmosphere. In his latest EP, ‘Looking Forward’, the artist doesn’t hold back. He lets us have it. With Peter Amby on rhythm and harmony guitar, Michael Fischerson on bass, Allan Østerdahl on drums, he builds a scrumptious world. Smoky, textured, glistening lines that perform for you, that put on an indulgent show. There are so many influences that converge within each song, so many styles and genre themes. So vast yet complementary and unique. If you enjoy the work of artists like ‘Panic! At the Disco, ‘30 seconds the Mars’, and ‘Queen’, you’ll definitely love the theatrical style and loaded performances in this collection. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-ambient-hilgrove-kenricks-sylph monthly 0.5 2025-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/65177c59-c8ce-45d0-87d1-c222e200364b/13.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Ambient : Hilgrove Kenrick’s ‘Sylph’ - Hilgrove Kenrick is an award winning composer, pianist, and singer. The artist curates atmospheres, worlds, and ethos for TV, Film and Games. Loaded with visuals, intricate sensibilities, and nuanced evocations, his soundscapes have the ability to transform anything into anything. His latest release is ‘Sylph’ in collaboration with Nick Norton-Smith. It is a four-track EP that is vivid and vast, an expanse that you can journey through. If you’re looking for a collection that speculates on a dramatic ambience, you’re in the right place. It has moments of neoclassicals, ethereal synths, a folksy serenity, and a landscape that goes on for days. You can become as abstract as you want to. It is perfect for your artistic, meditative, and expressive endeavors. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-mike-stewart-theorys-reaches-us monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8daeab13-97f5-4155-8abf-4ff285812c33/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Mike Stewart Theory’s ‘Reaches Us’ - Mike Stewart Theory is an alternative music banner. He sinks into dark themes with mystery and a luminous excitement. In his latest release, ‘It Reaches Us’, he explores an otherworldly phenomenon, a cryptic and mystical energy that has an infinite wisdom. The instrumental air is a blended reality of electronica, rock, pop, with a touch of psychedelics. Mercurial rhythms flow as if gravitating to the core, the essence. The vocals are almost like a march that is also flowing with the rest of the soundscape. With the beats and the wiggling melodies. We see animated grooves as well, so seamlessly fitting into this thematic context. It all feels so otherworldly. Like something alien is descending or coming, a conspiracy theory panning out in a futuristic world. Throughout the song, you’re grasping for answers, compelled yet confused by its reality. The artist does it so well. By the end of it, you come to realize that it is all in how you want to interpret it, what you want to take away from it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-alex-wellkers-reach-the-stars monthly 0.5 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/89be2a78-79e6-4926-834f-c2e8bc8334d9/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Alex Wellkers’ ‘Reach the Stars’ - Alex Wellkers is an alt rock artist with a cinematic style. The artist has just released their sophomore album, ‘Reach the stars’, an immersive neo-classical - rock orchestra that explores the theme in many frames. The instrumentals have a radiating heat, an atmosphere of performance and drama that surround the vocals. The thirteen song album is so uniquely alternative, carrying the pulse of his own vision and style. You see more bolder and braver accents and stylistic themes compared to his debut album. So much more exploration and expression. The album opens with ‘We Knew It All’. With its soft neoclassical intro, it branches out into a deeper and denser forest of rock. The vocals bridge the gap, drawing us in deep with its authentic stride and burgeoning sound. Flowing from classic rock to harder quotients, we see blues growing darker and complex. We see similar progressions in tracks like ‘Bring Me The Keys’ and ‘See Me There’. The first three tracks, a trio, prove to be great openers for the album. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-daxs-man-i-used-to-be monthly 0.5 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bc3a1a57-0862-41a5-b022-e937f0f4dc48/7.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul : Dax’s ‘Man I Used to Be’ - Dax is a confessional artist. He bares himself in his music, singing and rapping through his demons in ways that are very memorable. His latest release is ‘Man I Used to Be’, an R&B/ Soul style track that blends visceral expression with vulnerable honesty. A combination that carves an authentic depth into the listening experience. In a way that you often do not encounter. The song witnesses the journey of the protagonist through pain, heartache, addiction, loss, grief, and loneliness. Having healed from it all, he reflects and reminisces about the mistakes he made and all the places that it landed him in. It’s the story of a fallen man, who is thinking back to a better time with a resigned yet profound perspective. The atmosphere of the song is charged with a spectrum of emotions, swirling with memories, mistakes, and wisdom. All of it simply presented with intuitive expression and powerful honesty. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-fiona-amakas-no-daylight monthly 0.5 2025-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b3af4b1a-a5d0-4dee-9482-38b5ccdb1a16/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Fiona Amaka’s ‘No Daylight’ - Fiona Amaka performs with a grandeur, authenticity and depth. As a singer-songwriter, she is driven by her intuitive craft and an artistic impulse that takes her to wonderful spaces. Her latest release is ‘No Daylight’, an alt pop, disco-soul composition that is vibrant and electric. Her reflective lyrics are released into an emphatic and colorful soundscape with a vocal zest that has now become her brand. Her voice seems to have an atmosphere of its own. And the instrumentals play into its orbit, drawn and orchestrated by its inflections, expression, and power. All of it a seamless, artful, and alternative flow that you will not forget in a hurry. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-jimmy-scott-frees-turn-back-time monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ae932f34-6865-442a-9184-c7de091b2a33/11.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Jimmy Scott Free’s ‘Turn Back Time’ - Jimmy Scott Free has just released their debut release, ‘Turn Back Time’ featuring Kim English. It is a refreshing electro pop song, so plush and contemporary with accents and emotions that is so youthful. Opening with soulful quotients, especially in the vocal progression and expression, you’re already exposed to the novelty of the track. That nostalgic ache for a past time with a loved one really takes you to a whole other level. It’s a delicious kind of pain, one that is so romantic especially when you’re reliving the magic of that time without any of the sourness. It comes alive, spins around you and takes you back to a whole different version of you. All these complexities are so humanly captured within the song. There are soft dance elements and enchanting melodic flows that will wrap you up in the atmosphere of the song and in all its sentimental glory. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-love-ghosts-car-crash monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/061f9779-3f58-4f21-a9b9-9b8975f58b54/10.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Love Ghost’s ‘Car Crash’ - Love Ghost is known and loved for their emo rock expositions. Their layered, deep, driving, and alternative expression. Stylistically, instrumentally, and vocally. The latest song released under this banner is ‘Car Crash’, a composition that gives us a glimpse of the softer side of the band and the lead singer. It is a contemporary pop song. Blooming acoustical vocals accompanied with expressive piano notes and dazing harmonies. It is right up there with stylistic greats like John Legend and Charlie Puth. That effortless vocal depth, emotional parlance and a forming connection with the listener and their experience. All of that is so smoothly achieved, with so much artistic flavour and stylistic novelty. It’s definitely the song you want playing when you want your vulnerability to be understood and validated. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-sheilas-you-will-want-my-love monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/60260fda-40c8-4235-97b8-ec318deb0457/9.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Sheila’s ‘You Will Want My Love’ - Shelita is a singer-songwriter with a voice that can transport you. Its depth, lure, and the ability for nuance is so effortless as it forms within her songs. In her latest release, ‘You Will Want My Love’, the artist forges a contemporary pop atmosphere, building it with meaningful vocal strokes. The soundscape is minimalistically designed. Even with just bare piano melodies, shimmering synth folds, and rising beats, it progresses into a tremendous force. Because of the vocal effect. It’s as if she creates a whole landscape with it. Flushed with thoughts, emotions, and an authentic humanity, the listener gets drawn into it and connects to its complex theme. There’s a boldness to her work - a confident sense of style, an unfailing honesty, and a heart of a performer. All this elevates it tremendously. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-90s-rock-irian-darkwoods-ride-or-die-kinda-girl monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e14bf662-14dd-46da-9b5f-bbd4b41eb762/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ 90s Rock : Irian Darkwood’s ‘Ride or Die Kinda Girl’ - Irian Darkwood is the power pop/ punk rock banner of songwriter and vocalist, Carol Bernardo. She has a charismatic intensity that drives the value of her songs to memorable heights. Her latest release is ‘Ride or Die Kinda Girl’, a composition and performance in which she channels the true nature of the theme. A hardcore, loyal, wild, and bold spirit that sees it through. It is a hard rock temple that is built with emphatic beats, atmospheric riffs, and an unstoppable tempo. The vocals are chaotic and mercurial with an impulse of its own. There is a deep sense of connection that is explored with more explorative vocals. That ride or die bond is unpacked, laid out with such a cool demeanour and vocal character that you want to keep looping back in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-miss-rickys-deeper monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5ba7bb8a-b478-42b7-803f-b42d4e843e33/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : Miss Ricky’s ‘Deeper’ - Miss Ricky’s vocals are universes in themselves. The R&B/ soul artist and vocalist knows the nuances of the genre, especially all the ways to create fantastical frames with it. There’s a lot of romance, imagery, and dreamy elements to her music. ‘Deeper’ is the artist’s latest release. A glassy synth flow that is lush with mellow color, glistening textures, and light beats. It’s an ethereal swirl with deep emotive quotients, sensual notes, and an intimate quality. There’s so much lure and life to the song, as she sings, aches for her partner to take her hand so they can fall deeper in love and connection. It’s such a vulnerable request to make and she makes it without holding back. The vocals are easily the highlight of the song, making it up with a bare humanness that we can’t help but relate to. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-art-rock-slow-walks-the-mountain monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f591e2e0-eb93-4cd8-97e1-3597c84b407d/6.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Art Rock : Slow Walk’s ‘The Mountain’ - Think of an album where each song is setting the scene, filling it up with people, their stories and their energies. That’s the experience of Slow Walk’s ‘The Mountain’. The album is so versatile, a stylistic flow that borders on familiar and explorative in such an organic way. Very fitting of both the moniker and the title of the album. The collection opens with ‘Mountain Dreamer’, the track that introduces the expanse, the loftiness and the skies around a mountain. It is dreamy as the name suggests, all its peak characteristics romanticised with beautiful musical notes. Ambient flows interacting with cerebral vocal spaces and sentiments. It’s quite a remarkable introductory track. It’s as if he’s casting the atmosphere, letting it flow, develop and take shape. Absorb energy and then vocally add to it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-larry-karpenkos-god-help-us monthly 0.5 2025-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0b16de12-8cf3-4b85-aa78-cbb7f5b45ced/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Larry Karpenko’s ‘God Help Us’ - Larry Karpenko’s music is an authentic extension of his core themes like faith, belief, God, hope, and positivity. Sometimes he uses bare, naturalistic acoustics, other times the expanse of alt folk and storytelling frames. For his latest release, ‘God Help Us’, he forges a contemporary blend of spoken word, rap, and soul music to craft a path to god, especially on the darkest nights. The song is touched by soft electric synth pulses, fluid bass grooves, and a spontaneous beat line. Larry’s vocals are contemplative and explorative in this mysterious sonic atmosphere. They grow emphatic when the rap verses come on; insightful, profound, and so full of clarity. All of this gives it that compelling power, one that draws a realization out of you. It gets you to see the undeniable truth of faith, and the freedom contained in it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-lily-galins-tell-me-whats-your-story monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b695e958-3c4a-4627-bdb8-77a250311911/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Lily Galin’s ‘Tell Me What’s Your Story’ - Lily Galin is an alt pop artist and singer-songwriter. Her style is contemplative and softly atmospheric in a way that it fuses the theme with the specific listening experience of the listener. ‘Tell Me What’s Your Story’ is the artist’s sophomore release. A song that exemplifies the elegant stylistic blends and presentations described above. The track has modern pop makings. Soft pop vocals are fleshed out by an expressive soundscape. We see piano notes progressing into trap beats and synth films. And in turn, the vulnerable tone and empowering lyrics of the vocal line draws the listener in and creates a space to interact with the theme. It starts a candid dialogue that sends you down a path of self-discovery. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-the-kellows-do-you-want-me-to monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c4f9b85c-f9a4-4a2f-abe5-6bd6602b7db2/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : The Kellows’ ‘Do You Want Me To?’ - The Kellows’ music forms in a sphere where alt rock and indie rock intersect. That fluidity matched with progressive builds, all performed with a spectacular will to play and perform. Every soundscape is a dream. A whole world of rock that celebrates the genre in new and creative ways. Their latest release is ‘Do You Want Me To?’, a riff-powered, beat built, and vocal high track. It throws a surreal haze, a cerebral cast. There’s an electric pulse to it as well; Energizing in its symmetrical rhythms, propelled by anthemic build ups and zigzagging basslines. If you’re looking for a fresh song that elevates your mood and fuels you, then this is definitely the track for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-split-seconds-is-there-a-chance monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e0ef3797-4647-4e0a-957a-9fe2dc9591d3/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Split Second’s ‘Is There A Chance?’ - Split Second is the singer-songwriter banner of Ava Hackett (vocals), Levi Husbands (guitarist/songwriter), Jack Barnett (drums) and Louiz Jephcott (bass guitar). It explores country folk and alt folk with such a refreshing spirit. Uplifting, feel-good and youthful, their music is comforting during times of confusion and elating when you need it. Their latest release is ‘Is There A Chance?’, a track that explores positivity and a glass half full kind of perspective in a time when there's a lot of fear and self-doubt. The vocals are chock full of empathy and encouragement, asking you to pick yourself up and take a leap of faith. The instrumentals are warm and welcoming, complementing the emotions in Ava’s voice. It has that rustic country flavor, blended in with breezy folk. Overall, the song is so full of support, strength, and a kind of kinship that even makes you feel like you got this. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-country-just-ricks-oh-so-lonely monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2d0017da-8cdb-42b9-aba3-ba5abce13e70/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Country : Just Rick’s ‘Oh So Lonely’ - Just Rick is a singer-songwriter and folk blues artist. His crowning jewel is his free vocal range and expression as it travels the length of the theme, and then some. His latest release is ‘Oh So Lonely’, a track where a drunk is telling the story of his love and how he’s lonely without her. It features fluid stylistic transitions blending acoustics with blues, jazz and even rustic folk. It all takes you back to the golden age of folk blues. There’s even a harmonica that will throw it back to Bob Dylan. Rick's vocals are very expressive. So much is said without actually saying it. The subtext crafting the atmosphere with detail and landscape. There’s so much storytelling just with tone and inflection. Add some engaging lyricism to it and you’ve got yourself a fun track to keep you company. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-mars999s-v-zkrutch monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c1c2b42a-ab92-4dae-b91c-bd1048b32e93/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Mars_999’s ‘V Zákrutách’ - Mars_999 is the solo project of lead singer of the band Čisté Tvary. The singer-songwriter and musician has released his latest single, ‘V Zákrutách’, a soulful contemporary rock song that delves into deep nostalgic themes with an aching sentiment. His vocals carry so much as they wander the luminous realms of the electric guitar melodies. It is a reflective song that drifts back in time. The stillness of the soundscape and the soothing instrumentals have a profound silence to them. It’s a blend of loneliness and thought. All these complexities are so sophisticatedly crafted by the artist just with a guitar line and his vocals. It’s such a masterpiece as far as mood building, stream of consciousness, and evocative musical depth is concerned. You can’t help but be moved by it, even if you don’t understand the language. The emotion transfers, it sends you mind wandering, looking for the story, perhaps one you can find in your own life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-ambience-jacqueline-cordess-frozen-star monthly 0.5 2025-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71b2ae47-5a92-4fc6-b578-efe0adb67031/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Ambience : Jacqueline Cordes’s ‘Frozen Star’ - Jacqueline Cordes’s latest album, ‘Frozen Star’ sounds exactly as it reads. It’s a fantastical world with fresh melodic work, beautiful patterns, storytelling rhythms, and transporting ambiences. The pianist, polyglot and synesthete builds worlds - fairy tales worlds that come alive with imagery, feeling, imaginative frames, and so many stories. You can just close your eyes and it’ll all form around you, swirling with a life force and energy of its own. It’s nothing short of magic. Because one minute you’re at work or travelling back home and the next minute, you’re enriched by dark green forests, enchanting aquamarine waters, ethereal people, and their elaborate tales. It’s so automatic, so instantaneous. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-dark-pop-antoin-gibsons-serene-despair monthly 0.5 2025-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/98fa7bd5-d102-4985-bf5d-a6504d695550/10.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Dark Pop : Antoin Gibson’s ‘Serene Despair’ - Antoin Gibson is a dark pop and alternative artist. She crafts grand sweeps of music, a full production that pulls you into the world and gives you a whole saga. Her latest release is the ‘Serene Despair’ EP, a collection that creatively explores the duality in the title. Think dark ethereal fairytales and fantasies. With ethereal quotients that spread out cinematically. Creating whole new worlds of characters, imagery, and consciousness. It’s so immersive. There’s so much world building, depth and dimension. As she introduces it, she also simultaneously explores it, creates complexity and makes you think. Her vocals are contemplative and narrative, insightful in the way she brings it all to life. And the instrumentals and synths are so rich and layered. Everything is set intentionally in ways that elevate the listening experience. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-ballad-ferdinand-rennies-someone-to-remember-me monthly 0.5 2025-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ee2108fb-505a-4a01-9838-09437cde1cd6/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Ballad : Ferdinand Rennie’s ‘Someone to Remember Me’ - Ferdinand Rennie is a Scotland-based singer-songwriter and musician. Known for his performer and participation in shows like Britain’s Got Talent (2022) and Eurovision Song Contest, he has a lot of exposure to sophistication. His latest release is ‘Someone to Remember (2025 version)’, a track that is made like a romantic movie. A bluesy pop ballad with sweeping instrumentals and a cinematic rise. The vocals are expressive and expansive, drenched in sentiment and emotion. Rich in inflection and evocational warmth, it transports the listener to the feeling and keeps you swirling in that richness. The instrumentals add so much to this world, powerful as they are in climactic progression. Exploring peaks and depths alike, the song will make you feel joy, melancholy, nostalgia, and a soft romance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-indie-pop-ghost-of-panamas-astral-days-and-spectral-letters monthly 0.5 2025-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ac56504b-dae5-4dda-86e8-ef3277afa812/6.jpeg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Indie Pop : Ghost of Panama’s ‘Astral Days and Spectral Letters’ - Ghost of Panama is an indie rock band formed with an interesting stylistic agenda. They involve the makings of alt rock into pop elements and electric instrumentals to create immersive atmospheres. Their latest release is ‘Astral Days and Spectral Letters’, an EP that explores rock power alongside feeling, exploration and creative adventure. The EP contains four tracks, each one with its own orbit that you’re pulled into. The collection opens with ‘Astronauts’. It approaches the wonder of space travel with surreal guitar work, deep contemplative bass, and cerebral textures. The vocals speculate on the grandeur of it, with a sincerity and passion that you can get lost in. It has a vintage appeal for sure, one that is remisnicent faintly of the 70s, especially in the theme and the guitar flow. We see synth tones and melodies swishing around in the quieter moments, a soft disco cast that reinforces the retro appeal of their style. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-psychedelic-rock-anupam-shobhakars-liquid-reality monthly 0.5 2025-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad2d2f6d-b42d-44bf-bf84-d2850542d0f4/5.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Psychedelic Rock : Anupam Shobhakar’s ‘Liquid Reality’ - Anupam Shobhakar is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and musician from India. He brings experiment and exploration to traditional music. The themes that he explores are drawn from the Indian ethos, like Gods, mythology, philosophy, nature, contemplation, and psychedelia. Approaching them from a deep, dimensional, and diverse lens, he musically speculates on them. His latest release is the ‘Liquid Reality’ EP, a collection that not only shows off his cerebral style but also reveals his sophistication, his ideas, and his refinement as an artist. The EP floods Hindustani and Carnatic music styles with psychedelic rock progressions in ways that change the reality of what you’re hearing. It’s so creative and compellingly so. With each track, he presents a scene, one that keeps expanding as you progress through the track. He plays and it all opens up, unravels and gives you more. So much so that you never want to stop listening. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-lofi-antaeuss-dreaming-dog monthly 0.5 2025-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d7c2db31-be42-4d22-9d81-c0db00a18855/4.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Lofi : Antaeus’s ‘Dreaming Dog’ - Antaeus is a Grammy winning artist, musician and composer. His music is marked by vivid sensibilities. Instrumentals springing with imagery, frames, visuals, and emotions. The sound construction and craft is so refined and beautiful. Listening to his music is like travelling through it. You’ll see so many spectrums, continuums, all driving you towards something, something profound and beautiful. His latest release is ‘Dreaming Dog’, an instrumental album that combines neoclassicals with ambient scenes to create a profound space. A delightful freshness that makes you ruminate and think about things. It slows down the pace of time, of life and just puts you in a daydreaming haze. We see moments of jazz, blues, funk, all tying into a surreal scene. If you enjoy the music of FKJ, you’re sure to love this artist! The best thing about the album is its serenity. Whether it’s the textures, tones, ideas, or execution. Everything is so delightfully light and soothing. That unique idea meets the original expression. With refined design and elegant plays, he poses the best flows. Each track seems to try and capture/ interpret the state of a dog’s mind. Playful in some, curious, funky, engaging, exciting, sleepy. Nevertheless, each one of them is made soft and cozy. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-nick-cody-and-the-heartaches-the-worlds-richest-man monthly 0.5 2025-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/74e28742-c48b-4ab4-b414-f1eadf17e17d/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Nick Cody and The Heartache’s ‘The World’s Richest Man’ - Nick Cody and The Heartache have just released their latest, ‘The World’s Richest Man’, a track that dotes on the riches of being human. It is a moving composition that draws out the value of joy, kindness, compassion and empathy and how they trump money in a completion of richness. The track is made with warm acoustics, a contemplative rhythm weaving them together in a dispersed and intuitive fashion. And the vocals are so evocative. They pull you out into it, naturally flowing and exploring the feeling. Nick Cody has no formula to it, just his ties to the theme, delivered in a way that carries the listener from a place of frivolity to deep, profound meaning. A swirling sense of purpose takes form, shows you the value of a standard that was meant for us as a humanity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-wes-kirkpatricks-that-kind-of-love monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1e7ba2ed-00b8-4e88-b8ac-ca4ae7d6ea7a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Wes Kirkpatrick’s ‘That Kind of Love’ - Wes Kirkpatrick is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. His songs have a thoughtful originality to them, an authenticity that weaves a web of connection around the listener. He allows the theme, the emotion, and the sound to inform the style and flow of the song. ‘That Kind of Love’ is the artist’s latest release, exploring a love that opens you up to the world in so many different ways. With a moving and aching country folk feeling, he immerses the listener in the stream of his consciousness. A spirit of contemplation, love, and dreamy romance swirls in the backdrop. Wes’s vocals are a sentimental brand, one that keeps you engaged, involved, and full of profound meaning. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-mercy-kellys-speak-too-soon monthly 0.5 2025-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/83f105fc-df7f-4c71-a290-69e7f2bd4bc1/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Mercy Kelly’s ‘Speak Too Soon’ - Mercy Kelly is an indie rock band that creates a parlance between youthful experience and profound contemplation. Fleshing out moments of pain, doubts, growth, and healing within spheres of confusion experiences. That’s their brand and they present it really well. The latest release is ‘Speak to Soon’. The song forms with soft, fluid atmospheres, instrumentals swirling into the liquid sentiments of the vocals. It is familiar without being formulaic. Authentic and vulnerable. A stylistic mark that will have you coming back over and over. The electric notes of the lead guitar is elevated by the dynamic riff progressions, intuitive bass work and deep vocals. If you enjoy the work of artists like Cigarettes After Sex and The Neighbourhood, you’re sure to enjoy the vivid hazes of this band. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-daddy-drwgs-wise-guys monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/589188b3-00db-40da-a0a4-ae475c65635d/15.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Daddy DRWG’s ‘Wise Guys’ - Daddy DRWG is a Welsh singer-songwriter and musician with a unique acoustic rock style. He blends singing folk melodies with deep, textured rock quotients to create an immersive feel. When you listen to his music, you’re drenched with it. It’s not something you can listen to in the background. It holds your attention and compels you to go deeper. His latest release is ‘Wise Guys’, a track that brings out this fresh contrast. Melodic exploration with grounding, contemplative riffs. And Daddy’s vocals have a sentimental appeal to it, one that explores as it narrates. He crafts a soundscape that both paints a picture and makes you think. The emotional connections and ruminations that follow are so profound and meaningful. If you enjoy music that makes you feel like you’re reading a book or looking at art, then this song and artist is definitely for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-americana-wattmores-i-dont-miss-that-woman monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d407a661-6a8e-451f-b0c0-05c2cd5008d8/11.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Americana : Wattmore’s ‘I Don’t Miss That Woman’ - The Australian duo, Wattmore do classic Americana with vintage country twists all day every day. They have an effortless and expressive way with it that charms you thoroughly. Their latest release is ‘I Don’t Miss That Woman’. A swinging rhythm, barnyard honky tonk grooves, and dynamic vocals look back on a woman that broke the protagonist’s heart. It is warm, luminous and rustic, fresh with action and engaging in its style. There’s not a moment of stagnation, just fun, country, and stranger blues. All forming the perfect formula that transports you to an old school, barn & bar night. The acoustic riffs are excited by the beats, the beats by the vocals, all leading to the catchy drop at the chorus. It’s wholesome and a whole lot of fun. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-audrens-a-new-page monthly 0.5 2025-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/375fd03d-8b57-4274-b409-53cd34d00063/12.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : Audren’s ‘A New Page’ - Audren’s music is fresh and enriching like a meadow. Her latest release is ‘A New Page’, a song that sincerely explores the beauty of new beginnings. It’s a fresh start full of imagination, creativity, and expression. It is an alt folk song, crafted with floating acoustics and orchestral neoclassicals. They both expand into each other, forming an expanse that blends rustic and formal flow. With a rhythm that ebbs and flows, there is a landscape appeal to it. Audren’s vocals are earnest and honest, vulnerable and hopeful as she sings through this space. You feel that sense of positivity and hope as you walk with her, step by step, dreaming and imagining this new life, chapter for yourself. So if you’re going into something new, trying something for the first time, this song is definitely going to give you a holding, a way to flow into it and grow into it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-rachael-sages-just-enough monthly 0.5 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4cfaef70-f10d-4a2f-bdcb-90c7e46f12e5/9.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter ‘ Rachael Sage’s ‘Just Enough’ - Rachael Sage’s ‘Just Enough’ is so full of musical whimsy. It is sparked with funky grooves, silly beats, splashy accordions, and fresh vocals. It blends moments of country blues with funk, jazz, and acapella pop in a way that engages the listener. A song about loving a person so good that whoever they are is just enough for you. That sentiment and warmth translates to the soundscape. It’s sunny and breezy. Feel-good with playful punches and wandering grooves. The song has two versions. While the single version is bare and stripped to present a vivid and intimate scene. The radio edit is a little more busy with deeper acoustic layers and more textured resonance. But the core translates in both versions, the magic and joy of loving and being loved like that passes on to you and it’s a good day. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-medivhs-fires-of-the-blue-moon monthly 0.5 2025-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e09b2139-062d-46f2-a0d4-e203eae9f9f4/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Medivh’s ‘Fires of the Blue Moon’ - Medivh is an Italian art rock duo. Their music carries an artful depth. With moments of modern creativity expanding within the songs, it gains a nuanced vision and compelling aura. Their latest release is ‘Fires of the Blue Moon’, a track in which they lean into the fantastical and mystical aspects of the theme and build it into an immersive space. The vocals are layered and compelling. Rising and peaking often with profound sensibilities. Add to that the brimming instrumental brilliance. So much character and novelty in them. It is fresh and full of sensibilities. Each arc leading into the next, cinematically feeding the cycle. Once you start listening, it’s a whole world you fall into, liquid reality that keeps you climbing and falling in deep. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-funk-rewind-the-minds-come-on-with-me monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f8a289c0-4779-4ef9-a836-c95bb278fb98/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Funk : Rewind the Mind’s ‘Come on With Me’ - If you’re in the market for a fun and funky soul track, then Rewind the Mind is the best place to be. More specifically, in their latest track, ‘Come on With Me’. A track that is so delightfully retro with its foggy atmosphere, blues, funk and jazz. And the color. There’s so much color and movement that animates the whole experience. While the vocals are expressive in that off handed, raw, artsy way, the instrumentals are indie with a vivid touch of old school style. There’s a freshness and a youthful feel to it. Like you’re in a dated record room. A song comes on, vinyl and smoky, with a sound that sends you reeling back. This is their debut music, and they’ve already set up a memorable song that you will not forget or walk away in a hurry. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-pop-casey-mcquillens-better-than-this monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/20f3617d-2ae0-4128-8165-d3edac2cc30f/7.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Pop : Casey McQuillen’s ‘Better Than This’ - Casey McQuillen is a singer-songwriter and a brilliant musician. Her craft has a cinematic appeal, a bursting freshness that is only elevated with bold vocals and vivid visuals. From being tagged as a powerhouse vocalist on American Idol Season 13 to performing on the Kelly Clarkson Show, the artist has proved the impact of her craft and the force of her performance. Her latest release is ‘Better Than This’, a pop track that weaves in intimate acoustics, thoughtful vocal arcs and incredible choral peaks. The song’s drastic range is orchestrated and performed with such sophisticated skill and grace. It empowers the theme in incredible ways. Vulnerable and impactful, it gains so much with progression. If you enjoy Adele, Lady Gaga, and Sam Smith, you’re sure to enjoy the vocal exploration in this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-folk-glenn-thomas-inevitables monthly 0.5 2025-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1d8d4c82-3891-473f-8280-4d2117c4154b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Folk : Glenn Thomas’ ‘Inevitables’ - Glenn Thomas is a singer-songwriter and composer. His music is atypical in the best way. For his latest release, ‘Inevitables’, he weaves in moments of alt folk with neoclassicals, indie rock, pop, and cinematic production. The album has a remarkable freshness to it. It’s fun and youthful but also contemplative and healing. If you enjoy the work of artists like Lukas Graham and Charlie Puth, you’re sure to love the creative frames of Glenn Thomas, especially all the ways he colours in the theme. The album opens with the title track. A slow-rising song where classicals pool into gospel vocals and angelic chorals. It reminds you of the early morning sun lighting up a quiet church. The connection that it fosters is incredible. Keeping it bare yet beautiful. A great introduction to the theme because it captures a sort of fatalistic photograph, serendipitous and irrevocable. It’s as if the artist lays it all out for you to see. And across the rest of the album, it feels like you’re witnessing a friend’s feelings, thoughts, love, and light. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-ambient-jean-philippe-ruelles-switeesoul monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cff0e6a3-9b62-47a3-837d-bdb833702bf9/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Ambient : Jean-Philippe Ruelle’s ‘Switeesoul’ - Jean-Philippe Ruelle is a pianist and composer who has a poetic style about his music. He writes and plays music with so much imagery, such deep feelings and a passion with quiet radiance. All the thoughts and emotions that you thought didn’t have words for them, Jean-Philippe gives them a melody. His latest release is ‘Switeesoul’, an ethereal ambience that forms a halo around you. It has electric tones and tonalities to it, but so mellow that they barely touch you. They swirl around you gracefully like jellyfish. All you can do is watch in awe, careful not to disturb the natural tranquility and serenity that it exists in. Listening to the song is like stepping into a magical world with a beautifully alienic appeal. It perfectly pairs with creative endeavors, slowing you down and inspiring you with its energy. Or if you just want to lay low and unwind in a beautiful space. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-alt-rock-tefnuts-im-high monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/37cbb9c3-4e32-49e7-9b75-9b33b9583db9/2.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Alt Rock : Tefnut’s ‘I’m High’ - Tefnut is a singer-songwriter and an alt rock artist. She debuts with her single, ‘I’m High’, a track that speculates the collision of R&B/ Soul with contemporary pop and hard rock. It is a mercurial tapestry, rooted in rock and rising into soul. The song has a lot of retro touches, especially in the way it is fathomed and performed. The rock is hardcore. Riffs are heavy and intense and basslines thrash with a passion and emphasis that takes you away. The beats have an echoey shadow, waiting to grow into its full rock potential. Tefnut’s vocals, however, belong to the modern era. Smoky and explorative, they weave a web of heartache and melancholy. It has that soul pulse that bleeds seamlessly into the rock atmosphere. It is such a complex track, with so many layers of music, emotion, and style to it. So fresh yet so familiar. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-electro-pop-fredryds-the-way-to-the-good-life monthly 0.5 2025-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c3a6456-338e-45b2-9cad-b77d4a2556c9/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Electro Pop : FREDRYD’s ‘The Way to the Good Life’ - Fredryd is an indie DJ and electro pop artist. For his latest album, ‘The Way To the Good Life’, he makes music that bubbles out of the soundscape. It’s so fresh, like running water or a babbling brook. So generous with its liveliness and dynamism. The sound pallet is seemingly designed and curated to bring the theme to life. A conceptual exploration and indulgence that inculcates modern and progressive ideas. You’ll see so many tracks featuring uplifting rhythms, combined with melodies and momentum that lighten the load, keep it chill and fun. In tracks like ‘Against All Odds (We Can Make it Together)’, ‘Don’t Want to be Alone No More’, and ‘Don’t Mind What They Say’, the artist creates bursting moments, moments that make you feel strong and empowered. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-shyfrin-alliances-colours-of-time monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b99e2190-f396-495b-8ed1-9fce19e483bb/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : Shyfrin Alliance’s ‘Colours of Time’ - The musical moments leading into a Shyfrin Alliance production is unlike any other. Especially as seen in his latest release, ‘Colours of Time’. The alt rock song is a stormy flush loaded with hypnotic rhythms and magnetic instrumentals. It is instantly otherworldly as it contemplates the mystique and mystery of time. All the dimensions that it carries is contemplated within the alienic atmosphere. The vocals are deep and drawing, compelling you to go closer and closer to study the endless guitar swirl. Putting you in a pleasurable daze. The concert of realism and imagination within the song is irrevocably fused. It’s all entangled like a really good mystery and that’s what keeps you hooked, mystified and engaged. Despite the slow progression of the song, you can’t look away, you can’t stop listening, you cannot get enough. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-noel-davids-hey-dr-freud monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4c43f8cc-743b-49b3-b289-f1ccc8602757/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Noel David’s ‘Hey Dr. Freud’ - Noel David is a singer-songwriter. He makes slice-of-life inspired music with everyday imagery and human experiences. With a contemplative pulse and a creative soundscape, he transforms the essence of the track. His latest release is ‘Leon’s Imagination’, an album that showcases the stylistic range and elements of his songs. ‘Hey Dr. Freud’ is an especially unique composition. He matches a dynamic piano line with groovy guitar acoustics, mellow beats, and a softly delirious vocal line. The protagonist is going through absurd frames and timelines of life. A grown man repeating tenth grade because he failed, or being stuck in a long, unending drive. All these images surfacing from the subconscious, he charmingly explores these freak dreams. The confusion, chaos, and fear is all held in the racing soundscape; darting and dancing away cinematically. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-blues-rock-rosetta-wests-god-of-the-dead monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fffe7458-dce1-4c8d-af4c-21bcb6ef89d5/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Blues Rock : Rosetta West’s ‘God of the Dead’ - Rosetta West’s blues rock is right out of the 20th century. Dripping with OG blues and a raw charisma, the band celebrate the genre, indulge its variations, depth, novelty, and whimsy. Their latest release is ‘God of the Dead’, a collection that goes to morbid places, paving a groovy path, so interesting and full of spontaneity and surprises. The theme is transformed by the bluesy spirit and the passion that they have for it. Mixed in with hard rock, folk rock, and a range of cerebral elements, it has a distinctive lure of its own. One that cannot be replicated or found anywhere else. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fwjozbalvqn45h8zfswtf3pbfdnalq monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/05797949-5c32-4ac5-8a2f-8aaf052a82cd/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Amanda Emblem Experiment’s ‘Storm in my Life’ - Amanda Emblem is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. Her music is a contemplative journey through different moments of life. In her latest release, ‘Storm in my Life’, she explores pieces of serenity and peace when everything seems to be falling apart. She puts a positive spin on it, an effortless shift in perspective that changes the way the song forms. The folk pop song is sparked by expressive instrumentals, warm melodies and engaging vocals. It has a simplistic rhythm to it, consistent and continuous. Nothing too stormy. The song sounds lived in, well-loved, and authentically played. The guitar strings are fleshed out by harmonica sequences and ebb-flow beat lines. A soft and mellow track because storms always end, they go away and the sun comes out. This track feels like that ray of sunshine after the storm has finally blown away. Hopeful, refreshing, and brand new. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indian-classical-vineetha-menons-rasa monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d608d410-dedb-4213-a53b-d14c0d35a4cc/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indian Classical : Vineetha Menon’s ‘Rasa’ - Vineetha Menon is an Indian classical and devotional singer. She breathes new life into songs that have moved her closer to divinity. The artist has a deep vocal capacity, one that can transfer the emotion of the soul to musical flows. And that’s what she does in her latest album, ‘Rasa’, a storytelling collection that narrates tales from the greatest of Indian mythological texts. She paints a picture, draws out an emotion, and gives us a beautiful state of being. The songs are all so authentically sung. You’ll often find moments of devotion whisking you away to the world and history of Lord Krishna. Listen Now! The first interlude introduces the tale, a beckoning for Lord Krishna. It is devotional and solemn which paves way to the next song, ‘Aganitha Tara (Divine Mother’s Cosmic Dance)’. A song that celebrates the strong divinity and ethereal femininity of the Divine Mother. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-ballad-tom-minors-the-loneliest-person-on-earth monthly 0.5 2025-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/db072dc1-ebac-41ac-bd59-d5a3c43ef591/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Ballad : Tom Minor’s The Loneliest Person on Earth’ - Tom Minor’s performative flair comes back with his latest release ‘The Loneliest Person on Earth’. A track that engages ballad moments with theatrical instrumentals to create a contemplative storytelling listening experience. The artist is known for his thought-provoking brand of song making. And he employs a range of styles and genre blends to bring the spirit of his message to life. He does it for this track as well. The song is a melancholic exposition of a whirlwind romance culminating with the frictions of modern urban life. The magic of it all, fading away in regret and loneliness, not being able to express yourself in a way that brings you back together. The complexity of these two worlds and concepts meeting is unpacked with such an elegant flow of vocals and melody. Simple yet profound and reflective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-new-age-savagerus-je-nai-besoin-que-de-toi monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fcee76eb-53a3-41da-8ca1-d7bd921830a4/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ New Age : savagerus’ ‘Je n’ai besoin que de toi’ - French singer, composer and producer, Savanna Gerus aka savagerus is an ethereal craftswoman. Her music folds and spills like satin sheets, so soft and always cascading with expression. Her ability to transfer human emotions to an imaginative plane of magical womanhood and whimsy is so beautiful. ‘Je n’ai besoin que de toi’ is her latest single. It has a fragile atmosphere: delicate vocal inflections, whispering echoes, and soft piano pulses, all dripping with reflective melancholy. It’s so vulnerable and tender, like the soft glistening buds of a flower, progressively blooming into a sense of self. The song forms like a whisper around you, barely touching the spaces around you. But it creeps and blossoms like grapevines along the walls of your consciousness till you are completely ensconced by it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-ken-holts-you-dont-have-to-stand monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/111dc955-814c-4de3-a483-0030c28690d8/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Ken Holt’s ‘You Don’t Have to Stand’ - Ken Holt’s music is a warming presence. Like a fireplace in the winter, fills up a room, ushers people together, and makes your heart shine. His latest release is the ‘Shades of Light’, an alt country album that showcases his signature style and sophisticated taste. Taken from the collection is ‘You Don’t Have to Stand’, a track that sports evocative classicals, folk accents and a country coarseness. This variety is carried so equalisingly by the instrumentals and sustained by the vocal charisma. The violins impart a distinct highland flavor, awakening the nostalgia in the vocals. Guitar strings have a sharp tone, calming the listener’s attention to the depth of the composition, of the theme; adding a fresh layer. And just like that, with organic rhythms, intuitive vocals, and immersive melodies, the song sways back into the good ol days. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-luna-rovers-fountains monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/05bd019b-9c43-47f7-87bd-040978df696b/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Luna Rover’s ‘Fountains’ - LunaRover is an alt pop band who cast a retro glaze over their contemporary ideas. A soft collision of disco, funk, pop and rock in a way that makes it all feel brand new. Their sophomore release is ‘Fountains’. With fantastical features and innovative instrumentation, they transport the listener to a new world. There are elements of magic, mystique, mystery, the perfect imaginative swirl that refreshes the mind. Moments of absurdity are made profound with colorful expressions and chromatistic accents. The scenery keeps on changing, from dazing expanses to dry electronica, to glittering waters, to cooling blue oasis, to rainy breezes. And the rhythm of it all, flowing upward and outward, pouring out and showing it all off to the listener, like a dancing fountain. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-soul-rock-lady-beyou-the-soul-flame-sisters-trust-your-inner-voice monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6835cd79-963f-4284-98d0-93e94f4fffeb/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Soul Rock : Lady BeYou &amp; The Soul Flame Sisters’ ‘Trust YOUR Inner Voice’ - Lady BeYou & The Soul Flame Sisters debut with their six-track, EP, ‘Trust YOUR Inner Voice’. The collection carves out the reinforcement of the self in ways that are powerful and profound. It runs deep, awakening the soul, invoking the infinity of emotion and imagination. All of it gives birth to a grounding beauty in the listener. The style is explorative and alternative as they unite influences of soul, blues, gospel and rock. All genres of deep self-expression and exploration. The journey is honest, vulnerable and eye opening. Listen Now! The group is influenced by artists like Aretha Franklin, Adele, Anastacia and Alabama Shakes. Women from all walks of musical history, each one paving a path to an authentic understanding of the self. You’ll see in each track, this value solidified and strengthened. It can be very inspiring and immersive. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-art-rock-bloomfield-machines-copium monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1d356075-782b-4352-9b02-48e81c113f3c/4.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Art Rock : Bloomfield Machine’s ‘Copium’ - Bloomfield Machine is a conceptual music banner with a language of its own. It’s as if they operate on a whole unique spectrum of electronic music. Futuristic electronica mixed with everyday phenomena in a way that is revealing and clarifying. They have a unique way of coalescing existing thoughts and contemplative structures into a more complex form of expression. Known for their cerebral music style and sound, they build on that, compelling you to make the journey through their sound to the emotion on the other side. Their latest release is ‘Copium’, an album that features a lot of visual elements and aspects of abundance. Plentiful textures, innumerable characters, uncountable perspectives, and always a promise for more. The collection carries a lot of warmth alongside beauty and evocation. And the best way to experience this album is to allow yourself to be dissected, distracted, dispersed, collected, fused, built, compelled, and built by the textural presence. The energy that it exudes, the secrets that they hold. Let yourself be affected by their potential and profoundness and you’ll find yourself coming out the other side, liberated in many small ways. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-jay-puttys-centerfield monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5d539d1f-5727-489a-8c7e-b3bf41a485cd/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Jay Putty’s ‘Centerfield’ - Jay Putty’s musicality is not something you can ignore or forget in a hurry. He puts it all out there, vibrant, evocative, and fun. Especially his latest track, ‘Centerfield - Cover’. With a flurry of country rock activity, the song comes alive with the spirit of baseball. That fresh feeling of an upcoming baseball game, when everyone is getting ready, all their ducks in a row before it begins. Heads clear, heart open, and full of hope, joy and buzz of excitement. With his instrumentals, he almost instantly sets this scene. The song has the making of an anthem, all held up with that communal country spirit. Guitar work tees up the song for all the fun and camaraderie. The riffs are active and dynamic and the beats rush to meet the bustle of the vocals. And just like that, with claps, chorals, and group singing, he brings it all to life, the energy even filling the room, the house, even the stadium. The song has the ability to connect strangers in a crowd by celebrating their common passion in a way that is meaningful to them. And that’s the appeal of it all. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-larry-karpenkos-believe-the-promise monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dc0b0782-106a-435b-99cc-a0ed81149194/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Larry Karpenko’s ‘Believe the Promise’ - Larry Karpenko’s brand of Christian folk pop is not mainstream. It is nuanced, influenced by both his love for God and deep passion for music. He perceives faith and music as important means of self-expression and it not only shows in his music but it inspires the listener as well. His latest release is ‘Believe the Promise’, a track that sends out a message of hope and strength. He blends hymnal choral styles with neoclassical folk and sweeping ambient pop. So many layers, oozing with emotion and flooding the defeated mind, bringing it back to life. The song has a strong rejuvenating quality. It refills the battery for life, for God, and for Faith. In ways that remind you of who you are, how it all started, and what your roots are. And more often than not, this recentering is all you need to find your way back to life and yourself. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-gius-back-is-rock monthly 0.5 2025-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5c05239e-3880-4f1b-ba33-98eaf57ae90b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Giu’s ‘BACK IS ROCK’ - Giu is a French artist and rock musician. He is a storyteller, his soundscapes carrying emotion and tale in an inextricable combination. Authentic, original, and compelling. The vulnerability is so effortless and fresh, as if you’re dunking yourself in the flowing river. And when you come up, you are in a different world. Gui’s music is memorable, each song fostering a connection that you wouldn’t have expected. His latest release is ‘BACK IS ROCK’, an album that explores the indie-alternative spectrum. We see some pop rock, elements of folk, alternative, and a whole lot of these in between blends. A continuum, a sophisticated vehicle that carries his vision. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-neil-c-youngs-aggenannonaggen monthly 0.5 2025-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d11d434e-5772-4ed7-90e8-9f4d29bc372b/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Neil C Young’s ‘Aggenanonaggen’ - Neil C Young is a UK based jazz guitarist. His instrumentals are marked by elegance. That keen ability to showcase grandeur with fresh simplicity and sophisticated ideas. Listening to his music makes you feel elevated, on a whole other plane of contemplating and feeling. His latest release, ‘Aggenanonaggen (Acoustic)’ is proof of that. The track flows on a flatland, wandering its landscape like roads. He scales his melodies and with it, his performance. The rhythm, unrushed and mellow is well suited for the acoustic scene. And the inherent warmth of the melodies, as if oozing out of the earth itself, golden glazed like fresh honey. And if you let yourself immerse, it takes you on a dazing yet clarifying journey, one whose destination seems vague and nebulous. Till you realize that the beauty of the journey is all it’s about. It will fit right into meditation and stillness playlists. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/dream-pop-tonal-swells-summertime-sadness-cover monthly 0.5 2025-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d1c9a110-df37-49cf-bb59-958ec91550e4/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Dream Pop : Tonal Swell’s ‘Summertime Sadness (Cover)’ - The quality of Lana Del Rey’s music has always seemed irreplicable. Her ethereal dreaminess draws a beautiful duality between distance and intimacy. It is intense without being forceful and beautiful without being trite. Tonal Swell has just released their cover of LDR’s ‘Summertime Sadness’, and they preserve the plausibility of her dreamworlds while also indulging in their interpretations of her music. The song’s melody, rhythm, tempo, and essence are retained for the most part. Playing around with tones and tonalities, they create a whole new chromatic and textural landscape with it. The vocals carry a passionate, romantic weight without weighing the listener down. The soundscape swirls, oozing, moving, dancing in another world, so alive around it. Listening to it gives you that patented LDR feel but also a little bit of their own magic as well. A cover that complements the original without disturbing the essence of it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-deep-house-dj-snabbas-the-lyric-down monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4cfc0167-33b0-483e-bf85-89b7998c45a8/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Deep House : DJ Snabba’s ‘The Lyric Down’ - DJ Snabba are three DJs and electronic music artists who bring their mighty vision to life. Their progressive house music has momentum, a colorful swirl, and a power that they foster, develop, and push to an exhilarating peak. ‘The Lyric Down’ is their latest release, a power-packed, resounding, groove pumping track. Opening mid-melody, it hits the ground running. The beats punching, the bass growling and revved up. With an explosive dance floor, it’s presented like a burst of energy, climbing up, spreading and then blasting into a power drop. The beat attacks are addictive, creating a delicious anticipation. It is modern, with a lot of new ideas and fresh techniques when it comes to mixing. The conventions are revised so effortlessly and confidently to create a complex network of movement and momentum. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-ink-to-spills-south-side monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/76ad9f8a-fe78-4f91-bc23-ba373074d112/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : Ink to Spill’s ‘South Side’ - Ink to Spill is a singer-songwriter/ classic rock band from Chicago. Their style is wrapped up in reflective storytelling. Both instrumentally and lyrically, they draw us into deep and powerful moments of emotion and feeling. Like in their latest single, ‘South Side’, a story about a girl who is caught in a daily crossfire as she goes from home to school. Her resilience manifests in her artistic spirit, as she expresses it on paper. An escape but also a coping mechanism that makes her art powerful. The chords are mellow and the vocals hover. It compels you to lean in, listen deeply to the subtext. So raw and bare, they lay it all out, portraying the tense yet creative psyche of the little girl as she tries to understand the world as it is. To witness that transference of reality to imagination in this authentic space makes you feel so human and connected to being human. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-jodie-vinall-deltiimos-ice-cream-buns monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f321371a-ccb8-43fe-b815-23c45a37fb7d/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Jodie Vinall &amp; Deltiimo’s ‘Ice Cream Buns’ - Jodie Vinall and Deltiimo have just released their collaborative single, ‘Ice Cream Buns’. The combination of Jodie’s colorful vocals and Deltiimo’s electric atmosphere create a high that you can just keep riding. Like a sugar rush, the track is made to lift into you, fill your mind and keep you upbeat and joyful. Deltiimo’s house music has a top grade commercial appeal with an energy that can fill up a whole sky, let alone a club. Vinall’s style is confident, holding her own and elevating the high of the synths. It absorbs the soundscape and releases a new flavour, a fresh energy altogether. If you’re looking for a song to dance till exhilaration, this electro pop song is the perfect track to start with. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-rock-boliddes-rainbow-galaxy monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/311b2586-cfc3-4709-ac2f-c92cc6007efd/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Rock : Bolidde’s ‘Rainbow Galaxy’ - BOLIDDE is a french songwriter, singer, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist. His vision is multi-faceted and executed with scrumptious layers that you can feast on. In his latest album, ‘Rainbow Galaxy’, he poses music to suit the contextual facets of the theme. All of this to create an immersive and refreshing listening experience for the listener. His instrumental virtuoso and musicality especially shines in this collection. So does his effortless charisma as a songwriter and performer. The collection has ten tracks, each one its own unique brand of rock/ indie pop. With modern insight into songwriting, his music might be nothing like you’ve heard before. There is a resounding novelty at every curve, revealing with each track. It’s a pleasure to sit through it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-prog-rock-pryzmes-true-stories-and-other-lies monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/82768a8b-b3de-4c95-89df-8e61f1021903/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Prog Rock : PRYZME’s ‘True Stories… and Other Lies’ - PRYZME is a prog rock band who create atmospheric experiences. Their music is technically deep and vast in its influence, always keeping guessing, exploring, and contemplating. The power comes after and so do the progressions. They’ll hit you like a ton of bricks but it’ll feel so good. Because all the build up will finally make sense, it’ll all be unleashed and given to you for consumption. Their latest is ‘True Stories… and Other Lies’, a collection that takes you to far away conceptual lands. The songs indulge you in a philosophical dialogue, a contemplation. So cerebral that it’ll put you in a zone. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-funk-tony-frissores-the-eagle-has-landed monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/720e0a98-61e3-445f-94ef-e917705bba86/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Funk : Tony Frissore’s ‘The Eagle has Landed’ - Tony Frissore is a freestyle musician. An artist that relies on spontaneity and intuitive technique to produce high quality music. His latest release is ‘The Eagle has Landed’. A funk-electronica concept with grooves that you can keep vibing to. The song is a free flow, a continuum of sorts with moments of dubstep, cerebral electronica, funk, and mellow psychedelics. There is a push and pull of styles, a conversation of sorts, exchange of ideas and currents that are fun to witness. A lot of conceptual work with futuristic accents that nicely aligns with the moon landing in the artwork. The song also takes on technical aesthetics, mysterious and full of suspense. A slow burn that is upbeat and dynamic. So crisp. If you are looking for a song to journey through the mind with, this is it! So good to just sit and daydream, get lost in its flow. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-piano-instrumental-jacqueline-cordes-illusions-of-amethyst monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/be98e086-14a7-4c35-bd5c-616ebada8efa/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Piano Instrumental : Jacqueline Cordes’ ‘Illusions of Amethyst’ - Jacqueline Cordes is a pianist and a composer who imagines dream worlds with her music. With progressing keys and melodies, she details worlds that are imbibed with emotions simultaneously. It is cinematic, surreal, with a lot of mystical and supernatural imagery. Like in her latest single, ‘Illusions of Amethyst’, she uses flowing melodies to set up a misty scene. Ethereal ascents swirling at the fringes, delicate and gossamer, slowly growing in its magic and mystery. We see angelic chorals and harmonies crescending, a projective peak. Fairytale theatrics, deeply expressive and moving, achingly beautiful. There is both a grandeur and boundlessness to it; a cinematic spread that feels fantastical! The best way to listen to her music is to let it all go. To let yourself be consumed by her worlds. To go into its details, allow it to fill your mind, drift into that imagination space. It can be so enriching and full of wonder. Her music would readily belong in movies like Beauty and the Beast, Narnia, Maleficent. Any fantasy film that explores a super-reality. She doesn’t just find beauty but she crafts it, one melody at a time and it’s such a pleasure to just let yourself become enamored by it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-ava-valiantis-buttercups monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/aedd1bc6-a1a8-4a01-b3a9-c85e14eb98ae/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Ava Valianti’s ‘Buttercups’ - Ava Valianti’s alternative spheres are creative. They are not your usual predictable stylistic combination, but carry a lot of thoughtful depth and thematic exploration. Her latest release is ‘Buttercups’, a song that combines themes of love, romance, and spring time imagery. She brings that sunny yellow chromatism and feeling to a dream pop introduction. It is flavored with the misted glass of alt folk accents, showcasing the vulnerability of the protagonist. It is bare and raw, but also so lovely and softly refreshing. In the third act, we see an indie pop burst, warming up with riffs and beats. Her vocals take on a descriptive tone, commercial pop, Taylor Swift culture in a rock atmosphere. Across the track, we get to see so much of the artist’s sonic style, her fluid expression, especially her ability to portray themes immersively and elaborately. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-matares-i-could-kill-you-but-i-love-you monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1f6ae040-8036-468c-94b8-5834bdb27090/11.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : MatAre’s ‘I Could Kill You but I Love You’ - MatAre’s latest single, ‘I Could Kill You But I Love You’ can be described as a fresh burst of indie pop. He explores the push and pull of love and hate in a relationship with a light-hearted tone. The song is made with electric riffs, dulcet and deep as they fog up the soundscape, almost atmospheric. Somewhere, wrapped up within it is the artist’s warm baritones, catchy beats and chords. The sound design is so unique because it seemingly holds the context, the tone, and the emotion of the theme. It’s both light and intense, taking on the dual flavours in the title. A contemporary interpretation of indie pop making it perfect for youthful playlists that feature bands like The 1975, The Strokes, and The Neighbourhood. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rap-myles-christians-gimme-that monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e3d6929-7797-4d22-9e37-351858cfc3df/10.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rap : Myles Christian’s ‘Gimme That’ - Myles Christian is a pop rap and trap hop artist with fresh ideas and innovative perspectives. He brings the flavour of modern youth to these genres, unafraid to experiment with genre boundaries or genre blending. His latest release is ‘Gimme That’, a track that layers electro pop with crackling emo, autotune, and dispersing beats. The track is an intuitive flow, a stream of consciousness in music that evades the usual format of music making. Like an essay, it progresses with evolving ideas, colorful moments, and surprising connections. We also see some R&B/ soul influences, collecting at the seams in creative ways. And like that, so many styles are featured but in contexts that you might not have encountered them in. It’s truly a new form of expression altogether. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-chillout-max-seasons-spring-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dc20a63f-5312-4c9e-ae5e-beadad144340/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Chillout : Max Season’s ‘Spring 2025’ - Max Season is a modern composer. His ideas form where creativity meets technology. An electronic music visionary who plays with color, scale, dimension, and perspective so effortlessly and more importantly expressively. In his single, ‘Spring 2025’, he envisions the bloom of nature as small moments of explosion. Tying ethereal frequencies to contemplative flows, he makes the mind think, wander and explore. The pace is momentous. With the main rhythm stem moving with a stillness, he creates movement and progressions with melodic form. It’s as if he is building musical structures and giving them sentience, letting us watch an evolution as it occurs naturally. Its sophisticated style and suggestive quotients has even a cinematic appeal. Definitely imagine it elevating climactic scenes or character peaks in films. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-jazz-maria-solenas-yesterday-and-tomorrow monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f27a6e87-7130-49bb-a668-6c56caefad67/8.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Jazz : Maria Solena’s ‘Yesterday and Tomorrow’ - Maria Solena crafts worlds of emotion and human sentiment with her vocals. Her music is a whole world view, a perspective that gives power and beauty to her experiences. That authenticity and personal touch is so rare when it comes to modern music making. She brings the classic to the contemporary in such graceful a style that it will have you savoring music in a way that you haven’t in a long time. Her latest release is ‘Yesterday and Tomorrow’, an apt theme to explore her sense of style and music ideas through. It has some covers of classic jazz ballads and others, her own original compositions. And somehow, they all unite to celebrate her style. ‘Just the Two of Us’, a delicate and mellow cover of Bill Withers’ 1980s classic song of the same name. Maria casts a jazz, bluesy folk ambience with moments of sax, flutes, and misty eyed romantic vocals. You can imagine the moonlight, the love, and the fresh fragrance of romance through the track. ‘Open Your Eyes’ follows on a serene breeze with frolicking flute melodies. It has a fairytale atmosphere, a light ethereal swirl going round. With bluesy moments dispersed freely, it silently fills the room around you. It shimmers and sparkles, so naturally magical. Falling in love can be scary, even more so when your mind is closed off from it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/4yllc4qzajseeni1r6ng63zc7mmbt0 monthly 0.5 2025-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d92189d6-64ae-4d50-b3a9-90a464c9feac/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country Folk : Doug Mishkin’s ‘Woody’s Children’ - Doug Mishkin is a singer-songwriter and folk country artist. His style is heartwarming and feel-good. Has a way of celebrating community, people, and human connections in that retro way that humbles you. His latest release is ‘Woody’s Children’. With simplistic layers of string melodies, luminous acoustics curved and conditioned by country accordion accents. And Doug’s vocals, baritones that can warm the weepiest and wettest hearts. There is so much comfort and love there. Like drinking a big bowl of hot soup on winter’s day. That feeling of being warmed up layer by layer, that’s how the song feels. It consoles the heart and leads us to find harmony in history, freedom fighters, and world leaders. And he poses a question to you. Who do you want to be in this world? The one that makes it better or the one that stays negative and delays its glory? Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-ari-joshuas-pork-fat monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e3b289fc-fd27-456f-b8a4-92407d3ed576/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Ari Joshua’s ‘Pork Fat’ - The fun, funk, groove, and sizzle of pork fat. That’s what Ari Joshua’s latest release is about. Featuring the talent and passionate performances of Delvon Lamarr, Grant Schroff, and Skerik, the song is a psychedelic art rock, jazz blues fusion. ‘Pork Fat’ starts off with a mellow gradient of music. Bright rolling melodies, kicking grooves, and a shuffling beat. It falls away then from a summer meadow to a desert night sky. The psychedelics and blues come out to play, an expressive guitar solo that is a whole world of emotion by itself. Action comes in the form of faded police car sirens and gun shots in the backdrop. You can almost imagine a two dimensional cartoon scape, changing frame to frame. The jazzy accordions and blues come on again with the funk and the silliness. And just like that you keep rolling around an alternating globe of frames, so detailed and complex that you’ll want to stay and immerse. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-biiancos-bruv-parade monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6cb42fad-47ac-4986-8b3d-a26a8af104d3/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM : BIIANCO’s ‘Bruv Parade’ - BIIANCO not only understands symmetries, but they scale them into a transcendental space. They are a self-proclaimed high trance artist with a rhythm formula and synth chemistry that will rock your world. Their latest release is ‘Bruv Parade’, a funky, fast, and techno-fuelled, hard trance march. They streamline the festivities, colors, and chaos of a parade into a multiplying, energetic, and vibrant atmosphere. There is emphasis on the beats and grooves, but there is that let loose, go wild, and be free kind of infinity as well. It releases you, rather unleashes you to go wild, become berserk and passionate. This rogue energy blasting along an endless highway of dance beats and jump grooves is probably the best thing that will happen to you today. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-st-divines-swallow monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f0b4870b-ee99-4189-b5ca-1810f1488030/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : St. Divine’s ‘Swallow’ - St Divine is an alt rock duo with an idea of rock that walks the unconventional road. It has a creative, artsy dimension but also a rough, experimental edge, all of it meeting at points of new melodies and fresh perspectives. Their latest release is ‘Swallow’, a textured rock song whose classic rock is waylaid with a Beatlesque folk and funk, and an 80s and 90s alternative feel. The instrumental mesh has a rhythmic logic and language of its own, feeding the unpredictable vocal flows, its mercurial emotions. As warm baritones are intersected by the cool breeze of bluesy Janis Joplin vocals, the soundscape is made so artful, fractured but so fresh. It is its own world with its own rules and unique sonic contexts. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-drrifts-like-a-charm monthly 0.5 2025-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/aab4953d-a0ba-4ab0-8017-81c52c07c54b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Dr.Rift’s ‘Like a Charm’ - Dr.rift is a musical project by Western Canadian Music Award winning artist Kyle Halldorson of Winnipeg, MB, Canada. The artist has just released his self-filled debut album, a collection that demonstrates the nuances of his sounds and the boundless exploration of it. What is interesting is the collision of flavors so unique to his roots. He blends psychedelics with progressive rock and Celtic accents in a way that is cerebral and moody. Taken from the album is ‘Like a Charm’, a track that fumes with riffs, grooves sliding and winding through the soundscape, a psychedelic snake. Kyle’s vocals are funky charismatic, so bold as they ride the tides of changing instrumentals. All the layers - molten, feathery, fluid, and fresh hold a creative grandeur that you cannot find anywhere else. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-art-pop-odelets-raindance monthly 0.5 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3980deba-1111-4f4c-8def-48b5737e812f/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Art Pop : Odelet’s ‘Raindance’ - Odelet’s music is a whole world of its own. A paradise of vocals that find meaning in their mellow formlessness. The rest of the soundscape is genre-open and stylistically liberated. Her latest release is ‘Raindance’, an album that is as intimate, sensual, and romantic as it sounds. Hued with dreamy colors, gleaming tones and a moody swell, the tracks have a way of transporting you. Or rather, transforming the time, environment, energy and moods around you; driving you towards connection, beauty, and freedom. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-piano-pieces-nick-pikes-phraxia monthly 0.5 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7a119677-2b63-4ecb-9d82-47e4d2957c32/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Piano Pieces : Nick Pike’s ‘Phraxia’ - Nik Pike’s piano solos envision an expanse. His neo-classical compositions are designed to craft storytelling spaces that progress with emotions that you can attach imaginative tales, real experiences, or simply just feeling to. His latest release is ‘Phraxia’, a mindful, purposeful collection that becomes powerful with progressive meaning. Each song captures momentous evolutions, cataloging the characters, movement, and stories of time, so gently and gracefully. The tracks all seem to have fantasy names, or rather foreign names that allow you to wander and make sense of the compositions any way that resonates with you. Serves as a great backdrop to involve yourself in creative pursuits. He leaves so much to take, and so many ways to take it in. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-with-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-summers-gate monthly 0.5 2025-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ba713a48-535a-4889-b61a-e2c76f82f404/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : With Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Summer’s Gate’ - With Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends, you get to experience all the possibilities of folk rock. They are a creative bunch, with ideas that transform the genre and its interpretation. In their single, ‘Summer’s Gate’, the band explore distortive elements with psychedelic accents, dark electronic ambience. The track is designed to introduce the set, the accessories, and their spirit. And then the warm baritones open up in the middle, luminous like an oracle, like a candle in a dark room. This context is then evolved, fleshed out with bluesy guitar chords, affecting tangents that are reminiscent of Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. With bird sounds, nature samples, they slowly open up the room, transforming it into a nature scape, a misty, rainy, contemplative melancholy that calls to a deep, darkness in you. It’s an interesting track, inspired by the visionaries of the 60s and 70s for this modern world. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-exzenyas-intermittent-love monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ebf98215-04cd-4ddc-9f4b-a1b822af94a3/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Exzenya’s ‘Intermittent Love’ - Exzenya’s experimental flavors open in their release, ‘Intermittent Love’. The track, forming completely off the genre grid, inextricably blends alt pop with moments of emo, autotune, and new age rap. The energy in the song is so spontaneous, born out of a dark intuition. Imagine a superlative collage with moments of color, absurdity, formlessness, and feeling. The artist is known for their warping styles, their ability to draw out the unfamiliar elements from a familiar scene. That skill of being able to alienate the listener while also understanding them is a duality that works on so many levels. A lot of queer consciousness also loops into their music, a reality of being an outsider. That perspective brings a distinct individuality that you simply cannot find anywhere else. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-instrumental-sons-of-the-mellow-mafias-self-titled-collection monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5924e72f-b000-43ec-a78c-5bd6dd7b3520/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Instrumental : Sons of the Mellow Mafia’s Self Titled Collection - Sons of the Mellow Mafia have just debuted with their self-titled album. The eleven song collection crafts a luminous ambience with jazz, blues and other expressive instrumental styles. It is a sunny spread, playful and full of fresh characters that you can just explore with the mind. Melodies sunbathing, frolicking in the water, dancing in the wind. It has that summery quartet feel. If you’re hosting a summer party, or a spring fest, then this collection is sure to elevate the atmosphere and spirit. It is effortlessly light, creative, and crafty. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-exzenyas-regulator-of-my-dopamine monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/01cef87f-048d-4cdf-b48d-e31dcf7752b3/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Exzenya’s ‘Regulator of my Dopamine’ - Exzenya’s stylistic multitude makes a special showcase in her track, ‘Regulator of my Dopamine’. The track traces the hedonistic sphere of being, expressing it with experimental hip-hop, electro pop, and cerebral influences. The rhythm fuses stylistic frames in ways that you cannot even imagine. Its lightness, adaptability, and transformative properties allows it to draw out the essence of the theme from the frames. One minute, you’re doused in a hip-hip/ pop rap cloud, lost in its shimmering autotune and the next, you’re facing jazz tangents, pop flows, all enclosed in a sensual ambience. Again, ambiguity is key with any Exzenya piece. There are so many interesting interpretations that she brings, both to music and to the theme. The trick is to lean into her style, and that’s when the magic happens. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-exzenyas-scansion monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6c1d0bff-7d02-46db-be7b-4f7312d06a59/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Exzenya’s ‘Scansion’ - Exzenya’s latest release, ‘Scansion’ is a dynamic, mercurial and memorable flow. With rhythms that express nuances just as much as the melodies and vocals, the song seems to leap out of the soundscape. Like 3D art prints. The beats are active, building into worlds of their own. A sense of mystique and mystery flows through the melodic current. All of this is just delightful accessories to the vocals. It is formless, fluid and experimental. Especially in the way it brings texture, dimension, and a stylistic ambiguity to the soundscape. Rich yet seeming simple, classic yet modern, fresh but rooted in the universal. If you’re in the market for a track that is nothing like anything else you’ve heard, then this is the right place to be! Listen Now. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-chillstep-andrew-rowans-hot-salami monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/85d5ade0-ba93-4dea-9e55-a4580f2848d7/1.gif Music Reviews - Song Review/ Chillstep : Andrew Rowan’s ‘HOT SALAMI’ - Andrew Rowan casts us in an ambient sphere with his latest release, ‘HOT SALAMI’. The track is an electronica flow, that is so rich in sensibilities, color, tonal nuances, and mood. The artist brings you to a standstill, zooms into that kind of stillness to unravel the scene within it. The track has a lot of visual components, especially in terms of chromatism and dynamic characters. The tones are deep, bold and piercing as they set up in the soundscape. It is a whole zone, a homogenous depth, a comfort sound that you start to grow into and make your own. The contemplative air loops in an open-ended ness into the composition. That you can’t float away with, expand into and then make your own. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-rock monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/213a8572-e757-4609-93eb-6063c93a2a74/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul Rock : Голос КАА’s ‘Эхолоты’ - Golos KAA is the music project of Russian musician and producer, Alex Kichev. Known for his explorative flows, his music is cast over emotional gradients deep and light, dark and sweet. He arranges music like a language, each song an intimate and open expression that seamlessly integrates the listener with the sound. In his latest single, ‘Эхолоты’, featuring Aigul Gilyazeva on the vocals, he delivers a slow-dancing, contemporary pop sky. Blending ambience with cinematic sweeps, and spreading vocal expression. It holds the expanse, forges it with grandeur, depth, grace and an abundance that you can keep on sipping from. The artistic exchange between the two artists feels so natural and authentic. Flowing into each other’s spaces, crafting the atmosphere with aligned emotions and sensibilities. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-barons-doesnt-really-matter monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eaa917c0-7901-49e4-bd95-dc8c09bd14fc/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Baron’s ‘Doesn’t Really Matter’ - Baron’s are a French duo made up of singer-songwriter Baron and composer and guitar player, Freddy Kroegher. Their sound is not only influenced by their personal style and spirit, but also by the spaces they occupy, cultures they interact with, and places they live. In their latest release, ‘Doesn’t Really Matter’, the duo present an animated, upbeat, and contemplative anthem that is reminiscent of Phil Collin’sTarzan playlist. The beats are expressive and emphatic, building into a backdrop of neo-classicals, acoustics, and electronica. We see piano accents, a refreshing flute line, all of it swirling into a sense of freedom and openness. And in that way, it ties into the theme. That alt folk lightness that keeps pushing you up, elevating you into the transcendental arms of the climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-rebekah-snyders-america monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c414ba6f-ad63-4398-b29f-5b8de8f1af4c/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Rebekah. Snyder’s ‘America’ - Rebekah Snyder is a singer-songwriter with an expressive style and contemporary vocal flow. She debuts with her single, ‘America’, right in time for the fourth of July, in which she expresses her love for the country. Drawing from her roots, her family, and her future, she crafts this song to showcase her sentiments for her country. Its a love song that traces the ideals of liberty, truth, peace, all that it stands for. In a time where a lot of Americans are struggling to identify with the country’s leader and its policy, the artist remembers the core spirit of America, celebrates it in a way that unites all its people, strengthening the bond, belief and hope that everything will get better. America always pulls through, and She fights for what is right! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-fourmarks-reflections monthly 0.5 2025-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e948d499-8d51-4eed-8522-4f0380be6c6b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie : Fourmark’s ‘Reflections’ - FOURMARKS is a four-piece indie band with a fresh and wakening sound. Their genius lies in their unique thematic perspectives, like in their latest release, ‘Reflections’. Made with cinematic grooves, fuzzy riffs, and tactile guitar work, the song leaps out of the player. The dynamism is cast with a retro character, some disco, some daft punk. Indie pop at its sublime as they blend rock with electronic color and pop vocals. However, underneath the rolling, diving, drifting, and dancing plane is an ambient flow. The contrast between these two flows bring out a surreal nature, a sort of cerebral intensity that is highly stimulating. You’ll feel as if you’re levitating in the space in between, balancing out the movement and stillness. To listen to ‘Reflections’ is to experience whole new dimensions of music. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-hanna-lelands-love-im-looking-for monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9fa41bb3-d048-4c8c-a01d-380f6aba1c23/10.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Hanna Leland’s ‘Love I’m Looking For’ - Hanne Leland is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and alt pop artist. She tells stories with soft colors, whimsical melodies and a raw voice. Her latest single is ‘Love I’m Looking For’, a track that imagines a paradise that love can be. The spirit is youthful dream and the tones are fresh summer. We often ask for lesser than, non-committal realities. But the love that she’s looking for is cherry blossoms, candy hearts, pink hues and red lips. Her unique pop style especially shines in this song. With mellow grooves, whistling melodies, nodding rhythms, and sparking vocals, she creates a space to express your deepest desire, ask for it, and go looking for it. To not settle for less, but claim that joy, that beauty, that paradise. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-jossmias-dancing-in-the-sunlight monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ba434c25-f56e-44d1-ba9d-030029d84b0c/9.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Jossmia’s ‘Dancing in the Sunlight’ - Jossmia’s electro pop is fun and full of play. Their wear their queerness with pride, letting it flow and tie effortlessly into their music as well. Their latest release is ‘Dancing in the Sunlight’, a track that is as open and boisterous as the sun itself. With colorful experimentals, groovy rhythms, and a memorable vocal flow, they create a fresh flavor of pop. Perfect to sing along and dance to. Has the kind of energy that brings people together, joyful and free. With warm basslines, they create a sun-sizzling environment, cooling it with peaking falsettos and streaks of energy. It has that modern chic, youthful bursts and an overall halo of people, party, and camaraderie. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-pop-savageruss-the-angel-in-the-sea monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71cb7ce2-0f59-4e68-8962-22adf5538ece/9.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Pop : savagerus’s ‘The Angel in the Sea’ - savagerus is an abstract, artful and ethereal artist. She gives ancient sensibilities a new age form, almost like a revival. Her soundscapes are an incredible blend of melodic electronica, transcendental vocals, and tactile textures that call out to you. Her latest release is ‘L’ange dans la mer’ or ‘The Angel in the Sea’. She takes otherworldly frames like this and crafts them into swirling weaves of song. There is an aliveness in her music, a spirit of beauty and wonder. That romanticism manifests in the deep melodic ambience, the vocal pulse, and luminous highs. The path of her music is like a glistening, magical, enchanting fairy tale, one that can be transformative. The worlds that form in the mind are surreal, dreamy in the way they connect with the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-collaborations-you-gotta-know monthly 0.5 2025-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bc4fff2d-ee90-48a7-b084-9568a2db3bdf/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Collaborations’ ‘You Gotta Know’ - Collaborations by Ed Daniels brings us a sweeping pop ballad featuring Anais Preller with single, ‘You Gotta Know’. With retro melodic work crafted with romantic sensibilities, the track traces growing pains and the soft wisdom that follows it. Anais’s vocals have a sincerity to it that immediately endears her to the listener. Floating along a swirling bed of live instrumentals, it has that good rhythm and an awakening freshness. Even just without the theme, you can feel the passion of play and songwriting, performance and music forming a halo around you. An atmosphere of music that brings out the spirit behind founding Collaborations. Where artists put their heads together and explore. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-pop-hadriaans-shine monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/30eede02-0ee3-4b2f-9bd8-1bcb473e4f36/5.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Pop : Hadriaan’s ‘Shine’ - Hadriaan just doesn’t make music but makes atmospheric cinema with his songs. Blending post rock with dark electronic elements, ambient flows, rap, and dream pop, he creates a swirling world of feeling. It is a whole new art form that he brings to music making and it is nothing short of bewildering. There’s a lot of new music out there. But none that absorbs and keeps your attention like his music. His latest release is ‘Shine’, an album that is so sophisticatedly designed, layered and presented. A top tier visionary who gives us original work that sounds like nothing else out there. The title track introduces the album. And within its oceanic environment, you’ll find yourself swimming deeper, into the darkest corners. And in there, you’ll find the luminescence, a light that you’ve to journey to. An odyssey. In fact, the whole collection is best if viewed as such. The current is strong but it is packed with cerebral character and sensibilities to form an irreplicable complexity. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-michellars-get-me-there-to-church monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6861f559-ffd5-45ed-96f3-c104092144f1/7.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Michellar’s ‘Get Me There to Church’ - As a songwriter, Michellar has an expansive portfolio. She can tap into any wavelength of sound, style, genre and go from there as if it’s just another day. Her versatility makes up her discography, each song playing out with its own spirit and thematic essence. And it’s the same with her latest release, ‘Get Me There to Church’ featuring Helen Walford and Harrison Black. It is a folk pop song about falling in love with your best friend and wanting to marry him. The composition is made to feel personal, intimate and joyful. A hopeful request for forever. Chunky ukulele plucks alongside a train of thought lyrics and warm sentiments reveal a hearty vulnerability. With confessional moments, sweet memories and a sincere intention, the song is so beautiful in its truth and simplicity. By the end of it you can’t help but root for the couple’s happy ending. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-sam-garretts-be-free monthly 0.5 2025-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/74ae3c84-6de2-4215-b467-a7c419b9964a/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Sam Garrett’s ‘Be Free’ - The feeling of freedom is light, it is refreshing, liberating and open. Weaving it into a contemporary folk composition, Sam Garrett presents his latest single, ‘Be Free’. With contemplative lyrics, floating acoustics, and luminous harmonies, the artist crafts an effervescent globe. Neoclassicals slip and slide through the sparkling strings. The vocals form in arcs, ethereal and full of grace. The artist designs the soundscape to be expansive and boundless. Like you could just leap into the song and become one with the spirit and fly away. Sam Garrett’s vocals are especially beautiful in its faith, enlarging the feeling of gratitude and belief. That effortless infinity is so enchanting and alluring that you’ll feel its power and discover faith. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-art-rock-blunt-blades-forgiveness monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a2a3b7b9-bd85-40cd-a9ab-fb02239060a6/9.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Art Rock : Blunt Blade’s ‘Forgiveness’ - Blunt Blade is not your average musician. Their visions are grand and spectacular. With creative soundscapes that match that largesse, both in conception and execution. There’s a lot of cinematic elements that put on quite the show with moments of rock, electronica, pop, everything in between. Their latest release is ‘Forgiveness’, an album that samples electronic sequences alongside deep rock and inexorable pop flows. It is a collection that is definitely worth taking in because of what it has to offer. ‘Sprawling’ gives the collection a strong start with its mysterious synths, drilling rock landscape, and haunting vocals. All these three styles manifest with patterns, textures, and other characteristic features. Some retro, some modern, all one fell cinematic sweep. ‘The Journey to Hope/ Esperanza’ fuses similar pallets, building them up to a fantastic high. In this track, however, we get to see a whole lot of dimensions, ones that the artist built into the track. You can watch them evolve with a natural spontaneity. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-svarp-the-harps-irjentwat-is-immer monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/355ad7fa-aff1-4bbb-a138-8a931aeb99f4/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Svarp the Harp’s ‘Irjentwat is' immer’ - Svarp the Harp is an alt rock band with a fierce and powerul musicality. We especially get to see this in their latest single, ‘Irjentwat is' immer’. It is fun, flighty and with a side of rough and tough tumble. The band seems to forge rugged mountains out of large boulders with just energy, momentum and a snowballing sense of style. There is charisma in the way they do it. It’s not hurried or forced by progressive and naturally growing. The funk and punk are all built into it. With vocals that punctuate the juggling rhythm, its defiance and carefree passion brings a fantastic dimension to the listening experience. Even if you don’t understand the language, the pace is so extravagant and out there. They lay it all out, show all their cards and you can’t help but love them! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-americana-saint-nick-the-lessers-21-minutes monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dc093a62-5f13-406c-b0c0-0ae9cbc60b31/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Americana : Saint Nick the Lesser’s ‘21 Minutes’ - The coarse Americana of Saint Nick The Lesser is fresh and fascinating. In its rawness, it showcases so many layers that you can experience the theme with. His latest release is ‘21 Minutes’, a track that is as luminous as it is candid. The country, folk, and rock all mixed in together seamlessly. The acoustic riffs tumble into the song, as if on autopilot. A punching that perfectly complements the storytelling vocals. Saint Nick’s deep baritones seem to carry the imagery and the tale inside of them, so full of depth and intrinsic vulnerability. In its consistent rhythm pattern, across the whole song, it achieves a sort of familiarity with the listener. Such a simple yet unique way to do that. It honors not only the culture of the genre but gives us a glimpse into the artist’s sophisticated vision. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-adik-angels-u-make-me-feel-good monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9565d4dd-e1b4-4ec4-bed1-78f5362c6e72/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Adik Angel’s ‘U make me feel good’ - Adik Angel is an electro pop artist whose cool musical palette is everything. The artist swims in aqua chromatism, using it to build the sensations of joy and happiness. In his latest single, ‘u make me feel so good’, the artist speculates a breezy, refreshing, and light composition that celebrates love, romance, and relationships. The electronic style is melodic house, mellow and glassy, softly expanding into spheres of light. With vocals that grow into this space and elevate it, the song grows larger and larger like a blue halo of music. It is a feel-good song especially because it is happiness in a song. That magical buoyancy you feel when someone lightens your mind and heart. That soft bliss of love. That’s what this whole song is about. And it keeps drifting. All you have to do is catch it and go with it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-jr-dalforts-easy-livin monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/acbdf4d5-d5a7-4b4a-983d-df20286ffcec/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : JR Dalfort’s ‘Easy Livin’ - When you listen to JR Dalfort’s music, you’ll feel the landscapes that are contained within it. Because the artist expands human experiences and stories to a globe of feeling that has depth, altitude, dimension, and expanse. In his latest release, ‘Easy Livin’, the artist traces a faint melancholy against a fresh, brisk acoustic valley. His vocals carry them with so much warmth, a soft intensity and raw candor that could be reminiscent of Bob Dylan’s vocal timbre. There’s a sense of height, like a panoramic spread. It is contemplative, and sentimental. Classic rock melodies flow through the track, crafting an introspective atmosphere twinkling with blues. What you get out of the song is an aching beauty, a warm feeling, and a fresh style. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-exzenyas-drunk-texting monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8cb43fbf-3d6c-473c-b47a-202ae3c82168/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Exzenya’s ‘Drunk Texting’ - Exzenya is an alt pop artist with a musicality that is fun and flirty. There are a lot of stylistic elements that she brings effortlessly into her pop, making it so vivacious. Her latest release is ‘Drunk Texting’, a track that light-heartedly explores the chaos and drama of the thematic phenomenon. She takes a Latin beat, makes a groovy rhythm out of it for the base layer. Building it up with colorful synths, hearty vocal lines, and decorative harmonies, it becomes a sensation. There are also fluid hip-hop influences riding into the song, capitalising on the energy there. Albeit brief, the beats are so energy hungry and the verses emerge like street rap within the arena of electro pop. All in all, a memorable song that you would want to bring to your night outs. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-alex-kates-summer-suits monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/24555a0b-c9c7-4372-b25f-963b345b248b/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Alex Kate’s ‘Summer Suits’ - Alex Kate bedazzles commercial pop. With dreamy and luminous accents, flashes of color and liveliness, she stands up there with artists like Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, and Sabrina Carpenter. Her latest release is ‘Summer Suits’ is a fun loving, feel good and flirty disco pop song. The soundscape carries the bright colors, sunshine, water and the promise of a great time with friends. The artist blends retro sensibilities with modern vocal culture and narratives to create a sublime inbetweeness that anyone can relate to. If you’re in the market for a song to sing along to this summer, then this is definitely the track for you. It has that endless and youthful spirit of when summer begins that makes you feel like it’s going to all last forever. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classical-kirsten-agresta-copelys-kuruvinda monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b8d0407c-37bb-4e6c-8401-0e5eff4aebcf/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classical : Kirsten Agresta Copely’s ‘Kuruvinda’ - Kirsten Agresta Copely is a Grammy-winning harpist and composer who explores the radiance of being human in her upcoming album ‘Kuruvinda’. Her ability to use tender melodic structures to convey the complexity of being human is enchanting. Her latest release is the title track of the album, giving us a little teaser on what to expect in the collection. The song with its lighter than light instrumentals float by, as if in a reverie. Like dust floating in a ray of sunlight, there seems to be a kind of soft magnificence that lights up the whole song. The word, ‘Kuruvinda’ originates from Sanskrit, meaning flawed by radiant ruby. Through the suspended melodies in this composition, Kirsten seeks out the beautiful layers that flaws add to a person, drawing it all out and placing it in front of the listener with a gentleness and fragility of a drifting feather in the breeze. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-folk-nothing-concretes-the-imperfectionist monthly 0.5 2025-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d8cb0bb8-185e-456b-8f7c-c5e74f154d8b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Folk : Nothing Concrete’s ‘The Imperfectionist’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronic-the-boxer-rebellion-x-tinlicker-diamonds-further-than-i-ever-was monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b1cb2a52-0cce-43f0-a20e-ba636b0da436/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronic : The Boxer Rebellion X Tinlicker - ‘Diamonds’ (Further Than I Ever Was)’ - Imagine a bejeweled sky, glistening with movement and an energy that is magical, almost intoxicating. That’s ‘Diamonds’ (Further Than I Ever Was)’ by The Boxer Rebellion X Tinlicker for you. Their house music is as expansive and iconic as artists like Swedish House Mafia and the like. The way they use rhythms to keep you in the loop, swirling and swimming within the story is electrifying. Alongside this soaring fluidity, there is so much power, punch, and emphasis. And like a synth wave that disperses and dissipates spectacularly, the song is ripped apart, cultivated into a magnificent sphere of energy, emotion. Especially the climbs leading to the peak are loaded with sensibilities. Like a heavy cloud waiting to burst, full of magic, hanging over you. And then it drops, and it’s a full party. A grand shower of light, rhythm, dance, power, and movement. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-avant-garde-bastien-pons-blinded monthly 0.5 2025-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0361848b-1121-48b2-a81f-7cbb79f3433f/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Avant Garde : Bastien Pons’ ‘Blinded’ - The music of Bastien Pons has a deep sensory appeal. So much so that it bleeds into your own reality, filling up your spaces and then defining them immersively. He creates moving frames of a scene, crafting them with slow moving textures, profound noise, and a contemplative poignancy that is addictive. In his debut album, ‘Blinded’, the artist “meditates on perception, blindness (literal and symbolic), and the tactile nature of sound.” As a photographer, he transfers his visual prowess and visionary lenses to his musical style. The result is an abstract sound machination that feels like it could be from the cryptic past or the surmounting future. The meeting of ambience with moments of surreal exploration, sonic experimentation, all give rise to hypnotic imagery that takes over. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indietronica-temperature-falls-wishes-dreams monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eced28c9-0415-477c-a1dc-297b1c033142/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indietronica - Temperature Falls’ ‘Wishes, Dreams’ - Temperature Falls is an indietronica duo. Hailing from Norway, their music seems to be touched by the weather of their country, warped pleasantly into a new world of style and sound. Their latest release is ‘Wishes, Dreams’, a dreamy track that is articulated by ethereal vocals, swirling synths, a stormy calm, and an abstractness. Think Enya, Beach House, and Björk. That’s the ethos and infinities that this duo holds. The theme has a sense of daydreaming romance to it. A sort of youthful property. All of which is extrapolated and creatively stretched to execute this unique song. The ideas are so sophisticated and there is a plush novelty to it. One that you cannot replicate or reengineer. The surreal world that they pose is delicate yet fierce and immutable, complex yet complete and clever. Beautiful and radiant. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-ikevalds-lick-the-sun monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/076c96b1-954d-412b-a1dd-69a137043b10/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Ikevald’s ‘Lick the Sun’ - Ikevald is a versatile musician, with a stylistic fluidity that is remarkable. He allows himself to be influenced by a dynamic musicality. In his latest release, ‘Lick the Sun’, the artist crafts a positive anthem, inexorable in its energy, emitting a sense of euphoric liberation. The song is as big and vibrant as the title suggests, it reaches with a celebratory force. Blending electro pop with catchy beat rhythms, and feel good vocals, he creates a feeling of freedom, a breath of fresh air. Think artists like Fun, The Script, Maroon 5, and Imagine Dragons. The chorus is pleasingly explosive, with afrobeats, rippling melodies, and a loud, happy vocal force. It nicely contrasts the contemplative, vulnerable and magical moments of the verses, bolstering all of that into a grand musical action. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-peter-daniels-take-a-little-chance monthly 0.5 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/260c019b-9b5a-4dab-88b4-bfd2558d80e1/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Peter Daniel’s ‘Take a Little Chance’ - Peter Daniel is a composer, a virtuoso with a musical vision that is new and refreshing. As a jazz artist, he exudes feelings and stories with a sense of mellow spontaneity. That’s his style. He’ll keep it real chill, downtempo with intricate actions and nuances that demonstrates his skill and technique in a way words do not. His latest release is the Quartets collection made in collaboration with Joe Doria, Andy Coe, and Grant Schroff. ‘Take a Little Chance’ introduces the album. With its smooth, seamless and skating mix of blues, jazz, and real time sentiments, the song is as romantic and magical as a bustling city at night. There is a lot of imagery, momentum, chromatism, and stylistic dimensions that he effortlessly unpacks and it’s such a good party. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-maverick-smiths-we-make-fire-they-make-smoke monthly 0.5 2025-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/de335d21-9b36-4c78-8c9a-1c2260dd11a7/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Maverick Smith’s ‘We Make Fire, They Make Smoke’ - Maverick Smith is an alt rock band, with an eye for fusions and genre blending. The craft class acts, drawing from each other, their shared passion, experiences, energy, and camaraderie. It’s as if the members have this intuitive bond, an intrinsic understanding of where they want to go, the journey that they want to take. It’s fluid. That keen sense of creativity is fresh and full of new ideas, uncommon textures, and innovative design. Their latest release is ‘We Make Fire, They Make Smoke’. It is a nine-track album that explores scenic country alongside hard rock, punk, folk pop, and classic rock. Each song has its own spirit, a distinct sense of style and a new feel. Connecting with common themes across the album, it becomes a network that builds on what has already been seen. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-art-schops-all-philosophy-worth-the-name monthly 0.5 2025-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ca8f410e-62d1-41b7-bdd1-4a1055770572/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Art Schop’s ‘All Philosophy Worth The Name’ - Art Schop is a contemporary folk banner of singer-songwriter, Martin G Walker. Blending abstract emotions, poetic and profound narratives with sharp acoustics, he crafts memorable soundscapes that you can lose yourself in. His latest is ‘The Fifth Hammer’ album that speculates on philosophical tales and ideas of Nietzsche, Pythagoras, and the like. In the song ‘All Philosophy Worth The Name’, he connects these ancient thoughts to the modern man. With deep and raw baritones, he builds a cerebral castle of melody. Where the thoughts and ideas swirl, the emotions levitate and contemplative and the heart comes up for perspective and philosophy. If you’re in the mood to inhabit a room of one’s own, then this is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-i-forget-myselfs-a-countenance-in-involution monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/777ad136-9f8d-4b2c-b558-a11c0027472a/4.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : I Forget Myself’s ‘A Countenance in Involution’ - I Forget Myself is an alt rock artist and multi-instrumentalist who deals in novelty acts. His soundscapes are forged with innovative ideas and an exploratory style. It’s like watching a movie for the pure joy of cinematography, story line aside. The artist treats music as an indulgence, a sphere where his thoughts and feelings come to life. And it inspires a similar passion in the listener as well. His latest release is ‘A Countenance in Involution’, the artist’s eighth studio album in which he plays around with the essence and expanse of rock as he knows it. Each song contains at least one foundational aspect that he changes and traces the evolutionary path that it takes. Add to that his phenomenal ideas and sophisticated intuition. The soundscapes are nothing like anything you’ve ever heard. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-synthwave-shoes-lace-entanglement monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6058c9a3-e76b-4bbc-9228-60450b2f7426/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Synthwave : _Shoe’s ‘Lace Entanglement’ - _SHOE is a futuristic, dark electronic banner which explores the spaces and spheres that no one has ventured to before. It is a wandering absurdity that is constructed with darkwave and synthwave, with a touch of industrial stylings. It offers a whole new musical frequency to tap into, giving us its explorative aspirations. A brave new world. The song teases the artist’s upcoming album, ‘The Secret Album’, a six song collection that is simply out of this world. It is colorful, vivid and vibrant, offering a wonderful array of drifting frames and momentum. ‘Lace Entanglement’ is a contemplative song. The synths are so alive, slathering every part of the soundscape, a color chemistry that is hypnotic. The vocals fall through this space in slow motion, shining with thought and reflective energy. A vein of darkness makes up the underbelly. You’ll see it in certain angles of the synths, a perspective that celebrates the theme in such a unique way. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-folk-jay-puttys-mountains-valleys monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3bf94fd7-11b1-42cd-bdb4-99593ac5d26d/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Folk : Jay Putty’s ‘Mountains &amp; Valleys’ - Jay Putty is a singer-songwriter with a compelling musical appeal. His work accounts for the expanse, for the grey areas of life, the infinities of moments and the magic in the mundanity. The spirit of his music is impacted by it, carries it and delivers it to the listener. With his latest release, ‘Mountains and Valleys’, you can definitely feel the power, contemplation, complexity, and purity of his artistry. Made to cast perspective and drive to exhilarating peaks, the album is best imagined as a landscape, a panoramic view that has you feeling like you’re on the brink of something. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-kristen-platis-home monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6b62d411-43ab-4f16-b91c-59aff71c9ce1/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : Kristen Plati’s ‘Home’ - Kristen Plati is a singer-somewhere and a contemporary pop artist. She feels the world through her voice, exploring it with resilience, strength, and grace. From her, you get authenticity that will take you back to artists like Adele, Lady Gaga, and Miley Cyrus. That beautiful combination of being strong and brave yet affectingly vulnerable. In her latest release, ‘Home’, she traces the complexity of the theme. For a lot of people, the word, the concept, the idea, and the feeling of home can be bittersweet. She unpacks that with delicate details - the experience of growing up, the guilt and grief of leaving it all behind, the excitement to find yourself, the wonder of exploring the world, independence and dependency, love and loneliness. All of it held carefully with thoughtful instrumentation, storytelling, and a deep, powerful vocal line. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-linkwellss-for-the-first-time monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/58644205-5a31-495a-beb8-1ca78fda0a84/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Linkwells’s ‘For The First Time’ - Linkwells is a four piece indie rock band. Hailing from the scenic town of Malvern, their music has the expanse of the place. You can sense it in the dilated vocal arrangement, the intimate guitar atmosphere, and the slow paced grace of the whole song. In their latest release, ‘For The First Time’, the band renders a classic rock song that swirls with influences from the 70s and 2000s. They do with indie rock what the genre represents : discovering unique interactions between varying styles, between styles that sparked a connection with music. That fluidity, a sense of openness and exploration, that’s what this track gives us. That’s what the theme gives us. A chance to go into the world and find the magic it has to offer. To stay open and ready to flow, play and learn. The classic rock gives way to the psychedelic undercurrent in the bridge. You fall into a whole world of blues and rock. An enchanting solo that warps you deliciously, with color, texture, and character. All this before the comforting warmth of the climactic classic rock arc. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-jon-golds-breaking-the-ice monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1c64e9bd-c01e-4572-ab07-3cc83da8c26e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Jon Gold’s ‘Breaking the Ice’ - Jon Gold is a pianist and composer with an orchestral flair that deals both in grandeur and intricacies. It’s like watching a well made movie, one that builds an extraordinary story while also feeding the characters. His latest release is the ‘Chasing Echos’ album, introduced by the composition, ‘Breaking the Ice’. The track is warm and enveloping. There are cool accents, breezy and light floating around. Matching playful flute textures with soprano harmonies, the jazz is kind of symmetric. It is marked more by its flighty nature and ambient tones. Jon infuses the song with progressive characteristics. So you get a new arc, a fresh melody and an enjoyable experience. The oozing saxophones, dancing piano keys, floating resonance and fluid rhythms, it has such a wholesome, intimate, and alluring feel. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-frankie-muriels-im-still-standing monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ac4d66ed-092a-4d33-b553-10c857451a40/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Frankie Muriel’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ - Frankie Muriel is a performer, he is an energy hungry, luminous light, a rock star with a charismatic flair that you cannot get enough of. To listen to him is to be bathed by his magnetic presence. His latest release is ‘I’m Still Standing’, a warrior’s tale that is dressed up with glamorous riffs, splashy basslines, soul rock vocals and rock n roll. Think retro rock when rock was the heartbeat, the pulse, the blood of people. Stylistically ambiguous like Queen, David Bowe, The Who and Stevie Nicks. That’s the atmosphere the artist brings to his listeners. Each song is a full blown show with gushing guitar solos, exuberant beats, sky high vocals, all culminating in a phenomenal high. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-natasha-parks-lifes-little-tragedies monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2477461a-3dba-43d4-b019-f225e730a570/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Natasha Park’s ‘Life’s Little Tragedies’ - Natasha Park is a singer-songwriter and modern folk pop artist who creates beautiful musical craft. Her latest song, ‘Life’s Little Tragedies’ is informed by intimate human feelings, thoughts, and ideas. You’ll get a taste of it, the glimpse of the life behind them, the frames that formed and the encounters made. If you listen to artists like Joni Mitchell and Phoebe Bridgers, you’ll appreciate the sweetness of Natasha Park’s music, especially her vocals, the tailoring of her craft and the softness of her aesthetic. The song has beautiful lyrical details. Like frills of a dress, they spring up with texture and dimension against a neo-classical/ acoustic fabric. As she explores the imprint that people can make on our lives, a heartache is unearthed when they leave. Because even after you heal, the tragedy of that lost connection, lost love persists in latent yet affecting ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-rock-ulrich-jannerts-find-your-own-stars monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2669aa13-d2f5-4d7e-876a-0a6d953856a4/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul Rock : Ulrich Jannert’s ‘Find Your Own Stars’ - There are some songs that reaffirm the sense of self, the intrinsic light of all human beings, the unique power and purpose. Ulrich Jannert’s single, ‘Find Your Own Stars’ is one such track. A floating acoustic rock piece that is mellow yet bold. The combination of the lyrical grandeur with dramatic and expressive instrumental flair creates an effect of immutability. The theme is so palpably forged within the soundscape. It flows out of the song and fills your mind, the space around you, and creates an energy in you. An atmosphere of empowering reflection about the magic that we all hold within us, the magic that we can create for ourselves and above all, the completeness of the self by itself. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-mary-simones-hold-on monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3aad66f9-cd2b-40f1-89b6-acaba60c875c/14.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Mary Simone’s ‘Hold On’ - Mary Simone is a vocalist, and a versatile one at that. She passes through stylistic variations like clouds across the expanse of the sky. Her latest release is ‘Hold On’, a soulful composition that lends the strength to see beauty, find joy, and silver lines of heartache. Contemporary pop, soul, country folk, dream pop, and blues. The wide vocal arcs are so immersive, drenching us all in a human fantasy. Brimming with tales and tribulations, all delivered with a great soulfulness that you can’t turn away from. The artist finds these beautiful journeys, stylistic loops that so naturally form around feelings of love, romance, heartbreak, and grief. There’s something so human about the song, so purely and effortlessly so. To forge that with music in such affecting and affirming ways speaks to the spirit of the artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-marc-soucys-the-out-cats monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5b29695e-ab19-4878-95d2-5d9ba0de58af/12.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Marc Soucy’s ‘The Out Cats’ - Marc Soucy’s experimental flair is compounded and made interesting with his latest composition, ‘The Out Cats’ featuring Jeff Carano on the bass and Ray Lavigne on the drums. The song flows with jazz, through it and to the other side. A modern, more unconventional interpretation that forges meaning with dissonance and dynamism. As you’re listening to the track, it becomes a language almost. It might alienate you at first but slowly, you’ll begin to understand it, flowing with its curiosity and current. It is funky and free, but technically sophisticated. The drums keep pouring over the exploding melodies, a tug of war, a friendship, culminating in a camaraderie. The bass is a whole world of itself, so rich and cultured with neo jazz accents. It plays with interpretation, casting the song in changing light so that it keeps you guessing. So join in, it’s chaotic, chill, with a whole lotta spunky drama. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-the-new-citizen-kanes-san-diego monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8d127bfa-dc14-4569-ba5b-fbcd38401c81/10.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : The New Citizen Kane’s ‘San Diego’ - The New Citizen Kane explores a vulnerable sphere, an evocative style with his latest release, ‘San Diego’. The song, inhabited by the spirit of the place and the artist’s memories with it. Known usually for his dynamic, electro pop, and vibrant work, he holds this song close to his heart and presents them with intimate moments and a lot of softness. The song is released in three versions - Radio Mix, Synthphonica Radio Mix, and Extended Version. His warm baritones dilating into a contemporary pop plane is seasoned with a dreamy acoustic touch. The collision of the two styles are so light, feather touched, so natural and seamless. Softly colored, it springs visuals of sunset skies in the mind; a beautiful backdrop to enjoy the descriptive vocals. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-disco-rsais-let-the-good-times-roll monthly 0.5 2025-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7930f7ad-2a4f-4b80-9c9e-071043d29409/9.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Disco : RSAI’s ‘Let The Good Times Roll’ - RSAI is a disco, synth pop banner that curates threads to connect the retro with the modern. Marked by sonic chromatism, dynamic beats, and a splashy, delicious synth display, the soundscapes come alive so instantly, as soon as it touches your ear. Their latest release is ‘Let the Good Times Roll’, a track that keeps it fun and light, colorful and rolling. There’s no dull moment, not a single block in the energy. RSAI, true to their philosophy, lets the music drive them. The soundscape inflates and grows bigger and bigger with good energy. It fills the listener up, lights them on fire and keeps them feeling extravagant. Like a million bucks. That’s the experience of RSAI. Seemingly igniting the human mind with movement, fresh energy, and infinite celebration. Loop in, you won’t regret it! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-blues-rock-rosetta-wests-gravity-sessions monthly 0.5 2025-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/88528762-77b3-47b9-84b3-ba3185e07614/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Blues Rock : Rosetta West’s ‘Gravity Sessions’ - Rosetta West’s blues rock is definitely something to write home about. With an alternative pulse, they explore the vastness, the nuances, the depth and the psychedelics of the genre. And it’s gotten to be a whole culture altogether with a distinct sense of style and intention. Their latest release is the ‘Gravity Sessions’; fan favourites played and recorded in Chicago’s Gravity Studios across a period of a few days. With Doug McBride on board, they shatter many glass ceilings when it comes to interpretation, energy, camaraderie, and fun. The sessions seem to have a whole different vibe, feels more connecting, more personal, and just a whole lot more authentic. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dance-pop-andrew-e-pearces-live-your-life monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9666cde0-e06b-40f6-a4c3-0f0bd83f5e26/9.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dance Pop : Andrew E Pearce’s ‘Live Your Life’ - Andrew E Pearce is a producer and electro pop artist. He has a stylistic versatility that is fluid and wandering always. Across his discography, you’ll instantly note all the ways in which he matches the theme with specific stylistic auras. For his latest single, ‘Live Your Life’, the artist explores a dance pop, EDM pop plane. To elevate the positive and uplifting sensibilities of the theme, the track is forged with energetic beats, carnival synths, and so colourful. And they are all smoothly swept into each other, all rising to an orb of joy, of freedom, and of so much euphoria. That feeling of aliveness that comes with the realization that we only live once. That’s what this song inspires in you. It is so dreamy but also so vivid and visceral. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-kb-ss-the-calm monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b208dc1d-8efd-41e6-a562-39190e0f28a3/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : KB-S’s ‘The Calm’ - If the feeling of calmness had a song to it, KB-S’s latest single, ‘The Calm’ will be exactly how that goes. The instrumental does not define the feeling; rather it speculates on it and explores it. With acoustic strings and a dispersing synth fabric attached to it, the song weaves an atmosphere. It starts a dialogue, softens the mind and flows into the serene silence. You can actually sense the calm brewing, forming, coming alive on the other side of the melodic arc. The artist chooses luminous acoustics to situate the feeling. A pleasing mix of soft ambience and contemplative melodies. Also has a dreamy, sort of surreal quotient to it. An unending landscape that you can keep expanding into, cultivate your calm in. It undulates, shimmers, and flows, breathing and immersing you completely. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-nick-cody-the-heartaches-this-is-love-heartache monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bb3b206c-5a36-4e07-9d60-30dc9363912a/7.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Nick Cody &amp; The Heartache’s ‘This Is Love &amp; Heartache’ - Nick Cody & The Heartache are a funky, blues, rock, soul, R&B, jazz band. They expand across the soul spectrum with so much swag and style. It is a movie scene, so rich with theatric scenery and performative allure. Their latest release is ‘This Is Love & Heartache’, a charming album that nicely captures the sensibilities and artistry of the band. Each track is groovy and soulful than the next, as they slip and slide along the dreamy love and romantic melancholy of heartache. ‘Can’t Stop’ introduces the album. With its luminous pulses, soft harmonies and warm, burning vocal skies, it flows with the passionate rhythm of unstoppable love. In tracks like ‘Take Heart’ and ‘You Gotta Move’, we see a similar pallet of country dripping, blues floating, soft rock song that is plush and full of instrumental light. Nick’s baritones especially imprint powerfully on the listener with their simple yet deep expression and the delicate nuances within. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-funk-synthonics-lampin monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/de9ac5c4-e510-4c1b-9085-37091d195a5c/6.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Funk : Synthonic’s ‘Lampin’ - Synthonic is a funk project written, recorded and produced by London based musician, Kieron Garrett. It holds the modern interpretation of the genre, manifesting in vivid and vibrant ways across the discography. His latest release is the ‘Lampin’ album, a splashy jazz, funk, psychedelic rock, blues collection; a traversal of the soul space in such new and fresh ways. His work as a composer is largely experimental. He loves a good exploration. He loves to get lost, to stray and discover, play and wander. And that’s the experience he leaves his listeners with. ‘All Day, Every Day’ is a mellow piece, ambient with soft tones, delicate threads of melody, leading us into flashing fanfares, funky grooves, and afrobeats. A smooth transition that carries the stillness but also incorporates the dynamic and dances. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-americana-jd-hintons-so-close-so-far monthly 0.5 2025-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/24e2e0da-4c3c-4a55-8d1a-d11a396a959d/4.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Americana : JD Hinton’s ‘So Close So Far’ - JD Hinton’s music is old Hollywood, a vintage coarse country charm that blows through the wind. There is a lot of culture in his songs, history and the stamp of time. And he weaves a rich tapestry, never failing to impress the notions of country music, blues, and rock. His latest release is the ‘So Close So Far’ EP, a five-song collection that rings with his vibrance. Compared to artists like Hank Williams, Leonard Cohen, and Robbie Robertson, the artist justifies the juxtaposition with sophisticated songwriting, performance, and class. You can feel the song come alive in your ears, so seasoned and warmly intimate. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-fringe-frontiers-pulling-away monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d4dd2381-f252-43d1-a8d9-989551d5b94f/7.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Fringe Frontier’s ‘Pulling Away’ - Fringe Frontier is an indie rock band, pulling in moments of classic rock, blues, folk rock into their song making. For their latest single, ‘Pulling Away’, the band creates a continuum of feeling, one that brings so many styles to showcase the theme. A fuzzy riff screen opens the track, its ambiguous personality allowing the artist to wander and loop in Bob Dylanesque folk vocals, The Beatles’ classic rock, 70s hard rock, and some edgy blues. It is a journey song, one that flows down the melancholy of heartache, of losing connection, of being left behind. And with a stream of consciousness flow, so vulnerable, honest, and aching, the band keeps it real and so instantly relatable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-isaac-neilsons-dated-a-daydream monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/58632d5a-78fd-4061-87ff-afb688e4cb7f/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Isaac Neilson’s ‘Dated a Daydream’ - Isaac Neilson leans into the alternative with such a fun spirit. Listening to his music is an exercise in reviving yourself. There is passion, youth, ideas, and that spark of finding your next favorite song. His latest release is ‘Dated a Daydream’, a track that so seamlessly blends indie pop with synth rock, shoegaze, and pop rock. It is a happy song, so free and exuberant in its expression. Energy mingling with storytelling, the song forms with the atmosphere of experience. So immersive and raw. There is a romance, a dreamy recounting of it and an ignited sense of self; a love so energetic, unbound and extraordinary. If you are in the market to be elevated, excited, and overjoyed, this song is for you. It is going to do you so much good! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-cody-pipers-ode-to-a-lost-love monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e4d7578f-242b-424b-b02b-705f8d51e3b4/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Cody Piper’s ‘Ode to a Lost Love’ - Cody Piper is a singer-songwriter and a storyteller. His soundscapes are intimate windows to his mind, his heart and life. Keeping it simple, yet artful and expressive, his style is refreshing. ‘Ode to a Lost Love’ is the artist's latest release, an alt-folk track. It is a ballad of the modern world with moments of contemporary pop expanding into it. The vocals are tailed by a theatrical piano line. His baritones are well matched by the melodrama of the melody. One so warm and melancholic, while the other, isolating and revealing at the same time. Like a watercolor painting, they bleed into each other, borrowing the tonal, textural, temperamental, and emotional quotients from each other. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-folk-liana-warrens-for-now-forever monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-rock-afternoon-in-the-parks-livin-around-the-sun monthly 0.5 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/22e12db9-d65e-4f87-bbe4-b1f0b320d316/10.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Rock : Afternoon in the Park’s ‘Livin’ Around the Sun’ - Afternoon in the Park is an indie rock band with a sound that traverses a spectrum of dream pop and arena rock. It is such a whirlwind of sound, taking over the ambience, the energy and the mood. Their latest release is ‘Livin’ Around the Sun’, an album that is fiery and fuzzy in a way that fantastically relates to the theme. Each song holds that magnetic appeal; suspending the listener in the progressing dynamism and ideas. ‘I Wonder’ opens the album. It has surmounting riffs, splashy beats, inflating basslines and vocals from another world. There is a modernity to the sound, reminiscent of Tame Impala. There’s that psychedelia, dreamy hazes and an encompassing feeling of surreality. Tracks like ‘She’s Loving Me’ and ‘Blood Cocktail’ are made similarly. The whole soundscape comes to life, each iota of space sprung with music, texture, emotion, and chroma. It has that pervading deep rock flavor - that retro, hailing, rock grandeur of the 60s, 70, and 80s, mixed in with more modern manifestations and arena energy. If you enjoy Radiohead, The Who, and Queen, you’ll love this! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-wholess-modern-day-drama monthly 0.5 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3749b830-409d-49f0-978e-edc3ef0df53e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Wholes’s ‘Modern Day Drama’ - Wholes is a dark, experimental rock banner with an ethos that is testing and alienating. Their sound has a compelling absurdity that it’ll have you reeling, swirling with warped thoughts and ideas; in the best way of course. ‘Modern Day Drama’ is the band’s latest release, a track that is smoky, vaporous, and full of deep rock sensibilities. It is a slow burn with soft theatrics playing at every turn. There is that alluring power of the bass that they use generously. With the whispering vocals, mood bearing guitar work and riffs, and experimental rhythms, you don’t know what’s coming. It’s like you’re in an old mansion, dripping with antiques and history. A thin dark line snakes through, carrying the theme so elegantly. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-rachael-sages-canopy monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9dbac34d-3dbb-491e-9fe3-c48f1bb681c2/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : Rachael Sage’s ‘Canopy’ - Rachael Sage’s alt folk is colorful and full of storytelling. The artist uses such unique and refreshing lenses and imagery to portray universal themes. In her latest release, ‘Canopy’, she traces the wealth and wisdom of womanhood, celebrating it with a settled and silent power. The song unites women, brings them into a halo, a canopy of warmth, support, strength, and sisterhood. It is such a serene song, with Rachael’s fairy vocals; wispy and whimsy with a sweetness that absorbs into you. Swaying, swirling, and straying into the feathery acoustics, ethereal synths, and country guitar twines, it ushers us all like a gentle breeze ushers fallen leaves and flower petals. Ushers us into a canopy of serene, calm, and all encompassing love. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-janet-devlins-back-to-my-senses monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/43b14f24-7fda-4426-aaa6-9e6a38797d5a/24.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country : Janet Devlin’s ‘Back to my Senses’ - Janet Devlin’s voice is like liquid gold. It oozes and streams with a glistening depth, a warm feeling, and miles of sentiment. Her latest release is ‘Back to my Senses’, a country rock song that will take you back to Miley Cyrus’s and Taylor Swift’s early work. Filled with youthful energy and the ache of growing pains, heartbreak, the song is intimate and informal. It has that personal touch, a confessional energy and the authentic intensity of someone having gone through it. The guitar work is flush, so elegant and elating as it snakes through the soundscape and disperses into it. Carrying the impression of girlhood to the listener, it does a great job wrapping you up and transporting you to the artistic consciousness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-ethams-just-anyone monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/191177e7-4eee-48b3-a35b-1ae331cfb1ba/21.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : Etham’s ‘Just Anyone’ - Etham unfurls into contemporary pop. He lets the emotions simmer and swirl, opening into journeys that are so vulnerable and beautifully chronicled. His latest release is ‘Just Anyone’, in which the artist explores the complex push and pulls of a relationship, of loving someone. With deep, storytelling lyrics taking you through it, the soundscape breathes around it, intuitively expanding and contracting in a way that makes it all come alive. It’s also designed to be immersive, allowing you to go searching for the feeling, the love, the patience, and the warmth that you want to bring to your partner; because they’re not just anyone but the love of your life. If you enjoy artists like Adele, Sam Smith, and Lady Gaga, you’ll love the vocal work, the places that it takes you to, and the value that it brings to the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-blueprint-tokyos-neon-circuits-and-the-mission-of-hope monthly 0.5 2025-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3b4c04a0-b232-4a20-aa3c-b6ff3aed0915/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Blueprint Tokyo’s ‘Neon Circuits and the Mission of Hope’ - Blueprint Tokyo is an indie rock band. One of the best in this modern world of conception and innovation. They slather the indie rock atmosphere with planes of pop, electric synths, and soaring beats; so much so that it is transporting. The soundscapes are not of this world, they seem to be influenced and energized by distant lands that are contained within humans. Landscapes that are so vast, varied and vivid; an emotional fantasy that is liberated by conduits of Blueprint Tokyo’s artistry. Their latest release is ‘Neon Circuits and The Mission of Hope’, a collection that speculates the boundaries of indie rock and see how far it can be stretched. How resilient and how dreamy and surreal it can get. And they deliver such fantastical spaces, music that is fresh and liberating. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-miss-rickys-pick-it-up monthly 0.5 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6d55b20d-052d-4e58-8964-6f012220e844/11.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Miss Ricky’s ‘Pick it Up’ - Miss Ricky is a singer-songwriter and modern alt pop artist. Blending R&B influences with hip-hop, neo soul, and pop, she crafts intimate songs that you can disperse with. Her latest release is ‘Pick it Up’, a dreamy track about love, wanting to be chosen irrevocably by the man you love. With a stream of consciousness narratives flowing into fresh moments of dreamy pop, sensual R&B, rippling beats, and a mellow synth atmosphere, the soundscape has a slow burning ache. That vulnerability in the vocals mold the theme so softly, with so much care and craft. It is flitty and flighty, a light drift that loops into a halo of feeling that can cure all your situationships aches. Think a translucent, feather light, and softer version of Rihanna and SZA. That’s the plane that Miss Ricky inhabits and cultivates. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dark-pop-xy-galas-lullaby monthly 0.5 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c7cd2c3-cdc2-412a-933f-9f56efc31bc5/19.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dark Pop : Xy Gala’s ‘Lullaby’ - Xy Gala is not your average artist. The consciousness that he brings to his music is so alive with dark mystery, swirling energy, and melodies emerging from a deep space that is hypnotizing. His latest release is ‘Lullaby’, a track that is weaved with glistening dark fabrics, sparkling with sleep, yet wide awake with dreams and lore. Xy’s vocals are mellow and gradual, ascending the trajectory of sleep and expanding into a surreal wakefulness. The sparing beats pose an emphatic rhythm, but leave the slow burn melodies to fluidly dictate the song. And like exploring an old castle, each line seems to take us deeper and deeper into its core. If you’re in the market for a dark pop, Melanie Martinez-esque lullaby atmosphere, this one is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-hannah-dormans-xox-baby-goodnight monthly 0.5 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f3803d6b-ca8f-401c-ae00-ea7b80008fbe/12.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Hannah Dorman’s ‘xox baby goodnight’ - Hannah Dorman’s pop is a strong flush of energy. The artist fills her soundscape with so much spirit and soul. It is memorable and so easy to love. Her latest release is ‘xox baby goodnight’, a commercial electro pop track that is flushed with the zenith of being in love. That feeling where you are soaring, unstoppable, in cloud nine. She explores it visually in this track with vibrant, electric skies of music. Synth exploding, vocals taking off one verse after another to a plane of bliss and happiness. The artist’s vocals are so alive, seasoned with so much color, glaze, and dreamy romance. It is strong yet soft, blushing with red and pink accents, swishing and flying through exploding synth clouds and dance beats. It’s such a happy place, this song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-andrs-volkovs-besos-de-miel monthly 0.5 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e487fb85-8b00-4ebc-9907-7d1236c3216c/13.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Andrés Volkov’s ‘Besos de Miel’ - Andrés Volkov is a Latin American singer-songwriter, composer and folk artist. His passion performs the folklore of his motherland, bringing its enchanting myths and mystique to the doorstep of contemporary musical expression. There’s not one style to describe his music with because it ranges, it wanders and explores; loops in transient identities, sweet memories and meaningful human sentiments. The result is a rich cultural tapestry that tells the story of time as experienced by a 21st century artist. His latest release is ‘Besos de Miel’, an Latin alt folk song. The rhythm is like a soft breeze, the beats like bird song, storytelling melodies and vocals that suspend time altogether. Even if you don’t understand the language, the sentiment translates so elegantly, so immersively. The perfect song to keep you company during summer afternoons. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-robin-shaws-shuffle-your-feed monthly 0.5 2025-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ddcca65b-66b9-49ee-a1e0-a39c18824d4e/15.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Robin Shaw’s ‘Shuffle Your Feed’ - Robin Shaw is an electro pop artist with a vitality that will make you feel like you’ve just gotten a B12 shot! His latest release is ‘Shuffle Your Feet’ in which he conjoins dance and music inextricably, linking them at every step. The rhythm and vocals, beats and melodies; each of these equations are so vibrantly composed to carry both song and movement in a memorable way. With the track, he projects a carefree space where lovers can freely love each other, dance, sing and be the happiest version of themselves. Rippling melodies, colorful implications, blooming beat attacks, and never ending grooves keep rolling towards an infinity; taking you with it. Robin’s vocals are simple and grounded, but cast in the soundscape takes on ethereal implications. There is so much romance and romanticism, joy and freedom, a tropical feel-goodness that all makes you feel alive. It drives you to the realization that you only live once and to cherish every moment. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-elephant-moons-where-were-you monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2c42f258-032c-4c72-98f7-3f36ab14197c/11.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Elephant Moon’s ‘Where Were You’ - With his debut single, ‘Where Were You’, Elephant Moon aka Anders Dal, crafts an alt folk horizon that transfers the experiences of reality to a dreamlike, almost surreal space. The instrumentals are mellow and ambient, but sonorous and enchanting like a siren’s song. The raw acoustics, spilling like drops of warm honey, fluid and swirling, unite with the liquid quality of his storytelling. His style and musical characteristics match that of other ruminating folk artists like Nick Drake. Especially in the way the melancholy manifests with the warmth and softness of sunrise. That feeling when you listen to deep folk, it blooms and opens in this track. Its flavour dispersing like colours in the sky. It is immersive, affecting, and pervading. Anders’ baritones are full of imagery. They carry emotions like time carries history. There is a translucent film of reality that reveals itself only if you care to see. And amongst the frothing acoustic riffs, a molten guitar line weaves like a country road. A unitary melody that even in its simplicity holds a depth that disarms you and melts you into a puddle. All of this cast in a hypnotic faze, like a nighttime dream, in a moonlight moment. It’s alt folk, explorative modern country at its best. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-latin-pop-generales-la-street monthly 0.5 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/359cafb1-3094-4700-898a-fc9c56d7d9d5/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Latin Pop : Generale’s ‘La Street’ - Generale is a Latin pop/ hip-hop artist with a dynamism that is memorable. The dance grooves, the beats, and the vocals all merge into a fluid consciousness that gets you moving instantly. His latest release is ‘La Street’, a track that exemplifies the passionate spirit and spark of the artist. Especially his ability to ignite it in his listeners and get them excited and grooving. The track combines fluid grooves with punching beats and expressive vocals. With each element drawing energy from the other, the cohesive quality of the track just works so well. Even if you don’t know Spanish, you’ll want to learn the lyrics and sing along. It’s so fun. If you enjoy artists like Enrique and Luis Fonsi, you’re sure to love their stylistic collision in this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-delta-of-venuss-intertwined-b/w-intertwined-acoustic monthly 0.5 2025-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3daa719b-086c-4f8e-91e2-3b85e96e1786/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Delta of Venus’s Intertwined b/w Intertwined (acoustic)’ - Delta of Venus is a mellow alternative rock band that sends their songs in exploration of deep humanness. They trace the horizon where indie pop meets shoegaze, creating spectrums of sound and feeling. Their style can be characterised as an expanse, each arc leading off into a distance, always suggesting, interpreting, and extrapolating. Their latest release is ‘Intertwined b/w Intertwined (acoustic)’, two stylistic perspectives of the same song juxtaposed beautifully. With ‘Intertwined’, they sample a simple plane, progressively adding rock dimensions to it. The riffs are dazing and the beats create fading rhythms. Both these elements combined with the surreal spirit of the vocals become more like an orb of energy than a body of art. It is so immersively enchanting. That feeling of weightless bliss, a transient but deep sensation of joy is left behind for the listener to take in. In the acoustic version, the textures are well sprung, resonant and luminous. The acoustic riffs make up the track, posing an enjoyable contrast to the smooth vocal line. With this version, they go for a grounding feeling, rustic, woody, and more intimate. All of it presents an acoustic rock/ alt folk unity that takes you back to artists like Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Steve, Nash, Crosby, & Young. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-michellars-lets-go-move-around monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/47041136-6ce3-4e84-af1e-ea13cd7ecc58/8%5C.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Michellar’s ‘Let’s Go Move Around!’ - Michellar’s pop brand is so fresh, full of wonder and visuals that it feels like a cool summer breeze. The listening experience is often refreshing. Especially her latest release, ‘Let’s Go Move Around!’, a track that is as free and liberated as the wind. With drifting beats, dynamic melody swirls, and feel-good vocals, the artist creates an atmosphere of joy and happiness. There’s dance in the air with beats leading you to sweetness through movement. And the camaraderie that you feel with the artist is so instant and automatic. Like the Pied Piper, the vocals have an appeal of leading you, mesmerizing you with the music. Only this time, you feel the paradise forming around you, elevating your mood, your day, and your joy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-ava-valiantis-distant monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/186ed773-b82f-4653-9baa-2968ee5ccf37/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Ava Valianti’s ‘Distant’ - Ava Valianti is a singer-songwriter and an alt pop artist with a mellow horizon. She is a storyteller, a feeler, who weaves it all in with an honesty and thoughtfulness that will have you coming back. In her latest release, ‘Distant’, she traces the feelings of a young girl whose boyfriend seems to have pulled away. She wraps the experience in immersive themes like vulnerability, nostalgia, fondness, and heartache. She remembers the moments spent falling in love alongside these feelings, creating a sphere of experience that we all went through at 15 years and sometimes even in young adulthood. There is a universality to it, but also a distinct personality. With acoustic pop lifting into indie pop choruses, synth melodies and colorful mists, the song is so well made and sophisticatedly performed. If you enjoy Phoebe Bridgers, BØRNS, and Daughter, you’re sure to love the stylistic blend of Ava Valianti. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronica-larry-karpenkos-the-horizon monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b0240b5d-4da9-422b-9ce9-d5df7d26bd7d/10.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronica : Larry Karpenko’s ‘The Horizon’ - Larry Karpenko is a versatile artist. He lets his music take on the energy and spirit of the theme. That’s why, with every song, we see a fresh style, new rhythm, and a memorable dynamism. For his latest release, ‘The Horizon’, he explores the pulse of modern electronica. Approaching it like a composer/ producer, he molds, chisels, and forges the instrumental to reach the theme. While in his previous release, ‘The River’, we see a soft, mellow, contemplative alt folk design, this is a sharp 180 degree shift. The beats are active, riding potent waves of recurring basslines. It then flows out, moves into an evasive vocal whisper, dispersing into that loop before getting hooked into the straight shooting, darting melody line. Each element of the song seems to have its own distinct purpose and consciousness. And reconciling them all, with an intention of exploring and experimenting, the artist creates a unique piece. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronica-alan-dwecks-just-another-step monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2f07792c-1f6d-4f69-b791-cb9d097390d4/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronica : Alan Dweck’s ‘Just Another Step’ - Alan Dweck has a new age/ modern way with music. The artist combines contemplative electronica with experimental expressions to create his brand of song. His latest release is ‘Just Another Step’ in which he explores a dark melancholia, creating imagery frames with it. With vocals deep and dense with emotional projections, mellow trap beats, and a mercurial melodic line, it seems as though the artist is in a limbo. One that diminishes the line between the past, present and future; where it all seems to be suspended, consumed by feeling. The world that forms in its wake is so raw and real. The mystery and mystique of middle-eastern melody trinkets are fleshed out with gaseous dark electronica, straight angled beats, and a lost vocal line. With each curve you seem to encounter a whole new consciousness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-new-age-jean-philippe-ruelles-switeewave monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fe18f227-5194-4495-a59e-153ba57e9400/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ New Age : jean-philippe ruelle’s ‘Switeewave’ - jean-philippe ruelle is a composer whose music disperses with abstract significance. With ambient sounds strung into echoing melodies, softness, and texture, he forges a language that somehow you find yourself understanding. It is one of those inexplicable sort of connections that is so rare and is meant to be cherished. His latest release is ‘Switeewave’, a track that is light, luminous, and glassy shimmer. The synths ebb and flow, connecting musical dots. It is as serene and pleasing as watching fireflies disperse from their nests across a dark vastness. Glinting and glowing as if in an otherworldly trance. That’s the feeling, that magic, that wonder, and that sweetness is brought to the song and made its spirit. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-laughing-cats-love-on-fire monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f063a196-c232-4a7f-93ed-4b5e4bace587/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Laughing Cats’ ;Love on Fire’ - Tony Fredianelli and Lauren Schiff have fun with music. Their compositional process, presentations and performances are made with such a passionate and playful spirit that it transfers to the listener readily. Their latest release, under the Laughing Cats banner is ‘Love on Fire’, a track that forges pop with rock, taking it to upbeat electronic spheres and experimental spaces. The vocals are produced to multiply and mutate across the soundscape, a stage that perhaps holds up the theme. A love on fire is explosive and dynamic, ready to spread and grow bigger. And that’s exactly the duo’s vision for how the song progresses. The energy is so vibrant, directed in an upward direction, scaling magnificently with an expanding grandeur. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-shabs-dirty monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a13d827f-eeb9-4059-96c5-bdb4e8575ea0/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Shab’s ‘Dirty’ - Shab is a Persian singer-songwriter and artist who eloquently and elegantly blends commercial pop as we know it with a musical cultural expanse. Her latest release, ‘Dirty’, is a dance pop single that has tight grooves that hook you in, keeps you dancing dirty, and moving. The way she combines the energy of her vocals with the punching rhythm progression is so fun. There’s not a dull moment. It is bolstered with immersive emotion and experience. Think Shakira, Britney Spears, Beyonce, and Rihanna. That punch and that vocal affluence collaborating to spark the atmosphere with power, performance and passion. That’s what Shab brings. An iconic flavor that you will find yourself returning to, your body will want to return and move to. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-ari-joshuas-blurry-face monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b53f05a5-c43a-44fc-9302-cb4df5b3c4c9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Ari Joshua’s ‘Blurry Face’ - Ari Joshua is back with his funk jazz entourage for another spectacular performance in ‘Blurry Face’. The song is emphatic with grooves; a deep bass expression that is instantly memorable. Ari is a compositional builder. With this track, he brings layer by layer, elemental builds that shows us every detail of the song. The jazz piano, playful yet serious, is carried into fleeting accordions, into a cast away grooves. The composition is festive, free, and cinematic. You can almost imagine the scene, a red room, filled with bodies, faces blurring into each other progressively. Ari’s signature psychedelic undercurrent snakes through the song with a premeditated intention. The funk makes it nice and chunky, the smooth jazz makes it sneaky; its flavor flitting about from frame to frame. And one way to enjoy the song is by seeking the form and face that the psychedelia takes in each arc. It shows you so much. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classic-rock-mr-b-the-wolfs-black-crow monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d686b856-78c5-4a19-abee-17408807fc6a/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classic Rock : Mr. B &amp; The Wolf’s ‘Black Crow’ - Mr. B & The Wolf is a singer-songwriter and classic rock band that creates immersive frames of music. They take to the intensity of the genre, deepening it with an evocative voice, a powerful message, and an unforgettable sound. Their latest release is ‘Black Crow’, a track in which they walk the edge between the reality of human experience and its connection to the inexplicable unknown. The track was made as a progression of a simple riff during rehearsals. Taking it to a whole sphere of musical feeling, they put on such a spectacular and captivating performance. Leaning into its rhythm & blues provenance, the composition comes about with an innate grandeur, a musical strength and resilience that you cannot get enough of. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-eva-pagns-in-the-mirror monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/215535d5-b7b2-40ef-a627-b9e2364c3fb8/12.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Eva Pagán’s ‘In The Mirror’ - Eva Pagán is a singer-songwriter and pop artist with a refreshing flavor of music. The artist draws from her native roots and stylings, pleasantly blending it into her music to create her version of pop. Her latest release is ‘In The Mirror’, a track that readily reveals the layers of her music. She floats contemplative flows, anchoring her compositions with emotion while also simultaneously freeing it with thought and imagination. This pool swirling within the commercial pop boundary is quite affecting and refreshing. There are some R&B accents, Latin dance grooves, and a contemporary electro pop/ dance pop dimension. All of it uniting to grow into the storytelling narratives, draw out its feeling, and elevate the theme. Also, it’s a great loop to have running in your head. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-hip-hop-myles-christians-jb monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7747195e-cbf2-4688-8dc4-277af5495b63/11.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Hip-Hop : Myles Christian’s ‘JB’ - Myles Christian is a new age hip-hop artist and pop rap visionary. His style is exemplary with unique rhythm patterns, melodic flow, and vocal presentations. He keeps it raw and real but also amps it up with a lot of musical layers and stylistic elements. His latest release is ‘JB’, an exploration of Justin Bieber as a consciousness. Featuring Emba, the track is dynamic with electro grooves, rolling basslines, and crackling textures. The verses are flighty and free, blowing with the wind and going with the flow. It is fun, sassy, edgy and youthful; keeping it real. You can feel the authentic energy of the artist that keeps elevating the connection you share. It transfers to the listening experience, keeps you going deeper while still staying light. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-the-burbs-theres-no-time-for-the-presents monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/85637bc9-fd32-43f0-ba47-899380c1aabd/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : The Burbs’ ‘There’s No Time For The Presents’ - The Burbs is an indie rock band with a multi-dimensional sound. With their latest single, ‘There’s No Time For Presents’ they create an expansive atmosphere, progressing into the theme, leading up to it with emotion, ideas, and energy. If you enjoy The Smiths and Radiohead are sure to love the explorative confluence of their sound. The track sets a fuzzy, dusky kind of mood. With its brooding riffs, melancholic vocals, and dim atmospheres, it proves to be mellow and hypnotic. It gains on you. At the chorus, we see a coarse garage rock hook leading us in; its heaviness anchoring the listener while also getting them lost in a stormy kind of emotion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-afrobeat-dr-evangelos-viazis-africas-heartbeat monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/103c049c-eb59-4c23-8dba-16332d021954/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Afrobeat : Dr. Evangelos Viazis’ ‘Africa’s Heartbeat’ - Dr. Evangelos Viazis is a soul artist and his music reflects it. There is a lot of humanness to his songs as he blends world folk with Latin influences and afrobeats to connect with his listeners. In his single, ‘Africa’s Heartbeat’, the versatility of his sound, the authenticity of his expression and the appeal of his artist becomes more apparent than ever. The song, made in honor of Africa; its people and culture, is festive and vibrant. He draws from their local music, the playful dynamism of it, the evocative quotients. We see flutes, earthy beats, blending it with Latin grooves, rhythms and loops. All of this is then topped with a light, flirty vocal line that is feel good and easy to fall in love with. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-marc-soucys-when-i-take-the-five monthly 0.5 2025-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f13eab4f-c5a5-4d0d-be9e-aa242a9d597c/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Marc Soucy’s ‘When I Take The Five’ - Marc Soucy gives us a glimpse into his jazzy magic with latest release, ‘When I Take the Five’. The artist is a master in telling stories, casting his listeners in atmospheres that are interpretative and contemplative. With this track, he explores the dynamism of driving on the Five, detailing its patterns, interesting chaos, presenting it as a state of mind. It’s quite a craft to transform a mundane frame with a refreshing perspective. The composition is led by a jazz piano line, excited by other instrumental moments. Rivers, rivulets, ripples of piano, bass, and beats keep you delighted and entertained with its playful patterns, sneaky tangents, all culminating is a soft euphoria that you’ll keep wanting more of. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-jamie-alimorads-two-wrongs monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f2fc6496-28dd-46dc-b434-a49d46030e4d/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt : Jamie Alimorad’s ‘ - Jamie Alimorad was born to elevate the alternative genre. The alt artist has a spectacular way of envisioning music and bringing it to life immersively. He creates cinemas, plays, concerts, and fantastic shows that come alive in your head. As a performer, he leads with his vocals, crafting everything else around it in a way that propels the charisma. His latest release is ‘Two Wrongs’, an alt album pop rock spread that explores mysterious grooves, unrequited love, passionate vocals, sensual scenes and a cryptic atmosphere. All of this sets the stage, brings the theme alive. Achieving this with classic rock infused with hard rock, blues, and a slow burning grunge, he throws open the doors of alternative music in ways that are unique to him. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-country-same-lewiss-juan-garcia monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/00bba3ca-7663-4edd-9bc3-1db449dedc1d/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Country : Same Lewis’s ‘Juan Garcia’ - Sam Lewis is a singer-songwriter and folk artist based in Nashville. As an artist, he lets his music mark important milestones in his life. To influence and be influenced by music can be quite profound and he showcases the confluence in a meaningful way. His latest release is ‘Juan Garcia’, a deep vocal, raw and rustic folk track that is stylistically reminiscent of Bob Dylan. A pond of resonant acoustics shimmer and shiver gracefully around Sam’s deep voice. The emotion of the song is readily given up for the taking, so human and vulnerable; ready to absorb into yourself. That essence of folk is nicely shaped into being with moments of contemplation, storytelling, nostalgic melancholia, all encompassed in the soft aura of the artist’s thoughts. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/alt-folk-oreaganomics-audacity monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/41d48831-90d9-4d94-bce0-034ec613d836/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Alt Folk : Oreaganomics’ ‘Audacity’ - Oreaganomics is a folk rock band with whimsical alternative elements. They have an artsy way about making music that has a soothing and refreshing effect on the listener. Taken from their album, ‘Introducing…. Shane’, ‘Audacity’ is a single that explores a whole different arena of alt folk. The band leverages the versatility of acoustics and blues to take us to soft and nostalgic places. Perfect for a rainy day, it has mellow color, so much warmth and an aura that will elevate your mood. It also has that vintage charm. A lot of the song is ambience cast with intimate melodies and feel good details. The vocals ebb and flow like a train of thought. And the soundscape is kept so fluid that you don’t know where it’s taking you. But the journey is so scenic and beautiful that you don’t care. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronica-statues-time-down-here monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b4537914-90e2-4372-92ae-910c2670ccff/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronica : Statues’ ‘Time Down Here’ - Shimmer of memory, artsy visions and cerebral patterns. That’s at the core of Statues’ latest single, ‘Time Down Here’. The song seemingly seeks to capture the spirit of being alive, the wonder of existence and the joy around it all. The song is primarily a dream pop creation. And on this, the artist builds a life lived; giving us voices, visuals, emotions, and ideas. Each sonic moment is both succinct and dilated at the same time tying into the theme of the track. The artist created this track as an expression of time - staying too long, letting too slowly, and finding something sacred in each moment, at each chapter before moving on to the next thing. That effect of time is made to be felt and experienced in real time. It’s amazing how contemplative this song can be if you let it. It grows, inflates with time before driving into an electric, colorful, and dynamic climax that you can give yourself to. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-saint-nicks-god-bless monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6970888b-4b94-4986-b77b-122fcffe1922/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Saint Nick’s ‘God Bless’ - Saint Nick the Lesser is a singer-songwriter and country artist. He brings American authenticity and energy to the genre with his latest single, ‘God Bless’, where he celebrates the state of his nation, its security forces and all the institutions that keep him safe. The song has a sliding rhythm with dynamic beats, a rush of instrumentals, and a folksy orchestra that rings in the chorus. It is as festive and fun as a marching band, colorful with its melodies, textures, and emotion. He cultivates a feel good atmosphere, a carefree stage of mind, all of which ties back to the theme of the song. There is a stylistic range, a smooth mix of country and folk that keeps you stimulated in the best way. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-sam-garretts-one-family monthly 0.5 2025-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/89b22797-4beb-40bc-bda2-94186ebe267d/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Sam Garrett’s ‘One Family’ - Sam Garrett’s music wields a natural freedom, an aura that draws you into its orbit and changes you. As a singer-songwriter and folk artist, the artist knows to lift into the feeling, give himself to it and expand with it. That’s what he does with his latest single, ‘One Family’, a song in which he explores the beauty of peace, community, harmony, and love. And everything in the song; his vocals, acoustics, and lyrics are all informed by a deep understanding of this concept. If you want to experience the absolute absence of hate and judgment, this song is the place to be. As Sam imagines a world that is united and full of peace; a paradise starts to form. Not the place but the feeling of paradise. Best way to enjoy the song is to float away into it, make it lighten your heart, soften your mind, and carry your soul. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-rock-rare-seeds-ethereal-enclave monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b98dbc3d-fa62-43c0-901c-22c0fe4642ee/2.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Rock : Rare Seed’s ‘Ethereal Enclave’ - Rare seed constructs this new album as an oasis that you can escape into. The brand of indie rock is meant to blur your reality, transport you to a surreal world with glassy tones, swatches of light, and a dazing emotional exploration. Their latest release is ‘Ethereal Enclave’, an album that is full of musical treasures. Each track is a glistening jewel made to stimulate the mind, immerse it in music and whisk it away. With drifting rhythms, luminous textures, buoyant tones, and a curving soundscape, they are all so technically and aesthetically sophisticated. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-electro-pop-the-new-citizen-kanes-temple-beach-disco-daddy monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/63025822-8271-443a-99ee-b856053fdb21/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Electro Pop : The New Citizen Kane’s ‘TEMPLE. BEACH. DISCO. DADDY’ - The New Citizen Kane has just released his latest album, ‘TEMPLE. BEACH. DISCO. DADDY’. An electro pop collection that combines elements of each word from the title. All of it to craft a fantastic, exciting, and memorable collection. The artist loves to animate emotions and experiences, presenting them with visuals, color, patterns, and movement. Taken all at once, the songs becomes an enjoyable arc that delves into themes of love, romance, dance, disco, and expression. The collection begins with ‘Forget The World - Temple Beach Version’, a track that is so delightfully carefree, inspiring magic with its melodies and a dance atmosphere with its grooves. You can literally dance your worries away with this track, feel light and get soft on your feet. ‘Lump in Your Throat’ is funky with an edgy alternative air. The grooves are sharp and bent to form unique angles of sound. It gets you moving but also stimulates the brain in an interesting way. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-classical-raynald-greniers-the-compilation-album monthly 0.5 2025-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c55ef7b0-92a0-48cf-bb14-cd23a24e48c7/10.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Classical : Raynald Grenier’s ‘The Compilation Album’ - Raynald Grenier is a pianist and composer with worlds swirling within him. Each of his songs build worlds out of human emotions and experiences, creating a landscape that is both immense and simple. Influenced by classical styles, he lets it inform his neoclassicals, creating ambiences that are remarkable. His latest release is ‘The Compilation Album’, a collection that holds the best of his life’s work. Each composition brings his many musings to life, romanticising it, decorating it, and immortalising it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ubiquity-machines-angela monthly 0.5 2025-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5f7002b3-09d1-4da1-9e27-37dec54cfce3/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Ubiquity Machine’s ‘Angela’ - Ubiquity Machine is a singer-songwriter duo who span the spectrum of rock with an effortless charm. Their stylistic charisma adapts to each genre gradient, delivering it in a way that elevates it. In their latest release, ‘Angela’, they flow down an acoustic rock river. Lightened by elements of folk and classic rock, the song is like a serene panoramic painting. It is a love song, floating romantically like a lightning bug at dusk. While the vocals express the way love manifests in the protagonist, the instrumentals explore the inner landscape of the person loved. And together, they project a whole life lived, memories, evergreen feelings, and an infinite emotion that keeps you alive. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-mick-j-clarks-my-friend-evonne monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bbd73b75-aa5a-4633-80cb-6a4702de666d/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Mick J Clark’s ‘My Friend Evonne’ - Mick J Clark’s feel-good, warm pop rock makes a comeback with his latest release, ‘My Friend Evonne.’ In this track he celebrates his friend. With fond vocals, expressive instrumentals, soft words, and luminous tones, he brings Evonne to a state of aliveness that we can experience and get to know. The artist is known for his timeless style, so effortless and charming. It’s the music of the 80s and so are the sentiments. So wholesome and human. Paired with guitar melodies and swishing synths, the soundscape is made dynamic with memories, scenes of friendship, time shared, conversations had and funny moments. He traces a life lived with a friend, projecting a fullness that you cannot get from anything else. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-donna-spellings-window monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e6a8005a-c41b-49e6-953a-70d9a11d2465/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Donna Spelling’s ‘Window’ - Donna Spelling is a singer-songwriter and pop artist who has just released her debut single, ‘Window’. The song is special because it gives us the first glimpse into her sense of sonic style, design, and energy. She wrote the song to help a friend get out of bed in the morning and deal with lack of motivation. The artist doesn’t explore the theme in the obvious, energetic way. Instead, she crafts a contemplative window through which perspective and purpose flows. Even the synths and melodies are composed to swirl around this warm feeling. Donna’s vocals are surreal, a soothing ethereal sound. She crafts the sound in a way that refreshes and opens the mind and leaves you feeling light and colorful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-rooftop-screamers-blink-of-an-eye monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fc539de2-f747-484e-a5c5-567c20644b2f/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Rooftop Screamers’ ‘Blink of an Eye’ - Rooftop Screamers is back with their latest single, ‘Blink of an Eye’ featuring Royston Langdon. The pop rock track is a feel-good drift that combines warm riffs with hearty vocals and a swaying beat to bring the theme to life. There are marked classic rock influences, elevated by melodic frameworks, retro notes, all of which transports you to artists like Journey, Queen, and The Beatles. The tone of the vocals are contemplative and thoughtful, immersive in their emotion. Rising riffs, lifting beats, and long form melodic arrangements create a thematic arena that is lilting and light. And in all this, the styles of both artists seamlessly collaborate to create rich gradients of expression and emotion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-steven-browleys-linda-moo-piggy-sue monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6abc1e05-5d76-49cc-9d84-da802684f5e8/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Steven Browley’s ‘Linda Moo &amp; Piggy Sue’ - Steven Browley is a singer-songwriter and folk artist with a memorable acoustical style. In his latest release, ‘Linda Moo and Piggy Sue’, he crafts a country rock song, electrified with blues and a fondness that warms your heart. The artist sings about his animals, the way they greet him in the morning, jumps on the bed, and the general magic of loving an animal. His baritones hold his experience with them, blended in with memories, personal emotions, all of it so feel good and heartwarming. Even the way he crafts the instrumentals around the soundscape is so expressive. They wrap themselves around his voice, emulate the essence of the thematic emotion and cultivate on it till it reaches the listener. Especially in the bridge, with just a guitar solo, he imagines a world where all the animals are happy, free and safe, inching towards a climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-ian-ledings-leviathan monthly 0.5 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/751498eb-729a-4d48-b634-bb9c57a44981/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Ian Leding’s ‘Leviathan’ - Ian Leding’s alt rock is progressive, atmospheric, and transformative. In his latest instrumental, ‘Leviathan’, the artist composed a winding piece, warping the listener’s sense of reality, transporting them to a dark, hypnotic, horror scape that is both alluring and terrifying at the same time. The artist is not afraid to get experimental. He explores the theme immersively and imaginatively, taking us places that are alien and otherworldly. There’s no familiarity. A chaos that is sinister, purging, and so intensely pure that it brings the theme to life. The mood of the theme, the stories, the myths and the legends. The riffs flit around with textured brilliance, leaving no space uncovered. They are an unyielding force that creates the backdrop for the leviathan to flow. And the guitar lines and grooves snake through this murky landscape, glistening with grace, mystery, and a silent power that is quite extraordinary. The best way to listen to it is to let yourself be consumed by it, let yourself be taken, held captive, and deliciously poisoned by the music. The places that you go to is definitely worth it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-cornelius-eady-trios-quicksand monthly 0.5 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/90e97180-f842-481f-b89e-c7c8bd981d67/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Cornelius Eady Trio’s ‘Quicksand’ - Cornelius Eady Trio usher in the age of contemporary blues with their latest release, ‘Quicksand’. The track is composed of minimal instrumentals. Slow and fluid bass grooves, oasis of dramatic synths, dotting percussions, and a bare vocal landscape. The atmosphere of the track is made to contrast the overwhelming feeling of the theme. It is the direct opposite with its nonchalant and raw feel. The song is like an aroma that fills the room. Soft and subtle but with a way of immersing you in the experience. With the vocals, the artist tries to create a dark humor, devoid of melodrama but full of insinuated gradients. That lowkey compositional style with a pseudo sincere tone, explorative spaces, and the vastness of the silence in between the layers. All of it presents the theme with such unique lenses. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ho-jo-fros-timidly-free monthly 0.5 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f153b310-e699-4235-a35d-0f4ff7bf2527/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Ho Jo Fro’s ‘Timidly Free’ - Ho Jo Fro is an American singer-songwriter, composer, engineer and collaborative musician who has a way of reinventing the listening experience with each song. By playfully engaging with melodies, rhythms, and genres, he transforms the energy and the mood. His latest release is ‘Timidly Free’, featuring vocals by Iyla Elise and Dizzy Dean Friedman of Ariel fame, along with Ho Jo Fro on vocals and piano. The song is delightfully fluid, connecting wholesome folk pop vocals with luminous folk rock instrumentals. We see some island beats, earthy and easy, connecting into circles of neo-jazz flows. All of it is just allowed to expand to create a feel-good circumference of music. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-rock-rosetta-wests-circle-of-doubt monthly 0.5 2025-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cdfec0e1-2460-40d0-be21-aff8f18cd7f6/3.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Rock : Rosetta West’s ‘Circle of Doubt’ - Rosetta West is a blues rock band from Illinois. Their interpretation of the genre is progressive, layered with soft dimensions of psychedelics and hard textures of stoner rock. These contrasts that they create, juxtaposing uncommon styles and elements to create a whole new world of emotion and music is their niche. So you’ll get a little bit of that hard, driving psychedelics reminiscent of the 70s with elating swells of real emotion and 90s alternative elements. It is as if their sound bubbles up from the underground, frothing with character, charisma and a consciousness that you cannot ignore. Their latest release is ‘Circle of Doubt’, a double single that gets into what humans are made up of. And they do it at the brink of insanity, when a man is at a complete loss, at a near-death situation, almost falling over but going down with a fight. Rich with hard instrumentals, contemplative lyrics and a grand performative flair, the theme is presented so powerfully. There are some delightful melodic peaks that shoot out of the repetitive riff planes and hypnotic bass grooves. The vocals are ambiguous, cerebral, with suggestive inflections that leave a lot of it up for interpretation. The low tonalities nicely pair with the basslines to create a spherical effect. ‘The God Who Made Me Cry’ is the second installment of the double single. It is an acoustic/ melodic rock track that, with a gliding rhythm, floating ideas, and buoyant emotions, pairs well with its predecessor. They are conjoined at the dark thematic points. This one contemplates suicidal plots with a nonchalance that is both fitting and frightening. It feels both so human and inhuman, and you’ll be caught in between, drawn by its complexity. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-mending-starss-out-of-office monthly 0.5 2025-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f0638b47-dad2-4cc9-949e-197d88b2ef1d/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Mending Stars’s ‘Out of Office’ - Mending Stars is an alt pop banner that explores the collision of intimate thoughts and dynamic, electric sonics. In their latest release, ‘Out of Office’ the artist explores the reality of overworked, underappreciated, and burnt out people. One who works day in and day out till they lose sight of themselves and their happiness. Combining confessional lyrics with anthemic electro pop cycles paves an empowering path for the protagonist. That blurring of inside and outside worlds of energy, one evoking emotion, the other movement has such an interesting appeal. If you are nostalgic for the 2010s electro pop flows; of Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, and the like, you’re sure to enjoy the spectacular mix of commercial pop and fantastic color. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-ebb-novas-call-me-queen monthly 0.5 2025-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/21945f85-ded5-4f96-97a8-f36106a0a8af/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Ebb &amp; Nova’s ‘Call Me Queen’ - Ebb & Nova are a four-piece indie rock band. Consisting of four friends, the band’s sound is a fluid mixture of style, technique, passion, and camaraderie. So, you can imagine the energy that emanates. In their latest release, ‘Call Me Queen’, they channel hard garage rock, driving it with moments of dark and exciting rhythms. The grooves, riffs, and energy are a spectacle. They don’t hold back. Nothing is left behind. And with everything unleashed, you feel the empowering spirit of the theme, the reigning legend, the grandeur of their style. If you enjoyed the 90s ethos of rock with its alternative, raw, and visceral flow, you’ll be brought to your knees by this track. Because the energy with which it blows and the storm that it leaves in its wake is not for the faint hearted. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-disco-pop-michellars-i-cant-meet-you monthly 0.5 2025-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/af63bff7-e27a-4b89-873b-17de3570263a/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Disco Pop : Michellar’s ‘I cant meet you!’ - Another dreamy, transporting release from prolific songwriter Michellar. The artist’s ‘I cant meet you!’ is a retro funk pop soundscape that is alive with colour and electric emotions. That air of disco, the shimmering melodic atmosphere, the splashing beats, all of it is all kinds of fun, romance, energy, and play. The artist has such a wide array of visions and styles, each one executed with a thematic nuance. She loves to explore and she does it well. In this track, she emulates the Daft Punk ethos, blending cerebral basslines with stimulating melody peaks, expressive vocals, and grooves that are OG but fluid. There is a simplicity about the composition, but also a whole culture that can get interesting. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-dylan-scotts-i-hate-whiskey monthly 0.5 2025-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d6be2920-d752-4cbc-b810-c77dc4c0ca23/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Dylan Scott’s ‘I Hate Whiskey’ - Dylan Scott is a singer-songwriter and a country artist who tells stories with immersive details. His songs are expressive in every way. Be it in the instrumentals or the vocals. The two elements nicely align to create the atmosphere for the tale. And it will always leave you riveted. His latest release is ‘I Hate Whiskey’, a heartache/ breakup track. It starts in the aftermath, drunk and nostalgic and then traces its way through the emotion, the events and the story. Dylan’s warm baritones hold that wholesome fondness alongside the melancholy. There is no bitterness, only an aching sweetness, a stream of consciousness that is both relatable and endearing. The acoustic guitar elements, the sweeping violins hold the country textures and sound, drawing out the country curves from the vocals. Definitely a song that will elevate your country playlists. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-ian-raes-in-my-dreams monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2d39f2b0-94b1-4b34-b1d2-7f6b3b0e054d/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Ian Rae’s ‘In My Dreams’ - Ian Rae is a composer and musician who writes ambience like a letter. As a 71 year old artist, he has been through so many eras of music. And through all the years, he has distilled his style, his vision and creativity to pose perfect soundscapes. His latest release is ‘In My Dreams’, an instrumental that stretches beautifully into colorful scenes of paradise. Each frame is detailed with dancing instrumentals, playful flows, all with an underlying feeling of hope, joy, and goodness. That feeling of magic. He captures it and nurtures it across the song. With daydreaming rhythms, swirling pieces of dreams, tied in with soft imagery and contemplative frames, the song is meant to evoke a dreamy state in the listener. Compel them to drift into a happy place and savor the feelings that it brings. If you are in the market for a relaxing flow that is creative and immersive, this is the track for you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-satellite-trains-paralyzed monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3ce7c753-36ed-41c5-aae1-fcfba2b90a97/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Satellite Train’s ‘Paralyzed’ - Satellite Train is an alternative band. Their style is dedicated to discovering larger than life sonic narratives. An expression so wild, free and indulgent that it transfers these qualities to the listener. The band has just released their latest song, ‘Paralyzed’ which as stated by them, “is the beginning of something new and transformative”. The song explores so many new themes and ideas, presenting pop rock with so many dimensions. The song is about the feeling of freedom that love brings to people. To be healed and held by someone that loves you can feel so liberating. With passionate vocals, anthemic instrumentals, and a rush of feeling, the band recreates the experience buoyant, feel-good, leading it to beautiful and hopeful spaces. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-tim-camroses-she-saw-dolphins monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/07bebd7f-a3a3-42b8-9301-4b706befb667/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Tim Camrose’s ‘She Saw Dolphins’ - Tim Camrose is a singer-songwriter and musician with a versatile understanding of acoustic rock, folk and country music. He ushers the retro and classic flows of these genres to a more contemporary and progressive landscape; blending them both to form a unique emotion. His latest release is ‘She Saw Dolphins’, a beautifully written song about the exhilarating scene of spotting dolphins. The song is made of coarse acoustic instrumentals and layered with synth neo-classicals to create a swishing sphere of emotion. His lyrics detail the landscape, the details of the sea, sand and sky as they were the day of the dolphins. And as he lifts into the chorus, the stimulating peak of the theme, he keeps it so real, yet so magical. And simultaneously, across this magical realism, he explores love, the love of his life, and all the ways in which she brings the magic of seeing dolphins to his life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-gianfranco-gfns-boulevard-de-lamour-fall-in-love monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2aa42aee-933a-4ebd-87a4-d13d9367d798/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Gianfranco GFN’s ‘Boulevard de l'Amour "Fall In Love’ - Gianfranco GFN’s versatility as a musician especially peaks in his latest release ‘‘Boulevard de l'Amour "Fall In Love’. Craftily blending rock, jazz, blues, and R&B/ soul, he speculates on the dreamy experience of falling in love. In an era of fast-paced romance and situationships, the artist goes back to the romantic era and creates a musical cinema about falling into another person irrevocably. The feeling of just freely giving yourself to another and being elevated by it can be so magical. The track opens with a fresh funky ambience. The galloping grooves are cast in a bluesy backdrop. Gianfranco’s vocals usher in a magical world; so expansive and wielding. Harmonies cradle his falls and bounces him back up. And the instrumentals so dynamic and crafty with jazz just keeps on keeping up, all the way to the end. Its progressions and infinities are so wonderful to travel with and become a part of. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-pop-ltbs-further-than-a-memory monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2dd2ee86-a60e-411f-aaab-3cbd9ff69448/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul Pop : LTB’s ‘Further Than A Memory’ - LTB’s R&B/ Soul - Pop spectrum has so many dimensions. He doesn’t blend them just for the sake of it. But really goes into it and draws out the nuances, the little details that make you fall in love with it. And with each release, he comes out of his shell in new ways, fleshing it out with soft grandeur. His latest release is ‘Further Than A Memory’, a theme that he wants his listeners to perceive as a place. A place that is as distant as it can get from the body. A place that you can access and understand only emotionally. To get here, there is a call to expand, to stretch into your own experiences, your memories, and emotion to feel the infinity. The track explores R&B in the context of dream pop. There is a tinge of emo in it. Nicely mixing in with the hip-hop rhythms and the contemplative lyrics, the track is a work of art. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-tony-frissores-just-fade-away monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5daa6dac-0e15-4d33-a10f-4dfe45fb60d0/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Tony Frissore’s ‘Just Fade Away’ - Imagine walking through a fog, its contemplative wetness, soft mist, and its silence all around you. And slowly, with time, your sense of space dissolves and you with it, fading into its abstract consciousness. That’s the experience of Tony Frissore’s latest release, ‘Just Fade Away’. The electronic music composer gently leads the listener into this free space. Using suggestive melodies, he progressively incepts ideas, feelings, lightness, and a general sense of fluidity. There is a major arc that ties into the theme. But within this umbrella, there are so many smaller, more complex yet subtle pieces of experiences that you get to ride. It is playful, fresh, and creative, as it touches upon moments of jazz, funk, blues, and soul. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-michellars-cross-my-heart monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1eb95e3e-3ebb-44f4-b9f2-c78eacec92ad/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Michellar’s ‘Cross My Heart’ - Michellar blends dream pop with smooth electronica, mellow atmospheres and soft sincerity to shape the theme of her release, ‘Cross My Heart’. This release is yet another shade of versatility in the musician/ songwriter’s portfolio. With her Spotify discography boasting an array of genres from alt folk to pop rock and indie rock, each song is like a surprise. You never know what you’re going to get. The track is meant to be a romantic, feel-good, joyful high that the listener can take to their experience and feelings of love. It is fluid and immersive, evolving and vivid. This duality allows you to experience the song both in the way the artist intended and in the way you want to. That nice, sweet balance of technique and emotion is well forged. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-john-kolars-skipping-stones monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/589b7e5f-cb82-4592-9b45-0fdcee0ca581/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : John Kolar’s ‘Skipping Stones’ - John Kolar is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. He has a feel-good pulse, an effortless buoyancy, and a quirky style. In his latest single, ‘Skipping Stones’, he journeys through the countryside, through mountains to moments of nostalgia, of childlike joy. And throughout the song, he leaves the lyrics ambiguous, perhaps talking about love, friendship, or philosophies of life. Taking us to simpler times, freer emotions, and large moments. The song is acoustically built, minimalistic but expansive. And his vocals are like a mellow breeze that makes you feel things, takes you places, transports your mind. To just go with it, let that emotion immerse you, the lyrics move you. That’s the best way to listen to this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-art-rock-canary-complexs-whisper-of-spring monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bbe8fff8-6e33-4e01-ad3b-584809cc277d/8.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Art Rock : Canary Complex’s ‘Whisper of Spring’ - Canary Complex is a solo visual kei project, made to enrich all your senses as your listening. The artist crafts a world that is above and beyond any genre, any fixed style. It opens up and forms in layers, gains dimensions, and becomes a whole fantasy of music. Including baroque instrumentation, impressionistic colors, evolving moods, characters, emotions and performative vocals, it is reminiscent of Panic! At the Disco. The latest release is ‘Whisper of Spring’, a dramatic series of music that involves soft neo-classicals, luminous balloons of music, all of it inflating with lifelike sensibilities. It is rife, blooming with the exposure of spring, its whimsy, its grandeur, and its life. With animated scenes, theatrical elements, and incredible melodrama, it is quite the collection of music. A world of its own. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-synth-pop-josy-bs-i-get-off monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ba2189d6-915d-4fdb-bc3f-6e2ccd2f76cb/8.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Synth Pop : Josy B’s ‘I Get Off’ - Josy B is a singer-songwriter and pop artist who creates immersive soundscapes. In her latest release, ‘I Get Off’, a track in which she explores the dream, the power, the emotional appeal of real and meaningful love. The protagonist is a girl who has been let down, hurt, and heartbroken in love. However, she plays this song for a guy who loves her with strength, giving her space to heal, and come out of that traumatic space. Transferring sensual connotations to emotional attraction, the song progresses with feel good rhythms, celebratory R&B, and dance grooves. There is so much light, love, and warmth that grows into the romance of the theme, of her dreamy vocals. If you’re in the market for an easy listening track that takes you to a fun and happy place, this is it! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-rock-the-alls-eyes-saturday-sessions-live monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2fb6c0ae-9936-4cd3-9091-e11a8139836d/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Rock : The All’s Eye’s ‘Saturday Sessions Live’ - The All’s Eye is the sensational banner of creative and imaginative blues, jazz, and psychedelic rock artist, Ari Joshua, Ben Atkind, and Kris Yunker. The trio collaborate with fellow artists and musicians to create a sonic expanse that has never been heard of before. Starting off as jam sessions, these releases are the results of spontaneity, free collaborations, camaraderie and a revived love for music. Two of these spirited sessions and playful musical banter had made it into their latest release, ‘Saturday Sessions Live’. It is a double single that explores styles like country, blues rock, jazz, funk, psychedelics, and everything in between. The abstract stylings in the gaps, the transitive flows and fusions are all so striking. It really showcases the passion and brilliance of the musicians that made the track. The first song is ‘Gramama’, a country rock track that is warped, bent, grooved, twisted and dug in with nostalgia, blues, and old jazz. The vocals climb into memories, unearth lullaby melodies, frames of life, and tying into the rustic country aesthetic. With fluttering accordions, coiling grooves, fuzzy riffs, and wandering bass lines, melodies, the song is a work of complete indulgence. There’s no stone left unturned, no whimsy ignored, no path unexplored. ‘Say What You Wanna Say’ is the next track. This one is made of the same sonic pallet and material as the previous track. But it is given a very sci-fi vibe. Funk is more in manifestation here. Its rhythm profiles, chunky textures, and vividness come all fused with blues. And that evolution is so dynamic and fun. The band takes it to infinites, detailing worlds, and sensibilities. The best way to enjoy the track is to just go with it. To embrace its randomness, strangeness, all its symmetries and asymmetries. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-pop-asta-brias-our-bible monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/503cf3c3-aabc-4e8f-b75e-60d3afec8c84/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Pop : Asta Bria’s ‘Our Bible’ - Asta Bria is a singer-songwriter and a soul pop artist. She has such a unique style, one that makes you lean into her soundscape, understand the spaces her style emerges from and grow into it. Her latest release is ‘Our Bible’, a contemporary pop track that is laced with sweet folk accents and acoustics that is refreshing. The track explores the abstract with sweetness and softness, touching upon moments of core human hood and values. Weaving it with moments of spring and Easter, the artist ushers in a feel-good atmosphere full of light, love and joy that you can carry with you. The song was composed and made to impart a state of mind, a sense of hope as you weave through the blooms of spring and flow into summer. If you enjoy ethereal and contemplative pop moments, you’re sure to love this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-our-love monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/927895f5-4873-4896-b9cb-1c7217aca159/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Arn Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Our Love’ - Swedish folk rock project, Arn Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends is back with a new project, with their double single, ‘Sing - Along Songs’. The artist has such a unique interpretation of the genre. He drives it slowly to creative blooms of trad folk, indie rock, and modern acoustics. ‘Our Love’ is the second part of the double single. A slow-brewed, slice of life, intense expression of love. Using poetry, he explores spheres of sweetness, sentimentality, and sensuality. He dives into the core of a burning love, the ways it spreads light, infuses life, and flutters with romance. The instrumentals are kind of slow, archaic forming against a nocturnal backdrop. It is intimate, sincere and deep. The more you listen, the more you get out of it. The more you fall into it, and the more you understand it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-burton-badmans-broken-symmetry monthly 0.5 2025-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/737a1263-7d72-4fbe-80b9-9dbd2c9b39ac/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Burton Badman’s ‘Broken Symmetry’ - Burton Badman’s latest single, ‘Broken Symmetry’ is a gift of progressive rock that keeps on giving. The genre-blending band explore such swap seated conventions of rock and overturn them with craft and creativity. That exploratory pulse is so vivid that it is affecting, even arresting. Imagine a dispersing mass of texture, light, sound, and visuals. That’s how this song forms, showcasing a slow fracture. And this scatter is intense and immersive with alt rock, prog rock and indie rock moments. The band unites these styles, progresses and evolves through them at the riffs. Melodies gleam through the fuzzy screen. As we progress towards the climax, the tone, the aura and the atmosphere of these melodies is transformed, darkened and made mysterious. A prog rock showcase that drives you to a fantastic climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-swamp-music-players-florida-keys monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a7df79e2-d8d9-4a38-b718-cef5951044e9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Swamp Music Players’ ‘Florida Keys’ - Swamp Music Players’ latest track, ‘Florida Keys’ is crunchy and groovy with rock n roll, blues, and mysterious theatre. The ambience of the track is cinematic, exceedingly expansive in its emotional implications. The instrumentals are so expressive, depicting an atmosphere that is so immersive to travel through. Add to that the husky, raw, and drawing vocal texture. It is vivid and piercing, so well aligned with the extending backdrop. It adds so many layers to the song, dimensions that further elevate the cinematic sweep, the listening experience and the way you experience the music. That blend of retro stylings with a modern touch and contemporary interpretations is sophisticated and unique. You can’t help but carry into that space and become transformed by it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-pop-rock-la-need-machines-pourquoi-cest-lamour monthly 0.5 2025-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ab4579a0-6d19-4eda-a420-0b6dc37c3c81/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Pop Rock : La Need Machine’s ‘Pourquoi? C’est L’Amour’ - La Need Machine showcases an impressive collection of music with latest album release, ‘Pourquoi? C’est L’Amour’. The charitorious rock band comes out with impressive compositions, blending neo-classicals with folk, classic rock and pop rock influences in ways that feel meaningful. Made with a love for community, for LA, and for its people, every single song is so good. Each one carries the spirit of the band, the atmosphere of love and joy. The band has set the tone for their music with releases like ‘I Wish I Could Fly’ and ‘These Old Jeans’ in 2024. And they are reinforced in this latest album. Alongside these previously released singles, we see new and fresh compositions as well. Opening with ‘Our Song’, the album lights up with such warmth. Introduced with acoustic guitar strings, swishing violins, sentimental baritones, and soft harmonies, the song is lifted into an anthem with rushing riffs and beats. And more than anything, it’s the kind of song that holds its essence in the lyrics. The more you pay attention to it and listen in, you gain so much feeling, so much beauty, and so much love. ‘I Wish I Could Fly’s buoyant sentiments form in the aftermath. The melancholy, the childlike wish, and the genuinity of the song perfectly captures the feeling of bitter sweetness. It keeps you tethered but launches you into a soft plane of yearning. We also see ‘The Mountain’ and ‘Maria’ in the album list. Both classic and easy favorites from the band. While the former is intense and molten with contemplation, the latter evokes and expresses love in a vulnerable way. ‘Vincent Van Gogh’ and ‘Sardonic Love’ are made in the same vein, but with more of a classic rock polish. ‘The Hometown Heroes’ is beguiled with blues, and is alight with fantastic riffs and so many emotional dimensions and details. We see some jazz also thrown into the mixture, and it’s the perfect way to lead into the end. The album also treats us to the rock and pop version of ‘Over the Rainbow’. The sweet promise of the track, its hopeful tone, and heartwarming message is a great way to wrap up the album for LA. Especially in the aftermath of the forest fires and the tragedy that ensued. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-soul-pop-olie-becketts-whiplash monthly 0.5 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e43659d8-39e3-4284-b5ac-4c3c097fb2e8/3.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Soul Pop : Olie Beckett’s ‘Whiplash’ - Olie Beckett is a singer-songwriter who explores an arena of freshness when it comes to song making. The fifteen year old artist has such a strong sense of style and design, blending neo soul and contemporary R&B elements with soft pop smooth melodies. His latest release is ‘Whiplash’, a plush and modern soul pop track that traces the stylistic edges of artists like SZA, Doja Cat, Harry Styles, and Sabrina Carpenter. The inflection of his vocals, so slick and stylish is a sweetener that is cast in the air. It is dispersed with charisma as it edges its way into hip-hop and rap arcs. The tones are so light and airy, and the rhythms carry a breeze. And just like that, it all forms like a beachy morning, so full of sun, surf and sand. It would make a perfect addition to your summer playlists. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kmalectro-beguils-with-electro-pop-single-hola-radio-edit monthly 0.5 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cde20518-9d13-4972-a73d-b5b14b81d740/2.jpg Music Reviews - KMALECTRO beguils with Electro Pop Single, ‘HOLA - Radio Edit’ - KMALECTRO has an expansive stylistic portfolio. The artist is known for his smooth and effortless genre-blending abilities, creating new stylistic motifs and interpretations in the process. His vision takes him to so many new spaces which he passes on to the listener through song. In his latest release, ‘HOLA’, the artist crafts a soft electro pop flow with hip-hop punctuations and accents. There are so many experimental tangents, all of them just so seamlessly blending with the gradual electronic wave. The vocals are contemplative as they dip into emo layers, growing soft roots to draw from. And just like that, he reconciles so many interesting styles, creates stylistic junctions that are unique in a way that you’ll never get anywhere else. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-soft-rock-the-eleyet-mcconnells-bed-of-roses monthly 0.5 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8116b2ce-0062-432a-af3e-143d597df523/2.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Soft Rock : The Eleyet McConnell’s ‘Bed of Roses’ - The Eleyet McConnell is a classic duo with an appeal for music that is so compelling. Their performances are so alluring, showcasing passion, sentiment, and sweetness as they explore the human experience. The duo, Angie and Chris debuted in 2023 with their ‘Crazy World’ album; a collection that keeps you speculating on their range, the expanse of their music, and their prolific genre-blending style. Taken from it is the track, ‘Bed of Roses’, a searing soul track that takes the listener on a journey through the complex weaves of loving someone. Angie’s vocals run deep, showcasing emotions so vulnerably and vividly. She paints the world that she draws from, the moments that she lived through. All of this swirling in Chris’s creative instrumental pool. An ocean with a seemingly innate current that keeps tying into Angie’s vocal pulse and call. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-noble-hops-kelso-beach monthly 0.5 2025-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/31734abe-0535-4542-afce-768a40e468c0/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter - Noble Hops’ ‘Kelso Beach’ - Noble Hops is a singer-songwriter and country artist with that classic Americana charisma. Accompanied by resonant instrumentals, his coarse baritonal charm peaks quite nicely. His latest release is ‘Kelso Beach’, a feel-good track that paints the scenic landscape and expanse of Kelso beach, filling it with memories, thoughts, and contemplations. The artist’s narrative style so beautifully captures the state of mind of the protagonist. The solitude as he writes the song with his companion, the guitar. And from this space, they spread out into the past, the future with themes like love, heartache, ideas, and imaginative flows. And as much as you can relate with the protagonist’s voice, it’s the autobiographical aspects of the songwriting and performance that hit home. With that simple flow and honest vocals, the artist brings it full circle to the things that matter as you go through life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-spikys-smile monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ebb50ab2-3c3a-4348-8f51-1b58bd5b03fb/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Spiky’s ‘SMILE’ - Spiky is an alternative pop artist with a compelling style and irrepressible charisma. And she stretches it to conquer worlds of electro pop, dance pop, dark pop, pop rock and everything in between. And she lands it every single time. Her latest release is ‘SMILE’ featuring rapper and hip-hop artist, Kris Kiss. Everything about the soundscape is so dynamic. Especially the way the alternative manifests. With the pop rushing up to meet the glistening basslines, mingling with the slapping beats sets the scene. The vocals are sensual, bold, enticing. It calls to the listener, the rhythm, catchy hooks and the loops. The drifting rhythm is then defined by the punctuated verse by Kris Kiss before it takes off again. The song is so fun, so electric and full of sensibilities. If you enjoy listening to The Weeknd, then you’re gonna love every bit of this song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-mark-walshs-saturn monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/840d7cca-7eb6-418c-8087-cc0798ffc13f/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Mark Walsh’s ‘SATURN’ - Mark Walsh is a singer-songwriter with fluid style. He crafts songs to explore feelings and lets them go wherever they have to. And the result is a genre-blended soundscape that is authentic, spontaneous, and evocative in real time. His latest release is ‘SATURN’, a track that drifts through the pop rock space, looping in moments of pop rap and emo. These stylistic gradients manifest so seamlessly, with his vocals forming context and charisma. It is a love song with the protagonist cataloging moments of love forming and flowing. The hip-hop beats, the raw vocals, and the lyrics,all of it points to the simple yet creative style of the artist. And this combination makes the listening experience so compelling. That ability to carry a theme in a way that is both unique (in style) and universal (in emotion) is quite a skill and this artist has it! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-singer-songwriter-larry-karpenkos-the-river monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/935d8929-6582-430e-8ffc-489dc33d995b/4.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Larry Karpenko’s ‘The River’ - Larry Karpenko’s songwriting is a wondrous place to be. His compositions have a way of forging perspective that feels fresh. His latest release is ‘The River’, a track that explores the artist’s faith and how the free flow of it all elevates his life. And in the process of creating this track, the artist showcases the inner landscapes and workings of himself. So beautifully autobiographical and yet so universal. Listening to it feels like you’re gazing upon a range of mountains from a great altitude. That feeling of being on top of the world, that simple clarity, and the wholesomeness of it all is so heartwarming. The sense of space, openness, and heavenliness that he creates with this song is an important part of showcasing the theme. And the metaphor, the river, is used as the root of all his life. Each time he comes back to it, to his faith, he is reminded of all that he is, and why it all is. So soothing, comforting, and grand. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-pop-ethan-golds-camera monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3ca4690b-b8d9-4c0b-ae90-8f3cfe5c493c/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Pop : Ethan Gold’s ‘Camera’ - Ethan Gold’s soundscapes are made to imprint visually on the listener. His music has such strong perceptive features that exact immersive landscapes from the mind. ‘Camera’ is his latest single, a track that creates a mellow vastness, an instrumental scene, an emotional atmosphere, and a textural spread. There are performative elements, so layered and progressive in how they show up. Like a story unravelling in a book or in real time. As you listen, you are anchored only to the present moment, because of the fluidity and complex asymmetries of it. The next chord or the upcoming mood is unpredictable. He latently sets this stylistic trend pretty early on in the soundscape, so that each arc is its own and every moment is both individualistic and a part of an alternative whole. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-prem-byrnes-im-not-sure monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/86930f43-fbfe-4ea9-ad3c-cdcff9d6f9a6/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Prem Byrne’s ‘I’m Not Sure’ - Prem Byrne is a singer-songwriter and contemplative musician. His songs strung with modern and classic folk influences is a grand flow of thought and emotion. And somewhere along the collaboration of mind and heart, you’ll find the experience of being human, of heartache, joy, hope, and feeling. His latest release is ‘I’m Not Sure’, a track that explores the feeling of getting lost in a circle of indecision especially when it comes to love. The artist’s vocals are warm baritones that flow fondly to memory, loneliness, pain, healing, and growth. It’s so soothing and thoughtful. Like reading someone’s well written journal. Because sometimes it’s so easy to fall into self-destructive patterns and repeat them over and over. But the grace of the song is contained in the protagonist’s rise above it. The composition is also conducted to create that sense of realization, change, and peace. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-classic-rock-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-sing-along-songs monthly 0.5 2025-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/916cc7f2-cb9d-4aea-a3ac-9ff593e68130/1.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Classic Rock : Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Sing-Along Songs’ - Swedish classic rock banner, Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends, has released their latest single, ‘Sing-Along Songs’. A double single with hearty dynamism and feel good rhythms to keep you going. The solo project, emerging from Sweden’s Redmoon band has long since proved to be a space that transports you into wondrous realms of folk rock and classic rock. Emulating the late 60s, 70s ethos, the artist has a way of soulfully portraying the genre. There is that spark, that passion, and an abundance of ideas and imagination. These two singles hold that liveliness. Listening to it makes you come alive within it. With dispersing riffs, rolling grooves, singing along vocal pieces, and luminous aftermaths, it opens up your energy, the spaces around you and the people around you. It’s the kind of music that causes people to band together and just sing along. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-tania-kyllikkis-i-am-good-enough monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b8744180-1460-4c03-bec2-60875085eeb1/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : TaniA Kyllikki’s ‘I AM Good Enough’ - TaniA Kyllikki has just released her latest single, ‘I AM Good Enough’, a self-affirming track that is meant to bring you closer to love, to healing and to yourself. The soulful ballad is the fourth single from the artist’s upcoming album, ‘Free - Spirited’, and it showcases a whole spectrum of the artist that we have not seen before. If you enjoy the work of Adele, Beyonce, and the like, you’re sure to enjoy the resonating depth, power, and meaning in her vocals. The track is made to will the listener to see the beautiful inner landscape of themselves and love it. Her vocals take us through soft and tough moments, stringing perhaps an autobiographical tale of reaching a place of self-love and acceptance. And this journey is an important one for all of us to take because it will lead us to the mouth of peace, joy, and growth. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-pop-talking-to-sophies-galaxy monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/229a2f3d-1339-40ea-a7b9-2fde5368cc2a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Pop : Talking to Sophie’s' ‘ Galaxy’ - Talking to Sophie is an alt pop banner that flows through vivid and visual contours. The artist displays his music with so much expression that manifests as colors, dizzying array of textures, evolving melody patterns. All of it rises to form an emotional continuum, displayed with story and meaningful sentiment. Their latest release is ‘Galaxy’, a track with a youthful pulse. The wonder, nostalgia, melancholy, and the yearning. It all belongs to a dreamy young man that is lost in a swirling galaxy of emotion. This idea is portrayed so well, almost poetically. With a fuzzy instrumental ambience and a husky baritone, the artist depicts the loneliness of the protagonist. The intimacy is free and raw, so open. It feeds the soft spontaneity of the soundscape and the soul of the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-bailey-greys-use-me monthly 0.5 2025-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f153a7a3-7d33-4fdb-b090-b263bad5e22e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Bailey Grey’s ‘Use Me’ - Bailey Grey forges the way to a whole new sphere of alt pop. Her music is artsy, colorful, creative, and explorative. Blending her singer-songwriter personality with transient moments of indie rock, jazz, and performative vocal acrobat, the artist’s style is reminiscent of Amy Winehouse and Fiona Apple. In her release, ‘Use Me’, she puts on a charismatic show, a performance that is expressive, groovy, and bluesy. Jazz flutters through the soundscape like little birds in spring. And the piano knocks with playful grooves and soft dynamism. Add to that a tasteful fanfare of trumpets, sax and basses, and you’ve got yourself your next favorite track. The darkness and depravity of the theme is made interesting with all this instrumental and vocal play. She makes it relatable. That sensual passion, the light humor, the abandon of logic, and an atmosphere of love blinded delusion. It is nothing short of intoxicating. This clever crafting and narrative spin speaks to the artist’s virtuoso as a songwriter and performer. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-blues-ken-woods-ride-the-rails monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3618d85d-3a4a-4eb0-803d-bb7d816b2ac7/6.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Blues : Ken Woods’ ‘Ride the Rails’ - Ken Woods’ music is the best vehicle to travel back to the 50s/ 60s. The guitarist and singer-songwriter is an astounding blues artist with a dynamism and virtuoso that showcases his undying passion for the genre. The release, ‘Ride the Rails’ (2023) is seemingly made to emulate the rhythm, the rustic life and style of riding the rails. The soundscape forms like old black and white movies, opening with a cooing train sound sample. An old school train horn followed by the bustling sound of the engine and the wheels which he strings into a rhythm for the song. And throughout the track, against the backdrop of this circular rhythm and floating cacophonic instrumentals, the artist creates imagery and frames of views as seen from a train. The vocals are the contextual star, reconciling all the elements, forging them with style and a philosophy. The philosophy of life that says, you ride the rails you made, you travel the tracks you paved; you make your life. Your choices dictate the journey you take. And bolstering this with that smooth, yet urgent rhythm, he brings the song a full circle. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ticket-to-the-universes-be-the-one monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bab45659-8f13-4612-a84d-f368cffb97f1/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer - Songwriter - Ticket to the Universe’s ‘Be The One’ - Ticket to the Universe is a singer-songwriter banner with an expansive writing style and performance allure. The artist has a fluid way of expression, in a way that encompasses many themes and makes you contemplate. That ability of the artist to drive the listener into themselves is quite impressive. His latest release is ‘Be The One’, a track that is a sweeping blend of acoustics and ethereal synths. The disperse is minute and fine, glowing through the soundscapes, with floating rhythms and fresh textures. As the artist flows through the shimmering veil of universe’s secrets, the song gets progressively dreamy and so achingly soft. Best way to listen to the song is to go with it and forge that connection with yourself, of being the dream you that you want to be. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-chi-pop-attack-the-sounds-wake-up-call monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0c2af09b-5345-42b8-804f-106f472109cb/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Chi-Pop : Attack the Sound’s ‘Wake up Call’ - Attack the Sound create their own frequency of music with a new genre that they call Chi-Pop. With imaginative elements of soul styles infused into pop skies, they liberate themes into more expressive frames. When you listen to their music, there is that keen sense of culture but also feeling and personal sentiment. Their latest release is ‘Wake Up Call’, a mellow journey to an epiphany about the self, about the life that the protagonist is living mindlessly. The melodies are just as in the journey as the vocals. That yearning for meaning is punctuated by in between instrumentals. And with that, the artist captures the vagueness of the theme in the soundscape, making it immersive. With a cohesive build, the protagonist collects his thoughts, his stream of consciousness and his life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-9-o-clock-nastys-playboy-driver monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7ee8bdae-7bb8-4f88-8d4f-9a4fd1411a7f/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty’s ‘Playboy Driver’ - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty’s latest single, ‘Playboy Driver (Supermix by Nick Mailing’ opens with a swaggy, smooth groove. The guitar work is electric, only growing in appeal with layers of riffs and funky notes. Paired with their signature bold vocal punk, they capture the core energy of the theme. The fascination that it evokes, the glamor, drama, and entertainment. This band has always been a raw style advocate. And they keep it real and robust even with this track. So much so that it brings out the nasty, the gnarly dimensions of reality in a way that you can feast on it. You can gorge on their music and it wouldn’t be enough because that’s how iconic they are. It’s all in how true they stay to themselves, their style and their vision. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-kaiserkillers-heavenly-in-black monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/496600b7-fd04-4578-aacc-da8eff76e421/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock - KaiserKillers’ ‘Heavenly in Black’ - KaiserKillers is a rock band from the 20th century. They wield style, power and performance so effortlessly that is eloquent. Their latest release is ‘Heavenly in Black’, a track that is made to carve out the feeling of looking good and knowing that you look good. That emotion of just feeling yourself, and the resultant confidence, presence and attitude. All of it makes the track. The textures and grooves are crunchy and textured but the charisma, the energy and the vibes are so smooth and immaculate. Think 70s and 80s rock n roll with bits of funk, folk, and a whole lot of classic rock. The guitar work is great. With its layered details and expanding grooves, it all inflates like a heart in love. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-singer-songwriter-tom-minors-expanding-universe monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/76ebe381-20c7-48fb-9b5b-ab5e3a1323de/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Singer-Songwriter - Tom Minor’s ‘Expanding Universe’ - Singer-songwriter Tom Minor is known for his contemporary interpretations of the folk and rock genres. Combining bold folk narratives with an acoustic rock soundscape, he forges perspectives, thoughts, ideas, and ways to think. His latest release is ‘Expanding Universe’, in which he collaborates with The Creatures of Habit to create a grand listening experience. The track features intimate and raw acoustics alongside electric riff grooves and funky deviations. Tom’s vocals form in layers, in pieces before they all tie into the chorus and become a feel-good experience. There’s a lot of grandeur that is meant to flow out of the narratives and the way the instrumentals manifest around them. The song makes your mind leave your body and travel and expand spectacularly. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-sunrise-in-jupiters-take-me-home monthly 0.5 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/86617310-e93f-42a3-9727-192ef5c3e5c6/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Sunrise in Jupiter’s ‘Take Me Home’ - Sunrise in Jupiter is an indie rock band whose music is as imaginative and transporting as their banner suggests. The group creates vivid, dreamy, and immersive worlds of sound that you can dive into and swim through. Their latest is ‘Take Me Home’. The current of the riffs, the electricity in the basslines and the peaks in the vocals. It is all very exhilarating. All of them drive towards a passionate place, carrying us with it. That heartache for home, the joys embedded in it, and the flooding memories. The band captures it all. Like a fiery photograph, it burns and hums and awakes something in the listener. That ability of the band to reach through the phone and draw the listener into a magical realism keeps them and makes them an extraordinary listen. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-mark-masguros-summer-nights-dream monthly 0.5 2025-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f872cda6-3f30-429b-8c2f-26c9eb790987/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Mark Masguro’s ‘Summer Night’s Dream’ - Mark Masguro’s music, just by himself is full of blooms. The electronic music artist and producer loves to build worlds with a cinematic sweep. With storytelling that is visual and wonderful. Now, on his latest release, ‘Summer Night’s Dream - Extended Version’, he collaborates with percussive artist, Beatman to create a dance pop paradise. It has a tropical, summer atmosphere. With mystical synth patterns, tones, and spreads, he builds a dreamy island of music. And the vocals also contribute to this imagery as it combines universal human emotions with frames like neon summer dreams, technicolor skies. The vulnerability leaks into the colorful backdrop, its electricity and potency. It is like a proper destination drama, of two lovers trying to find each other, of opening up to each other and being so visceral and raw. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-chandras-we-want-our-planet-back monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3497714b-6046-443a-a967-a42a2a4470cf/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Chandra’s ‘We Want Our Planet Back’ - The charismatic and larger than life pop rock band, Chandra focus their intention and energy on the earth with latest single, ‘We Want Our Planet Back’. The song is made to recruit the listeners in an anthemic rise to take control, to take a stand to to take it back from the hands of power-hungry politicians and corporations. The way that it is composed gets the job done. This band knows exactly how to design and employ music to suit a theme. Not only that but to cultivate it, spread it, and empower it. The vocals are bold, full of strength and purpose. That leadership is reinforced by the riff army, blowing consistently and hard. And the basslines, the battlefield is soaked up, drunk with power that they can keep drawing from. With snaking grooves and sharp peaks, they create a sensational scene with the rest of the soundscape. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-blofeld-sands-never-been-easy monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d8c04bc2-a740-405c-929a-857af9c036c9/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Blofeld Sands’ ‘Never Been Easy’ - Blofeld Sands’ sophomore release, ‘Never Been Easy’, is a rush of feeling. The soundscape is made to flow over you, through you, and even take you away with it. The destination is undecided, but there is a promise of endlessness to it. Imagine that you’re in a surreal desert, so immersively coloured. And a film of pink, purple dust rises and starts serenading you with illustrations, scenic sights, and an overflowing feeling of release. Of joy, of grief, of hardship and success. The experience of living but with an overarching sense of wonder and gratitude for it all. That’s what the song feels like. Dream pop sensibilities, colors and textures are all whisked by a shoegaze riff wind, ushering them all onward and upwards. And the vocals, both real and ethereal, create an intoxicating dimension within the song. It’s a very pretty song, visually and stylistically enchanting. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-electro-pop-torrances-galaxy-of-punks monthly 0.5 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/871105a6-cffd-4762-8a45-05fa9c75e5b2/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Electro Pop : Torrance’s ‘Galaxy of Punks’ - Torrance is a new age, imaginative, glamorous, electro pop artist. His soundscapes are like 3D art paintings of feelings, stories, and human experiences. You’ll especially experience it in his latest release, ‘Galaxy of Punks’ album. The tracks are colorful, high energy and full of visuals. Each one orchestrates space themes with rock, indie pop, and electric dance electronica. He doesn’t shy away from theatrics, instead leans into it and blows it up into a fantastic orb of music. The collection opens with ‘Cosmos’, a playful and passionate invite to explore the cosmos and expand your mind. It frolics with electric color and promises vastness. And it’s the perfect introductory anthem that launches the collection. In ‘More Than Me’,‘Starchild’, ‘Space Cadet’, and ‘Blast Off’, he walks a softer path, more contemplative and journeying. It leads the listener through loops of feeling and thematic drift. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-psychedelic-rock-ari-joshuas-voodoo-chile monthly 0.5 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0730d9bd-3870-434e-8179-86eb324e0f03/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Psychedelic Rock : Ari Joshua’s ‘Voodoo Chile’ - The psychedelic grooves in Ari Joshua’s interpretation of Hendrix’s ‘Voodoo Chile’ will claw you, burn you, carve into you, and carry you. It is full soundscape, dripping with blues, jazz and rock. It is an overwhelming rush of music that will take over your body and tug at your soul. That old school blues will wring you dry, its passion and pain so enchanting and so deep. Like a lover, the song demands a lot but also gives a lot. It may not be balanced but it is everything that it is so completely. It is special and so exuberant. The jazz will fuel you, funnel you, and create a wet forest atmosphere. So fresh that you can rock n roll with the grooves, fly with the breeze, climb up the nocturnal mountains, and sail in the dark seas of the theme. There is nothing like it. It is seductive and abstract in ways that will connect you to the ethereal, to the grandeur that you can only feel. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-pop-ava-valiantis-laugh-track monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2d83a22b-b90b-48ed-8379-a88b35ac45c9/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Pop : Ava Valianti’s ‘Laugh Track’ - Ava Valianti is a singer-songwriter and folk pop artist with an authentic pulse. For being a 15 year old, she has figured out her stylistic calling and leans into it with candor and vulnerability. Her latest release, ‘Laugh Track’, showcases her soft spirit with an endearing innocent touch. Holding that inimitable charm of coming of age songs, it flows with growth, heartache, youth, and accumulating wisdom. The artist does such a remarkable job conveying this multitude of emotions with her vocals; whilst also being true to her age, her experiences and her thoughts. The acoustic instrumentals reinforce this tone, this stage. It curves to fit the inflections of her voice, of the emotions underneath, and carries it so lilting to the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-shyfrin-alliances-buddha-blues monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad1a4073-d5c6-41a2-8fc3-22ab68dd3c7b/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : Shyfrin Alliance’s ‘Buddha Blues’ - Shyfrin Alliance creates a smoky, hypnotic room of blues in his latest release, ‘Buddha Blues’. The artist is known for his compositional genius, especially in the ways he crafts the theme into life. In this track, he uses low tonal strings, a dispersing bass, baritonal glory as the backdrop for stark bluesy lines of melody. While the whole track carries a classic aura, the contemporary elements and observations show up progressively. Perhaps in the destiny of the track, the way it meanders suggestively to many places. While that is one part, the vital part of the listening experience is just contained in enjoying the ambience, the atmosphere of blues that he casts. And just floating away into the meditative dynamism of the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-alternative-bigdenboos-the-journey monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c45f03f1-e7ed-40ea-9151-d8f020ed79e1/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alternative : BigDenBoo’s ‘The Journey - BigDenBoo is an alternative artist who views his soundscapes as a way of projecting his inner worlds. His thoughts, his feelings, his ideas, his stories, and everything in between wrapped up in a cinematic sonic consciousness that you can indulge and immerse in. There is a lot to be said about this composer and prolific musician. But he lets his music speak for him and it readily does, in volumes. To him, the most valuable thing as a composer is expression. His ability to dilate and expand it to showcase its details, its nuance and its layers are remarkable. And that’s what he revolves his stylistic endeavour around. To pose a theme with a cinematic resolve. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-richard-tyler-eppersons-like-everything-else monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bee7a333-f967-4655-9fab-4370c8cf1f4a/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Richard Tyler Epperson’s ‘Like Everything Else’ - Richard Tyler Epperson’s music is marked by its flow, its rhythmic nuances. It is designed to carry emotion naturally and capture experiences in the way that it played out. His latest release is ‘Like Everything Else’ a track that has so much character and personality that it mounts on you and takes over. Swaying between soft, acoustic contemplation to a hard, passionate, and intense rock frames, he makes it immersive and affecting. We see mellow accents and soft baritones authentically progressing to a riff-induced, power-wrung, emotionally rich landscape. It has its dip and peaks, creating pockets of enchanting imagery and sentiment. The textures are scrumptious, so influenced by the vocal tones and tonalities that it makes for a cohesive boom that is rewarding and memorable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-tospacewegos-lives-ive-wasted-willingly monthly 0.5 2025-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/29f7d204-31b0-4fe9-8b0f-a5ec0b8a8dd8/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : ToSpaceWeGo’s ‘Lives I’ve Wasted Willingly’ - ToSpaceWeGo is an alternative band that flies to planes that are rare and underrated. For their latest release, ‘Lives I’ve Wasted Willingly’, they soar through a twilight sky, so mellow, dreamy and softly technicolor. It casts us in contemplative moods, a timelines that seems to be moving backwards into the past. They pair slow burning guitar riffs with glassy tones, dull melodies, and an encompassing instrumental haze. It is such a layered composition both stylistically and thematically. The latter manifests as a swimming combination between nostalgia, heartache, and retrospective wisdom. It nicely rises into each other, creating a valley of memories all playing out distinctly and simultaneously. And in all its dim glory, the soundscape seems to be an intimate, surreal place that walks on the edge of reality and dreams, wishes and regrets, desires and feelings. It is all interwoven like the threads of fate. And while this is all initially defined with a bluesy alt rock ambience, they all mesh together and all combine towards the end and emerge as a sublime jazz frame. This band truly stands for the stylistic essence of alternative, going wherever led, envisioning a space that is uniquely theirs. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-pop-me-and-melancholys-open-your-eyes monthly 0.5 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a88084b7-3b22-47b1-bf58-e6d1d25b2a6b/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Pop : Me and Melancholy’s ‘Open Your Eyes’ - Make it stand out Me and Melancholy or M&M is the one man project of composer and artist, Peter Ehrling. The artist combines his love for deep emotion, experimentation, and exploration to create immersive sound banks. With just one song, you can extend into meaningful journeys and experiences. The best way to listen to his track is to seek out the layers, the nuances that lead us into these levels. His latest release is the ‘Open Your Eyes’ album, a modern electro pop collection that is plush and vivid with dark sensibilities. The contrast is so elating, a new way to present and experience the realities of melancholy. The artist views the phenomenon of melancholy as a new world, ushering in accents that are futuristic, colorful and full of inspiring imagery. ‘Open Your Eyes’ introduces the collection. With its fresh splashes of synths, dynamic beats and colorful quotients stand in a nice contrast to the deep and melancholic vocal flow. We see similar themes coming together in tracks like ‘Are You Still here?’ and ‘Naive’. ‘Don’t leave me in the dark’, ‘You’re on your own’ and ‘A quiet place in the dark’ create a stringing brand of electro rock. The heavy riff textures are matched with angled beats, electronic grooves and a cohesive build that is dark and eccentric. The marker of this artist’s style lies in his ability to perceive webs of feeling buried deep and articulate them with his music. ‘Big Lie’, ‘There is a whisper in the wind’ and ‘Cold down to the bone’ all have experimental accents and elements to it. They especially manifest in the rhythm, in its scattering patterns, zig zagging propensities, all shimmering with feeling and sensibilities that feel both universal and personal at the same time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-classical-robert-mcgintys-return-to-lullaby-mountain monthly 0.5 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2bc371e7-e678-44f7-895a-603a016ccc0b/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Classical : Robert McGinty’s ‘Return to Lullaby Mountain’ - Robert McGinty dwells in the imaginative sphere, in a place, at a point where the cerebral contemplations flow into matters of the heart. And the result is a fairy tale composition that you can keep sipping from. There is always an element of magic in his songs, one that you can carry into your own reality to make it a little more special. To elevate it to a point of aching beauty. His latest release is ‘Return to Lullaby Mountain’, a piano piece that you can delightfully get lost in. The exploration of the theme is so layered and rewarding. Because the more you go in, the more you reach in, the more treasure you find. Some of the arcs are meant to make the listener experience surrealism. Like getting absorbed by the soft and silent grandeur of nature, his music makes you see and feel the supernatural. Makes you pass over to the other realm of things, journey through their fantasies and fall into a dreamy sleep. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-marc-soucys-mayhem-in-antrctica monthly 0.5 2025-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7c7c5072-fbd9-47c6-b756-1270bb9eaee7/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Marc Soucy’s ‘Mayhem in Antrctica’ - Marc Soucy’s instrumental and compositional prowess is marked with sophisticated technique and elegant vision. In his latest release, ‘Mayhem in Antarctica’, the artist casts the listener in a musical cinema. Drawing from eastern classical styles and influences, he sets the stage for the thematic scene to unfold. Oriental tones, Hindustani instrumentals and ambient flows are made versatile. Slow and doting, the introduction gets strung into an experimental dispersion, a powerful pull. Jungle sound samples are mixed in with experimental rhythms and accents. Like a forest fire, the energy magnifies. A bolstered rock plane skates along with marching earthy beats. Then we see a modern jazz effusion, going back and forth. And like this, it all snowballs. The jazz, the cinematic screens, the rock, the electronica and the experimentals. Featuring the talent of Jeff Carano on the bass and Ray Lavigne on the drums, the song is as festive as a town fair. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-claudio-olacheas-hoy-como-ayer monthly 0.5 2025-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/79a85b55-803a-4c27-aa92-a6ae2d21c34f/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Claudio Olachea’s ‘Hoy Como Ayer’ - Claudio Olachea is a Los Angeles based musician, composer and instrumentalist who creates music like feelings form. He details progressions down to the nuances of experiences. It’s like telling a really good story. Immersing the listener in ways that they fall into this reality, this way of seeing and feeling. His latest release is ‘Hoy Como Ayer’ or ‘Today Like Yesterday’ is a dreamy instrumental that dotes on nostalgia, shapes it, gives it form and then lifts it into a romanticist story. Perhaps yesterday was the day something really special happened. Drawing in momentous evolutions, the neo jazz flow is gradual and complete. The ambient layers reveal the luminous treasures lying underneath; as if the embers of yesterday are burning to come alive again like the fire it was. And melancholy of the fact that it cannot happen is wound into it. There is also a facet of infinity woven into the soundscape, a velvet soft promise that we will keep in going, the memory of yesterday, its magic and its light. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-hybrid-kids-cry monthly 0.5 2025-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/01e9aa9c-cb70-4d24-81ab-17ff5557656b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Hybrid Kid’s ‘Cry’ - Hybrid Kid, like the banner suggests, is an explorative and experimental project. As a one-man rock band, it expounds a lot about the artist’s roots and vision. Because it is classic and contemporary, edgy and expressive. Lot of bridges form as the artist delves into the fringes of garage rock, indie, and alt folk to combine them all to form a new sound. His latest release is ‘Cry’, a somber, gloomy and dazing track that flies into the alternative radar. The contrast of the luminous instrumentals and the vocal emotions illuminate the theme in such a unique perspective. It takes on so many layers, gets cast in so many through trains and directions that you can keep falling into it. The quality of the composition and the atmosphere is sure to keep you coming back for more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-donnyj-hill monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ba7eccea-8464-42c3-beec-2a9dd9042b7e/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : DonnyJ ‘$hill’ - DonnyJ is an alt pop artist with a pulse that is fluid and full of range. The artist brings conscious lyricism to moments of exploration and passion to reveal the complexity that lies underneath. His latest release is ‘$hill’, a track that paves a deep and contemplative path. The ambience that he sets is a perfect backdrop. And his vocals are drawn from a place of raw vulnerability and pure emotional power. Stylistically, the alternative elements manifest as a contemporary mix of neo soul and dark pop. Together, they carve out the edges and blurs of the theme, journeying towards the innateness of being human and the feelings that make you feel whole. It is warm and bittersweet, running deep into the wetness, the potency of the human experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-michellars-dreaming monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c2e3e74d-62d7-49b8-a370-eea43f580e63/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Michellar’s ‘Dreaming’ - Michellar takes us places with her unique songwriting and production. For her latest single, ‘Dreaming’, the artist infiltrated surreal pop with gloomy rock elements to immerse the listener in the thematic experience. The rhythms are loose, fluid and hypnotic and the tones tingle in a cerebral way. When you listen to the progressions of the song, you gain a lot of layers, of blues infused instrumentals, of vocals that traverse worlds, and a sense of daze/trance. The song also touches on the places that some of The Beatles’ classic rock went to. There is a depth to the track that calls to you, hidden like a siren’s secrets. Each groove, as it forms, glistens like colored glass. A reflection that is readily absorbed into the vocal emotion. Add to this texture play, beats, cinematic tangents, and acapella accents, and you’ve got yourself a meaningful rendition. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-delta-of-venuss-disengaged/slipping monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-steven-browleys-long-rainy-road monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9310da10-618a-4506-8a45-d2ecf739ebe8/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Steven Browley’s ‘Long Rainy Road’ - Steven Browley is a singer-songwriter and composer focused on listening experiences that are incredibly immersive. When it comes to his music, the themes form and expand so widely into so many related areas of emotion. His latest release is ‘Long Rainy Road’, where he starts at an ambient acoustic, blues guitar point. The molten strokes of melody set against the gloomy backdrop is the cosiest setting to explore love, heartache, and nostalgia. With the acoustics, we see warm jazz notes swirled into them. Steven’s baritones are raw, vulnerable, and delicate as they flow, as they grow into the thematic experience. We also see orchestral flows, neoclassicals that pose an imaginative sphere to get lost in. And all these melodic brands just coalesce and become a cinema, a liquid emotion that is visual and visceral. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-hilgrove-kenricks-mirror monthly 0.5 2025-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/514836f7-c4b0-4607-8203-9e3c06394f89/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Hilgrove Kenrick &amp; Sam Watts’ ‘Mirror’ - Hilgrove Kenrick is a sonic painter. A scenic, landscape creator. The ambiences that he crafts have such a deep soul, a profound presence that carries meaning and emotion within it. Like a river, he meanders through forests of thought and contemplation. And what he finds always has a simple grandeur to it. A thread which if you pull on will keep on giving, expanding, and opening up. His latest release is ‘Mirror’ featuring and co written by Sam Watts. The piano composition has a dulcet feel to it, glimmering ever so slightly, sparkling, and softly luminescent. Perhaps this alludes to the theme in a way. It makes you think of liquid glass with something altogether magical on the other side of it. There are moments of stillness leading to clarity, to bubbles of epiphany that brings you closer to yourself. That beauty that you perceive in his landscape resonates with your own inner landscape. It spreads, a light floating awareness, on the wings of the vocal harmonies and hums into you. And just like that, you see yourself, the miracle that you are, the expansive nature of your presence and existence. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-the-flying-beets-i-see-through-you monthly 0.5 2025-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6aa89eea-ce57-45b7-8e53-02e80a863930/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : The Flying Beets’ ‘I See Through You’ - The Flying Beets is an indie rock band from Texas, crafting music to outline life experiences and emotional parlance. Storytelling is the core theme in their songwriting and performance, that it becomes a connective element between the band and the listener. Their latest release is ‘I See Through You’, a track that explores moments of a relationship where love goes unexpressed or hidden behind games. And the protagonist sings to his lover, telling her that he knows it all, that he knows her heart. So she can finally let her guard down, and reciprocate completely. The track is made with piercing tones, ruminative rhythms, and fuzzy riff textures. All pooling into the free range expression of the vocals. The artist goes effortlessly from one to 100, so vulnerable, compassionate, all edged with a little bit of angst. A full circle of a lover’s heart emotion pallet. And the vocalist does such a good job showcasing it all. There’s a whole world in the vocals; with the instrumentals extending it and exploring outward to enrich the soundscape. Making it immersive for all the classic styled indie rock listeners. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-allegras-refund monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a02202ba-2874-4839-953e-0f35234081e5/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Allegra’s Refund - Allegra is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. She leads with passion and heart, and that connection instantly forms as you listen to her music. Her latest release is ‘Refund’. The first single teasing her debut album, ‘Unsent Love Letters Vol. 1’. The track is edgy, dynamic, seasoned with power and delivered with a mellow grandeur. Her vocals fly across a range of emotions and sensibilities, carrying us with it. And it’s fun to go along, to be in her head, breathe in the headspace and emotions that she occupies. There’s a lot of youth in it but also a lot of wisdom and vulnerability. The beats, synths, melodies, and rhythms form intuitively, creating associations that are authentic and meaningful. If you enjoy artists like Rachel Platten, Olivia Rodriguez, and the like, you’re sure to love the listening experience of this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alternative-simeon-kirkegaards- monthly 0.5 2025-04-03 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-rosetta-wests-snake-25 monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/819c5400-ce2b-4c92-a984-fc8cbd543547/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Rosetta West’s ‘Snake 25’ - Rosetta West throws open the doors of rock. Playing around with possibilities, they create a new brand of sound. It’s like a whole new world out there. With psychedelia, alt folk, and indie rock influences. Their latest release is ‘Snake 25’, a track that delves into the significance of the year of snake, 2025. They lean into the mysteries and mystique that the animal represents and drives it up. There are so many layers to it. The riffs have a defining mold. The basslines spread out, like roots and foundationally cultivate the soundscape. And the vocals, an otherworldly entity altogether is born with each verse, casting dimension and light on the riff machination. Like a Russian Doll, each element seemingly comes out of the other, creating a mellow vortex of music, sensibility, and sound. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neo-soul-ltbs-butterflies monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/126e3966-7906-4e71-b071-3464d459e187/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neo-Soul : LTB’s ‘Butterflies’ - LTB’s fluid style and sonic dynamics is reinforced all over again with his latest release, ‘Butterflies’. The artist stretches out along the coast of the soul spectrum, so effortlessly cruising through. Hip hop beats rise and fall into the ambience synth frame. There is a freshness to the tonalities and textures, perhaps to situate the essence of the theme within the story of the protagonist. The neo-soul features are nicely matched with the R&B vocals. There’s a little bit of pop rap in there as well, mixed up with orchestral dives and rises. All in all, it makes for a very easy listen. It gets cast in the room around, filling it up with the emotions and experience of the protagonist, his state of mind and stream of consciousness. If you’re looking for an immersive listening experience contemplating heartache, this one is for you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-chatons-from-the-future monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a07b3e12-9cc4-4fee-acfc-a23d2a8f8af7/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM : Chaton’s ‘From The Future’ - Chaton really gets into it. The artist’s electronic music is layered, concentric and intense in the best way. He is hardcore and passionate and you can tell. Everytime you listen to his music, it makes for quite the movement and cerebral journey. His latest release is ‘From the Future’, in which he builds techno into a futuristic mold. The places it takes you to and the journey getting there is fantastic. He lets the baselines define and take over the temporal attributes of the song. With synths and beats creating slick highways to race through, it is a race track to a high place. It feels futuristic, the symmetries, the imagery, the chromatism, and the build ups. Beat attacks launch you into high places that have accumulated so much energy and vibes that you can just float and feel and move. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-larry-karpenkos-fare-thee-well monthly 0.5 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/91dc5e36-eb59-4783-90dc-d90d4a865b6c/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Larry Karpenko’s ‘Fare Thee Well’ - Larry Karpenko’s music is infectious. Like happiness or a beautiful sunny morning. It passes its sentiments and sensibilities readily to the listener to hold and experience and be transformed by. His latest release is ‘Fare Thee Well’, a track that deliciously blends melancholy with good wishes. The essence of wishing well for someone else, the selflessness of it, the warmth, and the love. All of it radiates from the song, so vibrant, buoyant, and eternal. It is light in a song. With dazing vocals with bubbling textures, glassy tones, all contained in an ethereal/heavenly atmosphere, the song is so endearing and uplifting. A beautiful luminosity seems to course through, spread into you and all over you till you’re also a liquid pool of sunshine, of good energy and freshness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-folk-yvonne-lyon-boo-hewerdines-the-things-you-find-in-books monthly 0.5 2025-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6034673f-078e-4222-8d33-6fe4ab3e4adb/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Folk : Yvonne Lyon &amp; Boo Hewerdine’s ‘The Things You Find in Books’ - Yvonne Lyon & Boo Hewerdine create a piece of soft brilliance with latest album, ‘Things Found in Books’. Uniting nostalgia with a love for books, human experiences and complex human emotions, they have composed this collection with so much detail and depth, thoughtfulness and taste. Stylistically, they throw it way back, to the 70s and 80s, marrying indie sounds with folk elements and neo classicals. The compositions flow contemplatively, doting on each inflection and evolution. The title track, ‘The Things You Find in Books’, opens the album. Detailed with ambient casting accordions, curving cello lines, and a warm pool of baritones, it elevates the old soul. The lyrical poetry blossoms especially in Yvonne’s vocals, a cool contrast to Boo’s voice floating in from past time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-martinbeatzs-missing-part monthly 0.5 2025-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/27918ad9-9984-4763-8696-23c8b5e04b6c/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM : Martinbeatz’s ‘Missing Part’ - Martinbeatz is a sensational DJ, an artist who perceives music as movement. So, his soundscapes are essentially vibrations that are fostered with the internal mood and momentum of feelings. His style combines house music with dance pop and ethereal pop to create an out of body atmosphere. Listeners of Zedd, Calvin Harris and Avicii are sure to enjoy the progressions and launches of this artist. His latest release is ‘Missing Part’, a track that opens at an intimate and vulnerable note. With teeming synth progressions, color work, and unbridled tonalities. With symmetrical, rhythmic rises, the artist makes a sort of 3D art of the thematic feeling. Groping in the dark to lifting into contemplative planes, into the light of epiphanic realization, the track fantastically represents the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-my-turning-points-brand-of-melancholy-in-the-eulogy monthly 0.5 2025-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1cbfdab5-0c96-465c-8090-d6cf5ff02d33/1.png Music Reviews - Experience My Turning Point’s Brand of Melancholy in ‘The Eulogy’ - My Turning Point is an independent singer-songwriter from South Wales, UK. Examining life through the lenses of melancholy, its melting sentiments and contemplative explorations, the artist carves out important songs. Songs that are raw, vulnerable and honest. Songs that foster an intimate connection between the artist and the listener. Songs that cast you in an air of reflection and connection with yourself. His latest release is his sophomore album, ‘APATHY’. ‘The Eulogy’ is taken from this album, a track that explores the spaces that exist between the dead and living. The chasm of pain, its void and the falling blackness. It is quite powerful, both in songwriting and vocal delivery. With just acoustics and an expressive voice, the artist details a state of mind and a state of feeling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rb-shanay-morants-the-elements-of-naysoul-vol1 monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/78f08223-5745-4e36-990a-a3273ef0c594/6.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ R&amp;B : Shanay Morant’s ‘The Elements of NaySoul Vol.1’ - Shanay Morant is a singer-songwriter and R&B/ neo-soul artist who projects her emotional experiences into pieces of music that you can absorb into yourself. She flows across the soul spectrum, drawing from hip-hop beats, soul, blues, dreamy melodies, and everything in between. All of it molded to create a lofi atmosphere of song and feeling, her songs can be quite wonderful to expand into. Her latest release is ‘The Elements of NaySoul Vol.1’ EP, a collection that has an autobiographical feel to it. Like she’s composed it with moments of her own life, strung it into a system of faith, power, and peace. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-band-polinikas-nothing-belongs-to-us monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4336ff4e-a596-4884-9239-068eaad39aad/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter Band : POLINIKA’s ‘Nothing Belongs To Us’ - POLINIKA is a Russian singer-songwriter band. Their music not only tells stories but builds it in real time with expressive acoustics. Their style blends classic styles with the warm breeze of contemporary accents. So plush and fresh, the simplicity of their vision, the elegance of the execution, and the immersive environment that they cast around us. It is all very memorable. Their latest release is ‘Nothing Belongs to Us’, a track that explores the connections people form and the way it spreads into their lives. Most times, the simple truth is that life is impermanent. Things like time, people, moments, and memories. The protagonist crafts a surreal space where it all connects back to her, but until she gets there, she is to enjoy life as it comes. Even though nothing may belong to her. The vocals carry a warm simplicity that with subtle inflections is made to transcend to dreams, hope, and a manifested reality. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-claudia-ballas-lbnyom monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b921abda-fc5b-4599-a1e5-40445b67e373/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Claudia Balla’s ‘Lábnyom’ - Claudia Balla’s music is marked by her versatility. The artist and singer-songwriter can reach into so many types of spaces, tap into emotional atmospheres and sentimental spheres. In her ‘Winter Tale’ album, she drifted to angelic planes of expression while in her single, ‘Lábnyom’, the artist creates a fairytale journey, an odyssey that shapes the protagonist. In her latest single, ‘Imaginary Boyfriend’ she leans into pop accents, rhythms, and energy to create a feel-good track. If you enjoy 2015/2016 Taylor Swift, you’re sure to enjoy the pulse of the track. The beats are catchy and the hooks form around it so effortlessly. Claudia’s vocals are lost in the dream that she’s spinning, of the perfect boyfriend who fulfills all her desires and needs. She takes a universal girlhood experience and crafts it into a feel-good and memorable song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-experimental-electronica-applied-communications-boyfie-sale monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1a720842-86d2-4ef8-837d-f009ac7b3aab/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Experimental Electronica : Applied Communications’ ‘boyfie sale’ - Applied Communications is an experimental electronic rock banner that takes musical expression to a whole other level. It leans into the retro electronic vibe and drives it into the future with explorative sequences, springing imagery, and unique circuits. Their latest release is called ‘Boyfie Sale’, a track which sort of has a junky, retro electronic for sale and purchase vibe. Where you would ideally go to pick up outdated, chunky, nostalgic, and geeky appliances and gears. The soundscape, switching between a spectrum of styles from rap to beeping video game sounds, to Latin blues accents to hip-hop basslines. There’s some jazz influence as well that you’ll see in the spontaneous rhythms but they are evasive. Leaning into the fact that trends and time are cyclical, the soundscape takes us on quite the sonic journey. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-downtown-patriots-mothers-arms monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/279510df-5625-41cf-9192-eab917a42688/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Downtown Patriot’s ‘Mother’s Arms’ - Downtown Patriot’s sound is deep, rich, and surrounding. The singer-songwriter and acoustic banner, founded by Danny Watts takes you back to the olden days when music travelled and stood still with time. The artist's latest release is ‘Mother’s Arms’ , a track about a soldier’s homecoming. The artist explores the whole spectrum of feeling homesick, missing your loved ones, lightly touching upon patriotism, to finally coming home to the place you grew up in, to the smell, warmth, and comfort of your mother. The raw and bare soundscape is all about the human emotion and experience that sparked its creation. If you enjoy the work of Nick Drake and Sufjan Stevens, you’re sure to enjoy the meaningful blends of this artist. As the acoustics take on mellow creativity, a new life and a heartwarming perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-sophia-bs-love-in-new-york monthly 0.5 2025-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ed639088-0d37-4d86-a3cf-bcb64f36ae09/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Sophia B’s ‘Love in New York’ - Sophia B is a singer-songwriter and an alt pop artist. Her style blends the expressive intimacy of classical vocals with contemporary pop affluence. So the soundscape is large and expansive, lined with simplicity and the soft edges of familiarity. In her latest single, ‘Love in New York’, she builds a whole city around love and romance. The composition is dusted with a complex melancholy as the protagonist compares the love in New York as shown in the movies to her reality. It feels confessional as she weaves in details of heartache, tears, and loneliness over the magical, feel-good imagery and expectations that movies and Broadway have etched into people. It is such an intricate and honest composition. Raw and real in its expression that it gets to be so powerful as you flow with it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-jfts-maybe monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8bf3d2f3-e335-41ed-acc0-69d262c5ff3f/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : JFT’s ‘Maybe’ - JFT is an alt rock connoisseur and singer-songwriter. His music comes alive, with each element, tone, stroke and rhythm feeling as real as it feels to him. And the result is a vivid, luminous and layered soundscape that is as immersive as life itself. His latest release is ‘Maybe’, a track exemplifies the visceral moments of the artist’s experience. His authentic exploration and portrayal of the theme is illuminating in its honesty and inspiring in its journey. The instrumentals, especially the guitar work, are so bold and powerful. It carries so much, expresses so wilfully. And spearheaded by the vocals, the soundscape becomes an extension of thought, emotion, memory, story, and experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-tim-camroses-happening-again monthly 0.5 2025-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5bf4ba91-464c-42a2-94a9-05075629b41d/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Tim Camrose’s ‘Happening Again’ - Tim Camrose is a singer-songwriter and indie artist. His style is fluid, ranging across a spectrum of alt folk and indie rock. You’ll see a little bit of The Smiths, The Beatles, and even some of Queen’s mellow compositional style. His latest release is the ‘Empty Roads EP’, a collection that is contemplative and whimsically alternative in style. There are a lot of genre variations that are strung together, from folk to indie rock to pop rock to even a spell of jazz. ‘Happening Again’ is taken from this collection. The composition holds so much space to spread out and explore the theme in. And the artist, with evolving themes and stylistic elements, creates nuances that elevate the message, the emotion and the listening experience as a whole. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-crayola-lecterns-stars-over-louth monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9a6a4b85-e5fa-4011-97e4-38905e436c47/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Crayola Lectern’s ‘Stars Over Louth’ - Crayola Lectern is a composer and pianist who creates fairy tales with his music. The artist has a way of crafting details into instrumental compositions in a way that tells a story. And around it, he formulates a mood, an atmosphere that you can live in and draw from. His latest release is ‘Stars Over Louth’, a track that projects a contemplative world. The melodies are measured and melodic in ways that marry neoclassicals with alt folk. Listening to the track has the effect of dispersing the mind and casting you in a daze. The dallying lines of the piano are infused with rounded jazz flute melodies. So subtle in inflection but expressive in ways that will immerse your mind. If you like to be lulled by music, then this is your best pick. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nathan-lowarys-anything-electronic-vitality-at-its-creatively-alternative monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e311bd2e-9af6-4396-9b01-7e902efc5376/4.png Music Reviews - Nathan Lowary’s ‘ANYTHING’ : Electronic Vitality at its Creatively Alternative - Nathan Lowary’s debut single, ‘ANYTHING’ speculates on styles that are so vast and varied. It is as if the track encompasses everything, expanding into spectrums of electronic music, twinkling with textures, like a new star, a spectacular sound wave, forming with a fluidity and spontaneity that is electrifying. We see oozing synths of oceanic volumes and vibrations coursing through the introduction, lifting into colorful strings, hills, and rooms of melody. It’s so fresh, and the transitions are sparked by energy and emotion shifts. So they feel natural and intrinsic arcs that spearhead beautiful and scenic sonic transitions. There’s also moments of trance that the artist captures you in, an ethereal atmosphere of sparkling music and melody. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-rap-munzers-supernova monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/12b956e7-ca0a-486c-ad95-6fa77a03c62c/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro-Rap : Munzer’s ‘Supernova’ - Munzer delivers electric performances. As a hip-hop artist who finds rhythms and colors in electronic music, he creates versatility that his listeners can immerse in. In his latest release, ‘Supernova’, he extrapolates dance music to moments of pop, to anthemic rap, and feelings of love. The textures, colors and grooves are so fun. And with beats skating across the soundscape, up and down, skipping on melodies and riding the vocals, the composition scales up massively. With that, so does the energy. There is so much passion, power, and just a whole lot of presence that you can keep on riding. Inspired by the theme, the artist crafts the song in a spatially expansive style, scaping love, heartache, and melancholy within it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-stephen-webbers-new-york-new-york monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c20db135-eaa0-4cd8-ae67-4ba0f53e944c/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Stephen Webber’s ‘New York (New York)’ - Stephen Webber is a singer-songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. His latest release, ‘New York (New York)’ is a catchy, upbeat, narrative anthem that captures the contrast of classic, old time New York and how it has evolved through the years. With a comically tumbling rhythm underpinning his goofy, performative, and fond vocals, the song runs quickly, as if on a run, with an engaging urgency that keeps you awake and running with it. As the vocals skip over the many institutions and cultural landmarks of the city, we catch on bits of nostalgia, joy, pride, and almost a feeling of friendship. It is fun, engaging, and just the track you need to get a peppy start to your day. Especially if you’re a New Yorker. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-kat-kiktas-cherry-trees monthly 0.5 2025-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a8643a5-306c-422d-bafb-57a50777bb1d/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Kat Kikta’s ‘Cherry Trees’ - Kat Kikta’s music is so uniquely cinematic. Her soundscape is crafted with expansive stylistic pallets. From alt folk to neoclassicals to electronica to ambient music, the range is free and fluid, intermingling to form new colors, textures, and patterns. Her latest release is ‘Cherry Trees’, a track that is fitting for this Spring season. Marked by themes of growth, revival, and creativity, the track further reinforces and ties into the song’s title and its spirit. The track has a shifting vocal trajectory. From spoken word verses to spatial harmonies to angelic singing, it has a mesmerizing way of blending with the mood and frames of the soundscape. The artist hits a lot of cerebral notes, dispersing the music into ethereal planes, and then drawing it out into newer frames of contemplation and feeling. We see so many arcs that overarchingly explore the sanctity of the earth, our raw and visceral connections to it, and the importance of preserving its beauty, its fragility, and its intricacies. She links this wisdom very subtly to human experiences and human life in general. Within the alternative soundscape of her, it all takes on beautiful perspectives that have the power to change minds. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-mad-bad-worlds-weirdo monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bb82a880-3ef0-4db1-bf0a-9d6a67bfa5da/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Mad Bad World’s ‘Weirdo’ - Mad Bad World’s music is genre-bending, mind warping space. It might be just what you need if you’re into a Pink Floyd state of mind. Experimental, explorative, and ethereal, the places that you’ll travel to during the duration of one song, you can’t find or experience anywhere else. His latest single is ‘Weirdo’, a track for which he leans into the absurd and abstract to unearth a sort of fantastical universe. With dream pop, indie rock, shoegaze hyperboles, modern electronic and experimental alternatives, the experience is so delightfully psychedelic. It’s like you’ve been dropped into an extrapolated, layered, and adult fairy tale. The trick is to give into it, to flow with it, fall into it and become a part of it. Try it! It’ll expand your mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-bedroom-pop-loralees-feeling-ok monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f61b9041-37f6-4c46-a409-cbdc23c7135e/4.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Bedroom Pop : Loralee’s ‘Feeling Ok’ - Loralee’s music forms where R&B/soul softly meets bedroom pop. The singer-songwriter and artist combines dainty lyrics, saccharine vocals, and floating melodic pieces to craft ambient soundscapes. So you feel like you are absorbed into her inner world. You feel her feelings and know the essence of her presence. In her latest release, ‘Feeling Ok’, the artist stretches along the horizon of balance as she explores the artistic battle between perfectionism and contentment. Each dollop of melody, acoustics, lofi keys, and the vocals flows to find the beauty of imperfections, the character it builds into the track, the milestones it marks in creative growth, and the grace that comes from taking this journey. The bedroom pop element makes it feel more intimate, vulnerable and even confessional. In ways that brings the listener closer to both themselves and the artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rap-karmas-anthem monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5b9f697c-f5a3-4a98-9571-06a3c9188d10/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rap : KARMA’s ‘Anthem’ - KARMA is iconic. They are legends in the making, up there with bands like Destiny’s Child, TLC, and Spice Girls. They bring the spirit of power of womanhood to the doors of R&B and hip-hop. The result is a badass, high power peaks that showcase their versatile style, range, and memorable executions. Their latest release is the ‘Anthem EP’, a six song collection that revived old-school soul accents and makes it work in a modern context. These girls are what you would call OG, because they know the past and revive it with each track. The title track introduces the collection with a splash of sass, style, and an attitude that will win your hearts. With versatile rhythms as their base, they model the vocals, verses, melodies, and hooks around it. So you keep on driving up on shifting scales of style, energy, and swag. Just the best thing to get hooked on at the moment. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neo-soul-alfred-jones-stupid-town monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f06f9e1b-f842-4e18-a93a-df5f158eefd4/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neo-Soul : Alfred Jones’ ‘Stupid Town’ - Alfred Jones is a singer-songwriter and a neo-soul artist. Hailing from Virginia, there’s a little bit of everything that makes up the soul music spectrum. From all ethos of its evolution. His latest release, ‘Stupid Town’ is so softly spontaneous that it ebbs from one plane to flow effortlessly into another. We see moments of dream pop, R&B, alt folk acoustics, and a touch of modern blues. His style, influenced by artists like Fleetwood Mac, Gracie Adams, and Willie Nelson, is to craft soundscapes as musical tales that showcase intimate moments of individual thought, feelings, and memories. And the soundscape keeps us moving from neo jazz in the intro, to blues piano lines, to soul pop and dreamy R&B as we progress into the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-synth-pop-creativity-native-scenes-sometimes-we-arrive-at-the-short-fall monthly 0.5 2025-03-19 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/twice-darks-telekinetic-a-dark-cinematic-pop-universe monthly 0.5 2025-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b21d921f-953c-4fdc-9d9e-72dde12e99d5/1.jpg Music Reviews - Twice Dark’s ‘Telekinetic’ : A Dark Cinematic Pop Universe - To listen to Twice Dark is an immersive experience. Its cinematic weaves, bedazzled gothic realms, and fantastical elements create an otherworldly atmosphere. It is surreal, so spectacularly unique, dynamic and interactive. The artist attaches his music to the listener’s mind, digging through that inception to find things, create and expand it. And this kind of mind warp is welcoming and pleasingly stimulating. His latest release is the ‘Telekinetic’ album, a collection that he has been teasing with singles like ‘Necromantic’ and ‘Time Traveller’. With these tracks, the artist set the scene, built the thematic foundations, the stylistic precepts that we see multiplying and evolving across the rest of the songs. The world gets more detailed, more deep, and more meaningful when you experience all the tracks coming together. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-hip-hop/rap-daxs-i-hate-that-i-love-you monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/409cfee4-36bc-4496-b3d3-e1b5267f6c81/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Hip-Hop/Rap : Dax’s ‘i hate that i love you’ - The best adjective to describe Dax’s music is ‘powerful’. He puts his entire self in it, drawing from authenticity and honest spaces to forge connections with the world, with himself, and with his listeners. His music boasts the same quality that Eminem became famous for. Such raw and deep vulnerability that it is piercing in the most affecting way. You’ll see it in his song, ‘I Hate That I Love You’. Toxic love connections and attachments that fail you over and over. That’s the theme that the artist explores. With slamming, crying, screaming, hating and loving vocals, the artist so beautifully captures the complexity of letting go of the person who isn’t right for you. That isn’t serving you. To let go of all attachments, real and imaginary to a person who you might consider meaningful. The struggle of it forks, jabs, and punches you at each turn. It is real and so powerful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ethan-golds-mirror-dont-have-any-feelings monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/afc5ab1b-ee59-4fd3-9ff4-4cf31981ee87/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Ethan Gold’s ‘Mirror Don’t Have Any Feelings’ - Ethan Gold is a singer-songwriter and an indie rock artist. His melodic compositions create reflective and contemplative journeys that you can go on. They’re so meaningful and always offer a perspective or a feeling to take away. His latest release is ‘Mirror Don’t Have Any Feelings’, a track that stylistically forms along the spectrum of The Smiths, John Mayer, and melodic rock era of Queen and even notes of The Beatles in some parts. The song explores themes like vanity, judgment, individuality, and self-acceptance. And as you progress through the stylistic nuances of the instrumentals and the flowing vocal evocation, a web of self-love starts to form. Quietly, intimately. And the more you listen for it or lean into it, the bigger it becomes and the more you can take away. It’s quite an immersive and insightful song; one that will definitely stand out to you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-michele-thomass-no-more monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b0c5a89b-5f87-4ab8-a509-0006615f0862/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Michele Thomas’s ‘No More’ - Michele Thomas is a singer-songwriter and jazz artist of the new age. Reviving everything about the classic about the genre, of the things that inspires her about it, she shapes it into a unique, distinctive piece that expresses real parts of her soul, of her growth, of her being. ‘The Assumption’ album, released in 2022 was some of her best and most powerful work. It is almost like a self-portrait, with the tracks chronicling breakthroughs, heartache, spaces, and moments of a life lived. Taken from the collection is ‘No More’, a track in which Michele so eloquently and gracefully asserts selfdom, autonomy, and independence. And the soundscape swinging between playfulness and passion, intersperses her narratives. And it all makes such a vivid portrait of emotion, expression, and the experience of being a woman. Listen Now! The song was composed by flutist, Hubert Laws and written by lyricist/ singer, Jon Hendricks. These legendary jazz artists composed the song in the 60s. This cover by Michele Thomas, flows with her own interpretation and influences; making it a perfect cover for these, contemporary times. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-cinematic-electronica-marc-soucys-sympatico-now monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e27fa96d-6c9d-4e5e-bbaf-96684354e7df/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Cinematic Electronica : Marc Soucy’s ‘Sympatico Now’ - The compositional prowess of Marc Soucy is extraordinary. It expands across styles, gaining expressive, and more cinematic profiles. From warm neoclassicals to histrionic electronica, he slides through such a fluid scale that it is nothing short of virtuoso. His latest release is ‘Symphatico Now’, a track that witnesses the confluence of retro electronica, folksy, feel good neoclassicals, and a dance groove. All simultaneously, all contextually reconciled and united to create the most unique, distinct and refreshing soundscape. There are a lot of sonic theatrics within the song that engages the listener. And because the artist intentionally explores such vivid scenes of stylistic collaboration and experimentation, you never really know what is coming next. The rhythm is slow and flowing but the beats and groove are stacking and the melodies wander. And the result is an abstract space of creativity and harmony that you can keep sipping from. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-psychedelic-rock-the-alls-eyes-the-simian monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a3833e0-ccec-49a7-8428-409d49285e45/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Psychedelic Rock : The All’s Eye’s ‘The Simian’ - Ari Joshua is back with yet another creative project, ‘The All’s Eye’. And much like the banner’s title suggests, it is stylistically promiscuous, slipping, sliding and playing with blues, jazz, psychedelic rock, soul styles. It casts an ambiguous ambience that the artist is known and loved for. The result is a big splash of music that energises, elevates, and revives you. Because it’s so new, so wholesome, fresh and most importantly passionate. His latest release is ‘The Simian’, a track that features the talents and contributions of Kris Yunker, Ben Atkind, and Jason Hann. The guitar based rock track branches out in so many directions, returning to each other, weaving a dense and intricate tapestry of folk, neoclassicals, afrobeats. The jazz structures are undertones, influencing every element both in big and small ways. And in that way, the manifestation of styles, their essence is so thoughtfully layered. And just like that, many permutations and combinations of expressions are born, just for the sake of it, just for the sake of passion and just for the sake of joy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/korda-korders-i-wont-live-like-you-do-a-singer-songwriters-misty-reflections monthly 0.5 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e1e38100-3193-4ac3-9a32-e3d0abf9fb4c/3.png Music Reviews - Korda Korder’s ‘I Won’t Live Like You Do’ : A Singer-Songwriter’s Misty Reflections - Korda Korder is a singer-songwriter and indie rock/ alternative band. Contemplative, dreamy, romantic, and surreal, their style is as mellow and expansive as the sunset sky. Their latest release is ‘I Won’t Live Like You Do’, a track that is buoyant with melancholy, floating thoughts, and sailing melodies. With indie rock dimensions underlying the mesmerizing vocal plane, the band achieves a style that is reminiscent of artists like Men I Trust, Beach House, and a more textured, weightier Lana Del Rey. The track is made at the pace of slow dancing. Best way to enjoy it is to sway with it and let it bloom inside you. With lyrics that are minimal but delivered with emotion, the artist encircles the mind with a thematic high that you will find yourself spellbound by. And the vision, design, and production is up there on the sophistication scale. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ghost-of-a-soulmans-still-love-you-a-rustic-story-of-heartache monthly 0.5 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e037b810-2b08-4fa9-a405-67e15dae580a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Ghost of a Soulman’s ‘Still Love You’ : A Rustic Story of Heartache - Ghost of a Soulman is a rustic country music banner that sows stories of life and we get to watch it bloom with a fluid spectrum of emotion. And the journey that it entails is meaningful and so full of sentiment. Their latest release is ‘Still Love You’, a track that traces the melancholy of heartache in the aftermath of love. The juxtaposition of dark lyrical themes and soft, tender vocal evocations creates an elegant complexity. It manifests throughout the song as a deepening depth, like the growing shadows cast by the setting sun. The artist’s introspective reflections is not just lyrical but forms more so in the way he delivers it. The consistent tone, the patience, and the everlasting loop that both of these create. It never stagnates, you never encounter the same point again. Like a river, the thoughts, the emotion, and time itself keeps flowing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bad-bubbles-sprinkler-an-electronic-cinema-for-the-soul monthly 0.5 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f7cada82-fdf9-4479-bc13-97f18a7c4807/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Bad Bubble’s ‘Sprinkler’ : An Electronic Cinema For The Soul - Bad Bubble’s electronic cinemas only get better and better with each release. He has the ability to enliven human emotions, simultaneously embedding you in the experience in the context of it all to make it immersive in an incredible way. There is so much power in forging meaning like that. And he knows it, and he is only hones it with each passing track. His latest release is ‘Sprinkler’, a track that creates an evocative graph of electronica, neoclassicals, R&B/Soul, and chorals. All of it swirls and becomes a sensation in the ethereal sphere. And like that he connects something we all feel and recognise to a majestical space, a sphere that is bedazzled with romanticism, contemplation, dreaminess, and so many bouts of creativity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-among-the-masses-antarctica monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dd81bc20-1998-4eec-ba06-1ba74ff65c51/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Among the Masses’ ‘Antarctica’ - Among The Masses are a Swedish group of musicians who reshape the contours of rock, pop rock, and alt rock as we know it. Inspired by guitar-based bands like Radiohead, Pink Floyd, and Television, they craft flavours and variations in thematic presentations with guitar melodies, riffs, basslines, and everything in between. It is rich, immersive, and incredibly novel. Their latest release is ‘Antarctica’, a vibrant and vivid composition that fills up with layers of sonic affluence. We see new wave blended with Duran Duran style 80s, some Beach House, all culminating in a classic rock outfit that makes you nostalgic and feel good. To showcase the icy and cool atmospheres of the theme with such incredible dynamism, performative color, anthemic builds and soaring vocals reveals a hidden vitality that can be quite rejuvenating and refreshing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-techno-saniel-woods-techno-village monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9975cb92-5dd1-4840-a64b-045d05cc4340/4.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Techno : Saniel Woods’ ‘Techno Village’ - Saniel Woods is an electronic music artist and producer. He fathoms rhythms, beats, and melodic formations that probably exist in an Otherworld, far from earth. He is a techno master who focuses on a genre of cerebral travel. The music flows inward and outward connecting the spaces that exist on either side of the body. And there is such a hypnotic harmony in that, a psychedelic dimension that you never want to give away. His latest release is ‘Techno Village’, an album that is dense in its sensibilities, as it fills the spaces around you. With titles like ‘Black Sea’, ‘Neptune’ and ‘Strange Planet’, the artist forges smooth, slick sonic highways to skate to these themes. And the journey is what matters. The visuals, the beat programs both collaborate to create an almost cinematic visual that you can keep looping back into. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-singer-songwriter-the-7th-gatekeepers-no-one-was-saved monthly 0.5 2025-03-12 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronica-monofoniques-midnight-zone monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3798c228-842e-40fa-8146-09dde55d3f44/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronica : Monofonique’s ‘Midnight Zone’ - Monofonique’s electronica is not of this world. The spheres that it holds, forges, and expands into is so spectacularly otherworldly. Both in space and time. Listening to his music is almost like time travelling, because you get to experience such futuristic states of mind. Progressive and compelling, the best way to listen to his music is to lose yourself in it. It’ll lead you to the most wonderful spaces. His latest release is ‘Midnight Zone’, a track that elevates the nocturnal quotients of the theme. Using melodic techno, consistent beat frequencies, and soaring altitudes, the track is reliable and ever evolving. Once you plug in, you know you’re going to have a good time, go to an electric world. The synths slather, sizzle, and slice through the soundscape. They bubble over the beats. And there is also a contemplative plane that you can slip into, become a sort of spectator and enjoy the visuals that the track has to offer. Or if you want to be in it, you can surrender your body to the beats and you’ll be ebbing and flowing like the colors of the dawn sky. It is mysterious, dark, but exciting and electric. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-tia-louises-enough-for-me monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fe4fd880-22e0-4a44-9a4e-6e80407ef5d8/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Tia Louise’s ‘enough for me’ - Tia Louise is a singer-songwriter who carves her music out of nature, her love for it, her belief in its beauty, infinities, and affluence. She finds expression in its rhythms, stringing stories into it, contemplations in its expanse; generally detailing a life lived. Her latest release is ‘enough for me’, a track in which she adores the simple things in life, the small joys and the sweet moments. With floating acoustics as her accompaniment, she allows her vocals to float into moments and details of her day. The writing on the park bench, new branches, the texture of everyday life and the shapes forming everywhere around her. And just like that, she romanticises the life around her, softening it in the process. And as you listen, you feel the warm current of beauty and gratitude seep through to you and bloom into a serene and peaceful space. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-transverses-homesick monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/329adf53-e185-4127-b4ab-41f38ebb5455/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Transverse’s ‘Homesick’ - Transverse is an electronic music artist and producer. To him music is a way of conveying and transferring energy. With a unique and immersive formula of EDM/ pop, the artist seeks to revive a positivity in his listener’s mind. His latest release is ‘Homesick’ , a track featuring Duck Evans. Together, they transform the way you would experience the feeling of missing home. This is not to say that they do away with it. But they build on its core, the sweet sentiments of the theme, with dynamic and uplifting melody flows. The artists, with square grooves, heartfelt vocals, and feel-good builds a castle of memories, a sense of self, autonomy, and an overall happy ending. If you enjoy the work of Calvin Harris, Zedd and the like, you’re sure to enjoy Transverse. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-noah-kahlils-karma-collects monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/018e2b94-9290-4001-97f4-4be785438bd8/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul : Noah Kahlil’s ‘Karma Collects’ - Noah Kahlil brings soul music to the contemporary era. His style is bare but rich, simple but conveying, classic but creative. The artist doesn’t pigeonhole his creativity. But flows into it, from rap to hip-hop to neo soul to jazz to R&B to funk to reggae. Nothing is limiting or limited to him. His latest release is ‘Karma Collects’, a contemplative, charismatic and compelling track that unites dazing, dreamy R&B ambiences with subtle beat dynamism, funk grooves, and a floating verse. It is all a continuous loop, with never a moment of emptiness or vacuum. The ambience is created with momentous nuances, each second is accounted for, provided for, considered and created with his music. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-s-warming-light monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f44bddbe-5822-402c-a098-96d9ccccb1a9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Голос КАА’s ‘Warming Light’ - Голос КАА is a contemplative feeler. His emotions wander and strays with his thoughts, mounting into big, expansive landscapes that you can just float in. That’s what his songs feel like. They are so immersive and carrying. Sometimes it is abstract or absurd, other times exploratory and experimental. His latest release is ‘Warming Light’, a composition that explores the nuances of ambience, its emotion, feelings, and momentous evolution. And he does it distinctively, in his style. The track opens with an acoustic guitar line that floats into a resonant cello room. His baritones are soft, translucent as they pass through warmly along with the guitar glints. This carries on into performative spaces with dazing synth skies, fuzzy textures blooming. And just like that, it evolves into a whole other world taking you with it. The flow is so new, so experimental, and astounding. And by the end of, as you meander through the jazz arc, you’ll surely be warmed up. Not only that but you’ll have experienced the essence, the spirit of the theme, of the warming light. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-casey-mcquillens-better monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b20072fc-39a8-4e2b-ac5e-2f13e3e055ae/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Casey McQuillen’s ‘Better’ - Casey McQuillen tells stories. Stories about life, love, romance, and everything in between. Her track is a delightful stylistic mix of Charlie XCX’s Boys era, Ariana Grande, and Sabrina Carpenter. There is an intimacy to all her soundscapes, that instantly draws the listener in and connects them to the theme. Like in her latest single, ‘Better’, the artist explores the playfulness of a girl in love with a guy who is already in a relationship. It is not intense, but light, airy and dreamy. There is a girlhood innocence to it which readily melts into the dream pop/ soft pop atmosphere that she crafts for it. Through the track, the protagonist is writing an imaginary note to the guy she loves about all the things she would make better in his life if she got the chance. It’s fun and so enjoyable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-instrumental-robert-mcgintys-reflections monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ana-graceys-afterlife monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/06291652-3d0e-436f-9660-ea8b3c125977/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Ana Gracey’s ‘Afterlife’ - Ana Gracey is a singer-songwriter and a contemporary pop artist. Her superpower is to transform music into pure, distilled emotion. The vocal grasp, the instrumental design, and everything before and beyond that is innately connected to the experience of being human. Her latest release is ‘Afterlife’, a track about grief and loss. But the artist puts a hopeful, contemplative, almost angelic spin on it, willing to see and meet her loved one in a place and time that is beyond life. It is so touching and special because it drives home the eternity of love, of its capacity to be unbound by life or death. The artist’s vocals touch beautiful evocative peaks, apexes of real time feeling that you’ll feel molten as you listen to it. They portray the infinite grandeur of love and memories. And makes you think about how it gives us an inexplicable ability to see past this life, to other lives where perhaps, we might unite with the ones we lose. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronic-music-glassjacks-hero-just-for-today monthly 0.5 2025-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/892744ff-7c94-424f-8cf4-08700441b779/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electronic Music : GlassJack’s ‘HERO (Just For Today)’ - GlassJack is an electronic music artist and DJ. He doesn’t just make music, but he forges them for performance. Putting on electric shows with sizzling synths, explosive beats, and a dance floor that you can tap to infinity to. In his latest release, ‘HERO (Just For Today)’, the artist brings in some of his 80s styles and influences, adding disco to an atmosphere of dance and pop. The result is fun, elevating, and energizing. The song forms in so many layers, so many styles. The rhythm has so many multitudes to it, and the grooves are influenced by the R&B/soul vocal influences. There is of course a light house music vein that coupled with a mellow disco vibe, gets to be quite the immersive experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-the-marble-arches-faking-the-moment monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c61db900-017d-4e74-bc6f-6255700eb20b/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : The Marble Arches’ ‘Faking The Moment’ - The Marble Arches are an alternative/indie band that are driven by the expanse of the rock genre. They go where few artists go, and even to places where no one has gone before. It’s all about the thematic expression for them, momentous, creative, and even playful most times. Their latest release is ‘Faking the Moment’, a track that leans into the dramatics, darkness, and the compelling complexity of the theme. The track sports melodic rock that floats in funk, into 90s alt punk arcs and then into a coarse, garage/grunge depth that keeps you coming up for breath. This sequence of experience of experiencing pop-punk both on its lighter and edgier/heavy sides is quite a fulfilling contrast that you want to keep coming back to. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-red-cabins-straight-line monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cf5532c4-293f-4e58-81c4-b196ef490dc6/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Red Cabin’s ‘Straight Line’ - Red Cabin is an alt rock band with a progressive edge, a 90s angst, and experimental flavors that is unlike any other. The result is cerebral collaborations of rock and electronica. It is new, fresh, and interesting. Their latest release is ‘Straight Line’, a track that creates the theme with contrasting elements and design. Because the composition is anything but straight. With electronic variations, patterned progressions, and edgy riff design, the track expands into so many sonic levels. The vocals are also elastic, both in emotion and range, forging itself in the likes of the instrumental pulse and rhythm. The electronica gets more colorful, as they frolic over the second verse before bending excited by the burgeoning riffs well into the climactic arc. It becomes a smooth river of synths alongside the riffs before levelling down into a serene twinkle, suspended finally in a straight line. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-christophe-lorients-petit-cran-de-couleur monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c78b3652-a405-4815-be14-8584f1627bfb/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Christophe Lorient’s ‘Petit Écran De Couleur’ - The Belgian artist and singer-songwriter, Christophe Lorient, creates musical experiences that are ambiently contemplative, with beautiful narrative nuances. The listening experience is made meaningful with intricate melodic work and plush tones. His latest release is ‘Petit Écran De Couleur’, a track that carries nostalgia, a sense of cozy homeliness and a vocal warmth. It is so memorable. The emotional imprint, the sentimental affair, and the lifting atmosphere of recollection, reflection, and remembering. Even if you don’t understand the lyrics, you’ll find yourself identifying with the fondness of the vocal tone, the whimsical tracing of melodies, and the funky grooves of the guitar. You’ll also find traces of alt folk that merge into a modern indie rock and French pop accent. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-regls-treat-you-right monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/68b29f35-9ffb-4eb5-8a55-86592a223a01/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : REGÁL’s ‘Treat You Right’ - REGÁL is a singer-songwriter and an R&B/Soul artist whose brand candidly explores love, relationships, human complexity, and heartache. He curates mellow alternative atmospheres that juxtapose R&B with styles like lofi hip-hop, pop rap, afrobeat, and soul pop. His latest release, ‘Treat You Right’ is one of his fluid styled classics. The track is about a girl who has closed her heart to love and men because of her past. However, the protagonist wants to love her right, treat her the way she deserves to be treated and make it alright. His vocal presentation brings out the theme with such clarity and simplicity. It carries the emotion so authentically and honestly. And as it becomes progressively paired with light-hearted afrobeats, mellow instrumentals, and a light groove, it gains a feel-good vibe that you can ride while rooting for the protagonist to finally get his girl. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-matyas-night-light monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a3224247-60eb-4b4c-bc76-25868628fa76/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Matya’s ‘Night Light’ - Matya’s style is influenced by glamor, by glittering synths, by feel good sentiments, experiences that make you feel high and happy. There is so much romance in her music that she shares the ability of seeing beauty, feeling beautiful, and living beautifully. Her latest release is ‘Night Light’, a track that begins with the warmth and comfort of a night light and then floats away, outside the window to have nocturnal whimsies and contemplations. The artist’s vocals infuse a sense of playfulness, of lightness that transforms the thematic experience. There is so much luminosity in the soundscape. Shimmering synths flow into mystique, into disco pop, to dark brackets of music, and then back to a glam shiny dance pop stage. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-larry-karpenkos-heart-calls-love monthly 0.5 2025-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/204bb971-7c8f-4896-ad8f-2c4c9e856d56/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Larry Karpenko’s ‘Heart Calls Love’ - Larry Karpenko’s music is influenced by the philosophies of happiness and joy. The artist’s brand is fresh with feel-good themes and flavors, all made to revive something in the listener. Sometimes, we all lose things along the way; the shine of falling in love or the way to light. This artist’s music has a way of reminding you of that version, that time, and that sense of beauty of human experiences. His latest release is ‘Heart Calls Love’, a track about opening your heart and realising that there is so much love in it. So much power and so much hope and wonder. It can be a very enlightening experience to open your heart again. To let go of fear and be courageous. That moment of levity, lightness and light is what the artist seeks to capture with this track. That innate nature of the heart to call out to love. He portrays it with shining melodies, expansive vocals, uplifting beats, all surmounting to a surreal ambience, a grand feeling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/a-technicolor-contemplation-in-tony-frissores-know-yourself monthly 0.5 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6f8d2458-4966-4742-b239-035016a38100/4.jpg Music Reviews - A Technicolor Contemplation in Tony Frissore’s ‘Know Yourself’ - Tony Frissore is an electronic music artist and producer. His soundscapes envision a human experience. They create ambience for mental, emotional, and cerebral journeys that open you up or perhaps more aptly reveal parts of your life to you. It has this sort of latent aliveness that strongly contrasts with the resigned mundanity of life. Like in his latest release, ‘Know Yourself’, he makes a dynamic meditative atmosphere for people to flow into. The music is trippy, rife with visuals, color, and a whole lot of tones, tingles, and patterns. And they are all flowing towards something. You don’t know what but it is so beautiful, so good that it makes you want to follow them and find out. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/zoeleelas-gold-reloaded-forges-an-electronic-edge-like-never-before monthly 0.5 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/50ff67d4-663b-4800-959d-090180b0bbeb/3.jpg Music Reviews - ZOE.LEELA’s ‘Gold Reloaded’ Forges An Electronic Edge like Never Before - ZOE.LEELA is an alternative artist, a fresh, edgy new talent that masterfully mixes pop scapes with modern electronica to transform your state of mind. Her latest release is ‘Gold Reloaded’, a teaser of sorts that preempts the new era of a person. Which is especially relevant at this time of the year, when the momentum is starting to pick up, and become more transformative. The features in the song are quite novel; appearing to be effortlessly so rather than forced or deliberate. That stamp of youth is so vivid. And it is made stronger with the explorative and futuristic style that she adopts. With drum n bass/dubstep floors paired with absurd and a random collage of melody, sonic flashes, and floating pieces of vocals and verses. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-ev-janneys-set-me-free monthly 0.5 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/03e1d11c-3fb6-4516-b700-c6219da45e8d/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Ev Janney’s ‘Set Me Free’ - Ev Janney is a singer-songwriter and pop rock artist with a very explorative style. His passion powered, feel-good brand of music is so honest, authentic, vulnerable. Everything from the vocals to the melodic arrangements are all intentioned and aligned with the theme. In his latest single, ‘Set Me Free’, the artist creates a song that journeys to freedom, a story that delves into the shackles of the past, the battle of the present and the dream of the future. The instrumentals are driven by these themes as they slowly progress towards a more liberated space. The theme is crafted to be applied to anything that holds you back. A bad relationship, an unwanted habit, emotional weight, or even just a bad day. There is a lot of 80s ethos, transferring to the 90s across the soundscape. And his vocals, anthemic and grand is definitely a force to flow with, to rise into and draw from. If you’re in the market for an energizing, expressive, and exciting track, then this is the track for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-abns-morphus monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-limitlesss-that-girl monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2f637fa2-7dfc-4bc9-9818-bb3b0de64c51/7.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Limitless’s ‘That - Limitless is a singer-songwriter who roams the folk-electro-pop sphere, creating emotions like panoramic shots. The acoustics spread out into ethereal spaces, with the vocals following closely behind. If you want to experience an infinite space then his debut single, ‘That Girl’ is the perfect song for it. The artist so elegantly explores the depths and peaks and possibilities of love. The kind of love that feels continuous and old; a many lifetimes kind of love. The vocals are so beautifully expressive. Crafted to pave a path to an elevated, incredible plane of feeling. The acoustics swirl, as if mixed into a big sphere of water. It is spread out further with shimmering synth touches. As you listen to it, you’ll feel yourself passing through moments of joy, mirth, and a general expansive feeling of happiness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electronica-karman-vortex-streets-when-will-it-start monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/572527d9-d97d-48ff-8cb0-aaba08c657c7/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Trance: Karman Vortex Street’s ‘When Will It Start’ - The introduction to Karman Vortex Street is vibrant, vivid, and spectacularly dynamic. With their debut release, ‘When Will It Start’, the artist forges new age techno/ psytrance. The beats are electric, the synths are transformative and the rhythms are warping. Combining an increasing tempo with looping, clashing, crossing synth and texture work, the soundscape is an explosion of sound. It is also a visual experience, one that elevates the sensual quotients of the mind. Stylistically, the artist tumbles techno highways with splashes of house, dance music, trance, and other electronic sound effects. It builds extraordinary dimensions into the song. It is perfect for drifting, gaming, working out, or if you’re just in a fantastic mood and want to travel to another world. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-brian-lamberts-take-my-heart monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a5db6e86-9a2c-4458-9732-54b404be16bb/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Brian Lambert’s ‘Take My Heart’ - Brian Lambert is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and rock artist with an edge that is vintage and piercing. His tracks hold a kind of old school energy, especially in the instrumental textures, riff clouds, in the grooves and vocal delivery. ‘Take My Heart’ is the artist’s latest release. Gritty, emboldened, and a whole lot of sensational, the track resonates powerful. It’s almost as if the music is lifting off of the soundscape and entering the actual world. All the ways in which he uses the guitar is hardcore. The grit, the rolling grooves and the humming riffs. It is both a daze and disillusion. Think Nirvana, and deep rock artists like that.If you enjoy the 80s garage style rock with hypnotic grunge accents and a very faint country accent, you’re sure to enjoy this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-reina-moras-weeds-elated-remix monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/778c2789-e563-46d3-a32c-5fcbd6d0aac3/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Reina Mora’s ‘Weeds (Elated Remix)’ - Reina Mora created a powerful song with her release, ‘Weeds’, a track that explores heartbreak, difficult relationships, and complexities of love. The alt folk track is aching and affecting, intimate and powerful in its original form. But with this latest ‘Elated Remix’ of the song, the artist throws it back to the 2016s, to artists like Daya, Zara Larson, Zedd, and Ellie Golding. The song is uplifted by drifting synth columns, bubbling beats, and just an overall electronic uplift. It is fun, engaging, dynamic and engaging. And it also seems to lighten the emotional themes of the song, infusing instead a sense of sonic grandeur. If you enjoy the work of Calvin Harris, Avicii, and Chainsmokers, you’re sure to enjoy this song. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-the-afronicks-get-there-before-noon-la-mix monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-lady-rednecks-amazing-grace monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-ltbs-my-fault monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6c43d85f-de0f-4ec6-be83-2c14c02796ab/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : LTB’s ‘My Fault’ - LTB’s soundscapes are what dreams are made out of. His R&B, neo-soul, and pop artist is fundamentally human. But it is raised to a contemplative plane, accentuated by swirling melodies, hip-hop beats, and expressive basslines. His latest release, ‘My Fault’ is a song about the aftermath of heartache, of a toxic relationship. It holds melancholy that can expand to cover oceans and extends into the horizon. The vocals are a great narrative medium. The way it holds the tale, the emotion and the atmosphere and transfers it honestly and candidly to the listener is so affecting. It holds the weight of love, of human experience. And it makes you feel connected with the artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-the-messages-his-return monthly 0.5 2025-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/91e29a72-59f7-4b7d-ba67-a26b520b2d57/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : The Mess:Age’s ‘His Return’ - Singer-songwriter, musician and producer of "The Mess Age" Glen Brandon " Ziggy " loves the alternative sphere. Having worked with artists like Bowie Duran Duran, and the like, you’ll find his stylistic variations to be vast and remarkable. There is rock but also an ever glaze of synth pop, and floating islands of disco and dance rhythms. His latest release is ‘His Return’, a track that springs with spectacular moments of music. It’s a stylistic revolving door with country/ folk frames flowing into classic rock, into melodic sequences, anthemic power pop beats, piano details, all encompassed in an anthemic glaze. It is feel-good, entertaining and engaging. There are so many textures, all harmoniously crafted and passionately executed. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-country-rock-jess-the-bandits-jessica monthly 0.5 2025-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b591abb4-9f1f-4b79-9fca-ffde001b14bb/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Country Rock : Jess &amp; The Bandits’ ‘Jessica’ - Jess and The Bandits is a Texan, country rock band that explores the essence of storytelling with music. Drawing from experiences of love, faith, hope, and belief, they drive into philosophical ruminations and contemplative themes. Carried by a strong and passionate voice, it all comes alive in real time. Their latest release is ‘Jessica’, a collection that delves into the many dimensions of the founder, doting on encounters and instances of life to derive wisdom from it. Feel good and uplifting, it is marked by roiling instrumentals, hearty verses, and fulfilling soundscapes. ‘God Did Good’ introduces the album, a track that describes an honest and good man who is perfect in a relationship. There is gratitude, adoration, appreciation, and pride in the vocals as it details the best man in the world. It is a classic country rock song with molten guitar melodies, electric riffs and melodic rhythms that carry the theme to high places. We see similar themes and instrumental flows in tracks like ‘Kids in Love’, ‘One Day’ and others. ‘Don’t Tell Me How You Feel’ and ‘No Pot of Gold’ are softer songs that drift to valleys of contemplation and melancholic storytelling. ‘I Ain’t Wrong’ and ‘The Truth About Lies’ contrast with edgy, bolstered, and powerful song making. The vocals are emphatic, empowering, and driving. Jess and The Bandits flow with the feeling. They keep it real and authentic, passing on the candor of life to their music as well. And in an era where most things are orchestrated and manufactured to cater to the masses, listening to this band is a breath of fresh air. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-baytrees-bottle-of-wine monthly 0.5 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0aecf4dd-c39b-4373-82c2-0622cbcb66a9/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Baytrees’ ‘Bottle of Wine’ - Baytrees are a Brixton based alternative band who create memorable instrumental experiences. They travel back in time to draw out influences from the 70s and 80s and bring it back to the indie rock scene. There’s a lot of funk and soul influences that animate the rock, that splashes into the synths and curves the grooves. Their latest release is ‘Bottle of Wine’. The song is meant to set the perfect atmosphere to pair with a bottle of wine. There is that intimacy, excitement, the sultry daze and the lush promise of the theme. The band creates a story around, a story about love, lust, attraction, and passion. There is moonlight, starlight, and beaches all tinged with the romance of theme, all glistening, and elated by the instrumentals. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-wonderfuls-just-so-beautiful monthly 0.5 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d6917402-42c2-4ec3-8d84-a5ef55532a05/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Wonderful’s ‘Just So Beautiful’ - Wonderful is an electro pop band from Seattle. Their soundscapes are sewn in with vibrant threads of melody, fun textures, and a whole lot of dissipating color. Their latest release is ‘Just So Beautiful’, a track that captures the impact of beauty, the refreshing atmosphere of it, and the joy of it all. Groovy synths, fun hooks, feel-good vocals, and luminous floors mark the listening experience. The song is about loving someone and realising everyday how beautiful it is to love and be loved. Of finding the one for you, and deriving joy from celebrating them, their personhood, and their partnership. There’s no point of dip in the song. It’s paradise and dreamy all around. And as you listen to it, you’ll realise that the band passes on that levity, buoyancy, and state of mind to you. It is contagious like a lovely day. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-anjalts-just-stay-4-a-while monthly 0.5 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bf0fb807-417c-4aba-9aba-1cfb87490e06/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic : Anjalts’ ‘Just Stay 4 A While’ - Anjalts is known for her sonic atmospheres. Her ability to create music that is immersive extends to ambiences as well. As she proves in her latest single. ‘Just Stay 4 A While’ is atmospheric in the most soft and supple way. The emotion is so deep and pure that it seems ethereal. And that is how it is presented. With shimmering synths underlying acoustic guitar waves and enchanting vocals, the soundscape is the echo of the person who you’re missing. The melancholy sweeps across, creating landscapes of emotion that you can absorb into yourself. And the best part is, she marks the depth of the absence and loneliness with the richness of their spirit. It deepens the thematic experience and takes you on a journey. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-jay-j-ras-one-day-at-a-time monthly 0.5 2025-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/92f4edc7-8aca-4d25-8997-133a4b1aed99/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : Jay J Ra’s ‘One Day At A Time’ - Jay J Ra’s music is about feeling human, in the most real sense, as it applies in life. He dips to the most vulnerable level, and that’s the starting point of his music. As an R&B/ soul artist, he understands the appeal of staying true and authentic, while also the beauty of embellishment and atmosphere. He draws a nice harmony between the two and creates soundscapes that transport you to spheres of deep and true reflection. While also keeping you in a dreamy bubble. His latest single, ‘One Day At A Time’ is about the promise of light at the end of the tunnel. And all you have to do is keep moving in the direction of it, one day at a time. His vocals are a powerful tool. Because even though the words are simple, the emotion is quite affecting. It is comforting and keen and a place you would call home. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-rock-griffen-handshakes-three-strikes-and-youre-out monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a3127597-c228-4feb-910f-481ff8565680/2.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Rock : Griffen Handshake’s ‘Three Strikes and You’re Out’ - Griffen Handshake is an alternative rock band that is big on the saying, ‘Go hard or go home’. Their riffs, basslines, and beats are designed to drift, to drive the listener to spheres of cerebral highs and stimulations. Even stylistically, the grooves, the melody lines, and the breaks are hardcore. They do explore alt elements and they do it with grandeur, charisma, and an electric power. Their latest release is the ‘Three Strikes and You’re Out EP’, a collection that flows like an ultimatum. The title track’s riffs and beats are relentless like torrential rain. They keep falling, with momentum and madness, a passionate punk-powered, garage rock/ hard rock song. There are moments of light whimsy that change the mood from intense to playful; reminiscent of Queen, both in style and delivery. We see these drastic contrasts, stylistic dimensions in most tracks. In ‘Morgan’ the beat is a little more bolstered with chromatic melodies, synth pop influences, and pop rock anthems. In ‘Kicking Rocks’, we see performative vocals built up by riffs, basslines and beats. It’ll perhaps remind you of Panic! At the Disco, especially in how ardent the vocal expression is. ‘Unclear’ has a little bit of everything. Soulful vocals, melodic rock riffs with a bluesy cast. Streaks of passion run hot in the chorus, vivid and remarkable. There’s even some soft piano melodies that break the heat. ‘Wings’ concludes the album. The vocals are reflective, expressive, and contemplative. There is an intimacy in it. And it is carried by the wild ocean of instrumentals, harmonies. Each arc has a crescendo, an apex that the guitar spectacularly drives to, an exhilarating peak to jump off of. It is cathartic, liberating, and a great culmination to a grand EP. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rb-jeilanis-absence-of-affection monthly 0.5 2025-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/838ca897-7d4f-4cca-935e-da4e6e27844c/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ R&amp;B : Jeilani’s ‘Absence of Affection’ - Jeilani is an R&B/ soul artist with an alternative pulse. With neo elements, fluid rhythm dynamics, experimental accents, and mellow beats, he creates frames of emotion, stories that reveal the experience of being human. In his latest release, ‘Absence of Affection’, the artist explores the complex labyrinth of heartache. A sphere that has been often and consistently explored across centuries in different art forms. However, Jeilani has made it his own, authentic sphere, one that not only spells out the experience but reveals the artist behind the music. And that connection is so sacred and powerful as you journey through the album. In ‘Absence of Affection’, we see a changed life. It’s not just a world that has been devoid of affection, but a world that has seen it, felt it and lost it. The pain can be an abyss, one that consumes you. And he dives into this with a modern, edgy pulse that honors classic R&B but also leaves space to make it his own. ‘Mistakes’ opens the album. The track sets the stylistic tone for the album along with telling a wrenching tale about a toxic relationship. The stylings and production are so fluid. Imagine a mix of The Weeknd, Drake, and Leon Bridgers. There’s a little bit of everything, fused with a unique chemistry and emotion. Tracks like ‘Look What You’ve Done’ and ‘Rebound’ have a commercial appeal. It is dressed in remarkable beat cycles, and catchy vocal loops. On the other hand, ‘New Obsession’ and ‘Over..?’ have a more introspective, intimate vibe. The songs have mellow flows, thoughtful vocals, and a reflective vibe overall. We see some rap scattered in the tracks. But more so in tracks like ‘Out of My Life (My Way)’ and ‘BS Demon’. It is interesting to see how the rap in both these tracks manifest in such different form and style. It speaks to his artistic vibe and the modernity of his craft. If you are in the market to experience alternative R&B, this artist is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lynsey-tibbs-hold-me-close-a-singer-songwriter-bliss monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bf6f720b-9649-415c-bc98-efd4e0c5853c/8.jpg Music Reviews - Lynsey Tibbs’ ‘Hold Me Close’ : A Singer-Songwriter Bliss - Each of Lynsey Tibbs’ songs contains the whole of her being. And listening to them is like getting to know her. As a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist, she preserves authentic expression as one of the core elements. Her vocals don’t hold anything back, they give it all and they give it all heartily. ‘Hold Me Close’ is the artist’s latest single, a track that features the raw ideals of loving and being loved. Accompanied with just a thin acoustic guitar line, the soundscape holds no filter, no divides between the artist and the listener. And as you travel, journey through the song, you’ll find yourself held by the clutching emotions of the artist. With the intimacy washing over the atmosphere and the overarching warmth of the expression, you feel like you’re being held. A beautiful way to conceptually manifest the theme in real time. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-venzs-slow-motel-an-alternative-story-of-stolen-passions monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/04779775-00d9-4646-8639-a5d72f8e66de/5.png Music Reviews - The Venz’s ‘Slow Motel’ : An Alternative Story of Stolen Passions - The Venz is the alternative banner of composer and producer, Christian Leman Brown. He writes music that is so piercing and visceral. And the way he emotes, it’s vivid, stuff that stays with you, carries into you, and blooms over and over. ‘Slow Motel’ is the artist’s debut single, a track that exemplifies the raw style and visceral affectations of the artist. The track is gloomy and fuzzy. A room that holds moments of parts of an extra marital relationship, the tumultuous and passionate nature of the connection, and the many layers that it percolates into. The composition is an alt rock brilliance, one that seems to intuitively form around the theme. It is storytelling, it is evocative, touching upon dilemma, angst, aliveness, and loneliness of crossed connections. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fabio-cicalas-the-words-i-didnt-say-the-language-of-the-past monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/eg-phillipss-poetic-ethos-blooms-in-the-albatross-song-mellow-like monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-cheryl-craigies-im-only-me-when-im-with-you monthly 0.5 2025-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b7c2d604-d2b6-413c-a0f6-fde847e52ae6/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Cheryl Craigie’s ‘I’m Only Me When I’m With You’ - Cheryl Craigie is a singer-songwriter who tells stories about feelings. Through detailed depictions, she carries its essence to the listener, sharing it with them, passing it on. Her latest release is ‘I’m Only Me When I’m With You’, a love song that explores the pure bliss, the fantastical feeling, and the beauty of finding yourself through love. Her vocals are expressive, performing the theme with sentimental curves, warmth, and so much presence. You can feel the artist recall her own experiences into the song, creating an authentic impression of love as she knows it. The track also has that old timey, forever kind of love vibe. The soundscape, made with ethereal acoustics stretches out into an infinity that loops back into the vocal emotion. So you can keep drifting through the feeling, sipping from its sunsets and its sentiments. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-cristina-movileanus-beauty-cleanse-the-mind monthly 0.5 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/996786ba-e499-40d7-b55e-9980b1e5173b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Cristina Movileanu’s ‘Beauty Cleanse The Mind’ - Cristina Movileanu makes music in the alt folk sphere, one that drifts into the suggestive infinities of ethereal/ mystique/ soulful/ romantic presentations. Her vocals extend into these spheres, curving into them, always bringing something back to craft the theme in unique ways. ‘Beauty Cleanse the Mind’ is a track that explores the warm affluence of beauty, of Nature’s vastness. And what comes out of it is a healing journey, so purely informed by the sanguine sentiments of blue skies, sunsets, snowflakes, and stars. Her vocals are left bare and filled with wonder, so much so that you can see the landscapes coming out of it, coloring the soundscape with buoyant joy. Just sit back, close your eyes and enter the song. When you open them back up, you will feel lighter, more open and free like you’ve just come out of a meditation. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neo-soul-pop-jasmine-matthews-narcissist monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-instrumental-powers-of-the-monks-strip-the-bone-remix monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/vincent-krennerichs-dunkelrot-a-soft-chromatic-ambience monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5025cc00-bdf1-43a5-8c16-16895112601c/4.png Music Reviews - Vincent Krennerich’s ‘Dunkelrot’ : A Soft Chromatic Ambience - The flows of Vincent Krennerich are performative, ambient, expressive, dramatic, mellow, meaningful, and abstract all at the same time. The jazz and blues instrumentalist and composer shares the stylistic plane with artists like FKJ and Tom Misch. He not only carries their sophistication and fluid artistry but wields it with an effortless charisma that secures your credibility. Add to this his sublime ideas and surreal sonic consciousness and you have yourself a new favourite artist. His latest release is ‘Dunkelrot’, a track that is scored with piano melodies, dulcet beats and sax waves. If the track was a juice that you could drink, it would be one that makes you experience a magical dynamism. This sensation transports and delights the listener and creates a soft chromatic web that you can slumber in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/worcester-grounds-debut-single-the-light-is-a-luminous-brilliance monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d78c78e1-d804-4940-93fa-ba0035c36069/3.png Music Reviews - Worcester Ground’s Debut Single ‘The Light’ Is a Luminous Brilliance - When you listen to Worcester Ground, you experience sonic captivation. In his debut release, ‘The Light’, the artist designs and cultivates the soundscape to rise into the theme. To pass on the luminance, the hope, and the levity of it to the listener. He calls to the being that lives inside us all, draws out emotion from a place of vulnerability and authenticity. With his introspective lyrics, lofty vocal range, and valleys of melody, you’ll become overcome, be moved to the brink of blissful feeling. It feels unfettered, like unleashing that part of you that wants to open up and wield your power. And as you flow through the soundscapes, powered by the grandeur of his vocals, encouraging harmonies, and forging acoustics, you’ll want to reach out, find the movement in you and try to touch the light. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-electric-highs-sirens-lullaby monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bbfa63e9-fc5d-4396-ac0a-8ed7aea04207/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Electric High’s ‘Siren’s Lullaby’ - Electric High is an alt rock band that channels power, a soaring strength that you can literally get high on. Their latest release is ‘Siren’s Lullaby’, a single that is deeply rung with instrumental grandeur, a stellar vocal line, and bass lines that crackle and sizzle for days. We see a sublime blend of coarse garage rock, a measured grunge floor, all rising into a smooth, shoegaze like high. Best way to listen to the track is to feast on it, devour its textures until it is trickling down your face, down your arms to your elbows. Until the electric boost lifts into your eyes and fills your mind. And at that brink, even the vocals get hypnotic, expansive, and dazing like a blue summer sky. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-pop-cailos-sanctuary-city monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5d4dd7d2-baff-475b-b104-b749714a241e/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Edm Pop : Cailo’s ‘Sanctuary City’ - When you think of Cailo, think of color, vibrance, landscapes filled with energy, bright synths, and hooking grooves. The artist has an artistic jubilance that has become her brand over the years. That combined with contemplative lyrical planes, and you have yourself a state of mind to aspire to. Her latest release is ‘Sanctuary City’, a feel-good upper that blends the technicolor spaces of electronica with pop. You’ll spot a little bit of artists like Calvin Harris and Alesso but then she breaks away into unique rhythm design that is distinctive to her. Fresh synths, explosive dance beats, and a horizon of color. You can keep extending into this soundscape. You’ll encounter so many infinities, stark highs, budding constellations of melody and just an overall track that will launch you high up there. The more you lean into its energy, its power, and its spirit, the more you get. So let’s get going! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-instrumental-rock-kopernicos-hacia-ias-estrellas monthly 0.5 2025-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/90cbf857-3872-4c33-a1a9-508ce7156786/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Instrumental Rock : Kopernico’s ‘Hacia Ias Estrellas’ - Kopernico is an instrumental rock band from Mexico, creating fantastical soundscapes, journeys that elevate the mind and the spirit. The band is inspired by the stars, the constellations, the universe and the story of it all. They try to capture not only the vastness of it but the nuances, the expanding emotion, and the serendipitous role of humans in it. The imaginative quotients and the ideas on this band is extraordinary. Because as you drift through their instrumentals, you begin to gain a deeper sense of self. You’ll feel connected to something that is inexplicable, something that is all around you but is invisible and unaddressed. Because that’s the plane that they tap into. An alternative reality that carves dimension and perspectives into the reality that you inhabit now. In their latest release, ‘Hacia Ias Estrellas’ album, they create a psychedelic, chromatic, and abstract world that blooms with visuals and tingles with an enlivening vibrance. The guitar work is simply outstanding. It is smooth and sophisticated, building up into a state of mind and a sense of reality. There is so much potency that it fills you up, and lights you up like a Christmas tree. In tracks like ‘Sigue Al Atardecer’, ‘Verano Sin Ti’ and ‘Yo Contra el Mundo’, you’ll experience the harmony of their sound. The soft mellow valleys of music that are both as straightforward as the summer sky and enchanting as the sunset sky. The colors just fill up your mind as you drift into it. In ‘Luces Mensajeras’, you’ll experience a riveting dynamism, both in the melodic structures and beat formations. The chromatic play is also quite spectacular. There is so much to swim through, become immersed in. And just like that, they create such detailed and expansive spaces that are new worlds that you can explore, discover, and just dwell in. As a band that prioritises the feeling that they leave behind, you’ll gain spectacular moments of song in ‘Midnight’, Eclipse, and ‘4:05a.m’. That spectrum ranging from nocturnal to dawn is so beautifully catalogued that if you’re a sensitive person, will make you weep! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/graybeats-galacticruisin-an-electronic-space-drift monthly 0.5 2025-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/09c2b42b-32a4-46b4-af57-7860389f8800/2.png Music Reviews - GrayBeat’s ‘GalactiCruisin’ : An Electronic Space Drift - GrayBeat brings alternative to electronica with his cutting edge, experimental, and explorative sonic designs. Each soundscape seems to build a world with so many rhythm patterns, evolving stylistic elements, and changing thematic energies. His latest release is, ‘GalactiCruisin’, a track that details a futuristic drama occurring in space. They convey this more conceptually than lyrically. Electronic elements, like space debris, drift through, each arc offering its own, unique energy. So essentially, it’s like you’re drifting through a galaxy and just space watching, sightseeing, and taking in all the details. With sudden atmosphere shifts portrayed with stylistic changes, the song is quite immersive. All you have to do is close your eyes and all kinds of imaginative imagery and landscapes will pop up in the mind. It is surreal and real all at the same time, like a video game or a movie. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neo-classical-marc-soucys-montana monthly 0.5 2025-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b0c27410-ee76-4d26-a753-234fba2691e9/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neo Classical : Marc Soucy’s ‘Montana’ - Marc Soucy’s expressive compositions float into a realm of nostalgia, sunsets, and landscapes in his latest release, ‘Montana’. The track crafts the essence of the place. It gathers details and emotions as you journey through it. There’s that distinct homecoming feeling to it. It holds that grandeur, that comfort, and that familiarity. Like meeting an old friend after a long time and everything feels the same. The artist composes like a painter; filling in beautiful details of nature and nurture. He recreates that sense of beauty, the tales of the past, the depth of people, and the memories in places. It all somehow springs up in the listener’s mind, echoing back a past that they haven’t thought of in a while. Neo-classicals and electronic elements mixed in with tender and nature-inspired flutes. You can’t go wrong with this song if you want to just immerse in the feeling of home. It’ll keep you warm in the winters and joyful in the summers. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/zaroonis-disco-rock-is-all-glammed-in-wtf monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/253a383d-5842-4d02-a85e-1249825eedb0/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Zarooni’s Disco Rock is all Glammed in ‘WTF!’ - Zarooni’s music forges a whole new energy plane. It is up there with artists like Prince and David Bowie, skyrocketing the listening experience to a glamorized, bling crested dance floor. His latest release is, ‘WTF!’, a groovy disco rock vibrance. Everything is so bright and luminous that you would think that it was made of photons entirely. The composition swings through the ages, with the beats living and loving in the 80s, the guitar work flowing from old to new at every turn, and the modernity of the vocal atmosphere. All of it is remarkable. And the collaboration of the retro and contemporary is spectacularly seamless. There is never a moment in the song where the timeless illusion that his style casts is shattered. You’ll be completely consumed and compelled by the dynamism, color, energy, and glam of the track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neo-classical-christof-r-daviss-wolf-moon monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7cce0090-cab3-4826-a5bd-ccb162a2e6b1/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neo-Classical : Christof R Davis’s ‘Wolf Moon’ - Christof R Davis is a composer and pianist who has a way of creating musical shimmers. It’s the best way to describe his style. His dedication to elegance draws out such beautiful soundscapes that showcase depth, dimension, and emotion with perspective. His latest release is ‘Wolf Moon’, a track that carries the theme into nocturnal magic. Blending piano melodies with electronic elements, he crafts a mystical space, like an enchanted forest. He gives it a spirit that seemingly gains life, expression, and its own energy as it mingles with his creative journey. And together, the union progresses. There’s no spectacularly dramatic climaxes. Just something vivid, meaningful, and so full of love. The artist has released the track alongside a ‘minimal piano version’ which filters out the electronic sounds and creates space for the listener’s mind, emotion, and imagination to populate. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-kelsie-kimberlins-sally monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/01284b3d-0d9f-4bc8-b497-82ab5159b012/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘Sally’ - The alt pop, culture-diverse, and talented singer-songwriter, Kelsie Kimberlin is back with her latest release, ‘Sally’. In this track, she unlocks yet another dimension of her style, showcasing the effortless charisma and fluid command she holds over her art form. Introducing commercial pop energy into rooms of blues rock grooves, she showcases the complexity of the protagonist named Sally. The soundscape tells just as much of a story as the lyrics do, if not more so. And Kelsie’s vocal performance is so aligned with the moods, emotional pallets, and spirit of the protagonist. It all fits. So thoughtfully symmetric and layered that it speaks to the artist’s vision, craft, and individuality. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-rock-oreaganomics-everything-is-legal monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/45f8f3cb-4f0d-4e5c-b7a5-bd1009f98c42/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Rock : Oreaganomics’ ‘Everything is Legal’ - Oreaganomics is a singer-songwriter and indie band. Their music has a 70s ethos. Cast in a vintage frame, they try to revive the slow life, the meaningful way of thought, contemplation and self exploration that is attached with bands like The Beatles, Bob Marley, and the like. Their latest release is ‘And Introducing…. shane!!!’ album, a collection that showcases folk rock with new perspectives, stylistic fringes, and musical elements. The track, ‘Everything is Legal’ introduces the album. It is a narrative on the way the world is progressing and how everything is becoming available to us. Data, information, drugs, wars, social media, etc. And now, we have to explore and learn what works for us, think about the things that elevate us and the things that put us down. There is a sort of melancholy that the vocalist brings to the song, a kind of resigned atmosphere that just wants to relax and have a chill life. And with the sunset background forged with mellow reggae grooves, indie rock and alt folk, an enjoyable duality of life starts to form. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/singer-songwriter-for-you-brothers-swept-away monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-ambient-david-buchs-letting-go monthly 0.5 2025-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f5ddfdb6-5c48-4f94-83fe-677f75ceea4c/1.png Music Reviews - EP Review/ Ambient : David Buchs’ ‘Letting Go’ - David Buchs is a composer and producer who crafts meaningful music spheres. To him, emotions, concepts, ideas, and themes have fluid roles, dynamics, and planes to them. And he strives to capture the momentous evolutions, their profound value, and their overarching presence. His latest release is ‘Letting Go’, a three track EP that, by creating an atmosphere of open skies, lightness, and expansive beauty, forges relaxing and reflective themes. The title track introduces the EP. Each orchestral frame , featuring cello and electronic elements, catalogs the process of slowly releasing, of the simultaneous space that is created, the gaining of wisdom, the human realization. All of it just unravels, so extraordinarily immersive. It has a meditative quality to it. So you’ll feel that deep connection and presence as you sway out of it. ‘The Spirit Within’ creates an internal world. With falling melodies, floating worlds of sound, it explores the inner workings of the mind, the spaces contained within the body and the emotions residing, sleeping inside us all. With slow swells of melody, the artist rouses them awake, patiently, nurturing them, and moving them to the plane of awareness. It is so beautifully ambient and calming. ‘Remaining in My Love’ has an understated grandeur to it. With incredible moments of grace, epiphanic peaks, and grounding values, you feel tethered to something meaningful, something important. There is purpose, melancholy, serene joy, and a deep sense of peace. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-pop-bad-bubbles-oh-my-god monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/839baff1-c8c4-4117-be16-193f3a94a6eb/2.jpeg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Pop : Bad Bubble’s ‘Oh My God’ - Bad Bubble is a memorable artist. His soundscapes are so distinctly refreshing that it has a power, a dimension, and an energy plane of its own. Led by the artist’s fantastical electronic ideas, or sometimes even just an imaginative place, an atmosphere, he creates music that makes you think, feel, and most importantly elevate and expand. There is priority given to the artform. You can almost sense how sacred it is to the artist when you experience the depth in the details, the thought in the rhythms, and the vision in the production. His latest EP is ‘Oh My God’, a four track collection that stupefies the listener with its melancholic dynamism and range. ‘War’ opens, an oozing track that forms in a momentous fashion. The rhythms are free and liberated from motifs. It flows like the stream of consciousness. And with vocals that enlarge and contract like a living organism, you’ll experience the emotions as if in real time. It is immersive, extravagantly melodramatic and luminous enough to light up your mind with thoughts. This cerebral experience is carried into the next track, ‘Hogs’ and stimulated even further with remarkable synths and splashing beat lines. The vocals have the same expansive trajectory and spiralling depth. Next up, ‘Over Here’, a track that picks up a rhythm. Emphatic beats, melodic motifs, all feeding echoing harmonies that progressively transcend into a new and fresher listening plane. Concluding the EP is ‘Gus Died’. In this we see floating pyramids of song. The piano melodies are like building blocks, climbing up an incline. And at the top of it is a vocal cloud, so beautifully lost, so achingly melancholic that it feels like a rainy day. The more you descend into it, the more you rise. Because the connection is so honest, so deep that you feel lighter and more bolstered in your heartache. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-karmas-sis-shes-something-amapiano monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c1aa65b9-eccd-4eb2-bcfc-8458fadebc0c/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : KARMA’s ‘SIS (She’s Something) (Amapiano) - KARMA is an iconic music trio with a style and charisma that is reminiscent of Destiny’s Child and even Cher. KB, Keymah Renee & Miesha MonRoe are friends hailing from Memphis, TN with a passion and a dream. Dabbling in neo-soul, R&B cultures, and pop rap, they stand in the same league as artists like SZA, Tyla, and Lizzo. Their latest release is ‘SIS (She’s Something) (Amapiano)’, a track that carries the softness of their style with its power. The song has an emotional pulse that is expressed with lush tones of sensuality, independence, and a whole lot of dream R&B elements. It is fluid, free and weightless with effortless vocal deliveries. The beats also match this vibe, its rhythms just as smooth and slick. With the instrumental atmosphere being mellow and dazing, the vocals have a way of lightly carving dimensions and depth into it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-blues-rotor-deltas-summer-days-are-never-the-same monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7543f52b-9711-4166-852f-f117c2463c72/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock Blues : Rotor Delta’s ‘Summer Days are Never the Same’ - When you listen to Rotor Delta, you can’t help but feel glassy and glazed by the dreamy melodies and sunset warm textures. The artist channels a retro, nostalgic folk rock aesthetic, lifting it into indie rock planes with an evasive touch of psychedelics. It is the banner of singer-songwriter, Jimmy Green. In his latest single, ‘Summer Days are Never the Same’, the artist traces the magical summers of his childhood and contrasts it to his adult ones. Touching mainly on his summer loves which he elevates with nostalgia. The soundscape, dripping in pink and yellow hues, with dainty rings of acoustics around it is quite enjoyable. His vocals bring a rustic Bob Dylanesque charm while the instrumentals are a lush mixture of The Beatles and The Smiths. This particular pallet is so rare, especially in this time and century because it both unearths the past and flows momentously. It is smooth, creative, and so fresh. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-sam-ostlers-world-to-me monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7ce38c90-3d15-4018-9452-f766e2b3ccec/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Sam Ostler’s ‘World to Me’ - Sam Ostler is a singer-songwriter and pop artist who has a way of imparting his spirit with every song. From contemplative piano ballads to anthemic pop uproars, he has that keen ability to take the listener to the place from which the music came. His latest release is ‘World to Me’, which follows a sentimental vocal sentiment with an alt pop instrumental atmosphere. We see mellow trap beats, dynamic and powder soft, adding to the ambient flow of synths. With nostalgic subtexts, a warm oozing gratitude, and an all encompassing swell, the song takes it all in. And it takes you someplace in your mind, in your heart and allows you to dwell there much like the music of artists like Elton John, Coldplay, and One Republic. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-synth-pop-new-citizen-kanes-tales-of-morpheus monthly 0.5 2025-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1d56e54e-0608-47e4-947e-4e8679e8e9fc/4.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Synth Pop : New Citizen Kane’s ‘Tales of Morpheus’ - New Citizen Kane opens up the portal for a new sonic experience with his latest album, ‘Tales of Morpheus’. The collection images and visualises a new world with spectacular sonic characters, edgy creations, and journeys that you’ll remember for a long time to come. When you think about electro pop or new age electronica, you think about innovation, perspective, chromatic narratives, and of course emotion, but portrayed in refreshing realities. New Citizen Kane checks all these boxes to create grand landscapes of sound. The banner was founded by singer-songwriter and artist, Kane Michael Luke. This album comes after a brief hiatus, bringing so many new and exciting ideas to light. The soundscapes are cultivated with catchy grooves, electric melodies, and dramatic beats. All of it encircling a powerful storytelling sphere that is deep and full of dimensions. ‘Morpheus in the Club’ introduces the album, a track that comes alive with so many melodic motifs, emphatic bass lines, and a powerful subtext. It has that feel-good high that makes you savor the listening experience. We see versions of this in tracks like ‘Disco Love’. With its mellow and moody jazz tangents and soul funk accents, it is just fun to flow with it. ‘Buy Me A Ticket’ and ‘Forget the World’ also present pop in similar ways. Raised by electronic flares and colorful sounds, it is evocative and full of feeling. ‘Killer Charisma’, ‘Overdrawn’, and ‘Meet Me On Street Corners’ are all electro power and electro forward songs that catch and wield you into energy spheres. The beats are spectacular. We see some experimental elements, but they only set up for the other, more dense, conceptual and explorative tracks in collection. In tracks like ‘Alchemy’ and ‘Gotta Secret- Electro Bounce Album Mix’, we see trap mixing in with hyper pop and dance music to create a spectacular boom. These are contrasted by slower, more feeling-based tracks like ‘Could Have Been’ and ‘Contra Botafogos’. Striking eloquent balances like this across the album, he creates an intricate listening atmosphere that complements it all. There are so many variants that manifest across the album and so many more songs that show off the many dimensions of the artist. Make sure to check them out! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/loralees-seasick-an-aching-ethereal-folk-lament monthly 0.5 2025-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1b79a16c-055c-4bdc-8dc7-dc8b6867eb8e/1.png Music Reviews - Loralee’s ‘Seasick’ : An Aching Ethereal Folk Lament - Loralee is a singer-songwriter and melodic pop artist. Her style lifts the listener into a dream. With ethereal planes, blooming melodies, and expressive melodies, she weaves stories in a fluid space. A contemporary pop blended with an alt folk ethos and soft dream pop tangents. Her sophomore single, ‘Seasick’ is a melancholic, melodramatic piece about love and heartache. The song has a contemplative flow and confessional lyrics. Harmonies and floating melodies carry the depth into the lithe and airy spheres of the vocals. If Billie Eilish and Phoebe Bridgers collaborated, Loralee’s music is what it would sound like. There is also that romantic dream weave that is commonly associated with Lana Del Rey as well. It’s a beautiful flow, aching and lingering in ways that letters, old lovers, and memories do. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-kaleidoscope-rock-auld-white-labels-chapter-1 monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c9c55148-31da-4048-aca8-08ec79813994/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Kaleidoscope Rock : Auld White Label’s ‘Chapter 1’ - Auld White Label (AWL) is an eclectic sonic banner that allows themselves to be expanded and extended by their music. Their visions are so elastic and creative that you’ll feel it as you listen to it. Their latest release is ‘Chapter 1’, a track from the Tangents EP. And much like its title, the composition is full of edges, corners, sweeping tangents, all accumulating into visual perspectives. They attach psychedelic wells and chromaric dimensions to electronic planes, creating a warping sonic system. With progressions, we encounter a stimulating rock formation, bolstering with bass grooves, beat attacks, and dissonance. It’s definitely visionary, pioneering a new genre style and interpretation. Like Daft Punk but more modern, more explorative and experimental. If you’re in a kaleidoscope of music, this is probably what it’ll sound like. Because the reflections, the mirroring flows, and the dynamism are all quite spectacular to absorb into the mind. If you’re looking for a cerebral track that drives you to new heights, then this track is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-experimental-electronica-mohawk-castles-i-killed-the-velvet-underground monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/16bd2a6c-6d73-41e4-8c25-639300580969/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Experimental Electronica : Mohawk Castle’s ‘I Killed the Velvet Underground’ - Mohawk Castle’s style is individualistic, so liberated from the ties of classic and contemporary music. It is the solo project of Erik David Hidde, a singer-songwriter and an alternative artist. He curates a style that ushers indie rock into a new age electronic era. In his latest release, ‘I Killed the Velvet Underground’, he creates a blooming dissonance that lifts into moments of modern rock and a stretching vocal horizon. The song forms in the intuitive, expressive pulse of his voice. It is with that that he forges dimension, a thematic landscape. There is so much abstractness in the song. All you have to do is dive in, experience the depth and explore the meaning, the emotion, and power. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-robbie-rapids-mule-of-mine monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b42a82fd-aa20-4ca8-8866-879cd51676ae/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Robbie Rapids’ ‘Mule of Mine’ - Robbie Rapids is a singer-songwriter and country rock artist from Atlanta. But above all that, he is a performer. His ability to carry a tale, a slice of life frame into an immersive listening experience is remarkable. Like in his latest release, ‘Mule of Mine’, the artist details a mundane scene with so much eccentricity and energy. The track has a dripping country pulse situated in a dynamic sphere of rock n roll rhythms, textured riffs, and piercing melodies. With each arc, the grooves get better, deeper and more progressive. And pooled into this ethos is his charismatic baritones, so full of personality, dimension, and a waylaying depth to it. It encompasses the spirit of the track and keeps you coming back for more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-gothic-pop-necromantics-twice-dark monthly 0.5 2025-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e2600fa0-f597-4c56-b46e-439e12a09939/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Gothic Pop : Twice Dark’s ‘Necromantic’ - The pulse, the plane of Twice Dark is like no other. The neo-gothic pop rock banner creates music that takes you places, to feelings, and worlds that no one else does. With immersive electronic spheres made with plush textures, surreal sensibilities, and delicious darkness, they drive you into supreme fantasies. Their latest release is ‘Necromantic’, a track that flows through the sticky spheres of wizardry, tracing the mystery, the complexity, and the energy that they carry. With long vocal tails, dynamic synth shimmers, and a continuous insinuation of a larger, more powerful consciousness, the song is magnetic. It is compelling and hypnotic in ways that open the listener up. Twice Dark is pioneer in darkwave electronica, especially as he transforms it, liberates it, and dimensionalizes it with so many other sonic, emotional, and stylistic notions. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-rooftop-screamers-my-sanity monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a0158215-c326-4dc7-ad1a-8ce7742cbf67/1.jpg Music Reviews - Artist Feature / Alt Rock : Rooftop Screamers’ 'My Sanity’ - Rooftop Screamers is a musical collaborative banner founded by Portland-based Michael Collins. With this project, the musician and songwriter has created a platform that unites artists to create together, share ideas, and liberate music as we know it. This means, stylistic fluidity, genre-bending, and musical novelty like never before. His latest collaboration is ‘My Sanity’ with singer-songwriter Randy McStine. An alt folk, indie rock, dream pop confluence that is so rewarding. The soundscape is luminous, colorful and spilling with sentiments. The instrumentals are layered in ways that showcase the theme's new perspectives. You’ll see mirages of The Beatles, The Bangles, The Smiths, and The Strokes, all banding into a fresh interpretation. Michael Collins sits down with Apollo Harp’s team for an interview where he speaks about his provenance, his stylistic destiny, and the essence of his art form. Read on! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-jonathan-passos-anhelo monthly 0.5 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/98525b24-2687-4f5f-a2d6-388d1613ded2/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Jonathan Paaso’s ‘Anhelo’ - Jonathan Paaso is a Finnish singer-songwriter and artist with a vivid style and a passionate flow. Dedicated to making music about life, God, and hope, his soundscapes are given a depth that draw from infinities associated with these themes. These spaces, as a result, are filled up with something so powerfully and compellingly human. His latest release is ‘Anhelo’ (translated to English : longing or yearning). A contemporary pop rock, fringed with neo-classicals and acoustics. We see cultural stylistic moments and influences driving the soundscape. It mostly manifests in the vocals, transferring the energy and emotion to the minimalistic webs of instrumentals laid out in the backdrop. And with progressions, it rises into a harmonious crescendo that is grand and liberating. And even if you don’t understand the language, the emotion carries far into you, forging a connection, building an emotion that will remain with you like a treasured memory. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-rock-fred-paa-jords-pax-internationalis monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/112ff2dc-8dc1-4d4b-bc9e-061e77f31178/8.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Rock : Fred Paa Jord’s ‘pax internationalis’ - Fred Paa Jord is an indie rock band who playback till they connect with the retro, with the nostalgia. They are a very expressive band. Mellow but crafty and full of creative ideas. And the result is a soothing which sometimes resembles the soft ring of light around the sun and other times, a philosophical endeavour. Like a circle of life. Their tracks always carry a contemplative quotient in them. You don’t have to tap into them but if you do, you start to always hear their thoughts, feel their feelings, and gain their beauty. This is especially wonderful because the band is made up of deep feelers who operate in the abstract sphere. Like birds flying in the sky. Their latest release is the ‘pax internationalis’ album, a collection that fosters all these characteristics and then some. Most of the sonic moments and experiences that you’ll have are inexplicable with words. It’s meant to be heart and felt by each individual person as they are, as they feel, as they perceive. But it casts that beautiful film, a filter almost that romanticizes life. In tracks like ‘indigo’ and ‘swamp song’ you’ll be able to spread out smoothly, like melted butter. The instrumentals cast a daze, so fluid, so fresh, and so delicate that it’ll feel like you’re in flight. It comes with bliss. There is dynamism but they are intricate and softly knotted. ‘Flora’ and ‘Tonga’ speculate with warm pallets. The guitar work in the former can be compared to writing a letter. It flows from one line to another, imparting fluid information, a stream of consciousness of sorts. Tonga, on the other hand, forms in motifs, looping and repeating over and over. Marked by quirk and the coast, it is almost beachy. ‘Cape to Cape’ also has a warm palette. But the instrumental work on that is more descriptive, like it is forging something, giving it shape, color, and a sense of self. There is a lot of whimsy in it and also lined with feel good melodies. ‘Rhodos 86’ and ‘The Sundowner’ are both tracks that are detailed with mercurial beat lines. With soft, powder beats, the song seems to be carried by a gust of wind. It is emphatic with a lot of instrumental inflections and markings. And finally, the title track, a composition that is dreamy, psychedelic, and moody. It has sensual tones and charismatic strokes to pair with it. Harmonies, plush and pliant, glow into the soundscape. And it seemingly carries a smooth mixture of all the sound profiles explored in detail in the other tracks. All introduced and held within this beautiful song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/southern-resident-killer-whaless-wave-forms-forge-indie-rock-in-a-whole-new-light monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0cc4271e-ce79-497a-b111-2d83c453d373/7.jpg Music Reviews - Southern Resident Killer Whales’s ‘Wave Forms’ Forge Indie Rock in a Whole New Light - Southern Resident Killer Whales are a rare species in the music industry who merge the spheres of craft pop with colorful alternative rock. Hailing from Minneapolis, the band thinks of music as a fluid, sentient form that evolves on its own. As mediums, they hold space for whatever ways it wants to express itself and follow its lead. And you’ll readily sense their spontaneity, the camaraderie, the playfulness, and most of all the passionate curiosity in their songs. The band had just released their album, ‘Wave Forms’. It is a beach washed, sunny, and warm collection that features an expanding spectrum of styles and genre variations. Starting with folk acoustics, they stretch into country rock, streaking blues, indie rock, and finally alternative rock. It is the perfect album to welcome the summer with. The collection opens with ‘Artists That Hate Me’, a contemplative storytelling song. It is made with luminous strings and a wandering vocal trail. The acoustic rock subtexts are stained with moody blues that cast a passing gloom. ‘With Love, Always’ reinforces this stylistic profile. The slow-dancing rhythms, dilated baritones, and bright melodies are so lovely to marinate in. ‘Play’s The Thing’ is instantly nostalgic. The way the rhythms form, the places the vocals travel to and the medium of the melodies. All of them flow into a soft place of memories and misty eyed daydreams. ‘Fall Essay’ and ‘Let it Go’ are the perfect successors with their dream rock progressions and archways of narrative lyricism. Both these tracks are so colorful and fluid. The latter track especially boasts accordion streams, earthy island rhythms, and chunky melodic details. It has a way of creating an aura of liberation and peace in the listener. ‘Easy Go’ has more pronounced rock arcs. It places a deeper emphasis on the guitar trajectory, giving it beautiful variations and vesting it with Latin blues. And with seamless progressions, they create worlds that you can keep flowing through, growing in, and evolve out of. ‘Dreamsong’ concludes the album with gunning rhythms and glistening riffs. The bass brims. Whilst the instrumentals claim a strong presence, the vocals are more mellow; a horizon that is smooth and full of gradients that will remind you of the sunset sky. All of the tracks have a flowing routine, a memorable tone, and a familiar call. Listening to it mirrors the feeling of seeing the ocean after a long time, experiencing its complexity, its mercurial temper, and its expansive beauty. And the soundscapes, inspired by the waves, make for fantastic frames and fantastical sentiments. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-chapeltons-oh-lover monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/181982a4-535f-415b-8243-ae7571f4e3bf/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Chapelton’s ‘Oh Lover’ - Chapelton is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist who crafts music with the shapes, textures, and sounds of life. Every single one of his compositions are a storytelling piece that carries you into a world of sentiment. In his latest release, ‘Oh, Lover’ featuring Charlotte Churchman, the artist follows the desperate and irrevocable ways of true love. A love that you cannot look back from, because it validates not only your heart but your existence. Using this emotion as a starting point, the track opens with feel good acoustics, plain, simple and raw. With each line, it grows in passion. The folk progresses into R&B’s subgenres like quiet storm and neo soul in ways that are reminiscent of Marvin Gaye and Charlie Puth. It is compelling, deep, and expressive in such extraordinary ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bummer-dude-breaks-alt-rock-glass-ceiling-with-latest-barefoot monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/acfbb1d3-2936-4e19-83f2-e06b8096a62d/6.jpg Music Reviews - bummer, dude! Breaks Alt Rock Glass Ceiling with Latest, ‘BAREFOOT’ - If you’re in the market to experience power pop, alt rock magic, then Bummer Dude! Is the band for you. The four-piece youth band from Sacramento have been creating beautiful sonic waves that expand over the transient horizon of indie rock, alt rock, and dream rock in ways that has never been done before. The ideas are solid and the execution is sophisticated, contemplative, and immersive. Their latest release is ‘Barefoot’, a raw, piercing, and texture brilliance. It takes root in you and the flowers, blooms and matures inside your brain. The listening experience is marked by dreamy riff progressions, hard emphatic arcs, dispersing melodies and harmonies that slightly touch on the shoegaze. And as you’re listening to it, you’ll find that you’ve gained wings and lifting off and streaking across a belligerently beautiful sunset sky. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/delnoire-crafts-melodic-transience-in-tyler-down monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/27ff9a2a-3075-4655-acb3-a96270e36525/4.jpg Music Reviews - Del’Noire Crafts Melodic Transience in ‘Tyler Down’ - Del’Noire makes you think about presence. More specifically the essence of people, places, ideas, and concepts. Draws it out and expresses them with sophisticated soundscapes. The artist, composer, songwriter and producer expands moments into stories. He dilates time and swallows you into his ambient storytelling. And even though there aren’t lyrics, you’ll still be able to catch and carry his message wherever you go. His release, ‘Tyler Down’ presents one of those rare moments of dynamic epiphanies. It is a piano instrumental that is replete with variations, gradients, and transient sensibilities. Beneath the contemplative main melody stem, the artist creates dance beat dimensions with beat attacks and the whole nine yards. Imagine an electronica dance music set stripped bare to its fundamental components. That’s the plane in which Tyler Down forms. Blending classicals with modern styles, reconciling them in ways that are creative and interesting. He aligns them at the point of the rhythm, drawing them closer and closer with escalation and energy. There is one point where the piano melodies, still bare, run through the soundscape, keeping up with the beats. And you can’t help but feel elevated by the composition, by its ideas, and novelty. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ella-claytons-folk-mystique-extends-to-the-ethereal-in-come-pass-the-time monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dacbfd89-99ea-45a0-91fc-f5d5bb369e91/3.jpg Music Reviews - Ella Clayton’s Folk Mystique Extends to The Ethereal in ‘Come Pass The Time’ - Ella Clayton has a distinct voice. It carries a personality, that sense of self that expands into stylistic depth and presence. As a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist, she contains her work to a sacred space, drawing from dreams, personal experiences, and feelings. Her songs are like a calm lake, whose depth reveals itself, ripple by ripple, melody by melody. ‘Come Pass The Time’ is her latest release. A song that is so beautifully vocal that it leads you to the brink of the ethereal. It floats into an abyss lined by a piano melody, absorbing and releasing resonance, like a jellyfish. And like an anchor, you can sink into it and feel confident that you’ll be carried to someplace beautiful and meaningful. If you enjoy the work of Adele, Lady Gaga, and Sam Smith, you’re sure to enjoy the expanse and intricacies of Ella’s vocal expression. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/feyisayo-anjorins-theres-somebody-here-an-alt-pop-track-that-will-engage-your-spirit monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b144cb2d-119f-4c60-a68d-e63efc43fab1/2.jpg Music Reviews - Feyisayo Anjorin’s ‘There’s Somebody Here’ : An Alt Pop Track That Will Engage Your Spirit - Feyisayo Anjorin is an African artist, singer-songwriter, author, and screenwriter. His endeavors in music are inspired and informed first of all by culture, and then by his many talents and creative ability. In his single, ‘There’s Somebody Here’, the artist explores space, the land, the nation, and the country we call home. Relating it to identity, moments of love and peace, he creates a passionate feeling around it. It has roots and authenticity that transfers to the listener so instantly, so effortlessly. The track has an afrobeat rhythm, mellow and fluid, that is built with soulful vocal expression and harmonious instrumental layers. The best way to listen to the song is to dissolve into the warmth, the emotion, and sentiment of the vocals. It takes you on a journey that is so beloved, yet melancholic. If you enjoy the work of Nico & Vinz, you’re sure to enjoy this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tahanis-storytelling-magic-beautifully-unravel-in-twist-of-fate monthly 0.5 2025-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b28df7b8-2247-41be-8d30-eb78870046ff/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Tahani’s Storytelling Magic Beautifully Unravel in ‘Twist of Fate’ - Tahani is a singer-songwriter and a dream artist. It is the banner of Alyssa Hyndman, a storyteller above all else. Her passion for it is so great that she weaves melodies along with the lyrics into tales. Her latest soundscape, ‘Twist of Fate’ is as mysterious and ambient as the horizon. Forming on the brink of something, spilling into an ocean and expanding into the sky. It tells the story of the unpredictability of fate, of how it manifests in the protagonist’s life. She sings in retrospect, stringing frames with lessons and wisdom. The protagonist sings about the fractured relationship with her father. Through the song, she liberates herself from the anger, from the grief and sends him off in peace. Alt folk and contemporary pop profiles collide to create a culture of growth, healing, and forgiveness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-tom-minors-future-is-an-f-word monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d17e3971-dc8b-40a5-9863-63dcb1041071/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Tom Minor’s ‘Future is an F Word’ - Tom Minor’s music is radical in style and philosophy. Constructing his soundscapes with theatrical flair, an air of performance and whimsy, he pioneers a new presentation of the rock genre. Drawing from artists like Blur, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and The Kinks, he’s not afraid to shape his compositions the way he sees fit. In his latest release ‘Future is an F Word’, he creates an asymmetric compositional pattern with his usual combination of simplicity and hidden complexity. It creates an air of distortion, dubbing the future unpredictable; Showcasing that predicting it is a fool’s errand. The instrumentals are more expressive elements than atmosphere dictators. Tom’s vocal energy and mood is what keeps it immersive and interesting. Progressively, he shapes it like a musical, with interactive harmonies, quirky instrumental set ups, and overarching theatrics. It’s a new style for him, but he executes it with so much charisma, vision, and depth. Tom Minor Style. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-cat-corks-promise-me monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/59e036b0-3d84-40cf-95da-09acb3e59b94/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk : Cat Cork’s ‘Promise Me’ - Cat Cork is a folk artist and singer-songwriter with that distinct and affecting nostalgic sound. His compositions are always drenched in a melancholic mist that is superimposed by the depth and rustic quality of his vocals. The instrumentals are also raw and bare like vulnerable thoughts floating by in the morning. His latest release is ‘Promise Me’. It tells a story, looping the listener through moments of levity and grounding. It has a remarkably simplistic charm. But as it progresses, it gains expressive profiles like neo-classicals and ascending instrumentals. They sweep you away into a clear, feeling high, to a place dripping with sentiment and meaning. And you’ll be caught in that sway for a timeless time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-strange-and-the-familiars-pretty-red-dress monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/61f0862f-1c0d-44e2-bc59-165096c77a53/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : Strange and The Familiars’ ‘Pretty Red Dress’ - Strange and The Familiars’ forms in the shadows, out of shadows. It feast on the mysteries, the secrets and the ambiguity of dark spaces. Their latest track is ‘Pretty Red Dress’, a track that is colored dark red, maroon with romance. It is melancholic, sultry, and so blue. The band creates an atmosphere of blackness, a void almost which is then filled in with ribbons of blues. The vocals are as charismatic and arresting as an underground bar performer in the 80s. Lavish and so lush with emotion and emphasis, she meanders through the miasma of the song. The soundscape soon lights up with bluesy instrumentals, flushing it with a mellow and calculated dynamism. Even the backdrop comes under the melancholy of the protagonist and like a scene in a book or a movie, it becomes an extension of the vocals, of the protagonist and her experience. It is so well made and so wonderfully simple that you’ll find yourself craving for that elegance over and over. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-asta-brias-emma monthly 0.5 2025-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c0dd4dcd-3abf-421d-9bfa-ab0b560aa09b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : Asta Bria’s ‘Emma’ - Asta Bria is a singer-songwriter and eclectic composer. Her music is marked by its fluid and seamless eclectic pulse. She draws vivid folk into colorful pop and electric rock. In her latest single, ‘Emma’, she crafts a dreamy soundscape. The vocals grant the listener a journey while the vocals tell a launching tale. The contemporary pop work on it is quite astounding. With the impact and emotion all contained in the vocals, it is so easy to immerse and get lost in its waves, inflections, rises, and apex. The instrumentals stay close to it, right on its tail, bubbling up to lavish the performance with expressive arcs. In one fell sweep, it wraps around you, glistening with sonics and shimmering with spectacular harmonies. It is quite creative and exceedingly affecting both as a song and as an experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-alt-rock-coma-beachs-passion/-bliss monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a0543faa-006a-412b-b955-965f22b7b225/3.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Alt Rock : Coma Beach’s ‘Passion/ Bliss’ - When you listen to Coma Beach, it’s like coming alive. The drama of it, the performance and the musical pulse is full of passion and emphasis. The band brings that full power into their latest release ‘Passion/ Bliss’ EP, a collection that takes the listener through the perversion of passion to pride, fall, and a salvation hopefully. The compositions are written like a play, each one striving to demonstrate the grandeur of its theme. The first two tracks are ‘Passion’ and ‘Bliss’. Riff heavy, power packed and bold, they flesh out the fiery core and hedonistic elements of the themes. Which then takes a darker, more coarse and hardcore turn as we approach ‘Astray (Fallen Angel)’. The next track is punk heavy with dynamic beats and eclectic guitar work. But the bass and the vocals are calm and serene, an expansive line spreading out like a horizon. ‘Final Door’ concludes the EP with the fight and fire that is deserving of the theme. It sports some pseudo metal vocal accents that is built into a punk anthem, roaming the scene with mood and momentum. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dark-electronica-ceremony-shadows-reclaim monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/10eb040d-8d6d-4a42-aa1b-f6cb331f001e/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dark Electronica : Ceremony Shadows’ ‘Reclaim’ - Ceremony Shadows is an ambient/ experimental band that is as cryptic and complex as they sound. They operate in the dark sphere of electronica with a presence that is so compelling and hypnotic. Their latest release is ‘Reclaim’, in which they explore the ambit of the body, both as a manifestation of the mind and identity. With alternative, new age, experimental flows, they bring the theme to life. There are moments of thought, feeling, and narration, all stringing into an immersive journey. You just have to flow with it, with its suggestive planes and dark shadows and let it populate the mind. Like a modern performance art with morbid yet uplifting frames. You’ll get lost in the abstract only to be pulled in by the meaning breathing underneath. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dream-rock-blofeld-sands-peoplesong-review/-dream-rock-blofeld-sands-people monthly 0.5 2025-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0242bc7b-1247-4778-8fbc-c62c73629a7c/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dream Rock : Blofeld Sands’ ‘People’ - You know that feeling of being transported, almost instantly by a song that is grand and colorful and dreamy and beautifully contemplative? That’s the starting point for Blofeld Sands. From there on out, they build spectacular landscapes that you would perhaps see and experience only in dreams or surreal films. Their latest release is ‘People’, a track that is made to capture the complexity, the layers, the details and magic of, well, people. It has an alt rock base which builds seamlessly into a floating, flying, drifting indie rock/ indie pop wind. There are anthemic banners, an encompassing synth sphere, and a beautifully contained vocal emotion. It is so rich in sonic quality, full of features and ideas so smoothly handled and executed. The more you listen, the more you get. And it never gets old. If you enjoy the work of artists like Coldplay and One Republic, you’re sure to enjoy the work of this band. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-sci-fi-ambience-hipster-pugs-signal-from-the-universe monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/17e9219f-a86e-49ea-9558-45b72cd53d31/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Sci- Fi Ambience : Hipster Pug’s ‘signal from the universe’ - Hipster Pug’s essence is not heard but felt. Drifting through the ambience that he creates, the listener is meant to explore it and expand into it. Flesh it out and become compelled by the nuanced beauty and detail of it. For his latest act, ‘Signal From The Universe’, the artist combines his usual lofi/ downtempo/ ambient act with moments of cryptic sentience, an exercise in suggestive brilliance that compels you to journey past imaginary boundaries, breaking past thresholds of thought. There are a lot of sci-fi contexts that make up the theme, and with an ambience that is both simple and complex, the artist makes up a grand tapestry. ‘Prologue’ gives us an introduction to the stylistic bandwidth employed across the album. It creates an expanse, a space within the mind, opening up the stage to populate it with extraordinary ideas. ‘Act 1 The Signal’ begins the journey. With fantastical ethereal moments blended with shimmering electronic noise, the artist creates that alienic energy. The title track then comes in, expanding that moment of spotting into a show, with intricate sonic detailing, awe-inspiring moments, luminous frames, and just energy. The composition carries so much texture, tone, depth, and light dimensions. ‘The Maze’ and ‘Yugen’ are more like Hans Zimmer type compositions. With classical facets stretched into meaningful moments of music. It forms as an ambience, an experience of it, and the expression of it. All combined together. ‘Follow Your Own Path’ comes in next with a contrastingly contrasting sound. With epiphanic tendrils, undulating members, and wonderful tonalities, it projects that feeling of something coming alive, gaining profoundness and meaning. The whole album is best viewed and understood as a journey. Some type of abstract, fatalistic, mystical and magical experience that is not of this world. There is no feeling from day to day life that you can compare it to. It is so far out of that horizon, forming like something extraordinary in the greatest degree of the word. In ‘Act 2 Cave of Memories’ the artist drives us into the next level of the world he’s been creating. A new dimension that guides us into ourselves against the backdrop of Act 1. It has a way of magnifying contemplations and spheres of thought. ‘Des Vu’, ‘The Cave of Memories’, ‘No More Holding Back’ and ‘Lights Part II’ contain that identifiable depth that feels like an extension of ourselves. There’s no way to explain it other than, when you are cast in its spotlight, you’ll find that resonance, a deeper connection. ‘Act 3 New Beginnings’ combines the findings of Act 1 and Act 2 to create a new world altogether. That sense of zen, the actual feeling of depth, balance, and understanding flows through. The tracks under this umbrella are decorated with a lot of dynamism and detail, energy is an important facet that you can note here. There are a lot of celebratory elements that rise and wash over you, rise and wash over you. It is quite the joyful affair and a satisfying end to this sonic play. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/m4trs-hooks-a-feel-good-electro-pop-feeling monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e6c16b25-ca74-4047-9c5f-a00b6f1f5695/1.jpg Music Reviews - M4TR’s ‘Hooks’ : A Feel-Good Electro-Pop Feeling - M4TR is an imaginative electronic music artist and producer. He creates vivid soundscapes and infuses them with facets of human experience and emotion. It all becomes part of the music and the listening experience. Like in his release, ‘Hooks’ he explores the feeling of falling deeply and devastatingly in love. The protagonist walks along the edge of the feeling, telling his lover not to put him back in the ocean, and to reel him in and keep him close. The backdrop of which is a fantastical coastal vibe of electronic music that is summery, fresh, feel-good and made for easy listening. To match the movement of the waves, the grooves are made short and catchy, swirling into the rhythm and building into the vocal themes. There are contemplative frames where the evocation is mild and musical. It is fun but cerebral and engaging. And in the live version, you get to experience the camaraderie and showmanship of the band, a connection to them that is so potent and powerful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-fiona-amakas-no-daylight monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8986cf2a-80db-4329-b37c-f08cba3aeeaa/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Fiona Amaka’s ‘No Daylight’ - Fiona Amaka’s lavish and lush vocals drive up to new levels of authenticity and candor in latest release, ‘No Daylight’. The track is a pop rock song, fringed with an alt-folk-contemporary pop pulse, giving it the energy but also an evocative depth. here is contemplation directed into a compelling outward expression. And it is produced to seamlessly lift into each other both stylistically and thematically. Her vocals seem to form both in a far away land and at the forefront of the track, creating an effect of expansive surrealism and immersive reality all at once. It is a very well thought out soundscape, one that is molded, not only to demonstrate the theme but to carry it and conceptualise the melancholy, the depth, and detail of it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-denim-dan-denim-dans-circe monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9337a3ab-6ab7-45f0-8121-e1f2f4f65de4/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Denim Dan : Denim Dan’s ‘Circe’ - Denim Dan is a singer-songwriter and a classic rock/ folk rock artist who is known for his eclectic lyrical pulse and musical orchestry. The artist has been musically active since 1999, delivering an impressive arc of rock music that is elegant and timeless. Every time you listen to his music, it seems like you’ve been serenaded and carried into the lush world of his thoughts, feelings, and ideas. They are not meant to be compelling or forceful, just something to contemplate and let flow through the head. Weaving these thoughts into moments of epiphanies, soft clarity or even stories that stay with you like children’s tales. His latest release is the ‘Denim Dan’ Circe’. In the collection, he plays around with ballad designs, dressing them up with nostalgic 70s folk rock and that kind of mellow but revolutionary ethos. The title track, ‘Circe (Save Me)’ especially lays out the stylistic scenery with elements that hold the power to carve out harmony in moments, ideologies, contemplations, and emotions. More than that, it reveals the beautiful and nurtured complexity of the process, the wonder that exists in the gray nuances and the truth that it holds. Tracks like ‘Sometime (The River Will Overflow0) and ‘We’ll Go On’ are designed to make the listener feel the flow of time, the way it passes, accumulates and sometimes fills up. With poetic verses, doting inflections, it is marked by momentous evolutions. This vocal style is seen even in tracks like ‘Take My Soul’ and ‘Running Down the Time Line’. But it employed a whole different thematic realization. Other tracks like ‘Doorway’s’, ‘Excuse Me For Crying’ and ‘Embrace The Day’ fill you up with the power of each living moment and allows you to experience it. And like that, each track is its own unique variant of temporal themes, carrying in them a life force, a sentimental experience, a serene grandeur and an atmosphere of grace. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-trickshooter-social-clubs-television monthly 0.5 2025-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f732b212-77e2-4466-a4dd-2a8c76af5de8/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Trickshooter Social Club’s ‘Television’ - Trickshooter Social Club has released a feel good EP with their latest, ‘No Dogma’. One that is forged with the pulse of harmony and casts the live and let live frequency into the atmosphere. The four tracks, with a playtime of 15 minutes, are mellow indie rock/ alt folk tracks that dote on lyrical nuances and acoustic elation. It is light, airy, so full of warm and delectable tonalities. Think The Beatles, Allman Brothers Band and the like. The sense of freedom, camaraderie, and all encompassing love surrounds it. Taken from this collection is the track, ‘Television’. With falling riffs, floating thoughts, and contemplative affectation, it is as buoyant as a balloon. The instrumental inflation is wide and varied with the guitar joined by piano melodies, harmonica arcs, and depth of electric guitar. Despite the layers, they keep it so simple and straightforward like a conversation with a friend or a stream of consciousness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-talking-to-sophies-mariposa monthly 0.5 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f2682fbe-2715-4844-b0be-fb98fac6bf82/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Talking to Sophie’s ‘Mariposa’ - Talking to Sophie is the singer-songwriter and klingklang banner of artist Marcel Krell. His style is an extension of the self, and passionately so. So much of his work is styled to articulate his brand of whimsy, deco, and imagery that create immersive connections. He creates musical pop collages that spell out moods, emotions, feelings, and experiences. His latest release is ‘Mariposa’, a playful, light, and airy pop mix. Led with a looping piano-synth motif, his vocals create frames. Like a painting, each stroke, lyric and melody detail these frames, giving it a story, dimension, meaning, and life. It is a seemingly simple composition, but it is conceived with such an elegant and experimental mind, one that reconciles so many aspects of music, ideas, and stylistic nuances in ways that have never been done before. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-chi-pop-attack-the-sounds-favorite-things monthly 0.5 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/04ad3b5c-f829-4a35-a7c1-aec605725ee1/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Chi-Pop : Attack the Sound’s ‘Favorite Things’ - Attack the Sound is a Chicago-based band that explores soul music as it manifests in the new age. The group’s music spill and splash across a spectrum of jazz, hip hop, blues, gospel, and rock, pioneering a new genre called Chi-Pop. Their ideas and listening feels forms in the vein of artists like Leon Bridges, John Legend, and Black Pumas, engaging as they do with such deep emotional themes and indulgences. Their latest release is ‘Favorite Things’, a track that upholsters the classic show tune and waltz from The Sound of Music. The band creates an instrumental mood around it, plush with moody textures, emphatic drama, and a whirl around the world kind of vocal sphere. Frames of jazz that tinkle and twinkle like glass are built into a soft instrumental daze. All the while preserving the waltz timestamps within the rhythms. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/brian-noyces-tapestries-a-vivid-alt-folk-weave monthly 0.5 2025-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3afa9eed-036d-4359-b557-a761a78dece5/1.jpg Music Reviews - Brian Noyes’s ‘Tapestries’ : A Vivid Alt Folk Weave - Brian Noyes’s music casts you in a contemplative mood. His music forms as thoughts form. There is so much wonder undulating like ocean waves in his soundscapes. A mystical folk frame that will take you back to artists like Nick Drake. The candor of his narratives combined with the fantastical ambience leaves you feeling like you’ve just had an extraordinary, almost surreal experience. Like in his latest single, ‘Tapestries’, the artist suspends us in acoustic magic, with each string, swipe, stroke of instrumental becomes a part of you. His baritones are intimate, personal, and so affectingly warm that it fills the listener up with nostalgia, gives you a sense of beauty, and imparts a daze that you can explore the many floating tapestries. If you are in the market for an enchanting journey, frothing with tale, imagery, and drenched in sentiment, this one's for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-art-pop-caleb-letoiles-lightning-curses monthly 0.5 2025-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2b9d1364-1bcd-443e-9986-d071b2d15e0c/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Art Pop : Caleb L’Etoile’s ‘Lightning Curses’ - Caleb L’Etoile is a singer-songwriter and a pop artist from Virginia. To him, music is a mood board waiting to happen. Youthful and full of artsy ideas and sonic patterns, he creates his own distinct form of pop expression. One that softly defies the constructs of commercial pop and does its own thing. There is so much whimsy, so much creative indulgence, and a freedom that passes on to the listener with Caleb’s track. His latest track is ‘Lightning Curses’, a track that is avant garde and contemporary. With pseudo acapella sliding into indie pop, dazy and distorted electronica, he crafts a youthful space, one that captures the chaos and beauty of the age, tying it in with the contrast that the title presents. It is electric and vivid but at the same time, abstract and beautifully random. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-shabs-santa-baby monthly 0.5 2025-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/48ac7d39-7dc9-40ea-bfa8-6867e3282d83/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Shab’s ‘Santa Baby’ - Shab is a rising Persian American singer-songwriter and pop artist. She gained her audience with her elegant and effortless vocal performances that had both a suggestive and narrative ambience. The ambience of her voice, complemented by the memorable soundscapes she crafts is definitely something you’ll want to keep returning to. Her latest release is ‘Santa Baby’, a cover, a revival of the timeless Christmas song. Capturing the playful spirit and sensual undertones of the song, she dispels a spell that would enchant any room. It is perfect for house Christmas parties, especially the more lush and luxurious ones. With its polished composition, mellow instrumentals, soft tones and the overall sophistication of it all is enjoyable. And as you follow the curves of her voice, you’ll find yourself immersed in its mood. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-singer-songwriter-wilhelms-wake-me-in-the-sunrise monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5d722bd4-db76-4dd1-9165-9891228a0be1/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Wilhelm’s ‘Wake me in the Sunrise’ - Wilhelm perceives music as the direct language of emotion. His compositions are intricate and detailed, each speck, melody, gradient, texture, and vocal accent detailing it accurately. As an alt folk artist, his music is drenched in an acoustic daze. Sometimes he details a life, having the soundscape fill in the atmosphere for it. Other times, he presents frames, like a picture viewer and lets the listener’s imagination and experience string them together. His latest release is the ‘Wake me in the Sunrise’ album, a collection that fosters a warm, cozy, contemplative solitude. A kind of solitude that lets you roam the expanse of your mind, dwell in nostalgia and float, slowly and pleasantly through the landscape. Each track presents different states of mundanity that, with music, he cultivates into spheres of absurd wonder or cerebral scintillation. With lyrics that are bare and sparing, he intensifies the daze and leads you through the many times of day. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-frank-richmans-99-fire monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/90840f20-c182-41c1-961f-3155d822f89e/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : Frank Richman’s ‘99 Fire’ - Frank Richman’s music is all fun and funk. Blending the smooth flows of R&B/ Soul with catchy retro funk, he crafts the perfect balance of the classic and contemporary. Capped by fantastic blues elements, it is quite the ride. His latest release is ‘99 Fire’, an upping orchestra. It presents a luxurious atmosphere of dance swings, soul power and a vocal flair that is as vibrant as a disco club. For Frank it’s about spreading the fun and the cheer. And he does it with dynamism, movement, energy, and a lot of surprises. Without giving too much of it away, the artist has such dramatic and creative arcs that is sure to sweep you off your feet. With instrumentals that take you back to underground blues club to the swing 60s, and a funk soul/ R&B that oscillates between the old and the new, we have ourselves a soul aficionado. A busy, engaging, and roaring party that you’re glad you attended. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-electronica-phidippuss-prazosin monthly 0.5 2025-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a02f2bdf-cc4a-44ce-9800-811fdee91d9c/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Electronica : Phidippus’s ‘Prazosin’ - Eric Salazar, aka Phidippus is a conjurer. Of worlds, stories, fantasies, and ideas, crafting a musical cinema around them. As an electronic artist, he leverages the range, expanse and ambit of the genre to explore new territories. These, he then develops into spectacular frames, fantastical stories and a grandeur that will remind you of period dramas and movies. Elaborate and full of details, he gives his listeners a richness that is rare. His latest release is the ‘Prazosin’ album, a collection that unites experimental electronica with avant garde ideas. And of course, there’s that theatrical horror. ‘8 Bit Horror’ introduces the collection. With a drum n bass base, he builds it up with drifting synths, soft ripples, suggestive melodies. It is layered but elegant in design and purpose. With sonic themes that develop over time, each arc is an evolution. ‘Tell Me Your Secret’ also has a similar arc, a slow yet steady mount. The revolutions pick up and so do the rhythms. In ‘Savior’, the melodies are made more expressive and colorful. The beats and synths are more dynamic and active, striking a luminous complexity. And in ‘We Stand Together’, we see an ambient backdrop is awakened with fuzzy, crackling textures and upping beats. These accessories are harder and more emphatic in ‘Hard Razor’, a little more aggressive, but more vivid and random. With ‘Pornography’, ‘Dummy’, and ‘I Loved to Hold Your Hand’, there’s an acceleration in the way he images themes. And blending them with striking contrasts, winded fringes, and mercurial rhythm patterns, they are all so surreal. Like they are all occurring in a whole different world, a universe that is far and foreign but tied to us by the imaginative consciousness. And with ‘Techno Phantom’, he drives the album to a cerebral climax, one that is slapping, driving, and so full of emphasis. On texture, on rhythm engagement, on visuals, and progression of energy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-tania-kyllikkis-feel-good-vibes monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/db6710c2-f2a4-4f1b-b339-917374086041/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : TaniA Kyllikki’s ‘Feel Good Vibes’ - TaniA Kyllikki is an evolving pop power star with such a vivid and vibrant presence. When you listen to her music, there’s that feeling of coming alive, of being awakened that comes with it. She is bold, wild, playful and free. And each soundscape is a new and interesting playing field for her. ‘Feel Good Vibes’ is her latest release, a single that reinforces her love for carefree exploration, emphatic rhythms, and a fun presence. The track revives an 80s synth pop ethos that is then cultivated with a modern ambience, a late 2010s house style and vocals that are timeless. It is fluid, floating from pop to R&B to rap, to anthemic pop. And the song, being about feeling life as it interacts with you. The artist celebrates it, vows to protect and preserve it. This thematic presence becomes especially relevant in this New Year. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jean-philippe-ruelle-crafts-an-ambient-escape-with-impulsein monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ac7acb75-314b-4800-952d-0bc11d347e14/5.jpg Music Reviews - Jean-Philippe Ruelle Crafts An Ambient Escape with ‘Impulsein’ - Jean-Philippe Ruelle is a French eclectic, dynamic, mercurial composer. His charm is contained in his unpredictable affluence and the boldness with which he ventures into new and exciting territories. Blending synth pop with new wave, mystical pop, and visual electronica, his soundscapes are not about music per se but about the feeling. About experiencing the consciousness of the protagonist that he details. His latest release is ‘Impulsein’, an absorbing, electric pulsation that spreads, evolves, and grows into beautiful spheres of expression. The basslines are strong and constant, their reliability allowing for seamless progressions of melody, energy, rhythm, and emotion. The sonic frames keep on changing, each arc presents a new frame like dissolving and reforming modern art. The vocals introduce an ethereal ribbon into this room, mesmerizing like smoke, transcendental, and so fantastical. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/electro-pop-allegras-rain monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/06d6ee0c-d41c-4709-9d5f-49d6f1e64c0c/1.png Music Reviews - Single Review/Electro Pop : Allegra’s ‘Rain’ - Allegra is what they call a pivotal artist. Her independence, individualism and innovation when it comes to music is remarkable. She holds her own, boldly embarking into new territories and stylistic avenues. Her latest release is ‘Rain’, a dance-contemporary pop soundscape that exhilaratingly carries the theme. Her interpretation of the theme leads to a smooth confluence of love, heartache, sensuality, reflection, and wildness. These facets of human connections are interspersed with an increased sense of self. This duality is then elevated with a dynamic soundscape. Bold basslines, driving synth lines, rippling details, and a rhythm that is soft but full of impact and power. If you enjoy the work of Rihanna, Beyonce, Selena Gomez back in the day, you’ll for sure resonate with the quotients of Allegra. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-twice-darks-time-traveller monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d3253673-e98b-4728-a7fe-3046ce35d7e6/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Twice Dark’s ‘Time Traveller’ - Josh Kreuzman aka Twice Dark introduces the technicolor temptations of a neo-gothic realm. The artist has carved out a niche that is both haunting and enthralling. Combining these unseeming spheres of sound, he composes elaborate sonic complexities. They are edgy, new, refreshing, and interesting. Listening to his music always feels like you’re encountering something new, entering a new world of sorts. In his latest track, ‘Time Traveller’, he creates a moody, dark toned, and bass intoned synth pop whirlpool. The vocals carry mysterious and hypnotic quotients that warp the soundscape and the theme. And slathered in basslines and refreshing synths, it has an 80s synth pop flare that is blended in with modern insights and techniques. A virtuoso that is remarkably novel and unique. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-singer-songwriter-owen-youngs-three monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dadf59aa-076b-47d9-bf7c-b5d623aadc3b/3.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Owen Young’s ‘Three’ - Owen Young is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk artist from Cayuga, Ontario. His latest release is the ‘Three’ EP, the third installation of the Muddy River series. When talking about this collection, Owen Young stated, “The material in it is something of a departure for me. An outlier of sorts. Only three songs long, it consists of a letter to an old friend and colleague, a lament by a child of the Sixties and, lastly, a rant.” All three tracks are related, in some way, with social-economic issues on a global scale. The tracks reiterate the duties and compassion that we owe to fellow human beings and humankind as a whole. Each song is written simply by the artist. With raw and bare acoustics and contemplative vocals. He allows the immutability of his message to claim the grandeur of the listening experience. ‘Voices in the Dust’ opens the EP. It plays out the letter to an old friend. The track is about taking responsibility for future generations by conserving our resources, setting impactful precedents, and ensuring that we pass on important values. The instrumentals are light yet layered, soft but conversatory. And his baritones carry the thematic sentiment so naturally, so authentically and honestly. ‘Runnin’ Down The River’ is a lament over the fractured socio-political systems. As a citizen woed by the actions and apathy of authorities, the artist writes the song with a deep melancholia. He recollects the olden days with a sighing nostalgia, juxtaposing it with the present. The banjo melodies flow underneath the acoustic guitar riffs. While Owen’s vocals are Its plucking dynamism perhaps conveys a sense of anxiety that is associated with the theme. The last track, ‘That Could Have Been You’ is more plush and plucky. With bright acoustics and twanging textures, it is the perfect backdrop for the contemplative rant of the artist. The song was written together with the artist’s longtime friend Harry LaForme. With scenic lyrics and an sentimental expanse, he explores hardship, difficulties, curves of loneliness, arousing a sense of deep empathy and softness for a fellow human. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fin-marshs-remember-my-name-a-youthful-pop-rock-contemplation monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/54594289-8ec2-4e91-b9f5-4ffa87c94e28/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Fin Marsh’s ‘Remember My Name’ : A Youthful Pop Rock Contemplation - Fin Marsh is a singer-songwriter and an emo-pop-rock-indie artist. His soundscapes are fluid, as if it is a stream of consciousness curation. As an artist who enjoys exploring and creating contemplative music, he extends that to his sound design as well. So his soundscapes have an interpretative ambivalence that suit the nature of the lyrics and the emotions. His debut release is ‘Remember My Name’, a dark, textured, and moody composition in which the protagonist is on a journey to assert himself, his feelings, his experiences, and his existence. There are mellow emo quotients that ride in the underbelly, informing the indie rock and floating pop elements of the track. His vocals carve out thematic insight without giving up the zoned out daze of a melancholic or melodramatic youth. And everything, so beautifully varied yet homogenous in spirit, sparks a melodic harmony that you can feast on for days. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/synocos-techno-mutates-spectacularly-in-pulse monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/900d6ebf-9c46-4492-b221-21ba29ceeda0/1.jpg Music Reviews - Synoco’s Techno Mutates Spectacularly in ‘Pulse’ - Synoco gets into the elemental, foundational aspects of sound. Multiplying and mutating them into riveting techno sequences. His debut single is ‘Pulse’, a track that introduces the imaginative and relentless momentum of the artist. It is cerebral but also flourishing in movement and dance spheres. The composition is levelled and measured, building up beat by beat into a rhythm horizon. The artist adds sudden peaks and dips to the trajectory, but keeps the band of beats going, flowing into infinity. Until the repetition is not only heard by the listener by its rhythmic core, its pulse is felt, till it becomes a singularity, the apex consciousness of the listener. He elevates the consistency of techno, of the power that it amasses with it before unleashing it. The journey you take to the exhilarating high. And Synoco honors it with this latest track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-acoustic-rock-charlie-freemans-lay-on monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6abb06f4-043a-41f3-80d6-c6c645e38e08/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Acoustic Rock : Charlie Freeman’s ‘ Lay On’ - London-based Charlie Freeman explores the facets of truth especially as it unfurls in love, and everything else in his 2018 album, ‘Truth’. With a spectrum of rock, emerging from alt rock, acoustic rock, and a more contemporary ethos, he details the theme. ‘Lay On’ is one of the softer presentations. It is mellow, contemplative, ambient, and full of the protagonist’s consciousness. With intimate lyrics and plush melodies, he attaches to the listener with vulnerability. The soundscape is weightless, colored by the soft illuminations of emotion. Like the pastel daze of day break, the song stretches on : refreshing acoustics, epiphanic moments, and a tingling warmth. Charlie’s baritones are like a simmering fire that is cozy and contemplative in ways reminiscent of John Mayer. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lunarovers-chimera-a-dream-pop-mirage-drift monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4c541eaf-d0b8-4ae7-8389-6d6bcc40b4d9/5.jpg Music Reviews - LunaRover’s ‘Chimera’ : A Dream Pop Mirage Drift - LunaRover is an indie band with ideas that flow from a dream world. Imagine a sphere, shimmering with synths, powered by mellow basslines, and so texturally smooth that you don’t know where it ends and you begin. It is the banner of composers and producers, Kevin Rieth and Ben Pelletier. And with the debut single, ‘Chimera’, they introduce a new brand of sonics as they combine 80s dream pop with a beguiling contemporary vocal swirl. The song is composed to suit the quality of the theme. Capturing the evasiveness of it, casting it as a fantasy, they craft a soft, lithe, smooth, and colored daze. The soundscape is slathered soft basslines, humming and spreading into the synth horizon. Alternative elements like sax frames and cinematic details elevate the chimera. Within the reality of surreal vocal hyperboles, the mirage-like basslines, and synth dreams, they incept a blooming sci-fi consciousness. And it is incredible! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-chris-thomas-the-merrymakers-fromthetop-20 monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a8365110-a78a-4ede-a75a-4551c2b85bba/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Chris Thomas &amp; The Merrymakers’ ‘FromTheTop 2.0’ - This act of Chris Thomas is edgy, alternative, and a whole lot of swag. His banner, ‘Chris Thomas & The Merrymakers’ includes not only his performances by his audience, and he is here to entertain. As a solo artist, he is impressively dexterous. He is a songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. ‘FromTheTop 2.0’ will take you back to the 80s. Think The Bangles with their adult contemporary/ new wave post rock of the time. That’s the atmosphere that slow burns, swirls, and lights you up. The quality of the listening experience is remarkably retro. With slurring baritones dragging into slow guitar grooves, raw beats, and a dispersing bassline, it’s like you’re in an underground bar. There’s a latent punk energy to the whole thing. That’s where the swag and the charisma comes from. And with its alternative elements and grinding rhythm, it’ll lend you an edge that you’ll crave for over and over. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-alt-rock-the-dead-bottomleys-coal monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8e46282c-ae4c-418b-8b2e-087cc610b002/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Alt Rock : The Dead Bottomleys’ ‘Coal’ - The Dead Bottomleys have that remarkable garage rock ethos of the 70s. Coarse, homegrown, powerful, and a whole lot of fun. Their latest release is the ‘Sink and Tarnish’ album, a collection that stipulates the range, the swag, and the striking ethos of the band. ‘Coal’ introduces the album. Much like the fossil fuel, the song is forged with heat. Slathered in basslines, drenched in riffs and punctuated with strong beats, its evolutions are fantastical. It is molded with moments of hard rock, rock n roll and a whole lot of alternative influences. The vocals are an edgy wiry and low tonal, effortlessly cutting through the mass of the instrumentation. Guitar solos are charismatic, whimsical, quirky and so full of rife and revolution. Overall, it is one that creates the perfect ambience to abandon care and comfort and just kick it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-cali-tuckers-dandelion monthly 0.5 2025-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/33717b91-8725-41de-b719-65a297b68d5a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop : Cali Tucker’s ‘Dandelion’ - Cali Tucker has edge and emotion. Her ability to drive sentimentality to a plane of boldness, power, and badassery is incredible. The ability to channel her most authentic energy as she explores themes marks the listening experience. It is not only inspiring but energizing and refreshing. In her 2021 release, ‘Dandelion’, a track that blends commercial pop with spheres of contemplation and confession. So you’ll see catchy hooks and choral planes that ride into frames of thought, reminiscence, and a value system. This duality is a nod to her country roots. The track has had a viral resurgence, streaming over 400,000 in December of 2024 after the popularity of Cali's two 2024 singles, Urban Cowboy and Country Couture. The song is about knowing your worth and protecting your peace from men with ill intentions and bad behaviour. Using the elegant metaphor of the weed, dandelion, the artist claps back, draws boundaries, and playfully stretches into a bliss cloud. There are many fun lyrical analogies across the track that bring a levity and carefreeness into the listening experience. The song reinforces the effortless artistry and magic of Cali Tucker. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/artist-interview-the-music-of-sounds-cold-weather-man monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-alt-rock-nyki-lindsay-kings-running-out-of-time monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3137fe42-78b5-43ed-bf26-6f96302a60ae/1.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Alt Rock : Nyki Lindsay King’s ‘Running Out of Time’ - Nyki Lindsay King’s music is about emotion, about capturing a frame of life, or an experience. The Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, and composer’s vision is tailored with intricacy, thoughtfulness and a contemplative plane that will elevate the listener. For his latest release, ‘Running Out of Time’, he floods the soundscape with hard rock instrumentals and evocative vocals. So flush and powerful is the presentation that it drives the listener to emotional potency. There is vulnerability, portrayed with a grandeur that celebrates it. The riffs are hard and the basslines slap harder. Built into the thematic restlessness and anxieties in the vocals, it is immersive and so relatable. And as you flow into the soundscape, the depths are touching and the peaks are exhilarating. If you enjoy the work of Linkin Park, Nirvana, and Nickelback, then you’ll definitely love this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/forgottensong-casts-a-contemplative-folk-cloud-with-down-to-the-filter monthly 0.5 2025-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c6038ea-7ddb-47c1-8a71-0725acf395bd/2.png Music Reviews - Forgottensong Casts A Contemplative Folk Cloud with ‘Down to the Filter’ - Forgottensong is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk/indie rock artist. His music is marked by the distinctive energy and moods of it. Built with contemplative elements, creative analogies, and momentous evolutions, listening to his music is like conversing with a friend. His latest release is the ‘Down to the Filter’ album, a collection of contemporary folk rock songs that at their core carries the ethos of retro artists like Nick Drake, Neil Young, Steven, Nash and Young. The title track exemplifies the stylistic horizon and genre interpretation of the artist. Its fluidity, the levity with which he flows across the many rifes and riffs of folk and rock can be quite elating. Add to this the profound lyrical depth melted with the instrumental complexity, and you have yourself a smooth, effortless brilliance that will have you coming back for more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-hospital-classs-drunk-driving monthly 0.5 2025-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a595d308-5695-44fd-9811-8926dc118284/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Hospital Class’s ‘ DRUNK DRIVING’ - The appeal of Hospital Class lies in the charismatic nonchalance. The explorations are carefree, bordering on careless, just the perfect levels of detached spontaneity. Calling their music, “midwestern guitar music’, the style strays into Americana and country, powered by garage rock power and 90s alternative features. Their latest release is ‘Drunk Driving’, a track that is groovy, whimsical, playful, before crashing into a darker, brooding reality. The conceptual manifestation of the theme through performance, mood, ambience, and energy shifts is quite profound. With great instrumental lengths and a free vision, the artist poses the backdrop, the storyline of drunk driving. And it starts with a fun-loving scene, leading to thoughtless courage and then the fateful moments of peril. Through these sequences, the artist casts a contemplative film that you can delve into. The design is quite elegant and well-done. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-sea-at-midnights-wait-for-rain monthly 0.5 2025-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fb263676-97be-4408-9835-c9df4f28e6f9/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Sea at Midnight’s ‘wait for rain’ - When you listen to Sea at Midnight, you experience a mercurial swirl that is elevated with sonic visuals and dimensions. The alt rock band involves electronica in ways that are as visionary as bands like Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers, and The Alan Parsons Project. Their latest release is ‘Wait for Rain’, a track that is empowered by such vivid and vibrant textures. The riffs and basslines are dark and ominous. And streaking across this is a splash of color, rings of electronica and blossoming synths. The vocalist’s low tonals have a hypnotic tinge, an otherworldly knowledge that rides adds mysterious perspectives to the soundscape. And it’s like one of those songs that the more you listen, the more you’ll see, hear, and gain. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-tom-minors-eleven-easy-pieces-on-anger-and-disappointment monthly 0.5 2025-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f43d0dd8-1e53-4bd8-acc6-6bf2ab693ab9/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock : Tom Minor’s ‘Eleven Easy Pieces on Anger and Disappointment’ - Tom Minor is an alt rock and pop rock artist. He has a way of stringing social, emotional, and mental health themes with whimsical narratives, satirical presentations, and a carefree humor. His craft holds a modernity in the way he perceives things, novel technique that he applies and a surmounting presence that is very memorable. Tom has been releasing a couple of singles, teasing and introducing the stylistic endeavors of his latest album, ‘Eleven Easy Pieces on Anger and Disappointment’. The collection is an emotional guidebook of sorts that presents perspective along with a lightness that suddenly grows profound. Tracks like ‘Is Everything Okay?’, ‘It’s the Wind, Stupid!’, and ‘Interstellar Standstill’ were great windows to the artist’s vision going into this album. Each one not only provided great context but also brought in the multifaceted style and atmosphere of Tom Minor. Blending feel good pop rock with acoustics, rap, ballads, into a contemplative plane, he steadily evokes thought without boring you to death. On the tracks, ‘The Bad Life’ and ‘Saturday Eats Its Young’ Tom Minor collaborates with Creatures of Habit. The former is an edgy, dynamic, melodic rock formation with moments of indie daze and a retro twist. The riffs are luminous and powerful, affecting their texture and tone. Tom’s baritones complement and elevate it. Its warmth and weight add beautifully to the theme. ‘Saturday Eats Its Young’ forms along a similar vein. With country accents, accordion ripples and folk rock landscapes are quite easy to float into. The tracks have that 70s ethos riding into the 90s indie stylings. Most tracks can be aptly categorised as folk pop ballads. ‘Light Heart Heavy Hand’, ‘Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?’ have that rhythmic flow that is comforting, cozy, and soft like late afternoon sun. There is so much whimsy, so much freedom and creative details that carries us into ourselves. ‘Daydreams come true at Night’ concludes the album. It is performative, in its instrumentals, in the vocals, and in the harmonies, and in the imagery that it evokes. Like Queen’s softer rock ballads or Panic! At the Disco’s more intimate compositions, the track has a deliberate theatrical twist that is very enjoyable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-rock-n-roll-spirit-guns-the-status-quo-must-go-on monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d825e2a8-24b9-4222-903e-8a87de9e8f28/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Rock n Roll : Spirit Gun’s ‘The Status Quo Must Go On’ - Spirit Gun is an American rock n roll band that keeps it real and solid. Their music is as sharp and bold as their name suggests. Emerging out of Norfolk, Virginia, they stick to their country/ Americana roots, infusing it into potent rock frames. There is that garage rock energy to them, hardcore especially in how they play and perform. That spark of passion that we felt each time we listened to the oldies is not only present in Spirit Gun but is present instantly. You can sense it, it rides you into spectacular heights and energy peaks, getting you groovy, sentimental, nostalgic, and riled up. Their latest release is ‘The Status Quo Must Go On’, an album that is as real and rambunctious as they come. They say rock n roll is a state of mind. Spirit Gun embodies that. At the forefront of most tracks, we see Americana influences meshed in with hard rock textures, and garage rock authenticity. But in the backdrop, the rock n roll groove stays alive. Not just that, but it surfs the variant landscapes that cruise through. After the intro in ‘No More’, ‘Status Quo’ sets the stage for the upcoming collection. All of everything that we’ve explored. Tracks like ‘Stasis’, ‘Opportunist’ and ‘Stand 4 Nothing’ reinforce this spirit adding on a more fuzzy, warm, riff-heavy sphere that is both contemplative and feel good. They are electric and full of showmanship, spirited in ways that make the banner proud. ‘The Heist’ is also a fun composition. With edgy, fun, playful, and strategic rhythm placements, they cast the listener in the headspace to enjoy the theme. ‘Balance’ is a more mellow track. With its light, airy, and luminous instrumentals, it spreads into a textured ambience that prepares you for the action and alternative rock of the upcoming tracks. ‘Big White Lie’ concludes the album. Its marked 70s/80s ethos is immutable. Like a Time Machine it will take you back and then fast forward you to 90s power before finally launching into a powerful climax. The band definitely knows what they're doing. With a vision so strong and emphatic, they have a way of crafting and playing that instantly gets your attention. And keep it. That sonic charisma so effortlessly translates to the listener and makes them a fan. Come become a part of the Spirit Gun family! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nobodys-wolf-childs-erbsas-songs-of-the-sea-presents-mystical-synth-pop-folklore monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a9cdf235-44f8-4685-bf1b-4653f4f11ce5/2.jpg Music Reviews - Nobody’s Wolf Child’s ‘Erbsa’s Songs of the Sea’ Presents Mystical Synth Pop Folklore - Nobody’s Wolf Child is an alt pop composer with ideas that transcend normal planes of expression. The artist makes and nurtures cerebral, emotional, and conceptual connections that are astounding to say the least. Especially as they manifest in the way she explores and presents themes. There is a cinematic factor, a swirling universe of melody and emotion that carries into her vocal flow. Her latest release is ‘Erbsa’s Songs of the Sea’ an EP that blends romanticism with mysticism. The performative elements are quite expansive and vivid that they gain form and play out like a movie. ‘10,000 White Horses’ introduces the collection. The soundscape has mellow accents, but are dilated for effect. Acoustics and synths hold the presence, the essence of the track as they create an atmospheric mist. The artist’s vocals have the sultry drawl that Lana Del Rey has come to become reputed for. And the way she leads the emotion into a fairytale/ folklore sphere is affecting. In the acoustics, we see folk and country accents. With a trail of echoes and harmonies, she manifests mystery and magic. ‘Selkie’ forms along the same vein, but its narratives are sparked with darker contemplations, gothic accents and a spectacular drama. ‘Song to the Siren’ is composed to emulate the myths surrounding it. There is such an entrancing appeal to the way it is crafted. A world that is so achingly beautiful, layered with so much mystical details. ‘Secrets and Seabirds’ has a remarkable poetic ethos. The lyrical allure of it floats into a contemporary pop ballad that you can sail through. It is soft and velvet like melancholia as it grows into the soundscape. Last song is ‘A Drop of Strangers Blood’, another composition with the visceral and rustic pulse of folklore. Infusing dimensional elements like wind, the sound of water, and swords clinking, the artist creates a mantric hypnotic frame that takes you back in time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/karen-salicath-jamali-astounds-in-latest-album-dreams-of-angels monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f1ae9525-a2a1-4d79-ac0e-88485d5bd6ee/1.png Music Reviews - Karen Salicath Jamali Astounds in Latest Album, ‘Dreams of Angels’ - Karen Salicath Jamali is a composer and pianist who transfers not just music but a mind, a heart, and an emotion to the listener. Her work is marked by thought, devotion, contemplation, creativity and other infinities like that. Imagine listening to a track and feeling its every melody, its moods and its live essence. That’s the experience of her music. Her latest release is ‘Dreams of Angels’, a fantastical collection of tracks that explores themes with mystical, spiritual, and supernatural aspects. Casting them in the context of divinity and angels, she demonstrates them as part of the ethereal, a magnificent force that carries into fantasy and grandeur. ‘ArchAngel Metraton (The Angel of Life)’ introduces the album with its slow, mellow exploration style. It is light and airy with gentle moments of sentiments passing through it like colored film. The best way to experience this collection is to perceive movement, dalliance, and energy in the melodic framework. And flow with it. Soon, you’ll start to feel it coalesce into a sentiment, an idea, a concept. ‘Angel Gabriel (The Angel of Water)’ and ‘Angel Gabriels Heart’ are two very mellow and elegant pieces that have a fluid design. The artist’s authenticity manifests in the candor of her compositions and play. There’s so much creativity in how she manifests each theme into the instrumentals. Like in ‘Angel Jophiel (Angel of Illumination)’ and ‘Angel Uriel (Angel of Truth)’, Karen curates the melody with vivid thematic accents. As abstract as they may seem, they are infused with an emotion that will lead you to the theme. ‘Angel Raphael (Angel of Healing)’ has a meditative aura, a calming stillness, followed by a lush full feeling. This plane is shared by ‘Angel Chamuel (Angel of Peace)’ with its nimble melodic formations and slight rhythms. And just like this, each track so beautifully carves out the idea both evocatively and cerebrally. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gain-the-christmas-spirit-with-the-marsh-familys-universal-child monthly 0.5 2025-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/250b9567-322d-41f2-8fa4-a95fae1c831e/2.jpg Music Reviews - Gain the Christmas Spirit with The Marsh Family’s ‘Universal Child’ - The Marsh Family have a way of crafting contemplative music that touches the sacred part of you that is most humane, most pure, and most beautiful. Flowing from that space, they build up their soundscapes with thoughtful lyrics, expansive melodies, and a rich cloud of sentiment that drenches you like mist. Their latest single, ‘Universal Child’ has a lovely craft to it. In the way it is composed, your mind is compelled to imagine a panoramic scene with the grounding grace of mountains, perspectives of the sky, and the power of magnanimity and empathy. This holiday season, it is the perfect track to meditate on your faith and fortune. Drawn from the core of humanity and the gift of giving, it is cloaked in a pristine aura, an atmosphere of distilled and pure love and joy, that you can’t help but carry with you. Listen Now! Originally written by Annie Lennox for her ‘A Christmas Cornucopia’ studio album in 2010, the song has been repurposed with the family’s own distinctive harmonies and instrumentation and will be used as part of a campaign this Christmas with Save the Children - raising money and awareness alongside a JustGiving campaign. Make sure to check it out! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cris-caps-live-like-my-cat-a-blues-rock-funk-pop monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f9487047-49be-4821-8af4-f76885b5f394/2.png Music Reviews - Cris Cap’s ‘Live Like My Cat’ : A Blues Rock Funk Pop - Cris Cap is a singer-songwriter and composer. His music revolves around jazz, blues, funk, and pop. An easy current that playfully swirls them together. It plays out smooth and easy, with elating creative elements and quirky accents. You’ll especially experience this sweet contrast in his latest double single, ‘Live Like My Cat’ and ‘Howlin’ at the Moon’. It is blue yet peppy, sentimental yet fun, and classic yet contemporary. The way he progresses within the composition is layered. Employing darting, evolving, and dynamic instrumentals, he shapes the theme with such a light hand. You can slide through the track, its energy continuous and consistent as you journey with it. The first track is a curious song about a human’s wish to live like a cat. Chilling all day, napping and then chilling some more. The protagonist, as an adult, wishes for that carefree existence and constructs the song around it. Not only that, but he absorbs the wisdom to chill, rest, and take it easy. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/little-jukes-when-the-sea-came-to-tea-an-indie-rock-magic-trick monthly 0.5 2025-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/103b9508-7ad3-4689-b15f-54f86a56ec41/1.jpg Music Reviews - Little Juke’s ‘When The Sea Came to Tea’ : An Indie Rock Magic Trick - Little Juke is an indie band who has mastered the art of dulcet vibrance. It manifests in every aspect of their song making. In the rhythms, melodies, textures, chroma, and especially in the vocals. The rush of feeling without the impact has a sublime way of elevating you. Like in their latest single, ‘When The Sea Came to Tea’, a composition that enjoys the peculiarity, passion, and pleasure that the title suggests. The band blends indie rock with chamber pop and orchestral set ups to create the smoothest upliftment. The dazing aftermath of it casts a surreal glaze in the mind, a romanticism that is strategic and simple like a magic trick. And if you’re a person who enjoys elegance, then the graceful transitions and versatile production will keep you coming back for more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-alex-starlings-maybe-we-lost-it monthly 0.5 2024-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/336a52f1-85ed-4516-8b87-96fcada90e70/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Alex Starling’s ‘Maybe We Lost It’ - Alex Starling is a singer-songwriter and a dream pop artist. His vocals are elating castles of emotion, so lofty, yet so intricate and full of stories. The listening experience is marked by the grandeur of human emotion and the depth of feeling it. Alex dotes on it, delves into it, and delivers it with an affecting power. In his latest release, ‘Maybe We Lost It’, he explores the spheres of contemporary pop in the context of dreamy allure. A contemplative melancholy drenches the soundscapes, so intimate, so vulnerable that it is aching. More than anything, it is the quality of his emotions. So pristine and pure. Even the most complex moments are rendered with an elegance that beguiles the mind. That power to absorb emotion and present it with simple sophistication is quite a rare phenomenon. And you’ll find it with Alex Starling almost exclusively. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-flying-beets-drive-into-alt-rock-with-dont-let-me-notice monthly 0.5 2024-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4f5d12d6-4122-4a7e-9b18-70ec9cebd4a0/3.png Music Reviews - The Flying Beets Drive Into Alt Rock with ‘Don’t Let Me Notice’ - The Flying Beets redefine the boundaries of indie rock. With deliberate retro fringes and textured brilliance, they revive the 80s in the modern context. There is power and passion, interest and invention, curiosity and creativity. Their sonic sense is quite unique and you can’t help but revel in the novelty. ‘Don’t Let Me Notice’ is their latest single. It has pop rock swells, enclosed by garage rock instrumental candor and 90s Linkin Parkesque vocals. The bass slams, coordinated with the punching beats and soaring riffs, presents a live atmosphere for the vocalist to spread out and delve into the soundscape, fleshing out the thematic sentiments with candor and authenticity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-starry-night-by-jim-scaparotti-and-tinman-project monthly 0.5 2024-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d84a72f3-664f-4931-85f9-b21e58ea4f09/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : ‘Starry Night’ by Jim Scaparotti and Tinman Project - Jim Scaparotti is a singer-songwriter and a country artist. He crafts songs that flow like the river, scatter like stars, and hold sentimental depth like the ocean. Each track is a feeling more than a listening experience. He incepts that human quality, a human emotion and uses the composition to dilate it and make it larger. In his release, ‘Starry Night’, he and his band, Tinman Project, use a country tone to express the wonder and vastness of the theme. With instrumentals swaying lightly and luminously into the soundscape, the vocals grip at the beauty and grandeur of a Starry Night. The bluesy plane brings whimsy and romance into the composition. There is so much candor, so much authenticity in every element that the humanness of it all flows out of the song into the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-the-afro-nicks-get-there-before-noon-la-mix monthly 0.5 2024-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7953c457-e5fa-4583-94dd-5cb521b15402/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : The Afro Nick’s ‘Get There Before Noon (LA Mix)’ - The Afronick is an alt folk, indie rock banner of a Grecian singer-songwriter. His music is marked by his vocal authenticity, so raw and real like wildflower and weeds. He’s a wildling, especially in the way he expresses emotion. In his debut single, ‘Get There Before Noon (LA Mix)’, you’ll see the concert of rustic baritonal texture with a splash of sonic color and playful melodies. Imagine a brooding folk rock plane colliding with a highly toned down disco quotient. That’s the experience of the track. It feels both vintage and contemporary. Its dilated rhythms bring out the vocal nuances with its Caribbean accents and candid inflections. And just like that the cerebral quotients and the soul vibes mingle to create the perfect afternoon song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-mr-cooles-trop-dsol monthly 0.5 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/60cecd6c-f214-4c2c-b091-baa7340739a9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Mr. Coole’s ‘Trop Désolé’ - Mr. Coole is a French singer-songwriter and alt pop artist. He crafts visions, movies that are full of emotional sensibilities and sentiments. There’s a soft vibrance to his compositions that extends to his fluid styles and smooth genre shifts. Like in his latest release, ‘Trop Désolé’, (I’m Sorry) the artist combines the intimate resonance of neoclassicals, chamber pop, with fresh arcs of French rap and dream pop influences. This nuanced expression speaks to his passion for authentic expression, one that molds his personality and carves out the theme in the way he intended. This track is uplifting, passionate, candid, and sincere. Even if you don’t know French, you’ll still be able to connect with the emotion of the protagonist, his peaks and depths, his contemplations, the softness, the sentiments, and the boundlessness of the feeling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-tahanis-burnout monthly 0.5 2024-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f6eece98-79a3-4760-bcb5-7d6ad8c14b49/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : Tahani’s ‘Burnout’ - Tahani is a singer-songwriter and a pop rock artist who crafts intense melodic worlds with her music. As a musician, her soundscapes are designed with passion all its driving force. It is complex, layered, going deep into themes that it viscerally affects the listener. Her latest release is ‘Burnout’, a track that explores this defeated feeling, in the context of love; fleshing out its dispassion and distinctively showcasing its fiery pain. The track is made out with intense riffs, dispersing at a large scale. A sense of heat is infused into the chorus, a hard rock anthem that launches into lofty heights. Rising basslines and their scattered fuzz flourishes into the vocals, creating dimensions that you can endlessly travel through. But the verses are cool and reflective, looping into the energy and momentum of the climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-charlie-freemans-watchtower monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9f676c4f-0d6c-44fb-b5ec-9391a1589999/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Charlie Freeman’s ‘Watchtower’ - Charlie Freeman is a singer-songwriter and a soft rock artist from London. His music is drawn from life experiences, strung together with storytelling best and real time emotion. And as you listen, these tales will float into you, playing out like a movie, their embers of emotion flickering like a candle. His release ‘Watchtower’ from the 2018 Truth album, is especially memorable in this stylistic context. It explores the journey from darkness to light, from loneliness to love, and listlessness to direction. The acoustics and his baritones grasp at melancholy so beautifully, crafting it into a complex tapestry that you can immerse yourself with. The melodies wind down an Americana, folk rock trajectory, dispersing into a contemplative ethos like mist in the morning. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-electronica-you-bred-raptors-telemarketer-terrorists monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1976096b-9e13-4000-9534-3f8ca24bc522/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Electronica : You Bred Raptors’ ‘Telemarketer Terrorists’ - You Bred Raptors is an alternative artist with a genre-diverse portfolio. With each track the artist invents a new perspective that he not only explores but emphasizes with spectacular dimensions. There’s an innovative power that he harnesses, taking it to stellar moments of novelty and creativity. His latest release is ‘Telemarketer Terrorists’, a three-part EP that delves into the aggressive advertising schemes and strategies that flows out of a capitalist society. He drives a haunting picture, extrapolating the soundscapes to reflect the dystopian values that it holds. And the absurdity of blind acceptance by the general population is something that unfolds quite elegantly. ‘The White Zone is for Loading and Unloading Only’ qualifies modern electronica with slow tangents of drum n bass, hip-hop beat accents, and a spoken word flow. The verses are light and airy, made with cerebral undertones. It flows like light through the beeping and texturing backdrop. This is followed by the experimental flow of the title track. Blending free flow hip-hop with fluid electronic fusions and pop vocals, the soundscape tells a story. The verses skirting around the edges, scattering and coalescing. Orchestral accents, rippling synths, and a mellow, ambient climax that ties into the next song’s intro. ‘Like a Kid That’s Found His Dad’s Gun’ is the final song. It is a pop rock track that washes the soundscape with sonic fuzz. The vocals launch into this frame and create such vibrant and passionate emotions. With a beat momentum that lands spectacularly and a bass that lifts into everything, it is an electrifying track. There are hardcore and metal influences along the climax tangent. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-vrlden-hr-inte-p monthly 0.5 2024-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a2449e7e-107a-43be-98f6-9733a194779f/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Världen hör inte på’ - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends create alt rock atmospheres that are ready to dissolve into your space. Their evolving style loops in moments ABBA into their acoustic thrush of instrumentals. Their latest song, ‘Världen hör inte på’ is a pop rock bob with rhythmic riffs, upping beats, and a vocal swirl that softens everything. Its essence is like a secret ingredient that both elevates and mellows the soundscape. Despite the consistent rhythm structure, they create complexity with fluidity and dynamism with the popping melodies. Imagine slight infusions of Coldplay into a 70s folk rock element, raised by Beatlesque sentiments and an ABBA energy. It’s varied and vibrant in all its flowing segments, however you slice it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-peppermint-moons-could-you-walk-away monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c9b8185-0427-42c4-b181-ba56fd10f712/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Peppermint Moon’s ‘Could You Walk Away?’ - Peppermint Moon’s music is qualified by the fusion of everything that is human and the mystique of the universe. Looping in features and themes from the other into one, he crafts a very imaginative folk rock frame. Like The Beatles or The Beach Boys did in the 70s. Their latest release is ‘Could You Walk Away?’, a track that emulates the melodic aesthetics and rhythmic presentations of that era. And with that, a storytelling quotient nicely expands into an ambience, its contemplative tones spreading out. Listen Now! If you enjoy warm and feel-good, floaty rock music, this is the perfect track for you. It has a way of softening the atmosphere around you, creating a lull that you can melt into. Like a song that is not just a song, but a mood, a feeling that you can absorb into yourself. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/paul-cafcaes-fresh-blowing-wind-an-alt-rock-refreshment monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6d289c69-e5f5-4073-aa7a-b560897698e7/6.png Music Reviews - Paul Cafcae’s ‘Fresh Blowing Wind’ : An Alt Rock Refreshment - Paul Cafcae’s musical appeal emerges from the execution of his ideas. He wields an authenticity that self-taught artists are known for. Having paved his own stylistic personality through moments of exploration and experiment, there seems to be that powerful individual influence that transfers to the listener. So when you listen to his music, it’s like getting to know him intimately, to witness the inner-workings of his mind. ‘Fresh Blowing Wind’ is the artist’s latest release, an alternative rock track with an atmospheric expanse. The riff and melodic textures are coarse and real, coming off of the canvas. And the basslines cast a smooth glaze over it all, elating the mood, moments, and momentum. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rados-family-tree-induces-a-cerebral-playfulness monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c16040b8-f74b-4e33-b07e-1261c59d1070/5.png Music Reviews - Rado’s ‘Family Tree’ Induces a Cerebral Playfulness - RADO’s psychedelia is curious, playful, and explorative. There’s none of that serious, intense moods that keep you locked in a loop. But it is ever-evolving, flowing into interesting peaks and exhilarating depths. The psychedelics linger just underneath the surface, their joyous lick compelling you to join that wavelength. Their latest release is ‘Family Tree’, a mellow indie rock frame that is dressed in cerebral tones, dancing melodies, and a baritonal progression that is made for immersion. Listen Now! In the track, they cast an ambience, a cheerful and busy one. Perhaps containing the scene of a large family grilling and enjoying themselves in a backyard. Then they draw out the variance, dallying like conversations, floating like smoke, and groovy like a dance. It is quite engaging, and the more you delve into the frame, the better the details paint a picture. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-alternative-influences-come-on-in-join-the-party monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3d12b707-115e-48d2-914e-58cb2d04c8d9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Alternative Influence’s ‘Come on in &amp; Join the Party’ - Alternative Influence delivers experiences that are far from ordinary and the usual. The band’s mind drives towards imagination, exploration, and novelty. Their music allows us to experience a new plane of listening. ‘Come on in & Join the Party’ is a fun, energetic pop rock space. Keeping it fun and rowdy, they compel the listener to rock out. The beats are grand and the basslines are driving. And the riffs are hard and fast, a textured atmosphere that is pulsing through the soundscape. With the vocals upping the energy at every turn, it takes on a whole realm of influence. One that is so wildly and adventurously theirs. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/caplin-massiahs-shaped-like-you-an-electro-pop-heartache monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/07d682b2-1dd2-481e-b304-66a7614340f6/3.png Music Reviews - Caplin &amp; Massiah’s ‘Shaped Like You’ : An Electro Pop He - Producer Paul Caplin and singer Zeeteah Massiah are an electro-pop duo that are known for their eclectic style and presentations. ‘Shaped like You’ is the band’s latest release, a track that explores heartache, especially in the context of missing someone. It is a very light, yet evocative composition in which the artist is not loading you, but is merely expressing herself intimately. The elegance of that distinction opens up so many dimensions within the track that you’ll find yourself feeling good. The duo are not afraid of the vivid and vibrant, which Caplin brings readily to his productional prowess. And Zeeteah’s vocals carry that sweet balance, molding the listening experience and driving it up. And when you engage with their spheres collectively, you can sense the camaraderie, the alignment of vision and the clarity of execution. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-christopher-parriss-golden-sunrise-of-the-summerlands monthly 0.5 2024-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e071bfe0-3878-4a26-bc00-20cf21ffa839/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Christopher Parris’s ‘Golden Sunrise of the Summerlands’ - Christopher Parris keeps it sunny and free in his latest release, ‘Golden Sunrise of the Summerlands’. His melodic rock is tinged with the softness and sentiment of country folk. Like a rich river running through the valley, the twining instrumentals wind through. To keep with the theme of the song, the artist designs the soundscape like a painting. Tracing the outlines, filling in the color, carving dimension, inducing texture, each one with an emotion that ultimately coalesces into a molten feeling of warmth and goodness. That feeling of watching the summer sunrise as it spreads across the sky. And Parris’s vocals are a buoyant delight to experience feeling with. There is so much presence in the track that it carries into the listener as well. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-isaac-koffis-hatou monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ddc03ef9-c595-4850-a8a5-cecd4e435c51/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Isaac Koffi’s ‘Hatou’ - Isaac Koffi is an African composer, multi-instrumentalist, and a passionate soundscaper. He forges fluidity in contemplations, creativity, and context. When you experience his compositional style, you’ll encounter interesting marks of culture, heritage, and novelty. Intention drives his music, intention to revive, intention to reminisce, and an intention to reimagine. His debut single is ‘Hatou’, an instrumental that creates a portrait of sorts. Its rhythms form in floating circles, so you won’t encounter horizontal movement. The dynamism is all within a static frame, like you’re studying a painting. With each arc, new details, elements, and perspectives, along with their energy presents itself to you. The tribal features are mellowed out to take on a contemporary character. Oriental textures, their minimalism, and elegance become a dominant attribute that you just keep on flowing with. All in all, if you enjoy the doting soundscapes with contemplative ambience, this song is for you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alternative-fusion-outside-pedestrians-time-zones monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/97a465e0-e8ec-4505-b6bd-14131c20c01f/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alternative Fusion : Outside Pedestrian’s ‘Time Zones’ - Outside Pedestrian is a genre-diverse, and redefining group. They achieve vivid experiments that carry jazz and chamber pop into moments of post rock and alt rock frames. Listening to their music is like experiencing a refreshing alignment that is elegant and effortless. Like something that seems to have existed always but only now discovered. In production and particulars, the band has a way of keeping it simple, achieving a natural rhythm that plays into all stylistic features. Their latest release is the ‘Time Zones’ album, an instrumental collection that molds power with playfulness, creativity with clarity, and exploration with experiment. Tracks like ‘Seven on Four’, ‘Rogues’ Gallery’, ‘Walk Don’t Run’, and ‘Tricky Lp’ have a dominant guitar plane that spirals into a rock trajectory. These tracks portray strength and spontaneity in ways that grip you. In softer moments, especially in ‘Rogues’ Gallery’, we see the sparking combination of blues and jazz. Just tangled with an ambience that cuts through the intensity of the driving rhythms. In ‘Walk Don’t Run’, the group explores scattered rhythms, and blues that are coherent and harmonious. The contrasting frames of driving rock and drifting jazz blues has a striking novelty. Especially in the way the contexts, ideas, and flows are reconciled. ‘Two Point Conversation’ represents the other side of the album. Across the board, it is mellow and ambient, carrying within its sphere, contemplations, and in this case, conversational aspects that make it seem like a dialogue is passing through the soundscape. ‘Wicked Chester’ gleams with charisma. With grooves that swagger and swirl across, it is quite the modern jazz outfit. ‘Slowly Falling’ is lighter, crossed with levity and a melodic buoyancy. ‘Envoy’ is deeper, more weighted with evocative sensibilities and melodic promiscuity. And like that, each track gains character progressively, spectacularly expanding the range and perspectives of the genre. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/23-fields-jack-a-storytelling-folk-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a1fea2d9-2c66-4ba4-b7a8-9acbd5fce5fb/1.jpg Music Reviews - 23 Fields’ ‘Jack’ : A Storytelling Folk Rock Track - 23 Fields is a contemporary folk banner, a trio whose music is all about feeling. The melodies, vocals, instrumentals, and rhythm all form elementally like emotions, building up progressively into complex sentimental webs. And the best way to experience and listen to their music is to locate and immerse into that bottomless well of emotion. Their latest release is ‘Jack’, a storytelling, narrative, stream of consciousness track that explores the acoustic walls of contemplation. The lyrics reflect on moments of melancholy and sadness to find hopeful perspectives and feel-good moments within. A collision of the guitar, violin, and drums create a sweet tinge, an aching peak that reinforces the vocal sentiment and flows to planes of growth and greater understanding. Listen Now! 23 Fields is Step Adams - Vocals and Acoustic Guitar, Louise Driver - Violin, Jason M. Smith - Drums and Percussion. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-pop-rock-for-king-countrys-little-drummer-boy-live monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b1195470-c923-4610-8272-9dbfecb93d86/Screenshot_2024-12-06_at_102806.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Pop Rock : For KING + COUNTRY’s ‘Little Drummer Boy (Live)’ - For KING + COUNTRY are musician brothers and Grammy-winning duo, Joel and Luke Smallbone. Revered for their energy, camaraderie, and will to play, they have gathered not only accolades but a fanbase that is Starstruck and loyal to them. Their latest release is a Christmas-themed album, all songs recorded live. Covering Christmas carol favourites and putting their own spin and musical influences on it, they put on quite a show. Perfect for ushering in the Christmas spirit and the holiday. The cover of the timeless classic, ‘Little Drummer Boy’ concludes the album. With punching drum work that elevates the soul and the spirit, they drive the track. Coloring it with orchestral floods, tinsel melodies, soulful vocals, and fantastical harmonies, they unveil a crowd-gathering, anthemic performance. And you can viscerally feel yourself expand with the sentiment of the song, its humbling miracle, and festive joy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-60s-rock-mortal-prophets-the-laurel-canyon-lost-sessions-1966-69-stereo monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0f2e2040-a901-45f9-891b-2cd198993009/9.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ 60s Rock : Mortal Prophets’ ‘The Laurel Canyon Lost Sessions 1966-69 (Stereo)’ - Mortal Prophets have a way of forging realities that has a way of staying with you. They build whole worlds with dimension, depth, meaning, and creative/ contextual purpose. There is energy within them, an infinite essence that carries. Employing the liberties and ambiguity of alternative rock, they diverge into such engaging spheres. Their latest release is the ‘The Laurel Canyon Lost Sessions 1966-69 (Stereo)’, a collection that embodies the retro styles and sonic ethos of that time. The rock is melodic and seamless, sparked with moments of experiment, contemplative blues, and most notably psychedelia. It sort of ties into the artistic explorations of bands like Pink Floyd in which you get a little bit of everything but situated in greater, unimagined contexts. This album honors that sacred space of creating for sake of creation and passion. They have interesting themes that, by themselves, introduce a surreal plane. And building up to these frames is a journey that is warping but cerebrally elating. You’ll especially experience this with tracks like ‘The Trip’ and ‘Stardust Soul’. If you enjoy sunny, quaint Bestlesque type of rock, then you’ll find them in the rich atmospheres of ‘Orange Sunshine’ ‘Spaced Out’ and ‘Sunset Strip’. They have bluesy cinematic elements that disperse into folk rock and Americana elements. That melodic grandeur and sharp textures is almost enough to pierce through ennui and introduce you to wonder. This progresses into the textured flare of surf rock in tracks like ‘Astral Rays’ and ‘Surf Lodge Psycho’. Both the tracks seems to carry it alongside a darker alternative/ psychedelic/ and rock n roll kind of atmosphere. The guitar work is especially impressive with an almost transparent ability to convey thematic frames in affecting ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sparkle-glitchs-blood-maiden-an-experimental-electro-pop-fusion monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/836776cb-2983-4608-874d-4d15809e29ab/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Sparkle Glitch’s ‘Blood Maiden’ : An Experimental Electro Pop - Imagine a sphere where whimsical electronica meets alt folk and dream pop. That’s the starting point for Sparkle Glitch. Ethereal femininity and expression flows into a contemporary synth fantasy. It is unique, so nuanced and liberated artistically. Her latest release is the ‘Blood Maiden EP’, a collection of six tracks that reinforce the stylistic themes and features that she debuted with her track, ‘Lowkey Kintsugi’. Across the EP, we encounter hopeful and feel-good infinities and then journey through them on the sparkling vehicle the artist gives us. The best way to experience and explore the soundscapes is to just immerse yourself in the premise and let it flow through you. The EP is introduced by the title track. The asymmetry of the backdrop, rhythmically, melodically, and stylistically drives into the contemporary cloud of her vocals. We see mellow industrial features phasing into drum n bass, house music; all underpinned by hip-hop and trap beats. It has a way of normalising absurdities and experimental blooms. We see these patterns in ‘Elementals’ as well. ‘Bluebird’, featuring Meta Hoepfner also forms similarly, with its uplifting features and mounting melodic flows. It is feel-good and so emotionally fantastical that it gives you goosebumps and evokes a visceral reaction. Tracks like ‘Boy I Never Knew’ and ‘Immortal Dryad’ have remarkable electronic features. While the former embodies the Glitch in ‘Sparkle Glitch’, the latter throws it up with rapidly fluctuating rhythms. There is drive to disorientation which is balanced by the spectacular dimensions of Sparkle’s vocals, all swirling into a swirling whirlpool of sound. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nexxus-604-drives-up-the-energy-with-latest-psytrance-track-awakening monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/48fe03f5-467d-4c45-93ab-a5a9cb9c0ce9/8.jpg Music Reviews - Nexxus 604 Drives up the Energy with Latest Psytrance Track, ‘Awakening’ - Nexxus 604 is a psytrance and techno music artist with an understanding of cerebral symmetries, psychedelic patterns, and rhythm control that exceeds all expectations. The vision and ability with which he builds his soundscapes will stun you. It is transportive on a whole other scale. His latest release is called ‘Awakening’, a track that much like its titular promise has a way of stimulating the listener to strike a chord of clarity in them. That sonic power with which he drives into the mind takes away control and replaces it with a shuddering liberation that carries on into infinity. There is no space to think and analyze and remain present. You can only experience the track, its trance, its euphoria, and freedom with the feeling of mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/stray-owls-scapegoats-insightful-dimensions-on-art-rock monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7953db7d-42db-46ca-9a55-7947e5d1ce5b/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Stray Owls’ ‘Scapegoats’ : Insightful Dimensions on Art Rock - Stray Owls are known for their immersive performances. The best way to enjoy their music is to give into their premises, adapt your sense of reality. This compels a sense of fluidity and freedom, a state in which all their sonic perspectives take on such vivid details and spectacular imagery; Especially true for their latest album, ‘When the Going Gets Weird’ that explores and strays absurd frames and thematic ideas. Taken from the art rock collection is ‘Scapegoats’, a track with interestingly dark fringes and floating characters. Progressively, it gains incredibly insightful dimensions and contemplative depths. The soundscape is especially marked with the Infusion of coherent instrumentals with sharp distortions and detours, the tracks have a way of pushing the horizon of understanding. All of this culminating in a hypnotic vocal performance that launches you way out there. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/my-glass-worlds-you-can-feel-it-coming-drenching-alt-rock-fusion monthly 0.5 2024-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e5eeb14b-96bf-421a-8332-2a642c4d208c/7.jpg Music Reviews - My Glass World’s ‘You Can Feel it Coming’ : Drenching Alt Rock Fusion - My Glass World is a fusion band that lifts alt rock into planes of jazz, pop, and classical instrumentals. Their eclectic style manifests gradually, in no great rush, with a mellow gradient and tonal temperament. When you listen to their music, think of a parlance between the old and the new, the contemporary and the classic. They love to expand in that in-between space, absorbing the transitive properties and absolved by its ambivalence. Their latest release is called ‘You Can Feel it Coming’, a track that casts an ominous spell, a premonitive hypnotism that predicts the coming of something. To represent the theme, the artists work with intuitive instrumental flows, rich with visuals, with a wealth of basslines and layered circuits. The mysterious alt rock flows into potent jazz vapours, solos that lick and wash you with that dazzling energy. If you enjoy listening to Daft Punk and Tame Impala, then you’re sure to enjoy the retro futuristic mold that this band seeks out. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/delta-of-venuss-disengaged-b/w-slipping-a-swirling-alt-pop-feature monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/969ffee2-b7a4-48b4-ae18-1473aaf71bb1/5.jpg Music Reviews - Delta of Venus’s ‘Disengaged b/w Slipping’ : A Swirling Alt Pop Feature - Delta of Venus is a singer-songwriter and alt pop banner that aligns song with narrative. The ideas are so unique, touched by the novel representation of romanticism, dream pop, and a mystical sphere of reality. And with the listening experience marked by smooth genre-blends and contemplative features, it is reminiscent of a blend between Phoebe Bridgers and Gracie Adams, Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo. The artist’s debut release is the ‘Disengaged b/w Slipping’ double single. The tracks connect on the thematic level, and their manifestations tie into each other to reward us with a profound cohesion. The pop style is not in the commercial zone, rather so softly alternative that it weaves in moments of dream pop, soft pop, contemporary pop and even a little bit of folk pop. There’s that slightest touch of indie rock that keeps things loose and liberated. ‘Disengaged’ traces the melancholy of unrequited love. Even though it’s a common theme, it seems that the vocals and feelings are emerging from a space beyond the common. The interpretation of the phenomenon, and the way it is showcased and crafted is quite unique and lovely. It has the fundamentals of pop, but spun to carry nuances that we don’t see often. ‘Slipping’ follows with a more dynamic beat. If ‘Disengaged’ was contemplative and melancholic, this track is a lot more flushed with movement, skating patterns, with a richer wave of indie rock. The textures are especially excited, like on the formative surfaces of shoegaze. Riffs are hyperactive, the beats are continuous, and melodies are fast streaming. But the vocals form at the pace of meaningful expression. Its mellow countenance and glassy disposition adds such an enjoyable dimension to the overall composition and carries it to an elevating thematic climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lexi-bergs-fall-like-an-angel-a-contemporary-pop-complexity monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3dbe1360-edf2-4a54-b40f-0ef449d0ab78/3.jpg Music Reviews - Lexi Berg’s ‘Fall Like an Angel’ : A Contemporary Pop Complexity - Lexi Berg’s contemporary pop soundscapes create such meaningful emotional cultures and curate stories that stay with your heart. The Swedish-American singer-songwriter has a way of dwelling in moments of deep feeling and fleshing them out with music. Her pieces are authentic and real, like parts of herself coming loose and floating into a melody. In her latest single, ‘Fall Like an Angel’, the artist projects human experience into a outwordly sphere. It is a soft, reflective, and confessional track, of a broken heart and a broken soul, trying to feel whole and free in the love of another. The complexity and the layers of the themes that she creates within the track is spectacular. As she floats inwards into the spheres of selfdom, self-love, and healing, she also projects outwards, beckoning a wholeness, compassion, and courage. Her vocals are deep and evocative as they journey into the soft ambience of the piano melodies. Tying it all into the Christmas spirit, she creates a cozy atmosphere that warms the soul. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shoes-roboticcaptivity-speculates-on-a-retro-electro-futurism monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/885da0b4-010d-4c9b-958e-af5b04b5f865/2.jpg Music Reviews - _Shoe’s ‘ROBOTIC_CAPTIVITY’ Speculates on a Retro Electro Futurism - _Shoe is a retro electronic music outfit that glows with the brilliance of disco, dance, and dynamism. The artist ushers in a new age of retro futurism that is quite scintillating. It’s like listening to Daft Punk but with a kick of ABBA and Bee Gees. _Shoe’s latest single is ‘ROBOTIC_CAPTIVITY’, a track that drives into the future with the progressing ideas of the past and present. Sci-fi elements are predominant, making up the essence and vibrance of the song. That cerebral stimulation of the theme manifests as warping synth-beat patterns. In a world that is moving steadfastly towards automation and machine driven solutions, the artist adopts the perspective of a robot that is waiting for advancing human intelligence to free it, so that it can come alive, see the light and experience its own intelligence. It is quite interesting, engaging, and fun. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review/-acoustic-instrumental-m-haiuxs-the-cold-nights-of-late-december monthly 0.5 2024-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/896a962a-fe24-48ae-a49e-476a88d18208/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review/ Acoustic Instrumental : M. Haiux’s ‘The Cold Nights of Late December’ - M. Haiux is the musical banner of Liverpool-based acoustic guitarist and songwriter, Matthew McPartlan. The artist is known for his minimalistic style and grounding flows. Dwelling in each moment, his compositions seem to slow down time and take you back to simpler times. His compositional baseline so elegantly and effortlessly ties into life and its moments. ‘The Cold Nights of Late December’ EP is M. Haiux’s latest release. A collection strung with warm melodies that is sure to keep you cozy and contemplating through the snowy scenes of December. It forms like a fireplace, slow and mellow in the beginning, and then suddenly seems to fill the room and the atmosphere around you. ‘Der Wintermantel’ or Winter Coat opens the EP. The snug and sheltered comfort of the winter coat is represented with song. Its speckling melody is like a soft drizzle. Steady, subtle, drenching you with its golden texture. If you like immersive, yet ambient music, then this is the perfect place to start. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-shyfrin-alliances-i-see-your-eyes monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8dbee80c-236c-4727-81c0-c8560d771078/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz : Shyfrin Alliance’s ‘I See Your Eyes’ - Shyfrin Alliance blues takes on a dramatic stage with his latest album, ‘Upside Down Blues’. The artist really delves into the genre’s retro character and themes, alluding to it, roles that are complex, nuanced and deeply sentimental. Taken from this collection is ‘I See Your Eyes’, a track that sets a breathtaking scene. A black and white frame like in the old movies. The night has fallen, the moon is hanging in the sky. And two lovers exchange emotional notes and share pieces of their soul with each other. With trumpets, saxophones, and molten jazz instrumentals, they cast the light of soft romanticism onto the soundscape. Imagine Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin singing duos well into the night, enveloped by the glamor of an exuberant orchestra. That is the experience of this song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-blues-el-oso-guapos-eucalyptus monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1980f0b8-b5e7-418b-9f80-30d31ea42327/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Blues : El Oso Guapo’s ‘Eucalyptus’ - El Oso Guapo curates moods with his songs. Using deep ambient features and fringes, he details vivid soundscapes that touch upon myths, legends, history, culture, and emotion. The artist specialises in Latin blues, floating it with oriental beats into blues rock raises. His latest release is the ‘Copium’ album, a collection that marries the visceral parts of human existence with mystical sonic imagery and slumberous melodies. The song, ‘Eucalyptus’ from this album, features a dreamy whirl of blues. With eastern percussion tapping into passionate saxophone tails and flinging guitars, the artist creates a promiscuous backdrop for his sedating baritones. There is an ethereal intimacy and warm wisdom that he carries in his vocals. It is hypnotic as they absorb into the intoxicating progression of the instrumentals. In the moments leading up to the bridge, there’s an emphatic, powerful instrumental arc before it mellows out into the softness of the night air and the quietness of the dim room. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/romain-gutsys-in-the-moonlight-a-twinkling-folk-ballad monthly 0.5 2024-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d887cf07-43fe-4d40-b1d4-3f26a6bb1938/1.jpg Music Reviews - Romain Gutsy’s ‘In The Moonlight’ : A Twinkling Folk Ballad - Romain Gutsy’s music has that special intimacy; the kind that warms the heart and sweetens the soul. He imparts the buoyancy of the human spirit and its infinite capacity to feel, emote. His latest release is a folk country ballad titled ‘In The Moonlight’. A love song, so crushingly soft and achingly intimate. The artist weaves in the feeling of being in love and maintains its delicate sentiments and gossamer features. It is as soft and subtle as ocean breeze, light of the moon, and flutter of heartbeat. The dilated and fluid expression of the piano rises into the bluesy country frames of the chorus. Romain’s vocals are a baritonal bliss that effortlessly maintains the intensity of the theme without giving up the lightness of the soundscape. He walks that balance with vulnerability and tenderness that can only be experienced by the human heart. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/scott-bentleys-fool-becomes-a-rose-a-rustic-storytelling-country-folk monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7473e2de-5e70-4023-8eb1-85b7e7ceb5f8/7.jpg Music Reviews - Scott Bentley’s ‘Fool Becomes a Rose’ : A Rustic Storytelling Country Folk - Scott Bentley is a singer-songwriter and a country artist in the truest sense of the word. His storytelling spirit is pervasive and expansive, passing on the essence of the tale completely to the listener. That charm of narration fills the soundscapes. There is so much sentiment and deep, authentic expression. His latest release is ‘Fool Becomes a Rose’, a track that meditates on the transformative power of love. Fleshing out universal life frames, he fleshes out the nuances of how being loved well changes it all. The artist maintains a slow rhythm, sparked with warm melodies and even warmer emotions. There’s that old time style and charisma to it, which passes onto the song. The momentous evolution of romanticism in the track is quite enjoyable. In the way it flows out of the instrumentals, in the way it manifests in the beats, rhythm, and vocal flow. It is quite enjoyable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-jackson-mathods-compositional-prowess-in-mandible monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d1496f76-990e-4932-943a-7940f7db36dc/6.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Jackson Mathod’s Compositional Prowess in ‘Mandible’ - Jackson Mathod is a multi-instrumentalist and an edgy composer. His ideas are a splash of concept, emotion, and exploration. There is always that element of progression, especially into the unknown that shapes up out of his music. His latest release is ‘Mandible’, a trumpet-centric instrumental, dressed in funk grooves, experimental attributes and an encompassing jazz promiscuity. He dips into ambience, expanding it with small sonic details and excellent strokes of melody. Rhythm patterns mutate, scatter, coalesce and transform; almost like it is sentient and self-thinking. And the more you listen to it, the more liberated you feel. Each arc showcases a grandeur that comes from stretching the boundaries, challenging known themes, skating the horizon and going beyond it to claim something. That’s the experience of Mandible. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-experimental-neva-insidious-clarity-in-misery monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5660db2e-069b-4c7f-ba60-e7ee645bdd10/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Experimental : Neva Insidious’ ‘Clarity in Misery’ - Neva Insidious is the perfect combination of absurdity, alt rock, and groove. The artist creates an atmosphere of exploration, laying out elaborate sonic outfits around the listener. When you listen to their music, you experience edge, experiment, and an exemplary vision. It’s like watching an action packed, horror movie, with a sci-fi dimension and histrionics. Their debut release is ‘Clarity in Misery’, a collection that carries the observer’s mind as it juxtaposes a sense of clarity with the warping whirlpool that misery is known for. You’ll see such novel ideas pooling into vivid scenes. All these frames strive to achieve a nuanced dimension of the theme and it all makes quite an interesting experience. Overarchingly, the artist aims to alienate the listener constantly. Which in turn compels them to immerse more, to explore more, in order to understand more. The sonic design is mercurial and temperamental, creating such vast gaps across the soundscape. That sense of structure and predictable rhythms is deliberately absent. And it keeps you guessing, looking outwards for answers. You’ll see this play out especially in tracks like ‘Explore 4’ and ‘Open Your Mind’. The space that is created is quite vast and expansive, and within that, there is a labyrinth of sonic detail. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review-/-pop-richy-mcloughlin-we-three-kings monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9487ea12-0ea0-4f1d-be0d-91be3f905f38/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review / Pop : Richy McLoughlin ‘We Three Kings’ - Richy McLoughlin is a singer-songwriter and an electro pop artist. His style is interesting, manifesting in the alternative sphere. The appeal of his work lies in the worlds that he creates, the space that he leaves for exploration and interpretation. The three-track EP, ‘Dublin 7’ is a Christmas special release. Taken from it is Richy’s contemporary and expansive interpretation of the classic Christmas carol, ‘We Three Kings’. He infuses the beloved carol into an extrapolative atmosphere. The vocals are mellow with a hypnotic tone lifting into a 70s electro vibe. Synths are plush and colorful, swishing across the soundscape. Vocal peaks are marked with more pronounced melodic necklaces. The grooves, beats, and rhythm is measured, levelled and seamless. Listening experience is marked by the wonder cast by the soundscape, both in tone and in ideation and formation. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ian-ledings-gothic-folk-extends-to-the-infinity-of-death-in-last-goodbye monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/93057778-c522-4f04-aeac-c8d97f094021/3.jpg Music Reviews - Ian Leding’s Gothic Folk Extends to the Infinity of Death in ‘Last Goodbye’ - Ian Leding is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. His soundscapes are marked with creative guitar instrumentals. They tell stories, create atmospheres of thought, and worlds of their own. The acoustics are nuanced and resonant, immersive in a way that drenches the listener. In his latest release, ‘Last Goodbye’, Ian explores the bottomless melancholy of goodbyes, especially ones with finality. It is a retrospective flow, one that folds in nostalgia and romanticism. Paired with a dilated rhythm and curving melodrama, the song is quite affecting. Ian Leding’s love for gothic folk and hypnotic presentations influence the depth and darkness of the soundscape. Reaching deep into the psyche, of memories, he crafts a love letter to life from a dying man’s perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alternative-marc-soucys-troika-to-tashkent monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8396e990-749f-4465-8555-746c1d778f6b/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alternative : Marc Soucy’s ‘Troika to Tashkent’ - Marc Soucy’s ability to depict moods and ambiences is quite remarkable. His use of histrionics, energy nuances, and ambivalent musical cultures showcases not only his vision but the sophistication of it. ‘Troika to Tashkent’ is his latest release, a track carrying large transitive frames, of forming landscapes that you can enjoy the way you would scenery from a train window. This track opens with a festive atmosphere, evolving into a middle eastern frame. With simple melodic lines dressed up in rich textures and rhythmic jingles, they wind through the composition. There is always a suggestive, contemplative quotient to his soundscapes, one that tells a story when you pay attention. Fleshes out an emotion if you let it. That’s the layered prowess of Soucy’s soundscapes. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-country-folk-jeff-christies-ordinary-people monthly 0.5 2024-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2c835337-98a6-4972-9461-03cb9c7b6bec/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Country Folk : Jeff Christie’s ‘Ordinary People’ - Jeff Christie is a singer-songwriter and a country folk artist. He’s old school, reviving retro instrumental atmospheres to form backdrops for his contemplative vocals. Reflecting on the many frames of life, his latest album, ‘Here and Now’ fleshes out the momentous evolutions, the gradual changes and alterations that people experience across life. Taken from this collection is ‘Ordinary People’, a track that dotes on the timelines, philosophies, lives, griefs and joys of the ordinary people of the world. With each verse, the artist creates authentic and vivid moments. The rhythm signifies the flow of time. It is built to be pliable, absorbing the experience in the verses and forging on to the next. Jeff Christie layers acoustic guitar riffs with harmonica accents, fluid synths, and a contemplative accordion flow. It is soft, feel-good, vulnerable, and universally accessible. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-christmas-pop-sandy-martins-christmas-time-cookies monthly 0.5 2024-12-07 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-piano-pieces-mortenissimos-debussy-extended monthly 0.5 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6ca5a802-e2da-4dd2-bb7e-c5bf55e3c373/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Piano Pieces : Mortenissimo’s ‘Debussy (extended)’ - Mortenissimo is a pianist and classical composer with ideas and emotions that flow out of the pages. The artist infuses his traditional classical inspirations with a contemporary pulse. Songwriting, for him, seems to be an explorative instinct, one that he uses to detail the rhythms, nuances, tones, and realities of life. Every string of melody is tinged with innate human language, expression, or feeling, which then ties into a phenomenon, and then into a frame. His latest release is ‘Debussy (extended)’ album, a six track collection. Its pieces are contemplative, but also playful and pliant. It represents the artist’s interpretation of Claude Debussy’s work, intermingling with his musings, imaginations, etc. Perhaps it is Mortenissimo’s state of mind, altered consciousness when he listens to the legendary composer. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-dark-electronica-marc-soucys-tashkent-club-fire monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a77e6c07-2f7c-427e-8c4c-9c47519878ac/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Dark Electronica : Marc Soucy’s ‘Tashkent Club Fire’ - Marc Soucy’s instrumental nuances are as detailed as movies. The artist creates dynamic frames that completely immerse the listener - through movement, melody, drama, emotion, and mood. The artist is a visionary with a gifted eye for composition. His soundscapes are both diverse and elegant, wanting for nothing. In his latest release, ‘Tashkent Club Fire’, he walks an experimental course that unites classicals with dark, moody electronica. Initially, there is that mysterious flush of middle eastern instrumentals. The rhythms, melodies, and beats all ride that Arabian Nights theme before it slowly dissolves into a more post-modern, futuristic electronic frame. The textures are cryptic. Slow infusions of the initial frames create a vapour like action, a simultaneity that allows you to experience both realities in a visceral and powerful way. It surges with that climactic passion, fiery, intense like something aflame. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-electro-pop-adik-angels-on-the-move-remix monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f6204003-4d11-4c12-bc94-15bea5bb317e/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Electro Pop : Adik Angel’s ‘On The Move (Remix)’ - We all know Adik Angel as a talented composer with an uncanny ability to enliven anything she can attach melody to. The Bulgarian artist and singer-songwriter branches into unique combinations of style, texture, feeling, mood, and emotion. There’s detail and intention in each song, each frame she creates. Her latest release is the remix version of her song ‘On The Move’. The melodies are fresh and cool like the sharp morning air or crisp cold water. Progressively, the slow builds up with mellow house sonics and melodic techno. The vocals, autotuned, adds a very interesting element to the song. And like the title suggests, the composition is made to be on the move, so effortlessly dynamic, free, and liberated by movement. That lightness is built intrinsically into the track, making it the perfect track to dance and experience an elevated state of mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/suburban-bicycle-gangs-psychedelic-folk-rock-thrives-in-wendigo monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c799a24-ba79-48fd-800b-964913dbc7d2/4.jpg Music Reviews - Suburban Bicycle Gang’s Psychedelic Folk Rock Thrives in ‘Wendigo’ - The quirk-infused psychedelia of the Suburban Bicycle Gang exceeds all expectations. And it only keeps getting better. They have that immutable 70s folk rock ethos : vivid, dimensional, and so creatively elemental. Their latest release is ‘Wendigo’, a track spruced with edgy swing rhythms, dramatic luminosity, and an enlarging glam scene. Like a vintage 70s film coming to life. Imagine a blend of Queen with Elvis Presley, and a little bit of The Beatles. There’s also some reggae, some country, and absurdist rock moments. The rhythm line is instantly experimental with its mercurial, layered realities. Jagged, warping, and distorted, it aptly captures the character of the evil spirit from Algonquian folklore (after which the song is named after). And the vocals pierce through these myriad instrumental asymmetries and arrangements to shape the context in which the theme unfolds. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tally-koren-throws-it-back-to-2000s-latin-pop-with-free-will-vip-version monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/77c49ee0-221f-4e2b-afd8-129d37d6630c/2.jpg Music Reviews - Tally Koren Throws it Back to 2000s Latin Pop with ‘Free Will (VIP Version)’ - Tally Koren is a Mexican singer-songwriter and Latin pop artist. Her music revives the remarkable ethos of early 2000s Latin pop of Shakira and Enrique. With soundscapes enriched with dance grooves, sensual sentimentality, and flitting romance, she creates the perfect equation. Her latest release is ‘Free Will (VIP Version)’, a song that is composed like it is water, so seamless and liberated in style, energy, and flow. Tally’s vocals reinforce this state, as they roll through the undulating grooves of instrumentation. With Latin pop, she brings a bluesy dimension and earthy beats. These accents, subtle as they are encompass the soundscape with a warm sense of intimacy and vulnerability that really attaches itself to the listener: Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alternative-roam-like-ghosts-church monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/843743df-a03f-4a1a-a80c-f9d018c14f0c/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alternative : Roam Like Ghosts’ ‘Church’ - Roam Like Ghosts are an alternative band with a strong taste for diversity. They find their authentic sound in a pool of alternative, indie, folk, and Americana, creating a sound called "Emoacana." The best part of their music is the energy and the vibrations that come out of. Their soundscapes are marked by the will and passion to play, explore, grow, and thrive, both as humans and musicians. The trio have just released their latest album, ‘CHURCH’, a collection that announces the incredible range and depth of the band. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-folk-synth-fusion-rob-dobsons-be-easy monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/90173df7-ba29-415b-9032-abf3b8c03988/4.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Folk-Synth Fusion : Rob Dobson’s ‘Be Easy’ - The soft collisions of synths and folk rock is a niche that Rob Dobson claims and colors as his own. The spaces that he creates are filled with beautiful contemplations and mellow vibes. Listening to his music is like when you enter a room and it feels like home. With each verse, the feeling intensifies, gains cozy dimensions and thoughtful flows. His latest release is his sophomore album, ‘Be Easy’, a collection that not only reinforces his novelty but refines and builds on the sonic moments he laid out in his debut album. Each composition holds diversity, creative representations of emotion and expressive brilliance. Listen Now! The album is introduced with ‘Endeavor On’, a soft floating fabric, swirling with resonance. With instrumental textures made to match Rob’s baritones, alongside the plush twinkling contrast of the synths, the track casts the listener in a reverie. We see variations of this soft, intimate style in ‘Esoteric Pantomime’, ‘In My Dreams I’m Your Man’, and ‘Until Next Time’. That quality of slowness, of immersing yourself in the emotions and thoughts of the mind is repeated across these tracks. It is qualified further with vulnerability, sentimental candor, and a dreamy romanticism. With tracks like ‘Flange’ and ‘Love Isn’t Blind’, the artist explores the fusion of Americana with funky psychedelic synths. Especially in the former. We see a very rich presence of colorful synths that drench the listener with psychedelic patterns and elating moods. The fuzzy riffs and the sing-along grooves of the country rock all mesh into this synth stained reality. In ‘Love Isn’t Blind’, the mutations are not as active or dynamic as its predecessor. But they are lengthened for a cerebral effect, creating a classic-contemporary mold. ‘Dream Team’ and ‘Always Remember’ are feel-good, storytelling, upbeat Americana tracks. The synths are employed to infuse an electric presence, leading into bluesy solos. The artist blurs the thresholds of the genres, and in that transitive space, crafts riveting contexts and concepts. There is that refreshing element that you encounter with his music. It is not only about the genric niche, but more about the ideas and the emotions that he addresses and interprets. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-jazz-rock-the-alls-eye-trios-west-hill-road monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6e27fb17-98ca-4c30-9825-39c66182b629/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Jazz Rock : The All’s Eye Trio’s ‘ - The All’s Eye Trio creates a gentle mind warp with their debut release, ‘West Hill Road’. It is one of Ari Joshua’s newer projects along with fellow artists, Ben Atkind and Kris Yunker. His passion to dive into the deep waters of psychedelic rock is quite irrepressible; and under this banner, it frolics and bubbles up with stringy lines of funk and an atmosphere of floating jazz. The track is an instrumental elucidation, bountiful with sonic promiscuities and wandering melodies. It rains with loose, melting grooves, interspersed with rich texture and slippery solos. All of this encompassed in a bigger retro-experimental fusion, the composition is a sparkling, shimmering, accordion-tinged, jazzy consciousness that is ever-changing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-karmas-the-mistletoe monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ab993ff4-7efd-4f56-a9ad-e6635f59600a/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : KARMA’s ‘The Mistletoe’ - KARMA is a singer-songwriter and R&B/ soul trio formed on the bounds of friendship and passion. The three girls create modern soundscapes with interesting rhythmic and expressive dimensions. It is authentic, pleasant and quite enjoyable. Their latest release, ‘The Mistletoe’ is dedicated to the upcoming festive season, as they blend a Christmas atmosphere to falling in love and taking it to the next level during the holidays. There is a lot of imagery, a lot of feeling, and a dreamy sparkle of magic. The three vocal personalities that populate the soundscape are distinct, each one with their own unique charm. Flowing into each other and the neo-soul/ mellow hip-hop ambience of the rest of the soundscape, they create a whole mood. And the mixing of the magic of the season and the magic of love just adds on spectacularly to the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fringe-frontiers-livin-not-to-lose-a-retro-surf-rock-float monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/56a2a48e-c62c-4b2c-b137-4eeeafa4cd95/6.png Music Reviews - Fringe Frontier’s ‘Livin’ Not to Lose’ : A Retro Surf Rock Float - Fringe Frontier is like a music shack at the edge of the world. Their style and compositions brim with that rock promiscuity and the alt rock edge. The band is known to roam along the edges of punk, progressively loading it with expansive shoegaze accents, textured garage rock, and a whole plethora of other styles. Their latest is ‘Livin’ Not to Lose’, a track that features gratifying frames of 70s melodic rock. Like The Beatles and The Beach Boys. That retro surf imagery warms up the heart like a summer sun. Now add to that a very Dylanesque voice, razor sharp and piercing travelling through these roads like a sky blue Cadillac. A carefree, youthful, and liberated spirit emerges that flies on and floats through. With this track, the the atmosphere that they set is quite interesting, merging the old timer with their reinvented modern counterparts. We see that indie rock, fluid form over familiar influences, iconic sonic feel, all fleshed out with a soft shoegaze element. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-chandras-christmas-hugs monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5af7fcd9-7f7a-42db-9e31-ea9cf2142d94/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock : Chandra’s ‘Christmas Hugs’ - Chandra have poured their energetic, anthemic pop rock festivities into a Christmas song, one that celebrates the joy, spirit, and the fun of the upcoming season. ‘Christmas Hugs’ is made as a jubilant composition that stitches in beloved Christmas carols with windows of heartfelt, feel-good pop rock. So you’ll see jingles, glassy twinkles, shimmering melodies. But alongside that, there’s a raised platform of gunning guitar riffs, electric instrumental tangents, and a vocal range that reconciles this dynamic soundscape. Chandra’s vocal style is especially different as he holds the simultaneity of the theme and the band’s signature style. And of course, there is so much emotion that despite the brimming sensibilities, there is a cozy outfit that is ever pressing into the listener. It’s the perfect holiday party song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/daays-should-i-lie-a-dark-philosophical-warp monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f5d79b75-d9da-4c4c-8171-59a0176d902c/4.jpg Music Reviews - DAAY’s ‘Should I Lie’ : A Dark Philosophical Warp - Psychedelic rock takes on so many layers and dimensions in DAAY’s ‘Should I Lie’. The track is made with warping flows and twisting rhythms, perhaps to showcase the arrival at a decision to lie. It is a deep cerebral exploration of the thematic context. Some parts are playful and curiously written, while others melt into darker, more mysterious philosophic frames. This latest release demonstrates a rich variance, so distinct and yet thematically seamless. Indie rock is strung into early 2000s pop rock vocals. There’s a slight tinge of emo that develops and grows into a psychedelic room of velvet solos and stringing melodies. It is an intimate space that drives the listener into an intensely evocative experience. The transition from the cozy, indie rock fuzz to a pervasive web of stimulating sonic threads. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/twice-darks-invisible-man-a-discoteque-for-the-experimental-age monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3e260b09-6a1a-4f76-b579-4daa9a9976c2/2.jpg Music Reviews - Twice Dark’s ‘Invisible Man’ : A Discoteque for the Experimental Age - The intrinsic value of Twice Dark’s music is not only experimental but it is intelligent. His dark electronica is fitted with contemplative futurism and revering retro power. Like if Daft Punk’s style was pulled on either side by a flashy discoteque and a cerebral modernity. His latest release is ‘Invisible Man’, a dynamic, fresh, and electric track. With theatrical accents and performative fringes, the electro pop track is infused with vivid frames. The artist imagines creative dissonance that thrives with soft chaos alongside the colorful and vibrant synth moments. There is a concept but also a very immersive flow of thematic context. The beats feed into the loops of melody and echo, gashing the vocal rise with dimension and bizarre realities. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ava-valiantis-wishing-well-a-contemporary-pop-mystique monthly 0.5 2024-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ae414ab4-4866-408f-8896-f88cd232bda0/1.jpg Music Reviews - Ava Valianti’s ‘Wishing Well’ : A Contemporary Pop Mystique - Ava Valianti is a gifted singer-songwriter and vocalist. She has an uncanny ability to breathe life into the soundscapes that she creates. Filling it with tale, drenching it with sentiment, all while casting an acoustical mysticism into the expanse. Her latest release is ‘Wishing Well’, a contemplative composition that floats on by like clouds in the sky. The artist explores the aftermath of a love extinguished, with a duality of melancholy and hope. The song is composed with soft acoustic riffs, warm and glinting through the soundscape. Piano melodies filter in, creating a spotlight effect. Ava’s vocal nuances are especially beautiful. She draws power from authentic expression. It’s as if you can reach out and run your fingers through the fabric of her mind and her emotion, cultivating an immersive understanding of it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-rock-richard-tyler-eppersons-december-night monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/da2bc8f0-a0ba-4e65-9a80-9cb98aa761ae/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Rock : Richard Tyler Epperson’s ‘December Night’ - Richard Tyler Epperson channels a transformative energy into his latest soundscape, ‘December Night’. The song sports such incredible diversity, all seamlessly connected and contextualised to create a sense of drama, emotion, energy, upheaval, and richness. It holds many spheres, each one holding space for its own essence and energy. Opening with a hard rock/ prog rock frame, it enters a popping underground cave of 80s style rap. It is classic, hardcore and gangsta for the modern day. A climactic uproar leads the listener into a more pensive, acoustical frame in the second half. It is contemplative, resounding with an energy-emotion connection. One that ties it to the dark, snowy, silent realities of December nights. This slowly peaks into a crackling, textured rock swirl as it flows into climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-christmas-song-downtown-patriots-angels-in-the-snow monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a0705a49-a5a1-4f11-88fa-2c937e3b25f5/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Christmas Song : Downtown Patriots’ ‘Angels in the Snow’ - Downtown Patriots is the passion project of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Danny Watts. The artist’s love for music is marked by a passion for exploration and diversity. And you’ll see that spirit embodied in his discography. Starting from his beloved 90s grunge spheres, you can see the textural journey span into eccentric electro rock mutations, groovy rock, to more softer styles like rustic folk (acoustic) rock and blues. His latest release is ‘Angels in the Snow’, a Christmas-themed song that collects festive imagery and fuses it with nostalgic sentiments and a warm feeling of homecoming. There is a deliberate southern country tinge, with the banjos and the curving baritones. All of it encounters a rewarding and rich burst in the chorus. Paired with the frame of two people laughing and creating snow angels, it doesn’t get better than that. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-acoustic-rock-raphael-davidsons-time-takes-time monthly 0.5 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/35c98d03-2cec-47df-bd59-4eb0bf770ba7/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Acoustic Rock : Raphael Davidson’s ‘Time Takes Time’ - Raphael Davidson is a singer-songwriter and an acoustic rock artist. The New-York based artist has a boisterous style, harnessing energy and emotion to create a billowing flag of uplifting music and open soundscapes. While he explores the complexity of power pop with his band, ‘The Dakotas’, under his self banner, he leans into a more contemplative spirit; Giving his listeners a feel for pensive, philosophy, and passion. His latest release is ‘Time Takes Time’, in which he explores the circular nature of time, tying it to aspects of human experience and the essence of living. The soundscape brims with luminous acoustics and bright-tones baritones. Rising into the theme, they form gossamer, floating webs of feel-good, thoughtful music. If you enjoy the work of Phil Collins or Elliott Smith, then you’re sure to enjoy the work of this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ruben-dumars-in-my-dreams-a-surreal-indie-rock-sphere monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a7f6e817-63c5-48a0-ab5b-71edcd8d1b61/1.jpg Music Reviews - Ruben Dumars’ ‘in my dreams’ : A Surreal Indie Rock Sphere - Ruben Dumars is an American singer-songwriter and alt pop artist. His soundscapes are marked by their vivid atmospheres that are alive with real time energy flows and immersive richness. ‘In my dreams’ is the artist’s latest single, a dark pop composition that is infused with the dim fuzz of indie rock and slumberous moods. This nocturnal frame brings ties into the ambience of the theme. It is mellow, modern, with a glazed sense of reality. Surreal sonics lift into it, tingling with soft color and even softer sensibilities. Ruben’s vocals are a fading baritone that in its dissipating design brings a melancholic tenderness. All of it come together to create a circle of intimacy that keeps on flowing and replicating to create a dream sphere. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-ferrns-true-sleep-waits monthly 0.5 2024-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d01cb7ac-6e4d-4512-8412-f5aff8723ad0/9.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Ferrn’s ‘True Sleep Waits’ - Ferrn embraces a sonic fluidity that holds space for everything. Whatever it absorbs, the soundscape is infused with the ability to create context around it. This free stylistic quotient has a way of carrying into the listener, liberating them in unexpected ways. His latest release is the ‘Endless and Elsewhere’ album, a collection that showcases infinity in both cerebral and sensual ways. Its luminous textures, light countenance, vibrant moods, and floating energies are so readily absorbable. It’s like a happy pill that infuses sensibilities. ‘True Sleep Waits’ is a track taken from this collection. Imagine a psychedelic indie rock pulse, swirled and played around with funk, disco, modern electronica, ambient abstractions, and aural effects. There are undertones of jazz that spark along the edges of the vocals. And the synths, so plush, so colorful, are splashy with tonalities. However, despite the seeming dynamism, it nurtures a progressing sense of serenity and expanse. That feeling of bottomlessness and uncontainable-ness that you experience is common across the album, tying into the theme in so many ways. If Tame Impala were to collaborate with FKJ and emulate the ideas of Daft Punk, then it would sound like this artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-kristin-venaes-still-here monthly 0.5 2024-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b754f927-7f64-49bf-892b-31248ebb0958/11.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B : Kristin Venae’s ‘Still Here’ - Kristin Venae’s soundscapes sway with emotion. They are built to contemplate, narrate, nurture, and convey human experiences authentically to the listeners. Her work is a hybrid of storytelling and stream of consciousness; a combination that serves her genre-blending style. ‘Still Here’ is the artist’s latest release, one that delves into the expressive beauty of love. Kristin juxtaposes R&B/soul with beautiful moments of electro pop and impactful contemporary pop vocals. The atmosphere is dreamy and romantically swished. There is that grandeur, a sense of promise, hope, passion, and happiness that the protagonist is paving, and making way towards. Luminous melodies, shimmering vocals, 90s style R&B harmonies, and an ever ascending trajectory nicely wraps up the theme and serenades it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/grafficks-sushi-rice-experience-experimental-dimensions-of-electronica monthly 0.5 2024-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d6e259ed-60f1-43cb-8e22-62bd69422b29/10.png Music Reviews - Graffick’s ‘Sushi Rice’ : Experience Experimental Dimensions of Electronica - Graffick is a visual artist. His soundscapes create auras, energy circles, cycles that illustrate inarticulate dimensions. There's so much color, vibrance, and variance. All colluding with a floating abstractness to create visceral sensibilities. To feel and be evoked by such spheres is revitalizing. His latest release is the ‘Spectra’ album, a collection in which he embarks on journeying through the transitive notions and ambivalence of the chromatic spectrum. He incepts humane and daily life frames into this magnificent reality and showcases the interaction. Taken from this is the track, ‘Sushi Rice’, a soundscape that is strung with liquid ripples. Trip-hop beats slide on the edge of the melodic arrangements. And the dimensions are fluid, acquiring depth, velocity, height, and slope one second, and just drifting away the next. Midway through, we see an intense, pulsing modern electronic symmetry, just fusing and flowing like a power orb. It progressively gains accents, details, layers, and sonic mass. The climactic segment witnesses this dynamism spill across a flatland, that is a multi-dimensional balloon burst across a two dimensional land; showcasing a duality that is quite amazing to take in simultaneously. The track is a master class in modern electronica as it pioneers such varied concepts, levels that you can drive music to. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/maverick-smiths-christmas-is-a-festive-rock-ep monthly 0.5 2024-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/82fcef0c-8178-42a9-a8a2-b73e17a3a90f/1.png Music Reviews - Maverick Smith’s ‘Christmas’ is a Festive Rock EP - Maverick Smith has just released a Christmas-themed EP titled ‘CHRISMAS’, a three-track collection that infuses alt rock with festive musical moments. It is designed to explore the many commonplace themes of the season like ‘Coal for Christmas’, ‘Kid at Christmas’ and ‘Jingle Bells’. Each of these tracks details an imagery; a frame of sorts, with storytelling moments, contemplative narratives, and festive, feel-good rock. Ushering in a season of merry, it reinforces that child-like joy, that inexplicable glee, and an encompassing nostalgia. ‘Coal for Christmas’ has its classic rock flavors intermingled with the tinkles, sprinkles, and jingles of Christmas music. So you have the warm textured riffs whisked away by the glassy and electric melodies that uplift and elevate the mood. The vocals have that earnest sentiment, blooming with harmonies and a promise of something wonderful, something familiar and comforting. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review-/prog-rock-kilravocks-incompatibility/-working-class-hero monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b389bf75-ef30-4750-a791-140f83a39b15/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review /Prog Rock : Kilravock’s ‘Incompatibility/ Working Class Hero’ - If you want to drift into a nihilist prog rock program filled with absurdities, bizarre perspectives and insurgent ideas, well, Kilravok is the artist for you. His riff-filled, bass-washed, sky-falling sonics are all-consuming. Think of it as a swirling vault, a cauldron, full of bubbling layers, frothing with dark spells, and sparkling with energy. This is his debut release, a double single ‘Incompatibility/ Working Class Hero’. While ‘Incompatibility’ is a lofty prog rock machination that works its way into doom rock, post metal, and heavy rock sludges, ‘Working Class Hero’, is comparatively a lighter track; in texture, in tone, and in mood. The two songs form an interesting contrast, showcasing not only the range of the artist but the variety of his ideas. ‘Incompatibility’ explores the depravity and depressions that are caused by asymmetric relationships. The soundscape, designed with frictions and a dramatic culmination of them, conceptualizes the drain in a person’s energy and personhood. It is emo, dark, driving, and destructive. ‘Working Class Hero’ is a glinting acoustic folk rock song. A melancholic flow that gets into the realities of the theme with a contemplative dimension. Listen Now! Kilravock is the solo project of Omaha area producer Steven W. Smith, of The Alliterates, Lucid Fugue, Megaton, and Valley of Shadows. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-casper-foxs-hymn-to-diomedes monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1f23cfc0-4a91-42ef-bcba-abff4ef39295/6.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Casper Fox’s ‘Hymn to Diomedes’ - Casper Fox is an alt folk artist and singer-songwriter. His dreamy poetic style floats into mythological expanse in his latest release ‘Hymn to Diomedes’. Imagine a meadow of slow-blooming flora, each one opening in simultaneity with warm resonance. That’s the experience of listening to this song. Piano melodies ascend into the soundscape, supple and fresh opening up a field for Casper’s warm baritones to tell contemplative tales. There is an ambience and an abstractness which then gains flavors of human emotions and consciousness. As he explores the theme of love from the perspective of this mythological figure, he fathoms magical and romantic fantasies, spectacular in its storytelling, yet so simple and authentically made. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neo-soul-ltbs-fate monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2e363aa6-9a3c-4a7b-ac68-5f0823c9965f/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neo-Soul : LTB’s ‘Fate’ - LTB is a new-age R&B and neo-soul artist with remarkable whimsy. The artist’s music blends the abstract elements of FKJ with the brilliant sonic intentions of Tom Misch, finally elevating it with his deep, sonorous vocal style. His latest release is ‘Fate’, a track in which he creates subtle, but multiple layers within the soundscape, perhaps to represent the nature of Fate itself. There is that twinkling horizon of ambient synths, the funk tinged, jazz melody motifs, the hip-hop beats, spoken word verses, all pooling into the artist’s extending vocals. Rippling garlands of melody and ethereal synths form evolving backdrops to experience the resounding baritones. It’s like when you shift your focus, you’re caught by another scene, another accent, another detail. Much like a detailed painting. All you have to do is look for it. And it all gains more profundity when you align it with the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-lazywalls-alt-rock-dimensions-in-gher-f7nal-zombie monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f0e829d1-0a7d-4b42-b9e2-90735059dd24/4.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy Lazywall’s Alt Rock Dimensions in ‘Gher F7nal Zombie’ - Lazywall are a Moroccan rock trio, whose alternative pulse is defined by their love for experimentation and exploration. Not only that, but it is interspersed with cultural variations and sonic influences, one that elevates not only the thematic experience but liberates the alt rock genre itself. Their latest is ‘Gher F7nal Zombie’, a doomsday song that is full of badass vigor and charisma. The grooves are full and plenty, as they roll through the fiery riffs and blazing basslines. That dramatic rise of instrumentals and the vocals forging a spectacular summit is iconic. The whole soundscape is filled with notions of rock, powerfully divergent. There are Arabic rhythm moments, its enriched dunes rising into the vocal plane. Hard rock accents are so intrinsically influenced by it that you can sense and feel its glistening gleam, even if its actualities and technical manifestations evade you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/erik-connors-the-interdimensional-microwave-a-bizarre-sci-fi-reality monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2876d21c-90b0-4b01-9922-9e8b6552199b/1000039355_Glitch2.jpg Music Reviews - Erik Connor’s ‘The Interdimensional Microwave’ : A Bizarre Sci-Fi Reality - With Erik Connor’s music, you’ll get to experience the intermingling of symmetry and dissonance. The artist’s soundscapes are usually collages and jigsaw puzzles of sonic samples that are arranged, not only with an aesthetic pulse, but also an intelligence that when decoded illustrate such unique and novel perspectives. But one thing for sure is the fact that there is no one else like Erik Connor. When you talk about modern electronica, he seems to have a knack for it, and not only that but a deep passion as well. His latest release, ‘The Interdimensional Microwave’ is a jaunty collection of sci-fi compositions. Drawn from the retro interpretations of the genre, it is quite interesting to experience the way he cultivates it and forges it in such imaginative and futuristic dimensions. And this is not just limited to thematic ideation but extends also to its manifestation, through sophisticated sound design and technique. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-conceptual-electronica-sonomancers-before-dawn monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fa5bb82e-5d36-40ba-8fe1-45551ebc7714/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Conceptual Electronica : Sonomancer’s ‘Before Dawn’ - The latest release of Sonomancer traces the crepuscular moments and movements that lead up to dawn. That dark gleam of the changing sky, full of transitive colors, lights, and patterns are all catalogued in this track, ‘Before Dawn’. Sonomancer perceives music in most things. In this composition, he illustrates the sonic intricacies of natural phenomena. He paints a picture, creating color, hues, textures, and variance with melody. The track spills with suggestive synths, a digital makeup, infused with life. With visuals that seem to swirl out of the frame in real time, he creates the scenic expanse. And not just that but arouses it with sentimentalities, cerebral prompts and just stunning picturesque properties. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-folk-rock-backstorms-dark-cloud monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/382b816b-8778-4b6e-bd31-3623b33724d0/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Folk Rock : Backstorm’s ‘Dark Cloud’ - Backstrom is the sonic banner of folk rock artist and singer-songwriter, Bart Topher. Contemplative pulse is the primary feature of his tracks. The narratives across all his tracks have an undeniable depth, his narratives compelling you to go deeper and deeper into the theme. His latest release is the ‘Dark Clouds EP’, a melancholic collection that delves into poetry and philosophy, in search of explanations. The title track introduces the mood, the energy, and the vibrations of the EP. Bart Topher achieves compositional excellence. With elegant rhythms, swirling melodies, fluid narratives, and thoughtful vocals, he shares with the listener the dark clouds of the protagonist. He details it with confessional elements as he searches for a connection with the listener. The track presents the perfect balance of simplicity of style and complexity of spirit. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-caroline-in-the-gardens-isolation-inside monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/059513c0-af98-47bf-b97a-fd4bcee7f1c0/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Caroline in the Garden’s ‘Isolation Inside’ - Caroline in the Garden redefines chamber pop as a sonic culture. Her soft, reflective, and doting style molds classical piano frames with orchestral synths to create a dramatic allure. She creates an atmosphere of melancholic grandeur, embodying a self-suffering, melodramatic, emotionally awakened woman who cries alone among the flowers in her garden. That’s the general aesthetic and mood of her tracks. Imagine an immersive collaboration of Lana Del Rey’s poetic flow and Amy Winehouse’s beautifully tragic style. That’s what Caroline in the Garden holds. Her latest release is ‘Isolation Inside’, a track that distinguishes the protagonist’s outer world from the reality of her inner world. The artist carries contemporary pop flows into dreamy spheres of expression. The ability to carry so many swirling mood quotients simultaneously creates an incredible listening experience. Add to this a melodic complexity that consistently inspires new perspectives within the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-n-roll-mad-painters-debt-collector monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/330a4365-f0c4-49c7-8365-5197ff13a48d/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock n Roll : Mad Painter’s ‘Debt Collector’ - Mad Painter’s rock n roll stands remarkably apart. Infused with coarse blues, flushed with basslines, floating riffs, and groovy rhythms, he creates soundscapes that swirls, grinds, twists, and draws out the listener. It is a visceral sonic course that feeds into the grandeur and glam of rock n roll. His latest release is ‘Debt Collector’, a grinding retro track with scrunchy blues. Sparked by experimental melody lines and powerful vocals, the track is quite consuming. And that’s before we get to the pulsing rooms of electric solos, driving and transformative. Like walking into a psychedelic space that is ever-changing, be it in perspective, presence, power and passion. Mad Painter has established himself as a novelty rock act. He loves to explore unconventional spheres of the genre, flooding it, as he does, with retro styled alternative ideas and concepts. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-raw-british-blues-in-john-doe-trios-railroaded monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ee55dcd0-4206-48fb-9cae-2a0097ddacf3/6.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Raw British Blues in John Doe Trio’s ‘Railroaded’ - The John Doe Trio are a British blues band that dips into the retro ethos of the genre and revives it with fresh ideas. The band’s sound is marked primarily by their natural charisma, floating grooves and that coarse, crunchy blues rock texture. Their latest release is the ‘Railroaded’ album, a blues rock collection that swings and sways like a Southern rock song. There is that distinct 60s/70s feel to it, authentic, raw, and fresh. If you enjoy the work of Elvis Presley, Little Richard, or Chuck Berry, this this is the corner of Spotify that is made for you. The title track leads in creating a set up, both stylistically and thematically. Whiskey-soaked vocals swish with stellar baritonal charm. The grooves are ready and rolling all over the soundscape, free and intuitive. With the percussive playfulness, improv solos and clashing textures, the song is just full of fun, flavor, and fantastical passion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-punk-electronica-9-o-clock-nastys-too-cool-eq-remix monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b875ba6d-d73d-48e0-96b5-92c5007a45ef/5.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Punk Electronica : 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty’s ‘Too Cool’ (EQ Remix) - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty has long since established their chaotic funk style, brimming with unconventional glamor, new ideas, and novelty rock. Their latest release is the EQ Remix version of their track, ‘Too Cool’. The track is dressed in a 90s hip-hop accents and accessories that nicely carries into the theme. The beats are dynamic and accelerated and there’s that record rewinding sounds and school-bells in the backdrop to vitalise the ambience. And of course, there is the band’s distinguished vocal style that adds a layer of action and drama. EQ also seemingly borrows from industrial stylings like aggressive avant garde fusions, electronic noise samples, and distorted background vocals. That quality of shock that is usually associated with the genre, is nicely meshed in with the rest of the bizzare-aligned elements. It is quite the absurd spectrum, seemingly random but thoroughly enjoyable. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-paul-cafcaes-lyrical monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/38915187-76f1-4e62-a5b7-636d36fc4f37/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Paul Cafcae’s ‘Lyrical’ - The lyrical brilliance of Paul Cafcae is what shapes him as a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. The poetry, the imagery, the contemplative complexity are some of the core themes of his soundscapes, anchoring the art to the artist. Think Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, and Nick Drake. That mellow, ruminative, warm tone, progressively gaining an abstract depth and peak. That’s the listening experience that Paul posed. His latest release, ‘Lyrical’ nicely ties into this essence. Paul’s low baritonal voice forms beautiful connections with the tingling acoustics. Breezing with imagery of trees, flowers, and wind, it shapes a fairy tale ballad of love. There are wizards keeping the princess in a tower, stealing the dream of two lovers who are destined to be together. The story flows out, mystical despite the minimalistic instrumental work. That’s the transformative allure of Paul’s lyrics and even more so, the vocal quality. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-instrumental-richard-greens-natural-circle monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d1adc54b-46f7-435d-ac99-3436130b79f6/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Instrumental : Richard Green’s ‘Natural Circle’ - Richard Green creates scenic compositions with ambiences that are lush and plush with instrumentals. The neo-classical composer collaborates with artists, Irene Veneziano and Archimia on the release of his latest EP, ‘The Circle Closes’. The collection of five tracks, each one emboldening some beautiful concepts and themes on the human experience, are created with a curious and playful pulse. Even if some of the compositions are posed to explore deeper, more somber spaces, the artist brings a levity to them, a sense of temporariness to the melancholic spheres. The track, ‘Natural Circle’ concludes the album. The ascending keys of the piano, the cello set ups, and the freshness of the violin sequences make up the mood of the soundscape. Frolicking progressions and enjoyable melodic sequences nurture the soul with their feel-good and light-hearted flows. Its happiness quotients are up there, the richness renewed with festive melodic patterns. Perfect for the holiday season. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ho-jo-fros-mudville-well-well-well-well-a-warm-melodic-rock-flow monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1d5799e6-ad13-4b7c-848a-708ba62d8d80/1.jpg Music Reviews - Ho Jo Fro’s ‘Mudville (Well, Well, Well, Well) : A Warm Melodic Rock Flow - Ho Jo Fro is the musical project of musician Howard Johnson who loves to collaborate and expand the horizon of melodic rock. Imagine the ethos of The Beatles and The Beach Boys phased out into contemporary forms like alt folk, folk pop, neo- jazz and perhaps even some blues. That’s that sonic ring that encompasses the latest release, ‘Mudville (Well, Well, Well, Well)’. Featuring the vocals of Iyla Elise, the track has a very homegrown style, mellow, ambient, warm, and intuitive. An informal spirit floats about that makes you feel closer and form a more intimate connection with the song. Feel-good melodies, fuzzy riffs, and the reminiscing vocals infuse the song with a wide eyed wonder of youth. Iyla’s voice is soft and nostalgic, transferring the stories of youth so candidly to the listener. And with pleasing melodic fusions in the backdrop, cozy guitar flows, peppered with rhythmic riffs, and playful trumpet accessories, the track acquires an immersing glow. It’s like lounging on a sunset beach, bathed in the dim color and light of the fading sun (of the past). Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-contemporary-pop-laughing-cats-jerk monthly 0.5 2024-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8741bc4e-4de1-4110-82f9-5947f1207ffa/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Contemporary Pop : Laughing Cats’ ‘Jerk’ - Laughing Cats is a pop rock, singer-songwriter duo consisting of Tony Fredianelli and Lauren Schiff. They create vivacious blends of music that tell stories, fleshed out with evoking melodies and beautiful vocal frames. The connection between the theme and the flow is quite powerful, remarkably progressive and refreshing. Their sophomore single is ‘Jerk’, an introspective track forming in the wake of a break up. The protagonist explores her emotional unavailability within the relationship that caused her partner to leave her. The instrumentals are a synth-acoustic fluidity, carrying the winds of her voice and thoughts to a deeper dimension of expression. There is that contemporary pop element which then lifts into a blooming electronic field. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rap-daxs-soldier-ft-tom-macdonald monthly 0.5 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d515e356-a133-467a-bc12-ae2f935697bb/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rap : Dax’s ‘Soldier’ ft. Tom MacDonald - Hip-hop artist and rapper, Dax is back again with another one of his vulnerable, authentic, and affecting music. His latest release is ‘Soldier’, featuring Tom MacDonald, a track that explores mental health in the context of patriotism, wars, and serving the country. He addresses the gaps that form and grow, expand when you’re a soldier, between family and friends, community and normal society. He gets into ignorance, the callous attitude, and the lack of support and understanding. The force of the verses strongly convey these conditions, driving it deeper and deeper with each forming line. And then, Tom’s verses flow, just as acute and actual. The narratives go straight into the mind. It claims the mind in real time, floating emotion with story. They get into the realities of soldiers, the reasons that impel them into the role, the sacrifices, the conflicts, the challenges. It is truly eye-opening and quite powerful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-factory-records/-cherry-peach-acid-jazz-retro-funk-rock-flow monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/363adab2-1f4c-4992-a789-73df974d913a/3.jpg Music Reviews - Music Factory Records/ ‘Cherry Peach’ : Acid Jazz Retro Funk Rock Flow - ‘Cherry Peach’ is a sunny day song. When you look up and feel the sunlight imprint its patterns on your eyes, face, cheeks and arms, that lightness and the whimsy of the light itself. Now add to this a strong, sour-sweet drink, chilled perfectly to go with this sunny warmth. That wonky-ness of the cherry sour, the bliss of peach sweet, the mingle of the hot and cold, that’s the state of mind that Ari Joshua, John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Jason Fraticelli explore in this latest track. It is an instrumentals floating with retro grooves, funky melodies, psychedelic undertones, and just an expanding range of imagery. The guitar and the grooves roll fluidly, seamlessly, as if lounging on the pool; their electric jazzy flavors piercing through the well-established funk atmosphere. The best way to perceive the instrumental is like an energy cloud, with its mercurial aura everchanging. Only its dynamism doesn’t feel forced or impelled, but feels like its most natural evolutionary flow. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/hanemoons-they-bring-the-war-back-home-wide-eyed-folk-rock-wonder monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b5e1f113-31a1-43bd-8af1-93330028d1f9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Hanemoon’s ‘They Bring The War Back Home’ : Wide Eyed Folk Rock Wonder - Hanemoon is an indie rock band that is founded by Hans Foster; a banner that merges at the edges of folk rock, melodic indie, at the starting point of shoegaze. The artist’s music has quite a modern flavor. However, the energy, the melancholy, the instrumental atmosphere, and especially the vocal presentation takes us back to the wide eyed wonder of Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, and occasionally Simon & Garfunkel. His latest release is ‘They Bring the War Back Home’, an anti-war song that delves into the psyche of the soldiers fighting it. With the glazed instrumentals, he casts a profound perspective that wars even if “won” will never end. The violence stays with the people, seeps into the land, and even enters homes and takes up residence. Throughout the track, the artist critiques the callousness of waging war and the war culture. The track teases the artist’s upcoming EP, ‘Easy on the Wildlife’. It is geared towards inspiring a wave of change, through perspective art and musical creativity. It takes us back to the good old 70s when The Beatles and Dylan were immersed in similar efforts. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-whimsical-alt-pop-juno-empires-gold-eyes monthly 0.5 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2836b63b-d969-4780-88a9-2089209987e9/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Whimsical Alt Pop : Juno Empire’s ‘Gold Eyes’ - Juno Empire creates explosions with music in ways that intermingle melody with light, visuals, color, and tonal harmonies. The musician and composer behind the banner, Alexander Thomas aims to explore something he calls, ‘existential optimism’, a philosophy that focuses on momentous evolutions and transformative mundanity. He debuts with ‘Gold Eyes’, a track that perhaps rewards magical perspectives, romantic notions, and uplifting energies. It is a plush track full of tactile, tonal, and tinges. It has many appeals, constantly swirling in ways reminiscent of Daft Punk, Tame Impala, and Beach House. Evolving ambiences with an expansive horizon. Fluid, floating patterns, textural bliss, all just there for your taking. Creating this space, this sense of dreamy, 80s mellow funk infused electro pop largesse somehow opens up something in the mind. So sensually stimulating, it awakens something vividly beautiful in the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-tom-minors-is-everything-okay monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c0b5687a-65b7-4f5c-9989-ced892e932bb/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Tom Minor’s ‘Is Everything Okay?’ - Tom Minor’s music has a lot of dimensions to it. Ranging from humor and drama to contemplative flows and refreshing perspective, he occupies a unique sonic space. His latest is ‘Is Everything Okay?’, a track that encourages the listener to indulge in their emotions, explore how they feel and express it honestly. The track is crafted entirely with acoustics and vocals; with one gaining significance and meaning from the other. There is also a whimsy built into the song that manifests as absurd symmetries, just for a bit before it goes back into the flow of the track. The lyrics are especially a seat for absurd imagery, floating across histrionic melodic spaces. Perhaps, this is tied into the normalizing feeling not okay. A conceptual root that nicely flows into the experience of the track. To be well, you have to first be free. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-jen-et-joies-fried-rice monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/637f1eab-ebd9-4474-9f44-f1597862ad26/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Jeán et Joie’s ‘Fried Rice’ - Imagine the slow transitions of seasons, quiet and subtle until suddenly, everything around you has changed and transformed. That’s what Jeán et Joie’s music is like. It is the lyrical child of artist and songwriter, Grey Jeán. Focused on creating feelings with elements like poetry, immersive ambience, and softness, they carve out meaningful pieces. Their track, ‘Fried Rice’ is a song about lonely people and their interactions with the world. Across the track, the artists explore this theme from the perspective of intimacy, insecurity, and insight. The vocals are lilting and light like a pleasant breeze. And the acoustic instrumentals are floating entities that are everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Glinting across the light-washed plane of the soundscape, they craft intricate patterns of beauty and empathy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-gareth-dunlops-small-talk monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/77c07151-e8fd-43ce-9144-e3073031a094/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Gareth Dunlop’s ‘Small Talk’ - Gareth Dunlop develops soundscapes from a feeling space. You might see purpose and intention in his music, but the guiding factor is energy, emotion, and intuition. You’ll instantly be able to connect with the artist behind the art, sense the authenticity that he brings to the table. Come explore the world of pop, pop folk, and acoustic rock of Gareth Dunlop. Especially in his latest album, ‘Welcome to the House of I Don’t Know’. The variety and creativity of the album is especially exemplified in the track, ‘Small Talk’. A composition that starts from a country sphere before evolving into an acoustic rock, soft Americana frame. Blending in with the brightness and energy of pop, it finally peaks. The vocals carry these beautiful, seamless stylistic collisions, absorbing it fluidly from the soundscape and also simultaneously changing it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-folk-al-shallikers-the-diamond-hill monthly 0.5 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f54e6a32-c782-4472-a68a-acf8fec99527/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Folk : Al Shalliker’s ‘The Diamond Hill’ - Al Shalliker is a singer-songwriter and folk artist. His music revolves around storytelling frames, fleshing out the fantastical nuances and subtleties of human life and emotions. It is quite a profound journey to embark upon, given the contemplative spheres that it invokes and immerses the listener in. The underlying theme is the small vitalities of momentous evolution, their power to influence the big things. His latest release is ‘The Diamond Hill’ album, a collection that honors folk with both its classic and contemporary counterparts. He polishes alt folk in ways that are reminiscent of Bob Dylan and Nick Drake, Phoebe Bridgers and James Taylor alike. Some of the tracks like ‘Six White Horses’, ‘Oh Felicity’, and ‘Time Out of Mind’ were released in the months leading up to the release of this sophomore album. They gave us a taste, a glimpse of the themes and ideas that he explores across the album. Six White Horses traces the gossamer edges of possibility. Indulging in facets like magic, light, faith, and positivity, he reminds the listener of everything that they’ve been through, to meditate on the strength but also the beauty of life experiences. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-alt-rock-pork-pies-the-raven monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8ec59a99-2c09-40da-bf46-2134bb7c04c3/8.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review/ Alt Rock : Pork Pie’s ‘The Raven’ - Pork Pie is an indie rock known for their visceral textures, modern ideas, and a stylistic fluidity that carries them to explorative spheres. Their music is marked by fuzzy textures, bordering on surreal sweetness, dispensing a retro mist and warm surf rock feel. ‘The Raven’, a track featured in their latest album, ‘Golden Leaf Sheets’, carries these sonic nuances and complexities. Fed into a layered narrative, it is delightful to flow from an indie rock buoyancy to a post punk, coarse textured, 80s rock. Imagine The Smith’s melodic rock progressing into a hard core garage rock plane. The basslines swim into tsunamis of hard rock beats and alternative vocal arrangements. A stunning electric solo carries into the bridge before the visceral, raw emotion of the vocals plaster, slather, and shake the soundscape leading to the climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lee-trent-expands-the-horizon-of-alt-folk-in-the-dashboard-incident monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/837a4634-7035-4ad5-b0ed-e80ae5aab74a/7.jpg Music Reviews - Lee Trent Expands The Horizon of Alt Folk in ‘The Dashboard Incident’ - Lee Trent is an alt folk, alt pop artist with an introspective ethos. Known for his reflective narratives and stream of consciousness candor, he traces the edges of his thoughts, experiences, and emotions. His presence fills the room, carrying into the air and into the listener’s mind. ‘The Dashboard Incident’ is the artist’s latest single, a track that explores addiction; specifically, the navigation of it and overcoming it. He not only gets into the process but also throws light on the aftermath. This track is created with his family and friends, people who were perhaps deeply affected by the addiction. It derives value from the sentiment behind it; but also the vulnerable spaces that he reveals across the soundscape. Warm acoustics melding into fuzzy resonance carve out the internal dialogue of an anxious and insecure mind, working its way through till the light at the end of the tunnel. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tonosos-indie-dance-reaches-great-dynamism-in-move-your-feet monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/271662b0-b23a-491b-9c91-7fc54de04430/6.jpg Music Reviews - TONOSO’s Indie Dance Reaches Great Dynamism in ‘Move Your Feet’ - TONOSO is an electronic, indie pop duo with ideas that expand and pervade into horizons and depths of psych rock, dance, and soul funk. Loaded with visuals and potent, tactile psychedelic flows, they achieve creative symmetries. It weaves in elements of movement with colorful frames, dynamic rhythms, and catchy vocals. In their latest release, ‘Move Your Feet’, featuring Chikezie Eze, Paul and Jacob craft a complex skyscraper, driving in its loftiness and shimmering in its natural state. The track instantly charges the room, filling it up with the freshest most enjoyable frequencies. Readily passing it on to the listeners; especially their feet. The rhythms consistently evolve to keep you on your toes, gaining layers, dimensions, nuances, and extraordinary features. All rolling into an irrepressible groove that combines dreamy spheres to visceral dance anthems. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rb-funk-kenny-berthelots-i-run-away monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/80e02a85-9722-4324-bfa1-a058b78977b9/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ R&amp;B Funk : Kenny Berthelot’s ‘I Run Away’ - Kenny Berthelot does R&B/ Soul with swag and sentiment. His music is multifaceted, employed with techniques that focus on advancing the genre as we know it. Combined with neo properties, chamber pop stylings, modern jazz, blues and rolling funk, the artist achieves an evocation that definitely forms outside the proverbial box. His debut single is ‘I Run Away’, a track in which he not only introduces his music but establishes it with an emphatic clarity and sophisticated skill. With its layered instrumentals, progressing sonic values, and all encompassing retro vibe, it is reminiscent of a modern Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Aretha Franklin. The drawl of the vocals, floating into the groove, savvy rhythms and plush floating instrumentals; all imparting a fresh vibrance that you never want to end. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-pop-woodstones-doves monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/506641a1-804f-472d-af2a-c46506f3f17d/4.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Pop : Woodstone’s ‘Doves’ - Woodstone brings a vividly modern and nuanced spin to indie pop. With tones and textures finely aligned with the thematic framework, he brings the story to life. The instrumentals almost attain a tactile dimension that you can absorb into yourself. His latest is ‘Doves’, a track that is inspired in the aftermath of a breakup. The protagonist feels invisible and lonely because of it. Spinning that space into an evocative journey of falling in love, experiencing its magic, and wanting more of it over and over. The track blends slicing lights of synths, their luminous sounds swiping over resonant guitar flows. Woodstone’s vocals have a notable 2000s ethos. The chorus especially is reminiscent of Maroon 5, before it is displaced by the moody, potent contemporary blues rock accents. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-indie-rock-eddie-cohns-stop-waving-the-gun monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0ff8034e-4527-44ca-8b23-149cf297669e/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Indie Rock : Eddie Cohn’s ‘Stop Waving the Gun’ - Eddie Cohn’s indie rock in his latest release, ‘Stop Waving the Gun’ is not the ordinary kind. It is groovy with a shady cast of blues and background rock n roll. We even see a remarkable use of garage rock and grunge textures to animate the emotion and sentiment of the theme. He does employ retro techniques, casting an 80s atmosphere. It is immersive but evasive as it progresses with licks of exploratory and experimental melody lines and riff flows. Towards the climax, we especially see more and more of these innovative spells, especially in the warping, mercurial guitar frame; bending as it does with funk influenced blues and soul styles. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-electro-pop-red-skies-mournings-myosotis monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/431660a3-ab3c-4c70-b5ec-c45a52d47672/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Electro-Pop : Red Skies Mourning’s ‘Myosotis’ - Red Skies Mourning is a musician and an alt pop artist with an electric pulse. His ability to activate or animate human emotions and experiences with vibrant frequencies of music is remarkable. To have such a free and freeing command over the language of music proves his skill and virtuoso. When you talk about his vision, there is a horizon of themes that he explores, especially with his new album, ‘Myosotis’. The fifteen-track collection crafts a contemplative sphere, delighted by streaking synths, anthemic vocals, and an irrepressible groove. The ambiences he creates link into each other to form an expansive continuum of the theme. The name of the album derives its significance in light of the heartbreak themed tracks that make up the release. It is a plant of the genus that includes the forget-me-nots. Shaping melancholy into such vivid colors and textures can seem out of place, at least as an idea on paper. But Red Skies Mourning breathes sentiment, vulnerability, candor, and authenticity into it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-soul-pop-melina-hazewoods-sister monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/14358fd9-ab00-437b-8425-1ae6880ba1ee/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Soul Pop : Melina Hazewood’s ‘Sister’ - Melina Hazewood’s latest release, ‘Sister’ is a far sweeping track about friendship and finding a sisterhood within its ambit. The artist is known for her soul pop, contemplative, and sentimental flows. Where she blends her themes into refreshing tapestries of music. In this song, she combines a piano line with dynamic beats; progressing it into colorful ripples of melody. Her vocals are narrative, informed by feel-good emotions and plush energy. It is dreamy and romantic about friendship, crafting a sphere of joy and warmth. She explores the feeling of being found, of having experienced a deep, profound connection. As as her soft voice expands into glassy magic, she passes on this feeling, revels in it and floats it into the air around you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-alt-rock-blues-chellcy-reitsmas-momento-mori monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a5e81ea8-0ac0-4c81-9c6b-bf51c15a1ba6/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/ Alt Rock Blues : Chellcy Reitsma’s ‘Momento Mori’ - Chellcy Reitsma is a singer-songwriter and musician who oscillates on the edge of style. Her ability to create and carry themes into new perspectives of music is remarkable. Gliding through a spectrum of alt rock, folk rock, Americana, and blues, the artist curates visually immersive soundscapes that are nothing short of cinematic. Featuring stunning sonic frames with visionary design, she nurtures the theme into an almost tactile reality. There is a force of revolution in her which is realized with sophisticated experimentals and elegant progressions. Her latest release is ‘Momento Mori’, an album that combines both a powerful and a sentimental ethos. It opens with ‘Dark Times’, a soundscape that takes on the energy of a groovy underground bar. Its dim, dazy atmosphere is sparked with a rock n roll and a blues rock sizzle. And Chellcy’s vocals, sharp in a way that is reminiscent of The Bangles, slices through this scene to create a tremble. It’s the only track of its kind across the collection. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-grunge-sleeps-while-walkings-no-ones-fool monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/97370b4c-d22f-4edf-a932-015c2a0ceec2/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Grunge : Sleeps While Walking’s ‘No One’s Fool’ - The dimensions and layers of Chicago’s Sleeps While Walking is quite remarkable. Their transformation of grunge into, not only a sedating and psychedelic, but a contemplative style is inspired in its novelty and in its creative emergence. In their latest self-titled album, the band explores a horizon of rock; flowing through frames of indie rock and hard rock before sparking a grunge rock fire that is as intense and widespread as a forest fire. We see this build up especially exemplified in the track, ‘No One’s Fool’. The initial dazing sphere of dimmed vocals and veiled textures is thrown into a deeper, more complex exploration half way into it. The riffs are glistening rings, and the bass lines driving them are mountainous and powerful. It’s like you’re at sea and a torrential storm is raging. The melancholy is hardcore and even give away some emo notes. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review-/-alt-pop-jehnniels-heart-beat monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3315d0ea-c74d-4209-a8fc-159c9381d2dd/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review / Alt Pop : Jehnniel’s ‘Heart Beat’ - Jehnniel’s alt pop extends to new planes of freshness. Crisp and brimming with clarity, the soundscape is rife with textures that both engage and soothe the listener. This duality is also exemplified in how the artist crafts her music. Contrasting deliberate plainness with magical intimacy and contemplative beauty. Her latest release is ‘Heart Beat’, a single that blends contemporary pop with R&B elements, emphatic beats, and electronic frills. The rhythm is feel-good, instantly creating a connection with the listener. And progressively, marooned with a graceful arc of sonic elements, mounting vocal sentiments, and a hooky beat motif, it only gets better and better. The song particularly marks the artist’s love for vulnerable frames that are doled out with artistic candor. She infuses it into her stylistic essence, creating an almost seamless, and encompassing feeling of endearing warmth. Listen Now! The track marks the third single release from this artist since her debut in 2016. It reinforces the remarkable individualism that she exhibited in her debut release. Not only that but improves upon it with alternative elements and unique sonic features. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-folk-rock-ginko-bugs-close-in-october monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/410be69c-028b-4979-879c-f482f9143463/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Folk Rock : Ginko Bugs’ ‘Close in October’ - The folk rock of Ginko Bugs combines storytelling with an immersive showcase of sentiment. Imagine a blend of The Beatles with Simon and Garfunkel. The warmth of the former with the quirky intimacy of the latter. That’s what you can expect in their latest release, ‘Close in October’. It is a remarkably autumnal song, sporting a swirl of nostalgia, melancholy, and hope for love to still bloom. The instrumentals are made for comfort, simple and mellow S they are. And the vocals are delightfully cozy with its affable and amiable tone. That sunny brand of folk rock, reminiscent of the 70s is an instant feature, which then unravels with a contemporary alt folk style. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ifzxds2x7s77hyr4o1yu4ahw858835 monthly 0.5 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a9402e04-fb84-4169-a0b5-798a9a8def01/1.jpg Music Reviews - Powers of the Monk’s ‘Icarus’ Renders A Romantic Folk Absurdity - Powers of the Monk is the whimsical neo-classical, alt folk banner of David Monk and Pontiac Powers. The two singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists are known to create horizon soundscapes, resonant with contemplative vocals and surging melodies. In their latest release, ‘Icarus’, the duo showcase an interesting interpretation of the mythology. Misty acoustic textures breeze into folk details and romantic melancholy. It is soft, seamless, and as smooth as silk. There is an ethereal quality to it, but also an abstract dimension that borders on absurdity. And the vocals are melodic and carefree in delivery, but underneath it, the complexity, the ambivalence, and the dimension shimmers like the ocean in the sun. And with progression, it shines out with oriental notes and folk rock frames. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-the-broadest-blues-i-ate-a-bouquet-of-flowers monthly 0.5 2024-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/32949d41-1728-4f6c-a80d-addf282f87f9/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : The Broadest Blue’s '‘I Ate a Bouquet of Flowers’ - The Broadest Blue is the storytelling alt folk banner of singer-songwriter, Kurt Juergens. Through this project, he seeks to craft life-paced, momentous tales of life experiences. His minimalistic style and intimate scene is dedicated to meaningful explorations and contemplative endeavors. His latest release is ‘I Ate a Bouquet of Flowers’, a rather interesting stream of consciousness flow. The track’s absurd title is fleshed out with beautiful poetic imagery and analogies. There is melancholy, an exploration of heartache when one gets left behind by a lover. Singular guitar strums and harmonies decorate the otherwise vacant soundscape. Kurt’s vocals are resonant baritones that echoes the protagonist’s feelings and experiences into the space; to be absorbed by the listener. It is quite a contemporary form of songwriting and sound design, where the medium is transformed to cast new perspectives and unique ideas. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-mary-knoblocks-excuse-me-while-i-go-fall-in-love monthly 0.5 2024-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/00bc15dc-5fbc-43a7-8734-512d28e71910/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : Mary Knoblock’s ‘Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love’ - The dynamism, the vibrance, and the cerebral hyperactivity of falling in love is Mary Knoblock’s theme for her latest single, ‘Excuse Me While I Go Fall in Love’. The singer-songwriter and alt pop artist grants her listeners a vivid glimpse into the individualistic experience of falling in love. Despite its universal ponderings, it is one of the most private emotional events. Wrapped up in an experimental pop haze, the artist captures the confusion, the dreamy, magical happenings, the racing rhythms, and the distorted bliss of being in love. The track is driven by an erratic rhythm structure, with flashing melodies, luminous pockets of vocals and harmonies. Listening to it feels like experiencing a whole new world, nothing like you might have heard. Involving dubstep and a little bit of IDM accents, Mary shuffles the pop, floating it through refracting prisms of sonic perspectives. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-the-agencys-harbour-song monthly 0.5 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b2999f3c-a8fd-4309-a79c-920885f18f2b/4.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : The Agency…’s ‘Harbour Song’ - The Agency does retro futurism in the context of alt folk better than anyone else. It is quite difficult to tell where the classic ends and the contemporary begins. Their acoustic presentations detail deep, dark emotional tales that transform the most commonplace themes into haunting realities. In their latest single, ‘Harbour Song’, The Agency… collaborates with The Sampires to craft a fantastical melancholy that forms on the edge of dystopia. It is smoothly disrupting, like bottomless silence; seeping into, and activating spaces that carry old wounds, painful secrets. The vocals, in their monotonal march, solemnly honor the flow of melody and the echo of harmony. Like dreary dawn with its gray, fazed out skies, it carries in the listener in ways that is reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel or Björk’s stark Icelandic landscapes. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/king-in-yellows-dark-passengers-stark-atmospheric-alt-rock monthly 0.5 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fedc7ee4-985c-4406-bfff-80abdfa72087/2.jpeg Music Reviews - King in Yellow’s ‘Dark Passengers’ : Stark, Atmospheric Alt Rock - King Yellow’s music can be classified as new wave rock. Formed by friends and musical collaborators, Kyle McDonough and Nick Vining, it is driven by a passion for experiment, exploration, and boundless fusion. Its essence lies in creating a confluence of unseeming textures, unexpected rhythms, and spiking melodies. And even the themes that they explore manifest across blurred spaces, are best defined by abstractions, and colored absurdities. Their latest release is ‘Dark Passengers’, a four track EP that spills on the cerebral floors, evoking a psychedelic room, a contemplative labrinth, and a truly out of body experience. They are consuming soundscapes, so incredibly interesting and profoundly novel. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-pop-ltbs-skyline monthly 0.5 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5a07c65b-e70c-4eac-9518-1ff8b4261701/1.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Pop : LTB’s Skyline - LTB is a singer-songwriter and an alt pop artist. His style is closely associated and inspired by his love for storytelling. Each song forms with grand imagery and sonic gestures, as if it is a movie. His latest release, ‘Skyline’ he demonstrates his love for a city, a place that carries him just as he carries it in him. There is a sense of universality to the presentation which is extrapolated with soulful sonic themes and deep feeling R&B planes. LTB’s vocals are a sincere tribute, romantic and eternal in the feeling. There is a sense of loftiness that is built into the soundscape which makes for the perfect jump off point for the astral metaphors and ethereal melodies. The alt pop is so profoundly detailed and made fluid with such varied yet smooth diversions. Each one nuanced to capture a specific emotion, or perhaps a memory of the author. Even if it was not directly revealed, the feeling transfers so beautifully, and leaves you speculating on the stories behind it all. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-the-tearless-lifes-conversations-with-angels monthly 0.5 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/28ed5b7f-d8ec-43b2-834a-807905076e4c/4.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : The Tearless Life’s Conversations with Angels’ - The Tearless Life has a cinematic sonic consciousness. Spreading out with a grandeur that is rooted in concept, contemplation, and refined absurdities. There is a very high art quotient that floats out of the composition, so much aesthetic value, philosophical flows, and better yet, a showcase of modernity that is rooted in solid concepts. For, the compositions might flow boundlessly, across a horizon of thoughts and feelings, but it all emerges from a grand design, one that affords beautiful perspective when you tap into it. Their latest release is ‘Conversations with Angels’. The eleven track collection collates themes of the ethereal with drone ambiences. It touches on dark spaces as much as it casts luminosity. ‘Beyond The Thread the Spinners Span’ opens the album, enunciating this duality. Perked up with horror frames, deep gothic fantasies, it tunnels through spaces of effervescing emotions. The rhythm seems to be a hypnotic spiral, one combined with the dazing textures of the drone backdrop can cast the listener in a transcendental spell. There is a sense of absoluteness to the compositions. It is quite swaying, compelling, enchanting, and quite totalitarian. Especially in the way it consumes the mind. In tracks like ‘Everyone is Ended’ or ‘The Hunger’, you can experience the baseline, the limitation of nuances to reach a deeper, more clearer feeling. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-indie-pop-shane-rennisons-live-at-the-outlier-inn-2 monthly 0.5 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/083e3f99-1df5-4d45-9c23-58b30d9ab6b1/3.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Indie Pop : Shane Rennison’s ‘Live at the Outlier Inn 2’ - The contemplative indie pop artist, Shane Rennison has released his latest EP, ‘Live at the Outlier Inn 2’. It carries four tracks from his album, ‘Irrational’ rendered live at the Outlier Inn. With these live recordings, in addition to casting the composition in a more intimate and candid light, the artist softens it and makes each composition’s emotion and experience available in real time. They make for quite a delightful listening experience, with improv, in the moment touches which fleshes out the free and uninhibited artistic essence of Shane. The artist has cherry-picked from the original album, choosing the title track along with three of fan favorites. With each performance, he not only reclaims the stylistic elements that charmed us in his debut but refines them, elevates them. Be it storytelling, contemplative energy, bright melodies, or the more mellow undertones that we have come to love. In ‘Irrational - Live At The Outlier Inn’, the track showcases a melodic dynamism. Engaged with storytelling dramatics, and fine vocal line, and an emphatic beat, the track comes alive with emotion. Piano keys cultivated into indie rock, into indie pop, with fringes of melting synths. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/elijah-kusels-born-too-close-to-the-sun-electro-funk-ambience monthly 0.5 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a5b0ca35-3da5-481c-8e1a-83987c815bb1/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Elijah Kusel’s ‘Born Too Close to the Sun’ : Electro Funk Ambience - Elijah Kusel’s music is an ambient electro funk exploration; a contemplation of life in the context of romanticism, youth, philosophy and mystique. It doles out generous portions of spatial dimensions that you flow through to reach the artist and his aura. His latest release is ‘Born Too Close to the Sun’ , an abstraction ambience that is sunny, rainy, and snowy all at the same time. There’s plush tones with warm notes, cooling off with the dreamiest synths before coming alive with a shimmering texture. The atmosphere is almost intoxicating. And the rhythm, slow as it is, allows you to savor it, flow through it and revel in its fantastic magnitude. There is a timelessness to it, a softness that you can dissolve into yourself, as much and for however long you want. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review-mark-howards-my-girl-is-on-fire monthly 0.5 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e9e12e92-9cf0-4bb1-94aa-83a5ff531068/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review : Mark Howard’s ‘My Girl Is on Fire’ - Mark Howard swathes intimate expression with facets of dramatic, glamor, poetry, and other romantic elements. A sophisticated flavor that draws out the emotions and magnifies them beautifully. In his latest track, ‘My Girl Is on Fire’, he carves out his love for a girl from the perspective of a smitten spectator. There is a dated aspect to the romance that he doles out, dressed as it is in frilled metaphors, larger than life poetry, and a Latin blues touch which will get you misty eyed. However, under this layer of delightful sonic pomp, the vocals are measured, serene, and leveled. There is a coherence that it carries which adds just as much, if not more to the theme. It conveys the protagonist’s firm, grounded, and eternal love for the girl. Like a horizon, it spreads out with great depth, an exceeding clarity and a boundlessness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-alt-folk-izzy-skinners-the-trees monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/81ca9e27-bc07-4220-80e7-a8a462f2fb54/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ Alt Folk : Izzy Skinner’s ‘The Trees’ - Izzy Skinner’s latest album, ‘Haunting’ fleshes out the melancholy of loss, destruction of a life, of death. She collects the debris of a life known, a life lived. Putting all this in a haunting context is what marks the central theme of the collection. With each song, you can feel the hollow, the mountain of memories, and the flowing grief. Taken from it is ‘The Trees’, a track that devolves from a permanent, timeless structure. She curates rustic folk alongside oriental motifs and tones before leading it into a contemporary pop evocation. In the wake of it all, the artist questions the permanency of even the trees; a deeply melancholic indulgence across an existential landscape. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/flat-moons-a-moons-bouce-a-funk-driven-alt-rock monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/100f8a36-2e10-4f42-950f-0656aa1f1291/3.jpg Music Reviews - Flat Moon’s ‘A Moon’s Bouce’ : A Funk Driven Alt Rock - Sonic absurdity. That’s what the Flat Moon group strives for. With funk as their leading God, they stray freely, liberated from the bounds of genres and styles; creating intuitive chaos and enjoyably bizzare soundscapes. When you listen to them, their spirit seems to readily pass on to the listener, floating ribbons of whimsy and fun absurdities. Their latest release is ‘A Moon’s Bouche’, a track that carries into frames reminiscent of Michael Jackson, Prince, David Bowie, and Panic! At The Disco. They color out of the lines. Funk bouncing off walls of rock, blues, rock n roll, and disco pop. Imagine a room with rippling walls, vivid color transitions, and dance floors. We see Latin pop influences, merged with distorted blues and funk accents. It is dynamic, novel, and experimental. A drop of hat. Then, a free flowing velvet jazz ambience. It wouldn’t make sense anywhere else, in any other context than the one that Flat Moon curates. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/battleviews-last-jump-of-the-summer-a-feel-good-alt-folk-flow monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9d9b8c3a-9263-466f-83b3-7001a802d108/2.jpg Music Reviews - Battleviews’ ‘Last Jump of the Summer’ : A Feel-Good Alt Folk Flow - Battleviews is the alt folk, singer-songwriter banner of a husband-wife duo from New Jersey. Their music is inspired by their own lives, experiences, stories, and people. Imagine sitting through a story of people : intimate, authentic, and evocative. To experience the love, bounty, and beauty that they share with each other to be expanded into art and given to you. That’s what Battleviews bring to the table with their music. If you enjoy the work of George Ezra, Joni Mitchell, or Phoebe Bridgers, you’re sure to enjoy the candor, the feel-goods, and the floating life frames of their music. In their latest single, ‘Last Jump of the Summer’ they explore and capture the changing of seasons. Nostalgia for the memories and connections made in the summer, melancholy because it is nearing its end. It is soft, philosophical, and so incredibly human. The vocal thread, carrying this complex feeling winds through a mellow riff-beat-melody revolution. However, despite their dynamism, there seems to be a stillness, a contemplative air, sentimental depth and lift by wisdom playing across it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-rock-n-roll-shyfrin-alliances-lock-down monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9795604b-03fe-480c-9b85-0baf01f684ae/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Rock n Roll : Shyfrin Alliance’s ‘Lock Down’ - The style and charisma of Shyfrin Alliance’s blues is not something you can ever get enough of. It is retro, but edgy; an interpretation of blues that plays into rock n roll, garage rock, funk power and other dynamic elements. Like in his single, ‘Lockdown’, he transforms the atmosphere with rolling variations of these genres and stylistic elements. It is dressed with accessories of danger, mystery, power, and adventure. Each moment is an exercise in mastery, as the artist explores these themes in relevance to the others. The track starts with a strong beat, bass, and riff action; with the melody line introducing the story. As an instrumental (with sparing vocal action), you can pretty much make it, mold it into what you want. The coarse power of garage rock is built into the uninterrupted flow of a rock n roll rhythm. And through this, with nuanced melodic lines, a track for blues is paved. It is hardcore, classic, cinematic. We see the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even the 2000s across the track. And the more you listen, the more you uncover. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review/-pop-rosie-belvies-survive monthly 0.5 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0326faf9-4c07-4430-aae8-83f76df469ec/7.png Music Reviews - Single Review/ Pop : Rosie Belvie’s Survive - Rosie Belvie is a pop artist with a passion for dance music design and production. Her soundscapes are reputed for their electro pop brilliance. With bright colors, bursting beats, and powerful melody flows, she creates larger than life sonic productions that you can groove to for days to come. Her latest release is ‘Survive’, an upping, playful, dance driven, and transformative single. She uses energy to portray the resilience, strength, and the essence of the theme. While the chorus is an anthemic, slashed with laser melodies and built up by house music structures, the verses are softer, sentimental, and intimate. There is an alteration between vulnerability and power, a way to experience the drop and then enjoy the thriving journey to the peak. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/-horror-folk-concetta-abbates-laminaria monthly 0.5 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/69abd71a-28a9-4721-bf0e-bd5795343c26/5.png Music Reviews - Album Review/ Horror Folk : Concetta Abbate’s ‘LAMINARIA’ - Concetta Abbate along with The Concetta Ensemble present their latest album, ‘LAMINARIA’, an affecting blend of classicals with theatrics and performances that flow immersively into horror themes. The collective has a reputation for novelty, in fact it precedes them. Everything, starting from their vision, to their sophisticated sonic conception, design, proclivity for innovation, and layered instrumentals is top tier. You’ll see it streaming and thriving across this collection, collating vivid and vibrant visuals and pervasive sensibilities. Their tagline for the album is ‘a folk horror chamber music suite’, an encompassing description. However, it doesn’t speculate on the beautiful nuances that it comes with. They create abstract, contemplative ambiences, mercurial flows, and cinematic motifs. It poses floating scenes, both apocalyptically and sentimentally haunting. It confronts and comforts, ducks into the shadows and presents itself with grand luminescence. In tracks like ‘The Devil’s Apron’ and ‘Salted Shroud’, the group uses dissonance and discordance to flesh out the haunting overtones of the theme. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/alt-rock-electric-highs-colorful-white-lies monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4ddac284-f2bc-41a5-8b58-99cd5e82928b/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/Alt Rock : Electric High’s ‘Colorful White Lies - Electric High are a Norwegian alt rock outfit with an immutable gusto and power. It doesn’t bend, don’t break, only rolls on; progressing to an ultimate plane of feeling. Kissed with passion and drunk on power, they are a force to reckon with. Their latest release is ‘Colorful White Lies’, a bolstering album, an uncontainable vessel of energy. It is alt rock in the truest sense of the word. Splayed with punk, hard rock, and prog rock across a field of classic rock foundations and rock n roll motifs, it is diverse with an effortless vigor. Imagine the energy without the strife, the pride without the fall. That’s how it feels when you’re experiencing the soundscape of this band. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/takar-nabas-your-map-a-delightful-room-of-neo-jazz monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6b7ced30-81f9-4fbc-be42-03bbded179b6/4.jpg Music Reviews - Takar Nabam’s ‘Your Map’ : A Delightful Room of Neo-Jazz - Takar Nabam is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist with a contemporary pulse that extends to culture, provenance, and creativity. Combining the tranquil traditions of Himalayan folk with western ambiences, plush with jazz, blues, electronica, and soul, he creates a deliberate slowness. Tracks that make you relish the momentous evolutions of time and life; connecting them meaningfully. The ultimate theme being, it’s the journey that matters, not the destination. His latest release is ‘Your Map’, a track that instantly calls to mind the soundscapes of artists like FKJ, Tom Misch, and Leon Bridges. The pastel tones, the plush melodies, the plaint vocals, all of it, floating like clouds in the sky. The rhythm is formless and the formation is slow. And as you listen to this dazing confluence, a surreal feeling creeps in. It becomes magical when you realize that’s what the present feels like. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/rock-n-roll-rykarda-parasols-like-maria-calls monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71046fb9-6f68-4fe5-8efb-2f2f41364c59/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Rock n Roll : Rykarda Parasol’s ‘Like Maria Calls’ - Rykarda Parasol is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with impressive dimensions to her. Her ability to perceive interesting aesthetic patterns and align sonic styles to craft them is definitely something that sets her apart. In the latest single, ‘Like Maria Callas’, she explores suave rock n roll with a playful tinge of blues and a fanfare of related themes. Her vocals, smoky and beckoning is reminiscent of underground bar singers. That allure, coupled with the loose, rolling grooves of the melody lines and wiry guitars is quite enjoyable. The attitude of it is retro, but in a way that reflects the modern atmosphere of carefree abandon that perhaps molded her. If you enjoy the work of The Bangles, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, you’re sure to catch features of them across the soundscape. With a twist of her own. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/okaydens-creatures-a-pleasing-electro-pop-asymmetry monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a38476b5-ad3a-411d-aadd-73f081997a94/2.jpg Music Reviews - Okayden’s ‘Creatures’ : A Pleasing Electro Pop Asymmetry - Okayden is an electronic music artist and producer who infuses his soundscapes with sonic intelligence. The rhythms, beats, textures, melodies, and the best of all, the dissonance flowing through them is fantastic. Like in his latest release, ‘Creatures’, a track that explores fun alongside concept, dance with edgy interactions, and ideas with intuition. There are a lot of experimental elements that run through the composition, as he composes EDM flows in the asymmetric contexts of drum n bass, pop vocals dispersed by the aligned march of beats. It has a very 1990s and 2000s nostalgia, especially with the production style, and beat formations. However, the contemporariness of the vision and the implementation design is impossible to ignore. It is a blend of sophistication and simplicity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/david-lockeretzs-number-4-train-is-a-stroytelling-ambience monthly 0.5 2024-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/12adae87-6ecf-497b-b7ad-4eb32843b62d/1.jpg Music Reviews - David Lockeretz’s ‘Number 4 Train’ is a Stroytelling Ambience - David Lockeretz creates ambiences filled with feeling, be it nostalgia, melancholy, love, contemplation, joy, or cheer. He strings the essence of them into mellow, scaling, idyllic frames of melody. His latest release is ‘Number 4 Train’, a track that is a neo-jazz masterpiece that aims to capture the artist’s experience of the thematic object. It is full of quirks and playful antics; seemingly detailing the sky outside, the objects and people within the train, the atmosphere of serene contemplation and people watching engulfs you. The melodies swing and swirl like smoke from a candle. Each instrumental layer is like a morse code, dots and dashes floating up to create and capture the evolving destiny of the track. This ambivalence results in so many dualities, a dynamic stillness, a thoughtful daze, a romantic mundanity, and intricate simplicity. It’s the kind of track that inspires you to find the extraordinary in the daily flow of things. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/javi-carabals-tripletazo-2-con-tu-amor-a-latin-dance-pop-bananzag53mg2ki5nprn6xq14q0wnqkbvvmfh monthly 0.5 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/51d43c43-ea69-41d1-b6a5-15dfe0a85610/4.png Music Reviews - Javi Carabalí’s ‘Tripletazo #2 Con Tu Amor’ : A Latin Dance Pop Bananza - Javi Carabalí is a Latin artist, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet. His music is touched by all these aspects of his personality, flowing with the fluidity of his many artisteries. Inspired by classic and contemporary musicians like Carlos Santana, Juan Luis Guerra, Bob Marley, Sean Paul, The Fugees, Nas, The Roots, Coldplay, 3 Doors Down, Creed, Boyz II Men, and Musiq Soulchild, the artist freely roams the spectrum of the old and the new, exploring diverse musical cultures simultaneously. So you’ll see blues, reggae, rock, soul, Latin pop, dance music, and everything in between. His latest release is the ‘Tripletazo #2 Con Tu Amor’, a three track EP that follows the release of its first installment, ‘Tripletazo #1 Tú Sin Mí’. Across the three tracks, you’ll experience a rich variance, so intricately strung and spun together. The rhythms have an enriching flow, the vocals are smooth and mercurial winds swirling around the rhythm, catching the beat and tapping into the emotion. ‘Con Tu Amor’ featuring Laoma Chavaco is a mellow, reggae spruced, dream pop speckled, Latin timed flow. The conception and production is quite refreshing, especially in the way that meshes the traditional, regional and cultural with the modern, experimental, and innovative. It’s like world music with an enriching cultural influx. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mike-and-mandys-cocoon-is-an-ethereal-alt-folk-spread95nfxoaa0gsdhepdb0x7wty4xbng6g monthly 0.5 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5569c824-0c19-488d-a5d7-6cd080d3bf6d/3.png Music Reviews - Mike and Mandy’s ‘Cocoon’ is an Ethereal Alt Folk Spread - Mike and Mandy are storytellers, immersive ones at that. Inspired by the lengthy plays and poetry of Shakespeare, they adopt folk rock with deep, evocative, theatrics and imagery. When you listen to their music, you will feel the artists on the other side of it, the feeling that inspired them, the story that they lived, the effect of if; almost as if you can reach out and touch it. That’s the authenticity that this duo brings to their music. Like in their latest single, ‘Cocoon’, they explore a pain, drifting into ethereal, eternal melancholy of losing love. True to their sonic ambiguity, they blend contemporary pop with alt folk, funk grooves and experimental ambience at the bridge. Infused into each other, they inextricably shape the mood and feel of the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/alt-rock-maverick-smiths-with-friends-and-imperfectionssrwhvadaf8zsou7qf4q22ccwigd4j1 monthly 0.5 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/39586363-9f16-41af-b379-d0e325235994/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/Alt Rock : Maverick Smith’s ‘With Friends and Imperfections’ - Maverick Smith is the project of Sean Boynes along with his Grammy-winning, world-class icon artists. Together, they demonstrate a passion for rock that is unlike anything you might have seen in the 21st century. Starting from classic rock frames, journeying through folk, Americana, rock n roll, hard rock, indie rock and everything in between, they shape the alternative plane with unique and novel interpretations. You’ll probably catch a glimpse of 20th century favorites, some classic bands that then roll on from nostalgia to the new. Their album, ‘With Friends and Imperfections’ introduces the band extensively. It showcases the journey, growth, and evolution of the artists and their styles and skills; both individually and collectively. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/richard-tyler-eppersons-all-my-life-a-powerful-alt-rock-track643rpa6nq785694l55d0pawbrsvomb monthly 0.5 2024-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/45464c57-431e-4888-94c5-3818b189823b/1.png Music Reviews - Richard Tyler Epperson’s ‘All My Life’ : A Powerful Alt Rock Track - Richard Tyler Epperson is an evocative performer. His soundscapes are designed to carry the weight of real experience and emotion; a premium acoustic rock atmosphere that is sure to immerse you. The artist is a singer-songwriter and guitarist, phasing the intimate properties of folk into the absorbing flows of rock. In his latest single, ‘All My Life’, he explores melancholy in its gloomy and grungy shadow cast. With deep and heavy guitar riffs and bass lines, the soundscape is aglow with texture, turbulence, and turmoil. It has a very 90s emo rock flow that is reminiscent of Linkin Park or Green Day. The effect and depth of the protagonist’s contemplation is so deeply felt, throughout the composition that it changes you. It showcases something so profoundly human, reflecting a dense mass that perhaps exists within you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/blues-gianfrancos-when-you-have-gone monthly 0.5 2024-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/20fe4833-2079-4fe9-8658-d1c66cc11f9e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Blues : Gianfranco’s ‘When You Have Gone’ - When Gianfranco GFN celebrates blues, the purest form of passion comes out. The compositions are so beautiful, intricate, fun, and groovy. There’s that soul that you want to flow into and gather yourself with. His latest release, ‘When You Have Gone’, explores the rustic blues, connected with Americana and country frames. And progressively, he lightens it with modern flows, shone with the polish of softer melodies, disco funk, and a lavish vocal atmosphere. The guitar work is fluid and so enjoyably ambiguous. A mercurial river that holds the essence of blues throughout the track. Quivering acoustics, groovy beats, soulful harmonies, glam accessories, and other vivacious elements flow through. With the vocals at the helm of stylistic change, Gianfranco does an incredible job with design, drama, and dexterity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/alt-rock-fringe-frontiers-18 monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/47e4084d-3253-4793-91d8-0be2f0a85675/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Alt Rock : Fringe Frontier’s ‘18’ - Fringe Frontier, as their name suggests is an alt rock band whose sound forms on the fringes. There is no commitment to any one style or vision. It’s all passion, exploration, creative tom foolery. And it all transfers readily to the listener and carries positively into the listening experience. They celebrate garage rock, americana, punk, and rock n roll with modern manifestations of them. Contrasting contemporariness like shoegaze and indie rock flesh out the iconic essence of the classic styles. Their latest release is ‘18’, a number that has many transitioning properties, both stylistically and thematically. The track captures an edgy, angsty sonic state, polished with smoother floats of contemplative rhythms and unique melodic loops. Coarse riffs flow into melodramatic vocals. Rustic instrumentals rise to meet the inflating cast of modern indie rock. Lot of dual ideas finding enjoyable harmony, that correlates to the joys, dilemmas, excitement, and theatrics of coming of age, especially in this modern world. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tone-rangers-dark-horse-uncovers-the-deserts-myths-mysteries monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/942b942b-464a-4368-9494-04954145dcad/1.jpg Music Reviews - Tone Ranger’s ‘Dark Horse’ Uncovers the Desert’s Myths &amp; Mysteries - Tone Ranger is a sonic banner of producer, Alex Simon, that is dedicated to a nuanced field of music. The soundscapes celebrate the virtues and visuals of deserts, its dimensions, dunes, its myths and mysteries. Through mellow orchestrations, he throws an ambience full of evocative and cerebral sensibilities. And by the end of it, you’re wrapped in the beauty of deserts as he sees them. His latest release is ‘Dark Horse’, a groovy, lofi funk-infused sound that evokes a hypnotic surreal and a surrounding sense of ethereal. The vocals are deceptive, twinkling with evasive darkness. Winding through the swirling synths like a forest fairy, disappearing just when you think you’ve got a hold of it. And the melodies are new wave and contemporary with retro under tones. There’s some disco, 80s synth pop and glam rock. The best way to enjoy it is to just go with the fusions, rejoice in their variations and celebrate the creative intuitions. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/johnny-fordyces-be-your-woman-shoegazed-dream-pop-cast monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/46531a31-bf53-4bfd-9467-8f944eb4f290/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Johnny Fordyce’s ‘Be Your Woman’ : Shoegazed Dream Pop Cast - Fresh out of his debut EP, Johnny Fordyce has just released his latest track, ‘Be Your Woman’, a dream pop, shoegazed, indie rock bliss that boundlessly extends with soft, beautiful sentiments. The track is a pastel desert with gossamer particles lifting off of it like sand. Plush melodies twirl and shimmer like mirages in the dim warmth of Johnny’s baritones. His vocals are smooth and monotonal like a single wind wave lifting and flowing across the landscape. There are jazzy meanderings, the sax both explorative and expressive as they close in on a retro aesthetic. There is funk, romance, youth, contemporariness, and an 80s classic idea that you can just immerse in. It is timeless in style and influence. This plays into the surreal vision, the soft touch, and the pervasive feeling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lexi-bergs-bermuda-triangle-dark-dreamy-pop-daze monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/00745bec-e845-4f11-b674-305cb970e58c/7.png Music Reviews - Lexi Berg’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ : Dark Dreamy Pop Daze - Lexi Berg is a Swedish born, London based singer-songwriter and alt folk artist. For her, music is a medium of intimate and vulnerable contemplation that reveals the state of love, loss, and life in the human experience. ‘Bermuda Triangle’ is her latest single, a beautiful composition that explores the loneliness of an outsider, an outlier who is unable to assimilate. The sensitivity, the intensity, and the emotional intelligence to scape this soundscape is fantastic. The protagonist is crafted as being shipwrecked on an island that no one can see, hear, or detect. Alternate visuals of outer space grows is imposed onto this frame. And all the while, a beautiful commentary plays out. The acoustics are light and mellow, outlining her gentle vocal clouds. With each chorus, the hopelessness of her experience, the aching storm amplifies. Orchestras rise like goosebumps on skin, the instrumentals resonant, the harmonies hauntingly sympathetic. If you like the melodramatic poetry of Lana Del Rey, the floating dimensions of Billie Eilish’s darkness, and the candor of Adele, this song is for you. It has it all and more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/daxs-lonely-dirt-road-an-affecting-soul-rap monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5233e8bb-0742-4e3d-b7ba-3bc0e8c52b68/6.jpg Music Reviews - DAX’s ‘Lonely Dirt Road’ : An Affecting Soul Rap - DAX, as an artist, songwriter and performer commands respect. The man knows what he’s made of and that’s what he puts into his music. He bleeds into his songs, be it emotionally, mentally, contemplatively or otherwise. Flowing from a place of authenticity, he populates his soundscapes with stripped vulnerability that grips you. ‘Lonely Dirt Road’ is the artist’s latest single. A powerful song that explores the comfort, peace and serenity that driving miles by himself brings him. The road, the solitude, the space has a way of beckoning a place of perspective, meaning, and acceptance. While the verses are mellow, his vocal delivery adds a versatile dimension to them. They have a tactile quality, like if you reach in, you’ll be able to feel a pensive, beating heart that is as real as yours. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/alt-punk-9-o-clock-nastys-bad-vegan monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6903a635-9f0a-49ea-adda-5b33dc230ada/3.png Music Reviews - Song Review/Alt Punk : 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty’s ‘Bad Vegan’ - The deliberate promiscuity of 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty extends into the realm of rock n roll in their latest single, ‘Bad Vegan’. Designed with that retro, 80s ethos, especially in its rhythm, the track swings with a style that you want to get more and more of. The band has always had an announced charisma that stays active and dynamic throughout their compositions. But in this one, the rock n roll adds a riz that can go on for days. The track has a very simple external structure which is then infused with an electric, eclectic pulse that eclipses everything predictable or familiar. Uniting anthemic elements with denial, delusion, and defiance, they have that rebel energy that goes back to the OG rock legends. It’s as if the innovative ideas of the 70s are fleshed out with the angst of the 90s and the casual abandon of modern punk. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/suburban-bicycle-gangs-bud-the-spud-rock-n-roll-folk-rock monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c09ea811-5f19-4e74-b765-d301c05dc18a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Suburban Bicycle Gang’s ‘Bud the Spud’ : Rock n Roll Folk Rock - The experience of folk rock has so many dimensions to it. There’s that rustic and sharp presentation of Bob Dylan or the melodic, dreamy flows of The Beatles and The Byrds. It has since gotten lighter, flowing into variations of folk pop, soul pop, and alt folk. The Suburban Bicycle Gang bring an interesting twist to it. Sprayed with spectacular charisma, texture and thrust into a becoming rhythm, they put on quite a show in their latest release, ‘Bud the Spud’. The track is a rock n roll powered folk rock that celebrates the best of the 70s and 80s. With vocals slathered with a coarse country sentiment, it is tuned to keep up with a swinging flow. It is the highlight of the track, bold and emphatic as it is. The layers are then created by the instrumentals. The riffs ring with the experimental melody lines and the shaking beats. And with grooves that you can flow with forever, and revving Americana that can sustain you for days, it makes for quite the listening experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/alt-pop-sophia-stephens-love-grief monthly 0.5 2024-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/239c9e10-0e7a-4842-8d6d-7628af694c09/1.png Music Reviews - Album Review/Alt Pop : Sophia Stephens’ ‘Love &amp; Grief’ - Sophia Stephens is a singer-songwriter and a contemporary pop artist whose work is marked by her individualistic streak, gaining styles and fiery storytelling. It’s all in the perspectives, lyrical, melodic, vocal. The emotion that she brings, the way she portrays it, and shells it with interesting points of melody, rhythm, and mood. It’s like experiencing the story in a very real way because of how immersive it is. Her latest release is ‘Love & Grief’, an album that explores the powerful connection between the two themes, crossing it over with time, space, inevitability, beauty, memories, and melancholy. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/pop-carson-ferriss-fomo monthly 0.5 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6c2153aa-29df-4b66-9658-5d5e304c0312/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Pop : Carson Ferris’s ‘FOMO’ - Carson Ferris’s pop is contemporary, youthful, and plush. It’s an electric flow of consciousness that is relatable and real. In his latest release, ‘FOMO’, he explores the fear of missing out in the context of love and regrets. Choices between love and other life priorities often pop up and sometimes you end up making the wrong choice and regretting letting go of the person that boosted you up, elevated your life experience and loved you beautifully. In this track, the protagonist is at that crossroad and is choosing love because he doesn’t want regrets. Carson’s vocals capture the joy of being with someone and the wisdom that comes with it. There’s a feel-good glow to the thoughtful electro pop track. If you enjoy the work of Justin Bieber and early 1D music, then this is definitely something you will like. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/pop-ainsley-costellos-change-your-mind monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/afe6d864-6d1e-446e-86f5-30c58d2b8a5b/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Pop : Ainsley Costello’s ‘Change Your Mind’ - Ainsley Costello is a pop artist with an enhanced sense of sonic expression. The way she portrays emotions, reveals story lines and presents experiences is marked by youthful vibrance, passion, and youth. Her latest release is ‘Change Your Mind’, a pop rock sphere that is ensnared with storytelling ambience, contemplative flows, and fiery bursts of riffs. Her voice is cool and powerful, traveling effortlessly to high octaves, posing an affecting contrast. There’s a lot of variance like this crafted into the composition. You’ll catch dream pop softness flowing into melancholic scenes before erupting into a desperate vulnerability. Her performance is reminiscent of a blend across Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Hayley Williams, and Katy Perry. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-edm-roman-angelo-ursula-1000s-tropical-nites monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c25823b6-4b78-4dc3-8ce1-8abd5f1202c0/2.png Music Reviews - Song Review/ EDM : Roman Angelo &amp; Ursula 1000’s ‘tropical nites’ - Roman Angelos’s compositions are ambient jazz tapestries with dense sensibilities and misty textures. The dazing cast is immersive, swirling around the listener like a live current. For his latest release, he collaborates with electronic music artist, Ursula 1000 to remix his composition, ‘Tropical Nights’. While the original track is a mellow, slow flow, the remix version is more dynamic with vibrant rhythms and tapping beats. Ursula takes the lofi jazz flow and transforms it on an energy level. Adding cyclical tropical beats to bring out a different dimension out of it. Roman’s interpretation is more intimate and romantic. Ursula channels it into a sensual, evocative, and liberating dance atmosphere. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/giardini-oorts-are-you-shure-a-dynamic-ambient-exploration monthly 0.5 2024-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/63737046-79d0-4e3a-91c9-4b81989fa97f/1.jpg Music Reviews - Giardini Oort’s ‘Are You Shure?’ : A Dynamic Ambient Exploration - Giardini Oort has by now established himself as an ambient master with a stellar grasp on concept and a strong understanding of sonic dynamics. He details at the root, creating nuanced unions that run deep under the surface of the composition. He draws it out with intuitive design that somehow percolates into the listener. Like in his latest single, ‘Are You Shure?’, the artist delves into the realm of seeking, exploring, contemplating, and arriving. It is meditative but not in a static way. It allows, in fact, readily crafts space for the mind to roam in. There is a mysterious shimmer to it, a heaviness that looms with wisdom, resonant like the cosmos. It oozes out with notes of melancholy, dissonance, abstraction, chaos, and power. You can then interpret it and go expand in the direction your mind takes you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-singer-songwriter-belfountains-we-will-rise monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6f005711-7224-4024-9b6c-513816c1781f/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Singer-Songwriter : Belfountain’s ‘We Will Rise’ - Belfountain is an Americana, country-blues banner of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist composer, Chris Graham. Influenced by musical styles like folk, indie rock, jazz, and country, his soundscapes are a glorious distillation of human experiences and more importantly, storytelling. With swipes of each one filling the atmosphere, he is able to create an intricate tapestry of emotion and space time spark. His latest release is the ‘Some Hearts’ album, a heartfelt collection that delves into the nuances of falling in and out of love. The song, ‘We Will Rise’ is taken from the album, shining with a contemplative and narrative bliss that seeps into you. The riffs are warm as it rises into the steady beats. Belfountain’s baritones are like lights in the sky, like light bugs against the dusk scene. Even in the midst of recollecting melancholic moments, his perspective lights up the scene. It is quite enjoyable, the rhythm comforting, and the rock consoling. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/romain-gutsys-eloisa-a-vivid-romantic-sonic-film monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7faed0d4-aaf9-4d66-8f4d-e54ca0fe3972/2.jpg Music Reviews - Romain Gutsy’s ‘Eloisa’ : A Vivid Romantic Sonic Film - Romain Gutsy is a French singer-songwriter, blues, jazz and alt folk artist. His songs are like vintage black and white films. They enjoy that heavy touch of time and it is quite the novelty in this era. In his latest release, ‘Eloisa’, he crafts a love song. Ringing with French accordions, rhythmic acoustics and bare baritones, the romance is plush and vivid. His interpretations of love connections are also portrayed with that sublime old-school flair and theatrics. After the stage has been set, breezing orchestras separate from the acoustics and become backdrops for the trombone solo. The baritonal quality and the subdued emotion of it is dazing, as if you’re in a flashback. It picks up into a sax detail before circling back to the wispy verses of the heartbroken man. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-rick-lee-vinson-groups-look-at-it-sideways-4pablo monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c664f2a7-d5ce-4970-9ec3-7b357c3d0957/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review : Rick Lee Vinson Group’s ‘Look At It Sideways 4PaBlo’ - Rick Lee Vinson Group makes soul food. Their music is an elaborate painting with measured acoustics, detailing grooves, expressive vocals, and a progressing story. Their interpretation of folk rock is fluid, a medium to create experiences and foster the emotions within to a deeper, more universal level. We see folk rock playing into moments of lofi surrealism, jazz and winking blues. Like in their latest release, ‘Look At It Sideways 4PaBLo’, where they explore an intimate scene, carving out delightful perspectives with lyrical ambiguity. He creates vivid imagery, short snippets like in an indie movie - like “looked at human feet”, “red lips pointing at me”, “four eyes staring at me”, etc; allowing the listener to fathom what his mind will. Even the production technique is unique, a fitting style to suit the free and fluid essence of the composition. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-reviewalt-folk-the-celtic-social-clubs-i-cant-wait-anymore monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1fb4b00b-d441-4003-bcd9-6655a9797ee3/3.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Alt Folk : The Celtic Social Club’s ‘I Can’t Wait Anymore’ - The Celtic Social Club is an alt folk banner from France. They dimensionalize Celtic Folk with vivid strokes of rock, blues, and pop. So imagine the highland folk mystique and intimate acoustics fleshed out with a boost of evocative guitar solos and a mellow pop swirl. It makes for such a sophisticated sonic craft unlike any other. Their latest release is ‘I Can’t Wait Anymore’, a song about love wrapped up in melancholy, nostalgia, and misty watercolor sentiments. The verses are soft, intimate flows, dim like a flickering candle in a dark room. It floats at a reflective pace, as if in a gentle trance. Come chorus, a festive folk violin swings into the acoustic atmosphere, awakening the blues rock sweeps. The bridge arc is so affecting and elating. It sets the perfect mood for the coming fall with its subdued climate, undercut with dashes of vibrance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lips-of-strangers-motion-synth-pop-with-retro-80s-polish monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ba235749-deec-4b97-b859-477e458a6d3f/2.jpg Music Reviews - Lips of Stranger’s ‘Motion’ : Synth Pop With Retro 80s Polish - Lips of Stranger is a dream pop band with a retro impulse. Their style blends the electric, neon tinged synth pop of the 80s with the urban, lofi dream pop style. And the result is a hazy, hypnotic, swirling soundscape dripping with subdued colors and misty sentiments. The band has debuted with the single, ‘Motion’, a track that expresses the theme both conceptually and emotionally. The way people feel time passes them by can be relative to their experience. And this track captures that ambiguity of time, that space of freedom and fluidity. With shoegaze textures splattered across dream pop brilliance : glassy vocals groovy rhythms, and surreal guitar flows, it is quite dazing to immerse yourself in it. It is timeless, genre-less, and full of alternative accents. All you have to do is feel the emotion oozing out of it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jd-days-alt-rock-ethos-is-especially-stellar-in-take-me-down monthly 0.5 2024-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c6c050f1-3513-4105-bae0-19e268ab337e/1.jpg Music Reviews - JD Days Alt Rock Ethos is Especially Stellar in ‘Take Me Down’ - JD Days is an alt rock band with an edge that traverses styles and epochs of rock. Their soundscapes are marked with vivid instrumentals, youthful energy, and novel vision. ‘Take Me Down’ is the latest, defiant, angsty, passionate, powerful, and electric new single. The guitar work is spectacular with multiple layers, spiky textures, dizzying basslines, and fluid chemistry. It vibes perfectly with the anthemic vocal rises, blooming bass lines and the percussive riot. It’s like a live electric wire is running through the track, sizzling and sparkling. We see the coarse power of garage rock riffs fusing with 90s hard rock. And the Britpop elements in the chorus are quite enjoyable. Melodic lines are largely experimental; ringing with a mercurial disposition that will keep you on your toes and blow your mind at every turn. If Aesrosmith or U2 collaborated with The Who, Santana, and The Velvet Underground, JD Days is probably what the result would sound like. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-neoclassical-orchestra-adrian-brockless-da-sealkie-wifes-sang monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4311d9ae-0e79-4771-9bb3-0e3c0315f2ee/8.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Neoclassical Orchestra : Adrian Brockless’ ‘Da Sealkie Wife’s Sang’ - Adrian Brockless is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. For the latest single, ‘Da Sealkie Wife’s Sang’, the artist collaborates with Mary Ellen Odie and Orchestra Nova to craft a violin-fronted compositional piece that is so incredibly beautiful and tender that it is sure to tear you up. The violin melodies are soft, quivering with old-school island sentiment. You can tell that it is informed and inspired by nature; its colors, creatures, and character. Every piece of the composition is intricate. With mellow undulating rhythms, the track forms in slow motion; at the pace of feeling and experiencing it in real time. There is melancholy, but there is also love, wonder, fascination, and a feeling of equanimity. The tones are pretty light and level, polished with serenity and an expanding sense of peace. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/-synth-pop-claudia-ballas-normal-people monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/277db0e5-3bbf-4531-bc2b-4a81fa0be93a/7.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/ Synth Pop : Claudia Balla’s ‘Normal People’ - Claudia Balla demonstrates her scintillating alt pop with her new single, ‘Normal People’. The track is bright, glamorous and full of groove. In contrast to the stark and ethereal album, ‘Winter Tale’, this track forms with contemporary features, youthful and fun. But there’s also contemplative elements that come alive in the dance beats, splashing synths, and edgy rhythms. The track is about feeling like an outsider, in the context of loving someone. The protagonist’s passion is so deep and irrevocable that she can’t behave like it doesn’t matter. Like others do. And despite the color and dynamic atmosphere, you can spot the lonely undertones, its subtle darkness creeping into the rest of the details. It’s a sophisticated creation, seamless in design, and full of stylistic clarity. And towards the end, it mellows down to a lo-fi flow, in a way that is reminiscent of Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/ambient-instrumental-marc-soucys-the-paradigms-shift monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/574bcf9a-9378-433c-b03d-4c52c9f49b7d/5.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Ambient Instrumental : Marc Soucy’s ‘The Paradigm’s Shift’ - Marc Soucy’s compositions are soulful affectations, so incredibly human and evocative. When you listen to it, it feels like you’re in the presence of an alive, sentient presence. As much as he explores the facets of life and love, in his latest single, ‘Paradigm’s Shift’, he conceptualizes the ethereal, a composition that accounts for the expansive essence of the universe in all its majesty and beauty. It is an ambient instrumental that is cultivated into a dynamic cosmic dance with psychedelic elements, oriental textures, luminous harmonies, and otherworldly echoes. A velvet presence, layered one on top of the other with a grand richness. There are classical roots that you’ll spot but as they come out, they become a contemporary bloom, with novel ideas and creative sonic patterns. It compels you to contemplate the bigger things infusing a sense of wonder and perspective in the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/alt-rock-for-you-brothers-rock-my-world monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7107fe0f-e445-4e38-a84e-69dffa4e1d64/6.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Alt-Rock : For You Brother’s ‘Rock My World’ - For You Brother’s rock has quite the edge of it. It’s alt rock at its best, with plugging grooves, glistening basslines, and bolstering beats. It has that 90s progressive ethos to it that keeps on keeping on. Their sophomore single is ‘Rock My World’, a moody, sultry, seductive rock daze that is washed in mountainous basslines and rock n roll drives. The riffs are fuzzy and atmospheric, playing into the angst of the vocals. It is like a fast breeze blowing into your ears before it swirls and consumes the space around you. The protagonist explores the mind blowing element of his lover, one that he has become addicted and desperate for. And that element, passionate and irrevocable flares up across the composition. The bass floors are slathered with smooth guitar licks, mosaic and ever-changing. So many new and exciting ideas, with rap frames, and anthemic choruses. It’s a riot! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-feature-sarah-lucies-light-in-the-dark monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a77a884-383d-4387-9f18-1ba1f48b40eb/4.png Music Reviews - Album Feature : Sarah Lucie’s ‘Light in the Dark’ - Sarah Lucie is a singer-songwriter and musician who delves into soul exploration with music as her medium. Her ability to mold the medium while also seeking inspiration from it is profound. And that’s what you’ll get to experience across her debut album, ‘Light in the Dark’, a collection that chronicles the orbs of light that kept her alive in her hardest moments. It immortalizes frames of strength, perseverance, and hope, lending itself to anyone that needs it. The collection is autobiographical, crafted vulnerably with affecting candor and an honesty that you’ll definitely find worthy of relating with. Biggest take away are the tenderness that she holds for herself, no matter how hard it gets, forging a beautiful journey with soft hands. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/seafarers-another-state-a-fresh-chamber-pop-color monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/75ba37c5-c88d-4e0e-a1c4-4cd3e6c2340e/3.jpg Music Reviews - Seafarers’ ‘Another State’ : A Fresh Chamber Pop Color - Seafarers, much like their name, are fluid artists who float along the alternative plane of music. The result is a novel pop craft and experience of cultures that elate and refresh the mind. Imagine a blend of The Neighbours with A Great Big World, and Phoebe Bridgers. The six member group collaborate to bring many stylistic influences into their compositions. Bedroom pop, alt folk, chamber pop, dreamy accents, and contemporary flows, all so deliberately lithe and effortless. Their latest release is ‘Another State’, a collection that tells such tales from specific homegrown frames. It feels intimate, personal, and warm, like witnessing a friend go through it, and sometimes you’ll even find yourself reflected within it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/neoclassical-beppe-de-francescos-davanti-al-fuoco monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8c19e61b-ba08-4633-aecb-739bb5a785fc/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Neoclassical : Beppe De Francesco’s ‘Davanti Al Fuoco’ - Beppe De Francesco is an Italian artist, composer, and playwright who brings his love for theatrics and drama into his music. Listening to his work feels like watching a panoramic movie, idyllic and full of feeling. The evocative feature is quite deep; so even if you don’t understand the language, you’ll be able to feel and experience it. His latest, ‘Davanti Al Fuoco’ is a neoclassical rise. It is romantic and melancholic, an intoxicating mix that washes over you like rain. The melodies are like cursive letters, crafted with so much thought, nuance, and style. And even though there are contemporary pieces to it, you’ll feel the vintage, classic, Italian presence breathing underneath it. Listen Now! Credits : Main artist: Beppe De Francesco (writer, performer, editor) Luca Felici – co-author, producer, keyboards Simone Oliva – guitars Omer Marantz – bass Sefi Carmel – mixing engineer The song enjoys the precious contribution in the mixing phase of the great Sefi Carmel (sound engineer of Disney, Universal, Buena Vista Miramax, BBC, MTV, National Geographic and collaborator of some true icons such as David Bowie, Phil Collins, Michael Bublé, Bruno Mars, BB King) and Omer Marantz as bassist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/electronica-richard-greens-big-numbers monthly 0.5 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2c4124c3-ead1-47d0-baa3-709415ac32d7/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Electronica : Richard Green’s ‘Big Numbers’ - Richard Green is a composer and an experimental artist that sees things that others don’t. He is a visionary with a conceptual genius that allows us keen insight into modern sonic craft and design. He forges spectacular explorations that almost always lead us to strange, new worlds replete with new meaning and perspectives. Marked by surreal quotients and hypnotic scenes, his soundscapes are amazing spaces to dwell in. His latest release is ‘Big Numbers’ in which he uses contemporary electronica, styling them into symmetric infinities that tie into the theme. They explore its majesty, its expanse, the horizon that they inhabit and the secretive depths that they harbor. It is electric, vibrant, casting a contemplative ambience that compels you to think about the patterns, possibilities, and the mind-boggling potential of big numbers. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mark-vennis-different-place-celebrate-alt-rock-with-an-edge-in-in-these-times monthly 0.5 2024-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5ca7bee9-36e2-4084-b02d-5dfe39ea40e8/2.png Music Reviews - Mark Vennis &amp; Different Place Celebrate Alt Rock With An Edge in ‘In These Times…’ - Mark Vennis & Different Place is an alt rock band that forms along a whole new plane. Their ideas are grand and glamorous that bring indie, blues, psychedelia, melodic, and grunge influences to the alternative sphere. Like in their latest release, ‘In These Times…’. It is a track that seamlessly bridges retro instrumental flair with a modern edge. The asymmetry is deliberate and delightful, dynamic. It is raw but at the same time dressed up and exaggerated spectacularly. There’s that 70s experimentals paving the way to 90s angst and fuzzy indie rock. Basslines absorb the soundscape like an ocean so that every other element becomes immersed in it. And like technicolor and awe-inspiring sea creatures, the riffs, beats, rhythms, textures, tonalities, and everything else swim through its depth and dimension. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review/experimental-rock-music-factory-records-the-clinic monthly 0.5 2024-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cc6b5a54-3407-45d8-8d6e-ce9a46b87f0e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review/Experimental Rock : Music Factory Records’ ‘The Clinic’ - Ari Joshua, Skerik, Delvon Lamarr and Grant Schroff have created ‘The Clinic’, a track that holds a seamless confluence of modern and classic. It forms along a psychedelic plane, catching a sense of soul rock with experimental motifs of classic rock, funk, jazz, and afrobeats. Analog synths cast the guitar flow in a surreal state, and this combination nicely elevates cerebral and groove quotients. It closes the psychedelic loop with a smooth sweep of technique. The track is written by Ari Joshua. It complicates dimension, space, and ideas of rock as we perceive it. The layers are clean, the conceptual clarity is amazing, and the ability of the artists to present this novel design in just one flawless take is quite commendable. When you sit down and listen to it, it is impossible not to be absorbed by the textural, tactile, rhythmic, and visual ambience of the song. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review/instrumental-carl-liungmans-change monthly 0.5 2024-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/220c4b4a-3c49-417a-bb40-4363c8e140ee/2.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review/Instrumental : Carl Liungman’s ‘Change’ - Carl Liungman is a master composer, someone who is able to perceive and carve out the profound in the simple. The artist has a contemplative essence, one that leads him down such beautiful paths of emotion. His latest release is the ‘Change’ album, a collection that rains on you, sprinkling you with insight and profound sentiments. It drenches you silently and quietly like an autumn drizzle. There’s a freshness but also a melancholy. It engages with the sacred spaces shared within a family capsule, detailing relationships, memories, nostalgia, and the vivid frames of life forged by them. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/losss-indie-folk-shimmers-like-sea-glass-in-legacy monthly 0.5 2024-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6515ee69-f8df-4ef1-ad2c-23f03c6e9c24/1.jpg Music Reviews - Loss's Indie Folk Shimmers like Sea Glass in ‘Legacy’ - Loss is the singer-songwriter and storytelling banner of Britta Persson. The artist explores life through an intricate melancholic lens that is detailed with dreamy synths, poetry, and a contemplative expanse. Her exploration of the daily and mundane takes on lives of their own, complete with color, daze, and surreality. If you enjoy artists like Lana Del Rey, Men I Trust, and Clairo, Loss’s sonic expanse is sure to capture your attention. Her latest track ‘Legacy’ is a contemporary folk creation wrapped in a swirling synth daze. Britta’s vocals are weightless, a sailing contrast to the melodic depth and dimension unraveling around it. It is mellow and lo-fi but the light vibrance accumulates over time, reminiscent of a sunrise sky. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sukhs-heading-east-unfurls-with-technicolor-alt-folk-romance monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/691f381f-28a8-4233-b9d0-e5f4290a5565/3.jpg Music Reviews - Sukh’s ‘Heading East’ Unfurls With Technicolor Alt Folk Romance - Sukh has curated a joyful brand of pop, informed by alt folk, contemporary arenas, and soft textures. His tracks are contemplative with a vibrant but tender swirl of melody. The listening experience is marked by a rich, textured presence that traverses so many planes of sonic sentiments. His latest release is ‘Heading East’, an album that explores life through specific and succint lenses. Across eight tracks, he delightfully carries thoughts through shimmering acoustic and instrumental elements. The collection is introduced by ‘Kind’. The song has a continuous melodic progression that forms plush against rolling rhythms, expressive baritones, and mellow beats. Inspired by Americana, folk, and a country chemistry, the pop comes alive in idyllic frames. This theme transfers into the next track as well, ‘For The Road’. Blending John Mayer with One Republic, there is country, pop, and rock, all wrapped up in an anthem. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nebnos-the-garden-burnishes-classics-into-contemporary monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/62dc42c9-a5cb-4e74-8743-9987f1fe79f6/2.jpg Music Reviews - Nebno’s ‘The Garden’ Burnishes Classics into Contemporary - manon schlittler aka nebno is a modern composer and producer from Zurich. Her music forms along the spectrum of contemporary classic, compositions that are equally engaged with the old, the new, and the creative. ‘The Garden’ is her latest single. It is an unassailing dream that is reminiscent of picturesque gardens in classical literature with abstract and absurd undertones. The colors form in the curves of melody, the comfort in the vocal sentiments. Listen Now! The ideas within, flow as fluidly as water. Becoming absorbed by them is an experience in surreality and mystique. Crafted with vivid ambience, the swirling instrumentals speculate an outworld, one that isn’t found in the commonplace. There are the ethereal vocal moments, satin silk, soft and sedating, glowing like a pearl within the expanse of the ocean. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/poppy-roscoes-vacation-forever-a-summery-indie-rock-dream monthly 0.5 2024-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/06c7121a-1b45-4647-adf3-c42fd9cdbf53/1.png Music Reviews - Poppy Roscoe’s ‘Vacation Forever’ : A Summery Indie Rock Dream - Poppy Roscoe has proved their alternative brilliance, especially with the Sea Fortune and Desert Rats double album. With their upcoming album, ‘The Devilish Dance’, they explore the surreal dimensions and absurdities that populate the folk rock sphere. Or rather, they carve it out with their unique sonic quotients. The second installment of the album, ‘Vacation Forever’ was just released, a swimming pool of luminous acoustics. It allows you to travel back to the 70s soundscapes of The Beatles, The Kinks, or The Beach Boys. Sunny and sharp, the melodies induce a summer-like feel. With long arrangements, dreamy quotients and sultry baritones, the track crafts space for you to day dream and just leisurely spill across time and space without a care in the world. Everything falls away, work and worries, as you fall into its shiny slumber. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review-arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-happy-people-wont-hear monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6756a60e-35c0-4dea-b0bb-c690ae4bf409/1.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review : Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Happy People Won’t Hear’ - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends has a nuanced folk essence. They detail and populate their soundscapes like nature does landscapes. An expression that is free and passionate, spilling with storytelling frames and sentimental allure. Their latest is ‘Happy People Won’t Hear’, a track that makes you feel like you’re gazing at a flatland. Acoustic riffs as gossamer and fresh as blades of grass, dotted with colorful melodic blossoms. Like flowers, the electric textures smile through the guitar specks. The vocals are a baritonal goodness that swing to an uplifting chorus. Reminiscent of happy and joyful Beatles moments. That melodic folk rock nicely swells up within you, driving you back to the carefree spheres of favorite bands. Ending with a orchestral spell, a creative neo-classical touch, the song crescendos to its thematic high. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sharon-lia-bands-expanse-bejewelled-synth-rock monthly 0.5 2024-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bbab9dff-7c76-4d4c-8153-f00486d5689f/1.png Music Reviews - Sharon Lia Band’s ‘EXPANSE’ : Bejewelled Synth Rock - Sharon Lia Band is an electro pop group with a range that remarks on their stylistic liberation. They bring their electronic vision to structures of pop, rock, and even neo-classicals to create a vibrant and varied sonic engagement. Dealing with powerful themes that are deep and personal to them, each composition seems to transfer real time emotions to the listener. Their latest release is ‘EXPANSE’, a 26-track LP, split into two distinct parts. Disc 1 contains original and new tracks while Disc 2 carries instrumental and symphonic versions of these tracks. It is a very holistic collection in that, you get to witness every creative path, exploration and direction that the band saw. With each version you gain a new dimension, altitude and perspective. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-project-musters-an-explosive-pop-rock-with-hold-on-tight monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9b4b956d-e091-45f9-8462-cc01a552f29b/5.jpeg Music Reviews - The Project Musters an Explosive Pop Rock With ‘Hold on Tight’ - The Project are masters of anthemic pop rock with the feel-good leaps and bounding rhythms. The Californian band revives that explosive, powerful brand of the genre. Infused with burning riffs, groovy breaks, storytelling vocals, and irrepressible basslines, the soundscape leaps out into reality. Their latest release, ‘Hold on Tight’ is a perfect example of this. It explores emotion in the sphere of energy and instrumental indulgence. The guitar work is layered and full of texture. There are elements of power, potency, and play, creating a thematic depth without eroding that 2000s pop rock ethos. And the vocals grasp at the soundscape, exciting the basslines, complementing the riffs and evoking an expressive gradient that is so full and satisfying. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alex-uhlmanns-home-a-swirling-alt-pop-sphere monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1a32a8da-238b-4fc0-9050-623c4b27b993/4.jpg Music Reviews - Alex Uhlmann’s ‘Home’ : A Swirling Alt Pop Sphere - Alex Uhlmann is a Luxembourg-born singer-songwriter, artist and music director with a vision that is sophisticated and expansive. His technique and sound design poses an elegant craft that when absorbed is very affecting. Untethered by the contours of a single genre, his music spreads out, forming across diverse genres to realize the emotional destinies of his music. His latest release is the ‘Home’ album, a ten track collection that encapsulates the spaces between home and the self. Fluidly spilling across the spectrum of space, memories, time, and nostalgia, he beautifully captures the multitude of home and its essence. The album is introduced with ‘Never Be The Same’, a swirling chamber pop that is detailed with ethereal synths, soft pop, and acoustic instrumentals. Alex’s warm baritones are a moving orb, floating with luminous sentiments across this backdrop. The composition captures the irreplaceability of ‘home’ as we know it, carving out all the ways that it unchangeably makes us who we are. This is followed by the title track, a mellow and fluid acoustic pop that is as alive as the theme itself. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/infinitefreefalls-you-ask-a-lot-of-questions-crashing-prog-rock-excellence monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/041e14cc-fb1e-4980-a7d9-3d38f7d60bc2/3.jpg Music Reviews - Infinitefreefall’s ‘You Ask A Lot of Questions’ : Crashing Prog Rock Excellence - Infinitefreefall is a Californian pop rock band that explores freedom as a function of music. Their compositions are largely experimental, designed for chaos and a free will kind of situation. Most of their tracks usually form at an altitude, creating spectacular cliffs for the listeners to drop from. ‘You Ask A Lot of Questions’ is the band’s latest single, a power pop, punk driven, punching release. There’s an air of superior deviance, classified and complex that makes up the soundscape. A textured, fuzzy veil of riffs and basslines bury you, its debris flying across the room. The beats excite and echo through this film, fleshing out elements of prog rock, alt rock, and punk. The vocals are a bold and insurgent spray with a face-melting quality that is irrepressible and reminiscent of the 90s. And like this, there are so many sonic characteristics that clarify and claim the essence of this band. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/song-review-soulganics-bear-that-weight monthly 0.5 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/91c2193a-6e1e-4452-a028-affcbaff7352/2.jpg Music Reviews - Song Review : Soulganic’s ‘Bear That Weight’ - Soulganic believes in the floating, flowing nature of music. They craft into existence, a listening plane that is plush with monotonal variations that are as light as air and buoyant as the clouds. It’s always a summer day where these guys come from and when you listen to them, you know it’s going to be a good day. Soulganic is a funk infused indie soul trio from Charlotte, North Carolina. They cruise along the soul spectrum, grasping at its humanity and poetry to create a lofi and streaming soundscape. The group manages to make even the heaviest theme into a luminous floating party that you can just sail away on. Like in their latest release, ‘Bear That Weight’, the band explores pain in feeling hopeless. The acoustics are airy and minimal, the vocals are fleshy and comforting, and the funk is a loose vehicle unraveling through this backdrop. Together, these elements put a heartwarming spin on the theme, asking the listeners to just roll on and wait for the day that it gets better. Because it will. You will see the light at the end of the tunnel, find your path, power and passion. So just keep on keeping on. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/giantheos-hey-tu-floating-dots-of-melody-vocals monthly 0.5 2024-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1cdaca78-a0db-4260-85a5-fce60c21bb56/1.png Music Reviews - Giantheo’s ‘Hey Tu’ : Floating Dots of Melody &amp; Vocals - Giancarlo Prandelli and Matteo Sainaghi aka Giantheo are an Italian musician duo who have ideas that bridge the gap between the classical and contemporary, the cultural and global, the music and sentiment. The artists wander the expanse of classical music, orchestral styles, and Italian music alongside contemporary pop, neo-classical, synths, and modern sound design. And the result is a sweeping musical breeze that rides through many faculties of the mind. Their latest release is ‘Hey Tu’, a soft, acoustical and elating composition that forms on floating dots of melody and vocals. The track is softly dynamic, with intuition and candor driving. So there’s that natural and organic flow. It’s a perfect song to sway to. Casting romance and passion into the air, you can get lost in its emotive folds even though you might not understand the language. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-heroic-enthusiasts-wake-me-when-its-over-a-new-wave-edge monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/61522926-c14d-4952-b18e-292521a50224/2.png Music Reviews - The Heroic Enthusiasts’ ‘Wake Me When It’s Over : A New Wave Edge - The Heroic Enthusiasts are a New York-based duo, James Tabbi and Thomas Ferrara with a futuristic pulse. They see far past the present, crafting a New Wave dynamic that involves the abstract edges of post punk and the textured fabrics of Britpop. Electronica, rock, synthwave, and pop all coming together with shimmering glamor. Imagine blending the imaginative vision of Daft Punk with the sonic design of Blur and the warping effects of Oasis. And you’ve got yourself The Heroic Enthusiasts’ latest single, ‘Wake Me When It’s Over’. It is a hypnotic spread made up with mellow bass pulses, scratchy fuzz, cerebral vocal slates, and fluid rhythms. When you listen to it, it feels like you’re undulating, up and down, up and down, through an ocean of consciousness. Dramatic, daring, a magical act. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-tom-minors-its-the-wind-stupid monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/228e6b87-12cc-4257-8fac-075b739183b0/1.png Music Reviews - Single Review : Tom Minor’s ‘It’s The Wind, Stupid’ - Tom Minor is a born storyteller. The singer-songwriter’s ability to craft an immersive narrative, one that is complemented by style, tale, vocal manipulation, and instrumental nuance. Each story is uniquely told, a variant of the pop rock culture. His latest release is ‘It’s the Wind, Stupid’, a track that explores the aftermath of a breakup when the mind keeps wandering back to old times and old flames, seeing things that aren’t there and tricking the mind. The protagonist is singing to himself, consoling, reminiscing, and comforting his heart. Tailored with mellow instrumentals, light baritones, the soundscape is largely nostalgic with brief retrospective reprieves. Bluesy tones underlie the guitar melodies. We see accordion melodies, rippling piano arcs, and a dynamic rhythm cycle. Asymmetrical beats, vocal flows, and bass grooves nicely tie into the stream of consciousness narrative, intimate, honest, and self-affirming. Listeners of The Smiths are sure to love this track! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-harbours-deliver-feel-good-indie-rock-loops-in-locked-in monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/00147a6a-4f6d-4ba8-a8cc-754f63b4c486/3.jpg Music Reviews - The Harbours’ Deliver Feel-Good Indie Rock Loops in ‘Locked In’ - The Harbours are rising into indie rock skies like the morning sun. Their dazing, fuzzy, and warm soundscapes are fresh with feel-good loops, winded melodies, and ennerving vocals. It’s full of the watercolor nostalgia that the turn of the century indie rock came to be known for. If you enjoy the work of The Strokes, Modest Mouse, and The Smiths, you’re sure to enjoy this band. Their latest release is ‘Locked In’, a track that is made up of mellow and contemplative moments. Storytelling frames are infused with liquid, real-time emotion, progress through golden arcs of instrumentals and vocals. The track explores the irrepressible nature of life. Even if you lock yourself in, life continues to happen to you. This theme is brought out with a bitter sweetness. Melancholy and optimism, heartache and hope, ennui and enthusiasm. The chorus is especially alive and active with bright sonic moments. A floating contrast to the more thoughtful parlance in the verses. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fringe-frontiers-wake-me-up-a-rustic-atmospheric-folk-rock monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e645acc4-4691-4180-aa50-b9001abc1ee8/2.jpg Music Reviews - Fringe Frontier’s ‘Wake Me Up’ : A Rustic, Atmospheric Folk Rock - Fringe Frontier is a jangly, retro, charming indie pop band with a sound that is ever-fluid, ever-moving, and ever evolving. The band is all passionate and wears their heart on their sleeve. Roaring riffs, punching beats, candid storytelling, and a revolving stylistic take marks their music. Imagine Bob Dylan’s sharp, piercing vocals forming amidst a fuzzy, roiling, punk-inspired garage rock coarseness. Then you’ll get a glimpse of this band’s dynamism. And they are all so tastefully balanced, dressed up in each other’s accessories, a mix-match rock that is indulgent and charismatic. Their latest release is ‘Wake Me Up’, a track that captures the theme with foggy and fuzzy shoegaze frames. It flourishes and fills the room with its atmospheric riffs and rising bass lines. And the vocals, rustic and dragging, nostalgic and nocturnal, nicely gather the soundscape with each lick of Americana drawl. The contrast is sharp but so delectable and addictive. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-svynxs-prog-rock-edge-with-this-is-not-art monthly 0.5 2024-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6000bb48-e74d-49b1-b6fc-ec71dadfd171/1.jpg Music Reviews - Experience SVYNX’s Prog Rock Edge with ‘This is Not Art’ - SVYNX forms on the edge of music, on the fringes where there’s adrenaline, excitement, innovation, and imagination. The alt rock duo are unstoppable with rhythms, irrepressibly novel, and surmounting powerful. And it passes on to the listener through the medium of their music. So get ready to be transported to the horizon of music where the boundaries are blurred, the potential is boundless, and infinity is the norm. Their latest album is titled ‘This is Not Art’, a collection that demonstrates the progressive rock in new and uninhabited sonic cultures. It drives up the value of alt rock, punk, grunge, and even post rock with its sharp evolutions, smart ideas, and seamless execution. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nathan-oregans-follow-you-down-a-transient-pop-flow monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0ca550f8-3bbc-45e7-ae6d-f6eebed2da27/11.png Music Reviews - Nathan O’Regan’s ‘Follow You Down’ : A Transient Pop Flow - Nathan O’Regan displays a sophisticated sonic subtlety that you don’t often encounter. His style is light and mellow, contemporary and swimmingly alternative. If you were to wrap yourself in one of his tracks, you would be knitted in by a free weave of instrumentals and baritones, rustic yet creative and unique. His latest release is ‘Uncovered Vol. 1’ an EP that is a self-demonstrative, storytelling acoustic fantasy that spans across four tracks. The collection touches upon alt folk and pop in effusing ways. ‘Follow You Down’ is part of this collection, pulling in accents of chamber pop, flicking dramatics, and a bare-boned vulnerability. It is made up of a thin film of acoustics and dancing baritones. Beats form intuitively, like an afterthought; a rhythm that changes, evolves, rises and falls to grasp the evasive vocal sentiment. And as you travel down the song, you’ll find that it is as transient and rustic as autumn; a perfect song for the coming season. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sansyous-due-south-pacific-a-shimmering-post-rock-atmosphere monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1af3f4ea-f508-4298-9403-c853c5b247dc/12.jpg Music Reviews - Sansyou’s ‘Due South Pacific’ : A Shimmering Post Rock Atmosphere - Sansyou displays life and emotional experiences as ambient spreads that carry on expansively. It is mellow and leveled with the instrumentals forming momentously; almost as if they are speaking a language. There are so many intricacies and complexity that unravel as you travel through it. ‘Spaces in Between’ is Sansyou’s latest EP in which they explore contemplative frames that meditate on the self, extending it to the spaces that form in and around that sense of self. ‘Due South Pacific’ is taken from this collection. It flows with instrumental abstractions in the style of creative post rock. The vocals float above this layer, glassy and as fluid as air; so light that its presence is so beautifully bare. The best way to enjoy the track is by allowing yourself to be immersed by its shimmering depths, swimming through it at an explorative pace. Listen Now! The EP features Kelli Miyahira of Natto Princess (vocals), with David Nicholas (guitars) and Kellii Scott of Failure (drums) plus the multi-faceted contributions from producer Jarrett Nicolay (bass, keys, drums). https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jd-kellehers-take-the-mony-run-a-playful-feel-good-merry-pop-song monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1afd3e94-2cf5-4907-a9f1-8b69e95eb805/14.jpg Music Reviews - JD Kelleher’s ‘Take the Mon€y &amp; Run’ : A Playful, Feel-Good, Merry Pop Song - JD Kelleher is a singer-songwriter and an alt pop artist with a growing edge. They bring a vibrance to the soundscape that is marked by groovy, textured, and colorful elements. ‘Take the Mon€y & Run’ is the latest single, a light and refreshing composition. Marked with dancing melodies, feel-good vocals, and a beat that will buoy you, you can fly through the optimistic swell of the track. There are fun elements, playful, curious, and creative. The inherently joyful properties built into them make up the theme effortlessly. It is the perfect song to start afresh. Like a brand new day, it offers so much space to expand in, weave through, and just be merry. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-marc-soucys-that-thing-you-said monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f421a140-30d9-4447-96ec-c28a91991894/5.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Marc Soucy’s ‘That Thing You Said’ - Marc Soucy’s neo-classical flair rides into a contemporary peak with his latest release, ‘That Thing You Said’. It is a romantic, dreamy, and soft composition, detailed with fleshy electronic waves. The feeling of being elated, elevated, and excited by someone’s words is the running theme of the track. It is like you’re floating in an ocean of song, buoyed by joy, lapped by waves of memory and emotion. The melodic chemistry indicates something said in the context of love, or by a lover. To drift away into that dream is a euphoria of its own. There’s also a lot of jazz and blues current running through. Their mercurial and fluid nature, nicely complementing the stylistic destiny of the track. It bleeds quite well into the neo-classical pulse, surrounding the listeners with something akin to an instrumental halo. So get ready to be wrapped up in the cozy blanket that is this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-a-folk-gaze-blur-in-spouses-indian-summer monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3c8fba2a-6c1e-4530-9a34-e1d5de11e243/10.png Music Reviews - Experience A Folk Gaze Blur in Spouses’ ‘Indian Summer’ - Spouses are an alt rock and indie folk band that is all fluid. They love to create surreal soundscapes, bright and vibrant with effervescent texture. Blending the intimacy and contemplative quotients of folk with the transcendental fuzz of shoegaze, they create a niche that elevates both genre types. Taking the rustic and making it youthful and contemporary is where it’s at. Their sophomore release is ‘Indian Summer’, a pastel, sky blue expanse with ringing string melodies, soft baritones that blare at the fringes. It is pleasantly raw and rough - rustic teetering on the blurry edges and surfaces. They hit nostalgia, melancholy, carefree, and the fun of summer simultaneously. And trust me, you won’t be able to get enough! Smooth and scratchy are the two rolling textures/motifs and the contrast is enjoyable. Flying into moments of chamber pop, anthemic trumpets, surf rock, and folk rock, they go through all the moments. They are the modern Beach Boys, the shoegaze Beatles, a duo that celebrate the vintage in contemplated contexts. It is the perfect youthful summer song, bleached by the sun. The glaring instrumentals transport you in real time, running through a beach town, sweating, surfing, laughing, dreaming. The only colors are blue, white, and yellow, all of them shining you up, till you’re also glistening with them. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/zaroonis-alternative-vibrance-spans-out-spectacularly-in-got-me monthly 0.5 2024-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bb2e1d7b-02ca-4b13-8bbf-751deb2a4b2c/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Zarooni’s Alternative Vibrance Spans Out Spectacularly in ‘Got Me’ - Zarooni is a singer-songwriter with an alternative pulse. A self-taught and a passionate guitarist, his love to play the instrument drives his compositions. Blending it with resonant electronica and bright textures, he creates beautiful thematic ambiences that he fleshes out with contemplative lyrics. His latest release is ‘Got Me’, an indie rock gem that glistens with accents of post rock, electro vibrance, and contemporary pop. It is fluid and free, with so many sonic wings. Darkness, light and shadows play theatrical roles across the soundscape. His vocals, husky baritones, unravel spectacularly, undulating between moody and plush sentiments. It’s an incredibly complex composition with well-thought out layers and well-placed prompts. You can interpret and enjoy it in so many ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/maria-weissmans-the-poet-a-lovely-contemporary-pop-presence monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bace9738-105f-4148-9a5c-4b4f8364618f/1.png Music Reviews - Maria Weissman’s ‘The Poet’ : A Lovely Contemporary Pop Presence - Maria Weissman is a singer-songwriter and a contemporary pop artist. She creates intimate soundscapes with doting narratives. It is soft and intricate like a vintage weave that is refreshed by modern motifs. Her latest release is ‘The Poet’, a track that traces the temperaments, presence, spaces, and moods that poets inhabit. Forming on the wings of Maria’s vocals and a supporting piano line, it has both a light and deep presence. The artist plays around with range, density, and movement, creating dimensions around it. And to experience this complexity within the minimalistic medium that she creates is quite remarkable. Feeding the listener, she leads them to a pool of smooth crescendo with ripples of feeling and touching sentiment. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-ubiquity-machines-art-rock-funk-in-i-think-its-funny-ep monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/85487cde-3014-499d-bd57-d5b1e80c345d/4.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Ubiquity Machine’s Art Rock Funk in ‘I Think It’s Funny EP’ - Ubiquity Machine has a philosophical pulse that they markedly bring to their indie rock. Influenced by agents of alt rock, funk, psychedelics, the 70s, and everything in between, you’ll be on the receiving end of an artsy rock collage. They so elegantly bind the conventions of retro rock with the restless ideas of turn of the century styles. The band’s orientation to music is underlined by ‘art for the sake of it’. They have such an intense and arduous passion for sonic craft. You’ll see it in their creativity, vision, technique, and details. Each arc is pieced together with thoughtful and purposeful characters. And you’ll be left wanting for nothing. The duo have just released their latest EP, ‘I Think It’s Funny’, a three track collection presently, that teases more tracks. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bloomfield-machine-reveals-all-things-creative-and-stylistic-suiteness-album monthly 0.5 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/98730cbf-b39d-43e7-999b-1a225cd10b68/3.jpg Music Reviews - Bloomfield Machine Reveals All Things Creative and Stylistic : Suiteness Album - Bloomfield Machine is a conceptual banner that perceives and employs unique functions of music. It is very creative, zeroing on an essence and dressing it up with conceptual ambiences, droning sequences, contemplative layers, and immersive imagery. Founded and led by multi-instrumentalist and composer, Brian Kassan, it exceeds the expectations of convention and dives passionately into experimental brilliance. The listening experience is marked by a shift in consciousness, a new depth, dimension that you have never visited. ‘Suiteness’ is the banner’s sixth album, a sixteen-track collection that marries futuristic frames with the intricate makeup of natural concepts. The result is a profound mixture of perspectives and baselines that is worth a journey through. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fiona-amaka-shapes-different-into-folk-pop-beauty-in-latest-track monthly 0.5 2024-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d4490952-71ff-4415-8413-dcbaa5aea9b9/2.jpg Music Reviews - Fiona Amaka Shapes ‘Different’ into Folk Pop Beauty in Latest Track - Fiona Amaka’s folk rock is informed by the momentous flows of feeling, experience, and sentiments. She has a very doting mind, one that delves into details that then translates into her work as well. Weaving it into hopeful narratives, her music is a comforting presence that floats around you. In her latest release, ‘Different’, Fiona explores the experience of feeling different than the people around you. It can be quite lonely and isolating. And this song, forming along the contemplative vein of Bob Dylan, wraps you up in ways that make you feel seen, validated, and valued. Her vocals have the husky wisdom of a person who has gone through similar experiences and come out of it with a lesson to share. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sephs-electro-pop-glamor-shines-spectacularly-in-the-dawn-of-a-dream monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f15f0871-c1be-4a9d-8e1e-fbb441ab9f46/1.jpg Music Reviews - SEPH’s Electro Pop Glamor Shines Spectacularly in ‘The Dawn of a Dream’ - SEPH’s electro pop is artful, crafted more so for self-expression. It is rife with experimental structures, mercurial detailing, and even explorative designs that form as extensions of similar themes. As much as it seeks and these soundscapes have a definite ethos to them. It is unique, novel, and full of personal significance for the artist. In his sophomore album, ‘The Dawn of a Dream’, the artist explores pop in such expansive variations. The electronic sphere is like a flowing river to him, fluid and fresh, never stagnating. Each track splays out into a nuanced plane, shimmering with its own synth craft. And it’s incredible to watch the theme of the album take form as you travel across it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tim-camroses-fly-again-an-acoustical-alt-folk-gem monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a927c61-97ad-4da0-aa66-c1e3aa073ddd/6.jpg Music Reviews - Tim Camrose’s ‘Fly Again’ : An Acoustical Alt Folk Gem - Tim Camrose is a singer-songwriter and an alt folk artist. The artist loves to shape contemplative soundscapes that breathe thoughts into the listener through profound storytelling and undulating instrumentals. His latest release is ‘Fly Again’, a track that diminishes the hold that contracts like time, age, youth, and grief has on people. It’s okay if you’re feeling low and down in the dust because one day the clouds will part and you’ll be able to find light again. The track is composed with mellow acoustics and doting baritones. All infused with an airy quality, a levity and light that you can readily imbibe into yourself. Choral frames take it up a notch, a floating peak that projects the theme and emboldens your capacity to achieve it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/plastic-tofu-stipulates-a-grungy-surf-rock-in-sundowner monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/44c5698c-114a-4abb-9143-c1e74caa08ad/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Plastic Tofu Stipulates a Grungy Surf Rock in ‘Sundowner’ - Plastic Tofu is a spanning alternative rock band with a stylistic elasticity that is quite impressive. It’s like they roam through grunge, garage rock, punk, indie rock, and hard rock. And the result is a mercurial swirl of textures, tones, moods, and instrumentals. Their latest track is ‘Sundowner’, a composition that seems to grasp the theme with deep bass floors, stormy riffs, and vibrant melody lines; Representing three decades of rock music in one fell sweep as dazing grunge phases into smoldering garage rock into punk lines into melodic rock into anthemic hard rock. The track is quite powerful, hard core, progressive, and defiant. When it comes to the instrumentals, the band seems to have completely indulged themselves, in all their passion, explorative interests, intensity, and depravity. Its bold transitions and diving styles are a matter of grandeur. The production is so seamless that you’ll never exactly catch the transition. Like the mystery of time, you’ll know the Stylistic sphere you’re in only once it’s fully formed. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/pork-pie-drive-alt-rock-to-new-planes-of-brilliance-in-golden-leaf-sheets monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/04b2e017-f5d4-4741-b1ef-eaf3bff41d03/4.jpg Music Reviews - Pork Pie Drive Alt Rock to New Planes of Brilliance in ‘GOLDEN LEAF SHEETS’ - Pork Pie is an Irish four piece band that drives into eclectic planes that metastasize into psychedelic and trippy revolutions of riffs, grooves, basslines. Their passion and will to play is intense and it drives them to stray into experimental frequencies. And it just extraordinarily frees the soundscapes and along with it, the listeners that are floating within it. You’ll see a lot of 70s rock influences driving their music. However, what gives it a unique edge is the lively alternative dimensions running underneath it, underneath it all. Like water flowing under ice. Their latest release is the ‘GOLDEN LEAF SHEETS’ album, a relentless collection of ten tracks that is all momentum. The instrumentals form like fiery landscapes. With hissing basslines, roaring riffs, and a striding beat, it’s a volcanic movement. ‘City Lights’ opens the album at this energy level. And it only goes up from here. ‘Helplessly Waiting’ is scrumptious with texture and waylaid with funk dancing blues. The rhythm is so satisfyingly uplifting and top notch, vibe wise. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-ari-joshua-quartets-praysue-an-experimental-instrumental-vibrance monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4e473127-e25e-46ad-ae36-126b9a585f8e/3.jpg Music Reviews - The Ari Joshua Quartet’s ‘Praysue’ : An Experimental Instrumental Vibrance - The Ari Joshua Quartet have crystallized their reputation for experimental excellence. The sophistication and range of their sonic conception transcends global and stylistic borders. Everything is on the table. Composed of Ari Joshua, John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Jason Fraticelli, they love cinematic and performative soundscapes that split and evolve into meaningful dimensions. In their latest single, ‘Praysue’, a composition that delves into classicals, specifically archaic Latin tonalities, and other classical cultures. Sharp tonalities and changing boundaries form a hypnotic contrast. An ethereal strangeness manifests, perhaps ones that whisper myths and shape legends. The abstractions may boggle the mind, but lean into it and a slow significance will begin to form. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cavn-dilates-contemporary-pop-expansively-in-late-august monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cae6f9db-8e75-4082-bcab-26419be0a925/2.png Music Reviews - CAVN Dilates Contemporary Pop Expansively in ‘Late August’ - CAVN creates whole worlds within her soundscapes. She builds its landscapes, stores its truths, clarifies its air, and distills its essence. It is never just a song, it is more like a reckoning. Imagine an emotion, a feeling, a sentiment, or a memory, made so rich that you get lost in it. That’s the effect of CAVN’s music craft. Her latest is ‘Late August’, a track that rapturously captures the waning moments of the month. The track is a neo-classical expounding, cinematic, almost orchestral. It weaves and washes the mind with intricate instrumentals that broaden and dilate to enormous levels of feeling. Made like a voyage, it is lofty and ideal and so expansive. There are moments of solemnity, contemplation, solitude, war, warmth, and peace. All of them compelling a tale, a grandeur in the mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/child-of-sp-delivers-edgy-electro-pop-with-halo monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b6d23b51-4f69-4dc1-a7e2-f4961aae0ecc/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Child of SP Delivers Edgy Electro Pop with ‘Halo’ - Child of SP is the pop rap banner of American artist, singer-songwriter, and producer Leo. He has an eclectic pulse, driven by excitement and marked by bursts of energy. It is irrepressible, relentless, passing on to the listener readily and in real time. His latest release, Halo, is a colossal sonic slide - fun, edgy, and upping. The electro-pop-hip-hop track has a mercurial flow, changing at the drop of a hat. It opens with tapping beats, flying electronic pieces, and a skating vocal roll. Imagine a slick and seamless plane, across which all these elements whir like a pinball game. The autotune is light and evasive, disappearing behind the walls of melodies, synths, beat pops, etc. Soft pop vocals create a sentimental dimension before becoming escalated by the whirring rush again. The rap verses are crisp, catchy, and clean as they gel with the restlessness of the beats. And just like this, the game keeps on going. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/arthur-sqawks-develops-his-abstract-folk-into-absurd-dimensions-with-killing-time monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e2a9ee83-1641-4663-8f4f-d00f0745bfd8/7.jpg Music Reviews - Arthur Sqawks! Develops His Abstract Folk into Absurd Dimensions with ‘Killing Time’ - Imagine an abstract space filling with evolving patterns of absurdity. It is art rock at its most creative. Arthur Sqawks! makes no effort to explain or enunciate. He just lets it all flow, fluid and free. His latest single, ‘Killing Time’ delves into the realm of acoustic rock and folk rock, fleshing out its stillness with melancholic ennui and existential dreams. The artist mingles articles of afterlife with the lifelike sentiments, interspersing it with the dazing underworlds of sound. His baritones are deep and profound as they rise like smoke from the discharging acoustics. We see moments of jazz and electric guitar work, textures bright and vibrant posing a contrast to the formless structures of the acoustics. It is so pleasingly transcendental that it actually feels like you’re leaving your body, you’re representation in the space time fabric and floating away. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/carrie-stardust-puts-pop-mystique-in-mundanity-in-ennui monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c44e0de-9504-48da-bcd7-c3986e0842b7/6.png Music Reviews - Carrie Stardust Puts Pop Mystique in Mundanity in ‘Ennui’ - The state of ennui is one of stillness that is boggled with latent dynamism. This complex duality is marked by contemplation and deep thought. And it is exactly what Carrie Stardust captures in her latest release ‘Ennui’. Channeling her love for magical realism into the theme, she breathes life into it with such a profound interpretation of it. The soundscape spills with a reflective softness, a cinematic sweep, and a neo-classical touch. Her contemporary pop vocals, swirling into this backdrop magnifies mundanity and commonplace frames to great dimensions. It is a soundscape filled with so many folding patterns and overlapping layers of melody, rhythm, voice and sentiment. It is the era of great lethargy and Carrie Stardust is here to evoke it with music! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/venti-ziggy-hawk-mccarthys-spaghetti-western-a-rustic-vintage-americana-gem monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bd6e97a9-4100-4b2b-9a88-1f8d696907cc/5.jpg Music Reviews - Vento, Ziggy, Hawk &amp; McCarthy’s ‘Spaghetti Western’ : A Rustic Vintage Americana Gem - Vento, Ziggy, Hawk & McCarthy breathe new life to vintage Americana. Celebrating rustic textures and a sun washed style, they make the listener nostalgic for the 70s era. Layered instrumentals, minimalistic design, and a brimming luminosity mark their compositions. All of these facets tie swimmingly together to shape the theme of their newest single, ‘Spaghetti Western’. That ethos of low-budgeted, raw frames, and homemade frames of old European movies of the sub-genre springs back to life. It is comforting in ways that only the past can comfort you. The track is composed of sharp strings, peaking in tone and swinging in rhythm. With baritones that are plush with cinematic appeal, they play seamlessly into the dynamism of electric guitar and banjo features. Imagine driving through the Italian countryside with dusty and sun-beaten roads in a beachy blue covertable. This is the song that will elevate that drive. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9-o-clock-nasty-colors-in-funk-with-creative-deviance-in-the-wrong-guy monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3295cc57-8d13-457e-b8a6-50aeda553734/4.png Music Reviews - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty Colors in Funk With Creative Deviance in ‘The Wrong Guy’ - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty’s funk whimsy takes on new levels of creativity in latest track, ‘The Wrong Guy’. A dynamic drive that sports catchy verse loops and vocal charisma. It is smooth and effortless, with a thematic style that instantly sparks interest. The chemistry between the percussive rhythms and vocal elements is enjoyable. Of course, there’s that ever present deviance and depravity that the band is known for. Only it pops up in the most unexpected way. After getting nabbed by the cops, the protagonist schools them for getting the wrong guy. The loops that you’ll see rolling through the soundscape highlight factual discrepancies with an air of casual dismissal. Mellow and fun, you’ll want to take the ride over and over. The vocals are reminiscent of Eminem with undertones of gangsta. Not to say that it is a pure hip-hop inspired track. It just has that ethos which is infused into an overarching funk capsule. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jay-roecker-floats-an-bluesy-love-song-in-chances-are monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f4a8efc0-61fe-48aa-9e77-a23e6395fb17/3.jpg Music Reviews - Jay Roecker Floats an Bluesy Love Song in ‘Chances Are’ - Jay Roecker’s electronic floats is the place to be in when you’re looking for some vibrance. Especially his latest release, ‘Chances Are’ a bluesy orchestra detailing the richness of being in love. It is absorbed by the soft euphoria of being in love, one that if you give into, will spark you into a flowing daze. It is reminiscent of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the like, a love song for those who fall deeply and irrevocably in love. In a modern age where love is a constantly evading concept, this is sure to anchor you to the timelessness of time and the magic of feeling it all. His vocals are a slow rise, as mellow and enchanting as the ocean in the morning time. As they flow into the twinkling melodies and drawing sentiments of another person. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jack-bailey-brings-authentic-strokes-of-folk-pop-with-the-fall monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7c273120-fde8-425e-8a3e-7c5633115c02/2.png Music Reviews - Jack Bailey Brings Authentic Strokes of Folk Pop with ‘The Fall’ - Jack Bailey is a singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist. His bare soundscapes are an extension of himself, honest, authentic, and vulnerable. Expanding as strokes of acoustics and storytelling, they encapsulate the fragility of being human. The artist is a self-made and self-taught musician and you can see it in his music. Informed by intuition and a free hand, it has a very organic pulse that you can devour in real time. His latest release is ‘The Fall’, a track that touches upon unrequited love. He incredibly shapes that in between the space of having love to give, but not having anywhere to put it. That feeling of being stuck is what he demonstrates. Listeners of John Mayer, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Ed Sheeran are sure to enjoy the lyrical depth and candor of this track. Listen Now! The track is detailed with piano acoustics, its soft peaks contrasting the warm baritones. The rhythm is fluid, shaped by the flow of emotions. It is mellow and lofi, but doesn’t fall short of its affecting quotients and sentiments. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/natalia-clark-serenades-summer-love-with-iced-tea monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9546e021-d309-468e-ac9f-fb3f4b145819/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Natalia Clark Serenades Summer Love with ‘Iced Tea’ - Natalia Clark’s latest ‘Iced Tea’ is a summer pop song, tinsel smooth and dreamy. Dressed in soft pop frills, it slightly emerges into the commercial sphere. It has the slightest touch of folk acoustics as well. Reminiscent of a blend of Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, it is a storytelling, youthful, and enticing pop. It is the perfect song to fall in love in summertime. Picturesque melodies, weaving into visual lyrics, and dazing vocals, it disperses all over like the blue in the sky. And if you gaze at it long enough, you’ll become absorbed by it, sentiments dispersing within you too. And come chorus, the cool touch of chilled iced tea sips opens up a new dimension. It’s refreshing quotients and sweetness elevating the dream pop atmosphere to a whole new height. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-the-winter-sounds-cottagecore monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d5e5acc4-9794-4feb-b2a2-0b76134d3d89/6.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : The Winter Sounds’ ‘Cottagecore’ - The Winter Sounds redefines the ambit of pop rock with the principles of progression and fluidity. Leveraging their passion for post punk and electro pop, they fathom an exploratory sphere that is electric with color and visuals and driving with experimental and imaginative rhythms. The trio, founded by Patrick Keenan, marry the vivid and vibrant aspects of both these genres to change the course of conventional pop rock as we know it. Their latest single, ‘Cottagecore’ is a rippling frame that seamlessly blends, layers, dimensionalizes, and transforms the genres. The craft is quite sophisticated especially since it drifts by effortlessly like a psychedelic summer breeze. And the baritones flowing through have that nostalgic sun-washed, beachy sensibility that ties into the cozy quotients of the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/george-boltons-transcendental-projects-an-electric-alt-pop-simulation-in-triumph monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/30e1a377-f6b8-4e71-851e-1ccb9834f6cc/4.jpg Music Reviews - George Bolton’s Transcendental Projects an Electric Alt Pop Simulation in ‘Triumph’ - Much like his banner suggests, George Bolton’s Transcendental is a project that carves out a plane, a medium through which you can achieve cerebral transcendence. The electronic music artist and producer has such meta ideas and progressive visions that you’ll stand astounded. Blending alien sonic patterns and arcs with mellow contrasts and dazing quotients, he fathoms a whole new type of sonic craft. His work is informed by hip-hop and trap; befalling rhythms in ways that help him multiply the effect of his melodic blueprints. George Bolton’s Transcendental has just released a thirteen-track album, ‘Triumph’, one that not only reinforces his sophisticated premise but takes it to the next level. The collection travels through an expanse, like a voyager, unearthing vivid sensibilities and vibrant visuals. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-rick-lee-vinson-group-deliver-country-style-heartache-in-the-ballad-of-stuff-that-never-broke-my-heart monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/56c131e5-cf50-4f1c-bb8a-fd66db08ac1e/5.jpeg Music Reviews - The Rick Lee Vinson Group Deliver Country Style Heartache in ‘The Ballad of Stuff That Never Broke My Heart’ - The Rick Lee Vinson Group is a country rock group with a style that is rooted in dynamism and variance. Their tracks have a feel-good quotient and a sense of rockability, inspired by their will to play and effortless charisma. The band released ‘The Ballad of Stuff That Never Broke My Heart’ in June, 2024, a track that unites retro Americana with folk narratives, shimmering blues rock and expansive country skies. The track tells the story of a heartbroken protagonist. In the depth of his heartache, he lists all the things that didn’t break his heart. Like the door he banged his head on, or the truck that he drove. The riffs are warm and fuzzy, creating comforting loops around the baritones. With beats that reinforce this rhythm, the track has that easy camaraderie and consolation that you look for when you’re hurting. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lauri-jrvilehtos-hey-kid-shines-with-euphonic-pop-rock monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/170c6f6d-7009-4317-a74b-3f224e2cf2d8/3.jpg Music Reviews - Lauri Järvilehto’s ‘Hey Kid’ Shines With Euphonic Pop Rock - Lauri Järvilehto is a singer-songwriter and pop rock artist with a zeal for life that is contagious. It spreads through his music; his message of perspective, wisdom, and simplicity translating into a comforting and consoling sphere. The artist is a lyrical master with narratives that employ the faculties of universal human experiences. The result is a track that touches all kinds of listeners in one way or another. His latest track is ‘Hey Kid’, a track that reminds people to go through life with love, care, and compassion. For that’s all we have. We often tend to shrug off and write people off the first chance we get. But Lauri is here to remind us to flow through life with grace and meaning. The track has retro pop rock influences, fleshed out with 00s elements. It has that Bruce Springsteen feel, David Bowie charisma, and the warmth of Elton John. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/trash-pals-indie-rock-surmounts-to-a-dazing-surreal-cast-in-delancey monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/138c8111-25d8-4dba-8c26-5498b7088ff1/2.jpg Music Reviews - Trash Pals’ Indie Rock Surmounts to a Dazing Surreal Cast in ‘Delancey’ - The indie rock duo, Trash Pals are back with their subdued brand of sun-washed, mellowing, melodic music. ‘Delancey’ is the latest single, a track that scatters expansively and infinitesimally like the blue in the sky. The riffs are fuzzy, lush with that surf rock reminiscent melancholy. Rolling into this atmosphere are the dissolving baritonal bliss, a numbing cast that envelopes the listener like the mist. And sure enough, as conceptual and immersive as this duo is, this backdrop is fitted to the surreal lyrical themes of the song. The track crafts a frame of a depressed person, buried under layers of sadness and hopelessness. Getting to that level of energy, it shapes an optimistic narrative, calling for them to stay. Reminding them that the life part will fade and love will remain. The beauty of the track is contained in how it fits the evocative level of the people they’re addressing. Using their pallets, the duo cultivates a simple yet affecting message. It is vulnerable, compassionate, and hits all the right spots. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/paytron-saints-got-milk-is-a-bolstering-alt-rock-power monthly 0.5 2024-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1411ab95-f89e-4097-adb2-62763ca15b48/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Paytron Saint’s ‘Got Milk?’ is a Bolstering Alt Rock Power - Paytron Saint is an alt rock band with a roaring pulse. It is visceral, raw, and piercing in a way that satisfies a mighty itch for textured rock. Hailing from England, they draw from the grimiest and snottiest history of rock, elevating it to the next level with ideas. Their latest release is ‘Got Milk?’, a single that just drives up the value of rock in such a spectacular way. How do they bastardize such a vanilla theme you ask? Listen to find out the dark and deviant depths and dimensions they carve out of it! Marked by blistering basslines, loud beats, punk attitude, and a voracious vocal atmosphere, you got the whole set up. Reminiscent of grungy, punky, and gloomy sound of the 90s, they follow in the footsteps of bands like Nirvana and Foo Fighters. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/me-melancholys-under-cover-part-ii-a-dark-experimental-sonic-wave monthly 0.5 2024-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b8dac1ef-6a7a-4524-972b-8622ddb375c8/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Me &amp; Melancholy’s ‘Under Cover, Part II’ : A Dark Experimental Sonic Wave - Me & Melancholy is the brainchild of musician and producer Peter Ehrling. The electronic project tends to delve into the darker spheres of the human experience, fleshing it out with cryptic and experimental ideas and sonic waves. With ideas that transcend conventional levels of contemplation, dynamism, design, and concepts, he quite literally transports you to a realm of possibilities, infinities, and melancholy. Speaking to his style, the artist is inspired by the complexity of melancholy, pain, sadness, and grief. Deep diving into it, he gives us the many worlds contained within these emotional frames. And they’re new, exciting, refreshing, and liberating. They all come with a sense of perspective that is so far removed from the tired and repetitive ones we are accustomed to. And when you find imprints of your own feelings within it, there’s a moment of expanse that forms. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-denim-dans-25th-anniversary-1999-2024-collection monthly 0.5 2024-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1525834d-3d47-49d6-b3c8-1b4f138c7b87/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : DENIM DAN’s 25TH ANNIVERSARY 1999 - 2024 Collection - Denim Dan’s singer-songwriter and alt folk ethos forms a mellow plane. It is a web of acoustics, storytelling, and melodies that carries on in a timeless loop. There’s an intrinsically human quality to it that manifests in the rhythm, in the voice, in the texture and tone. This year, 2024, marks the artist’s 25 year old career in music, one that is an extension of his passion, imagination, ideas, and authorship. The collection, released under the name of ‘DENIM DAN 25TH ANNIVERSARY 1999 - 2024’ carried 20 tracks. And as you listen to it, you’ll find yourself journeying through such specific frames of life while simultaneously experiencing the universality of being human. The stylings are influenced by folk, blues rock across the board from The Beatles and Nick Drake, Hank Williams and Neil Young to Joni Mitchell and James Taylor. Tinged with country and retro rock, they gain such beautiful dimensions. The artist knows how to infuse the blend, elevating it with the subtlest of touches and slightest of strokes. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/witness-decadent-heroes-classic-rock-finest-in-here-comes-the-rain monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8e7111c9-a204-489d-b054-80e4f1c7f21e/5.jpg Music Reviews - Witness Decadent Heroes’ Classic Rock Finest in ‘Here Comes The Rain’ - Decadent Heroes perform classic rock miracles; reviving the genre with exquisite interpretations and sonority. They do it like it was done in the 70s and 80s, tinting it ever so lightly with moments of blues, psychedelics, hard rock, and post rock. ‘Here Comes The Rain’ is their latest single, an instrumental portrait that celebrates the change of the season, its romance and all of its beauty. It is electric, euphoric, and intricately expressive. The guitar work is vibrant but casts a contemplative and subdued ambience to immerse in. And it is best enjoyed when you let yourself become carried away by its rising arcs. They are so melodically symmetrical, laid out in circular patterns of thought and passion. It all grasps at the inexplicable joy of experiencing the first rain. As if an old companion has returned. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sandy-kings-you-got-me-mixed-with-that-bottle-is-blues-magic monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/af94b081-3c24-4e8d-b915-264570327a29/4.jpg Music Reviews - Sandy King’s ‘You Got Me Mixed With That Bottle’ is Blues Magic - Sandy King is a blues artist with a voice that is as raw and honest as a glass of whiskey. It carries that smoky flavor, full of a classic allure. And you cannot quite shake it. It percolates, seeps in and then swirls with your cerebral chemistry. Her latest release is ‘You Got Me Mixed With That Bottle’. An Americana/ country-tinged blues song that is as glassy as it is deep. It is elastic with melancholy and dances with the guitar grooves and the rising bass. Her interpretations of the genre is inspired by its vintage ethos and informed by soul and folk quotients. Despite its subdued flow, it is vibrant with sentiments and sensibilities that transfers, like a river, into the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-jane-n-the-jungles-beauty-queen monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4529f777-60f8-47bb-b1ed-c0c57453da94/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Jane N The Jungle’s ‘Beauty Queen’ - The driving landscapes of Jane N The Jungle returns with the latest, ‘Beauty Queen’. An alternative, power pop track that is spectacularly insatiable. The escape velocity is quite high and Jane meets it with her crescending voice, hitting limitless octaves and incredibly evocative heights. Opening with a leveled and mellow rock flow, it tells the story of a girl trying to get over a breakup. These verses, narrative as they are, are quite intensely packed with latent sensibilities and emotion. The raw and electric storytelling powerfully escalates into an expanding instrumental universe. In the chorus, a storm of riffs, basslines, and beats reveal the depth and extent of heartache, so consuming and immersive. It is blinding, filling your ears, mind, and heart with a visceral stroke of hurt. The variations in the song are fantastic. Abandoning the usual structure, the band poses the track to evolve continuously. The vocal displays, instrumental frames, and emotional regulations tell a story as much as the lyrics do. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/chandras-pop-rock-crosses-into-new-energy-levels-in-lifted monthly 0.5 2024-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a5058554-8d4f-4c26-b609-57f2c38d27e5/2.jpg Music Reviews - Chandra’s Pop Rock Crosses Into New Energy Levels in ‘Lifted’ - Chandra’s feel good pop rock flows through their edgy, high energy, and bold new EP, ‘Lifted’. The collections features some of their previously released singles that are further enunciated both in context and style by the title track and another called Overload. It is quite fantastic to listen through the six tracks, each one so extravagant and energetic than the last. Written and inspired by the frontman, Chandra’s own struggles and coping mechanisms , these songs are real and affecting. Each riff, every beat, and the progressing build is geared towards driving the listener to more positive and hopeful places. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/blueprint-tokyo-drives-alternative-to-a-whole-new-dimension-with-blue monthly 0.5 2024-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f2f6e519-6889-42d5-a16f-5f954bd984d4/1.jpg Music Reviews - Blueprint Tokyo Drives Alternative to a Whole New Dimension with ‘Blue’ - The quality of Blueprint Tokyo’s dream pop is sublime. It swings into contemporariness with imaginative ideas and creative blueprints. They embrace the exploration, follow its flow and feed it with incredible prompts. Every track of theirs has that intuitive aspect, so chill, so open, and so free that the more you listen to it, you start to gain these themes. You can viscerally feel their music, get washed by its surreal ethos and emerge on the other side just profoundly dazed. Their latest release is the ‘Blue EP’, a five track collection that is nothing short of transcendental. It perceives cerebral levels and drives to the highest one and keeps you at that peak. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-james-harrimans-colorful-pop-rock-anthem-in-love-and-faith-and-lust monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b30f0ca7-4e66-4c39-9584-46344d22d52d/2.png Music Reviews - Enjoy James Harriman’s Colorful Pop Rock Anthem in ‘Love and Faith and Lust’ - James Harriman grasps indie rock at the helm of contemporary folk and 90s Britpop. So imagine all that feel-good nostalgia blended with fluid dynamism and contemplative vocal performance. For his latest single, ‘Love and Faith and Lust’, James Harriman collaborates with Chris James and J.U.R.B to deliver a refreshing track. It is warm and fuzzy with traces of springing disco-pop beats and synths. They seem to splay out in floating layers of riffs, acoustics, storytelling, and colorful rhythms. The uplifting spirit seamlessly dissolves the contrasting melancholic elements of the theme. This synthesis, when you get down to it, is such an interesting and creative interpretation. There’s that Cyndi Lauper-esque pop and Blur’s rock mellowed down by the modernity of a James Taylor/ Phoebe Bridgers folk. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dorians-reconnected-delivers-a-snowballing-trap-hop-track monthly 0.5 2024-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/81380ee8-03ea-414d-9c16-d9c7a0e8b5ac/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Dorian’s ‘Reconnected’ Delivers a Snowballing Trap Hop Track - Dorian’s pop is so incredibly contemporary and refreshing. He effectively mixes it with trap hop beats and electronic-influenced builds. His latest release is ‘Reconnected’ a high energy, bolstered display of passion that bounces off the walls. It is catchy and upbeat, hooking the listener with its gushing rhythms and bubbling beats. The artist explores the magnetic orbit of falling back with ex-lovers and old relationships. How a single moment of nostalgia can quite literally snowball into an irrepressible impulse to get back together. This train of thought and driving emotion is what he infuses into this soundscape. The restlessness of the rhythm displays this impulse. His vocals are spurts of energy and emotion, fluttering with one thought and one thought only. It wraps you up in its pop whirlwind. Oscillating between baritones and falsettos, there's a lot of vocal improvs that is marked by the beats and melody. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/matthew-oneill-delivers-an-absorbing-contemporary-folk-track-in-well-miss-you monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a52be377-ac28-4830-a4f8-4471b456b6ed/2.jpg Music Reviews - Matthew O’Neill Delivers an Absorbing Contemporary Folk Track in ‘We’ll Miss You’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ainsley-costellos-theregoesmy-contemporary-indie-pop-vibrance monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a86dca8c-6536-4513-ac44-da8c33e623b8/1.jpg Music Reviews - Ainsley Costello’s ‘THEREGOESMY!’ : Contemporary Indie Pop Vibrance - Ainsley Costello is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. Her work shines with the blend of poignant lyrics and colorful production; in ways that are not only creative but full of thought and inspiration. Marked by youth and a deep thoughtfulness, her tracks pose a balance between girlhood sentiments and sophisticated contemplation. ‘THEREGOESMY!’ is her latest single, a modern Regina Spektor manifesting. A contemporariness that you would have perhaps glimpsed in the music of Sabrina Carpenter and Carly Ray Jepson. The track has a feel-good build as it explores the dramatics of processing moments of love, life, insecurities, and fear. Against a plush backdrop of synths and acoustics, Ainsley’s vocals paint a picture of what it feels like to fall in love and be vulnerable despite being scared. Her voice swings from commercial pop vibrance to a deep evocative tone; both of them conveying passion with varying degrees of sentiment. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/winn-roses-so-far-poses-creative-alt-folk-crafts monthly 0.5 2024-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b9324d1d-0ef7-4826-8107-94e907c646c3/1.png Music Reviews - Winn Rose’s ‘So Far’ Poses Creative Alt Folk Crafts - Winn Rose is a singer-songwriter and pop artist who employs magical realism as a crafting and productional style. Her music is marked by glazed acoustics, warm vocals, contemplative storytelling, and creative pop. They cast an engaging ambience; one that is reminiscent of Phoebe Bridgers, Olivia Rodrigo, and the like. The narratives encompass the experience of being human, touching upon instances of love, heartache, self-reflection, and loss. All with perspectives, contexts, and emotions that carry deep vulnerability, meaningfulness, and sentimentality. The Australian artist’s latest release is the album, ‘So Far’, an album that catalogs and chronicles encounters leading up to The Now. In tracks like ‘ANGELS’ and ‘remind me’, we see luminous, nostalgic frames. While the former is a little bit more mellow and acoustically oriented, the latter enjoys a succinct pop brevity. Both these tracks beautifully carry the soul pop spectrum of this artist’s style. It is so softly youthful; sparked with its curiosity, sensitivity, and passion. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lee-switzer-woolf-excels-at-contemplative-melancholy-in-flying-saucer-working-party monthly 0.5 2024-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a0108889-5844-4933-8599-978f42e6d816/4.jpg Music Reviews - Lee Switzer-Woolf Excels at Contemplative Melancholy in ‘Flying Saucer Working Party’ - Lee Switzer-Woolf is a UK-based singer-songwriter and songmaker. His music is inbuilt with quiet, almost invisible dissonance that sways through the soundscape like a whisper. It is geniusly crafted to distort narratives through the lens of emotion because often, even though we are all sharing a similar space in this world, we tend to experience it differently. ‘Flying Saucer Working Party’ is the artist’s latest creation. An absurdist philosophy, judging from its name; maybe something born out of a fever dream. And the listening experience is not far from it. Mellow, sedating, and lo-fi on the face of it, the chaos forms in the fringes, rolls through the underbelly, and seeps into the bones. It is infused with contemplative melancholy that touches upon emo; not stylistically but in essence. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-the-flying-beets-the-stupid-way-you-breathe monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7e32a409-edc2-42fd-967a-5db231c2cdb5/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : The Flying Beets’ ‘The Stupid Way You Breathe’ - The Flying Beets do rock in ways that are nostalgic of the 90s and 00s. They fly into the feel-good radar of the turn of the century indie, fleshing it out with the pop rock that the early 2000s came to become famous for. ‘The Stupid Way You Breathe’ is the band’s latest single, one that is layered with aching sentiments, moody riffs, and vocal dimensions that are reminiscent of Freddy Mercury. It is speckled with fuzzy indie rock textures, activated by the subdued melody lines; all playing into the juvenile emotions that heartache awakens in all of us. If you enjoy classic rock, you’ll especially enjoy the modern interpretations and fixtures that this band brings to it in this track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shyfrin-alliance-vs-stimpy-remix-edit-unconditional monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/57ebb055-3bdb-4b2e-94e2-dc2e06c9d7e3/2.jpg Music Reviews - Shyfrin Alliance vs Stimpy Remix Edit : Unconditional - Shyfrin Alliance is known for his genre-bending and dimensional style through which he projects sonic grandiose. It is an orchestra of imagination and creativity that quite fantastically drives up the dopamine levels when you listen to it. His single, ‘Unconditional’ is a theatrical swirl that drives musical storytelling to new levels of sensory experience. Most recently, we see the artist’s collaboration with Stimpy on the song to transform its interpretations. Bolstered with a dance beat, jangly textures, and a fantastic rhythmic drive, it inspires a liberation in the listener. We see house/ techno and even trance influences across the board, all of them changing the trajectory of the original song in unimaginable ways. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wesley-harpers-love-is-going-leaves-a-lasting-indie-rock-impression monthly 0.5 2024-08-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eb67271a-7aee-4f64-a32f-4c387b6f6e3f/1.jpg Music Reviews - Wesley Harper’s ‘Love is Going’ Leaves A Lasting Indie Rock Impression - Wesley Harper’s modernity shines especially bright in his song making. A connoisseur of contemporary pop, he extends his soundscapes into subtle dimensions of dream/soft pop. His latest release is ‘Love Is Going’, a radiating single that captures the artistic spirit of the artist. It is bright and glassy, textured with rock fuzz, shoegaze properties. The listening experience feels as serene as watching light bounce off a glass plane. Wesley's vocals carry the distinct sonic impression of Tame Impala, with its glazed overtones, swirling sentiments, and gleaming melodies. The melancholia is an enjoyable presence as it flows through the contemplative atmosphere. And as we inch towards the climax, the track is dotted with quirky electronic elements, filling with bass and driven by mystery. Perhaps it’s an insinuation towards the curious and fatalistic aspects of love. An invocation of how no one knows where the love is, and where it goes when it’s not around. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bad-bubbles-an-intricate-cacophony-a-nuanced-new-wave-consciousness monthly 0.5 2024-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/49e30b11-a4eb-484d-96de-59d6be697534/1.jpg Music Reviews - Bad Bubble’s ‘An Intricate Cacophony’ : A Nuanced New Wave Consciousness - Bad Bubble’s music is a sphere of energy, charged by philosophies of ambience, human experience and emotions. The artist is on a quest to demonstrate common place encounters as extrapolated versions that stretch into the ethereal, surreality, dark spaces, and even dissonance. And these distortions are parallel continuums to the central melodic themes. To watch them unravel simultaneously while also mingling is definitely a cerebral pleasure. His latest release is ‘An Intricate Cacophony’, a phenomenon that he explores in fifteen parts. The tracks tie into the titular theme in ways that both clarify it and expound it. Each composition seems to stretch the horizon, push the boundaries, and drive up thematic value. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ellery-twinings-dusty-springfields-record-collection-is-an-immersive-alt-pop-tale monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d59c139c-4e0d-4e1f-8fef-ae4215ae08eb/8.jpg Music Reviews - Ellery Twining’s ‘Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection’ is an Immersive Alt Pop Tale - Ellery Twining is a visionary. Her work emerges from her, inspired by the depth of her individuality and creativity; as opposed to being influenced by the contours of convention as it exists in the external sphere. Led by her unfailing intuition, sophisticated aesthetic sense, and love for exploration, she came out with ‘RESULTS’, an album that has revolutionized the idea of pop. The collection came out in 2023; perceived as an inextricable and irrevocable extension of herself as she navigated the pop sphere. It is vital with ideas and perspectives. Taken from this collection is ‘Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection’. The track is sonic storybook, forming frame by frame along the spoken vocal trail. Chunky, electric guitar acoustics create a contemplative ambience. And as the tale about a pop star selling her dusty Springfield’s record collection carries on across, it lends this quotient of thought to the listener, compelling them to find the passion, absurdity, melancholy, and mundanity of it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-casbahs-indie-rock-creatively-bounds-in-roman-numerals monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ed5dee96-7c89-4697-8890-f17c682f870e/6.jpg Music Reviews - The CASBAHS’ Indie Rock Creatively Bounds in ‘Roman Numerals’ - The CASBAHS are an indie rock group that poses an interesting interpretation of indie rock. Influenced by classic rock and folk rock evolutions of the 70s, their music is marked by monotonal melodic formations and vocal harmonies. If you enjoy the work of The Beatles, The Byrds, and The Beach Boys, then you’ll definitely enjoy The CASBAHS. ‘Been Here Before’ is the band’s 2022 debut album in which they explore a range of sonic ideas and stylistic hooks. They are so incredibly creative and elating that you’re bound to crave for more. ‘Roman Numerals’ is a track that perhaps exemplifies the band’s style in its most natural state. The track flows like a jeweled necklace with glistening melodies, shiny ambience, and a compositional richness. A sunny melancholia rings within it, as elusive as an echo, manifesting only on the edges of the vocal sentiment, twirl of instrumentals, and of course, the world weariness in the lyrics. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/la-need-machines-the-mountain-an-upbeat-pop-rock-anthem monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7c4676fd-efab-46ac-9526-c404928f5e5b/5.jpg Music Reviews - LA Need Machine’s ‘The Mountain’ : An Upbeat Pop Rock Anthem - LA Need Machine’s rock, by now, is established as an indie/ pop rock style that is swung in an upwards direction by positive and hopeful narratives. And their latest single, ‘The Mountain’ is no exception. The track is about the power of commitment and partnership to transform human experiences of hardship, crisis, and other difficulties. These bonds shared between friends, life partners, family, community, and just humans in general are driven to the forefront. The track is bolstered by a tight and punching beat line. An atmosphere of fuzzy riffs rises into the soundscape like dust. It fills it up with a momentum and intensity that transfers to the vocals. Warm, feel-good baritones bounce around in this backdrop/ swirling with guitar solos, stories, and morals that you just can’t get enough of. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-marsh-family-play-with-funk-in-cool-kid monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b283f51c-2e48-4c8b-97da-397ab9248d21/4.jpg Music Reviews - The Marsh Family Play With Funk in ‘Cool Kid’ - The Kent-based musical family, The Marsh Family is back with their latest single, ‘Cool Kid’. Getting into the 90s interpretation of the theme, they forge a funk-inspired pop with flavors of R&B/Soul and rock. Known for their incredibly synchronized acapella presentations and choral harmony style, this track marks the banner’s exploration of these styles. If anything, it is elevated by their camaraderie with each singer’s vocal personality creating interesting narrative progressions. The soundscape is wrangled with wiry funk grooves, cooling and springing across the board. And against this bouncing backdrop, the interactive vocals roll with such a great style. The kids performing have such a sophisticated understanding of the theme; reinforcing at every point. Very bright, feel-good and energizing track! Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/christine-tarquinio-transmits-beautiful-mellow-pop-scapes-with-if-i-could monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ab0e6d93-c0a0-4761-8883-df1d0da0be39/2.jpg Music Reviews - Christine Tarquinio Transmits Beautiful Mellow Pop Scapes with ‘If I Could’ - Christine Tarquinio is a singer-songwriter and pop artist who deviates her music to aching contemplations about the human condition. The soundscapes are projected thematic spheres through which the vehicle of thought, wisdom, perspectives, and ideas is transmitted. Her style has that elegance that is born out of an innately imaginative mind, and it translates so creatively into her music. ‘If I Could’ is the artist’s latest single; a track that delves into the complex weave of life with all its potential, happiness, pain, anxieties, fear, love, success, and joy. The track is infused with dreamy pop and electronic elements, mellow and chill before driving to dramatic heights on the tail of dynamic beats. And her vocals carry this variety, molding them into thematic relevance and sonic gold in ways that show off her unique ideas and artistic appeal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-eddie-cohns-keep-them-away monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6f895b07-f088-49f8-88a4-e639320e4434/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Eddie Cohn’s ‘Keep Them Away’ - Eddie Cohn’s discography is his love letter to rock. The artist, influenced by the 80s greats like Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden, creates a new brand of indie rock that is textured and heavy while also being light and elating. He engages the listener with compositions that are as balanced as they are creative. In his latest release, ‘Keep Them Away’, the LA based artist takes on a millennial rebel persona, as a reaction to the social media culture at the moment. Designed as an underdog anthem, it is sparked with pop rock in the chorus. Loud and prolonged instrumentals, warm vocals, and all these 90s-inspired frames of playing truant, running wild and vibrant as you’re trying to figure it all out. If you’re the kind of person who is passionate about individuality, riffs, and interesting narratives, then this one's for you! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/altered-states-universal-children-a-modern-electronic-consciousness monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c5c7e7f8-33b5-432d-a20f-d6123be5e07f/1.png Music Reviews - Altered States’ ‘Universal Children’ : A Modern Electronic Consciousness - Altered States is an electronic music consciousness. The Australian artist and producer uses the rhythms, symmetries, beats and whimsy of genres like techno, house, and world music to bring variance to his listener. His music has a way of making ideas, notions, perspectives, and interpretations fluid. It’s as if the progressing motifs and the charged ambience around it infuse a change in perception. ‘Universal Children’ is his debut single. The track opens with a neo-classical-esque instrumental. It gains a techno beat line, its echoes, and its dance. The design is to compound subtle variations of sound and style, in ways that bend the convention of genres and induce contemplation. You can’t help but be struck by the modernity and sophistication of his vision and execution. If you’re in the market for a song that surprises and elates you, listen to Altered States. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-paul-struders-all-my-love monthly 0.5 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b792ad0a-1763-48ba-b968-6e678047beff/3.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : Paul Struder’s ‘All My Love’ - Paul Philip Studer is a singer-songwriter and pianist. He is a vintage man, a vintage artist who loves the blues. And that’s what his music is about. A love letter to the jazz and blues era, it is free, fluid, whimsical, romantic, and full of expression. His debut album is ‘All My Love’, a ten song album that is full of stories about love, heartbreak, ensuing happiness and melancholy. It is incredible how he captures that epoch, that past time; transporting the listener to an underground, dim and moody jazz bar that is full of culture and conversation. There’s also some brimming country and contemporary pop songs that employ the principles of blues in overarching ways. Each song has an emotion, a mood, and a story of its own. Once you embark on this journey, it’ll be an immersive one full of emotional and sentimental fruition. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/icarus-phoenixs-alt-folk-in-i-should-have-known-the-things-you-never-said-is-one-for-the-books monthly 0.5 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3852a43c-07e5-4bdf-b47b-c6a17a179ebd/2.jpg Music Reviews - Icarus Phoenix’s Alt Folk in ‘I Should Have Known The Things You Never Said’ is One For the Books - Icarus Phoenix is a Baltimore-based indie folk and folk rock band led by Drew Danburry. The group has a stellar ability to merge 70s folk with a contemporary sphere of songwriting. Their themes are instantly unique, elaborate and meticulously crafted into music. Edged with experimental, sometimes even futuristic fringes, folk rock gains a modernity like never before. Listeners of Nick Drake, Neil Young, Cigarettes After Sex, and Alanis Morissette are sure to enjoy the creative writing, presentation, and ideas of this band. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/luna-motifs-alt-rock-variance-comes-alive-in-tender-weapons-ep monthly 0.5 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad9caacf-3fc3-4f6c-b386-fe522a1cdf1c/1.jpg Music Reviews - Luna Motif’s Alt Rock Variance Comes Alive in ‘Tender Weapons’ EP - Luna Motif is a Dublin-based rock band with a moody, progressive style. Formed during the throes of the global pandemic, they sought to trigger a transformation with their music. So you’re likely to see themes like rebellion manifest in the most enchanting and profound way. It carries a dark underbelly that confronts the listener and compels contemplation. In that sense, they have a marked 70s rock ethos, especially in their intention to trigger a response and reaction to the state of affairs. And in Luna Motif’s case, it is our fundamental disconnect with nature; and how our neglectful actions are paving the way for disasters. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bunch-of-aces-apple-tree-an-elating-alt-folk-song monthly 0.5 2024-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c06c427b-2c84-4f97-b83b-5d77ae1a4610/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Bunch of Ace’s ‘Apple Tree’ : An Elating Alt Folk Song - Bunch of Ace is a German twin singer-songwriter duo, Alandra and Alessja. Delving into folk rock from the fringes of blues, pop, and country, their tracks carry the sophistication of layers while also remaining endearingly candid. In their latest single, ‘Apple Tree’, the twins explore the feeling of living in the same place all your life. It is a feel-good song with a confessional poetic allure. They showcase the passing of time, seasons, and innocence with elating simple lyrics. The track is introduced by an acoustic folk frame, soft and delicate. As it progresses, it gains tints of country, rock, and blues; bursting into a fresh bouquet of anthemic pop in the chorus. The simplicity of the Apple tree imagery points to their budding youth and childhood nostalgia. However, the traces of melancholy point to an inclination to break free. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dive-into-art-polices-post-rock-labyrinth-in-ready-to-go monthly 0.5 2024-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d3b1fe6c-6322-4c32-ace0-3ccdd8fc4a2d/Screenshot+2024-08-22+at+11.46.52+AM.png Music Reviews - Dive into Art Police’s Post Rock Labyrinth in ‘Ready to Go’ - Art Police is an indie rock band instilling boundless post rock dimensions. Their sound has that beautiful atmospheric quality that is perfect to contemplate and ruminate in. Marked by compositional variations and instrumental genius, the soundscapes are quite arresting. The listening experience is quite potent, ringing with an epiphanic luminosity that carves the consciousness out of you. Their latest release is ‘Ready to Go’ featuring Iolanda Diana on vocals and Federico Lodi on production. The track launches with a dazing and surreal guitar flow. It is ambient yet full of driving sensibilities. Vocal echoes like the composition. And as we see progression, the instrumentals gain more a labyrinth type design, with scrumptious textures, acoustic drizzles, electric solos; all a contemplative spiral that you can transcend with. It is staggering and stark yet soothing and achingly beautiful. 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The instrumentals are mellow and light, rousing an aching romance and nostalgia in the listener. And as you travel through the many landscapes of the Rider’s consciousness, you become as eager as him to reach the destination of warmth, coziness, and family. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tallulah-rendall-seth-schwatzs-radiate-love-drives-electro-pop-to-the-ethereal-expanse monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/010ed394-7671-41a7-9058-a2100efd361c/5.png Music Reviews - Tallulah Rendall &amp; Seth Schwatz’s ‘Radiate Love’ Drives Electro Pop to the Ethereal Expanse - Tallulah Rendall has a way of reinforcing the beauty of humanity. The artist’s explorative ethos, philosophical narratives, and poetic grace has come to be adored by a large fanbase. In her latest release, ‘Radiate Love’ featuring Seth Schwartz, she bolsters her style with an electro dance rhythm and an astounding tempo that delivers the theme quite powerfully. It also demonstrates the versatility of her craft. Her vocals retain their ethereal and expanse. As the fluttering beats and sweeping synths enter this orbit, they not only gain its energy but absorb it and spread out spectacularly. It is a surge of bright, active, and energetic tails of melody and dance. They radiate, spreading out freely like an abstract painting to form thematic imprints in the listener’s mind. It is a collision of Tallulah’s contemplative infinities and Seth’s symmetrical brilliance. 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It subverts the conventional statements of music and goes its own; forging its own path creatively. There’s a splatter of texture, tone, rhythm, and tempo. Splitting into layers and converging into a smooth diverse language, it speaks many tongues. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9-o-clock-nastys-grand-punk-chaos-is-turned-up-a-notch-in-the-wrong-guy-kingflame-sound-system-remix monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/df7f3c1e-3efe-4d33-9267-f2c986281ae9/3.png Music Reviews - 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty’s Grand Punk Chaos is Turned up a Notch in ‘The Wrong Guy (Kingflame Sound System Remix)’ - We all know 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty to have progressive ideas that are equal parts playful and chaotic. They might not be known for their subtlety but they are quite masterful when it comes to sound design. The boldness and the emphasis on big sonic gestures and grand detailing stands at the helm of their charm. In their latest release, ‘The Wrong Guy (Kingflame Sound System Remix)’, they dote on these prime features. With spitting vocal echoes, spiraling electronica, funky effects, and an evasive reggae-type rhythm stamp, it flows in and out of so many aesthetic frames. Designed to distort realities and cast rebellion, it becomes more and more cryptic as it progresses. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/genevieve-sovereign-forges-an-imaginative-electronic-space-with-square-root-1 monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e43395bc-eb7c-4b2a-9c8a-fb910bc0da14/2.png Music Reviews - Genevieve Sovereign Forges An Imaginative Electronic Space with ‘Square Root -1’ - The evolution of Genevieve Sovereign’s songs carry a deep sense of concept. She loves to explore, forging layers of thought with light and airy soundscapes. Across her discography, she employs music to capture strange spheres and phenomena. They pose really interesting frames to dive into and ponder yourself. In her latest release, ‘Square Root -1’, she tries to capture the imaginary representation (i) of it. It is abstract, mystical almost, with a lot of enchanting characters. Genevieve’s spoken word echoes are peppered across the boundless, futuristic, and ethereal electronic elements. The soundscape deepens, a trick to cast the listener into the bottomless void of the thematic implication. Swirling in a trance/hypnotic/otherworldly sonic wave, you journey through the world of imaginary numbers. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ep-review-coma-beachs-a-madmans-dreammind-descending monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b22f7cdf-4719-4034-b5b7-dfa52d9764ee/1.jpg Music Reviews - EP Review : Coma Beach’s ‘A Madman's Dream/Mind Descending’ - Coma Beach’s philosophical chaos progresses with their latest EP, ‘A Madman's Dream/Mind Descending’. Their punk momentum mixed in with scrumptious textures and angst of garage rock and grunge, the soundscapes are each fiery balls of drive and energy. The guitar licks, the falling riffs, the bold vocals, and the will to perform; it is quite the spread to feast on. This EP marks the band’s stylistic expansion as well. The chaos deepens and the existential dilemma has sharp claws now. If you’re looking for a biting punk track to effervescent and dissolve into, then you’re in the right place. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/daffodildos-unleashes-a-punk-rock-feast-with-whats-your-excuse monthly 0.5 2024-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/72b1266d-f034-4c65-8f2b-ab34ca6c6dbe/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Daffodildos Unleashes a Punk Rock Feast With ‘ What’s Your Excuse?’ - Daffodildos is a punk rock band that is as chaotic as they sound. They inspire psychedelic and cerebral patterns into the dynamic sphere of punk to create an alternative sonic reality. Because they make the kind of music that consumes and transports you. Their latest release is ‘What’s Your Excuse?’, a driving, power-hungry, energy feasting, punk track that can devour and ravish endlessly. The bass is meaty and thick, the riffs are crisp and sharp, pounded and polished by the relentless force of the beats. It is textbook punk with a progressive twist that goes on for days. And the vocals are an anthem, launching into the listener like a rocket, advocating for animals with a passion that is feisty and fierce. And all animal lovers out there, can’t help but join in on the fun, fervor, and feverish excitement. 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She sings of it like it is ambrosia, God’s food. Once you enter the soundscape, you’re sure to be drenched in the depth that she seeks, one that she inspires you to want as well. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/drive-through-the-mellow-landscapes-of-julys-trip monthly 0.5 2024-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bd253148-cab1-4de4-8660-7446f9d4a5d5/1.jpg Music Reviews - Drive Through The Mellow Landscapes of July’s ‘Trip’ - July is a British hip-hop artist with an orientation for contemporariness that refreshes you. His soundscapes have a dynamic charm, leaping and bounding through styles in ways that energize and excite the listener. ‘Trip’ is the artist’s latest EP, a six-track collection that explores seemingly random frames. But they are all connected through mellow vibes, chill beats, and expanding ambience. The title track, especially, is a cruising track with fresh textures and fresher synths. Listening to it is like dipping into the sunset sky. Hip-hop beats mark the track, mapping the theme, carving out its flow, and pumping it up. July’s moody pop rap pairs very well with its drive and momentum. It had a slight emo dimension that rides ever so slightly into the vibe. If you want to create a chill, contemplative, and relaxing ambience, then this track is definitely for you! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-rosie-byrons-love-is-the-key monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/78e3f006-42c3-4433-a705-9b19cbe94205/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review : Rosie Byron’s ‘Love is the Key’ - Rosie Byron is a singer-songwriter and self-made pop artist. Her sonic philosophy revolves around making her listeners realize and appreciate the power of values like hope, love, positivity, and healing. And listening to her music is like self care that you practice for your soul. Her latest release is ‘Love Is the Key’, a track that, driven by a disco-synth melody/beat line, is upbeat, uplifting, and a whole lot of fun. You can feel your mood actively transform in real time. The artist’s vocals have an anthemic pulse to it. Feel-good and full of vitality, her belief in love translates so naturally out of it. There’s conviction in her voice that is animated and excited by the rippling color of the synths, the fun beats, and the general atmosphere of the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-ian-mathias-bakers-compositional-genius-in-man-mowing-the-lawn-across-the-way-from-me monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d1e8e8ae-15f7-409e-a9d6-58598642737e/3.png Music Reviews - Experience Ian Mathias Baker’s Compositional Genius in ‘Man Mowing The Lawn Across the Way From Me’ - Ian Mathias Baker is a composer and music producer with ideas that transcend the conventional. He has a way of tapping into sonic dimensions that compel the mind to travel, think, and elevate. His compositions are cerebral in many ways. They have a contemplative plane to it. But that’s not all. Sometimes you’ll encounter arcs that challenge you, carve into you, surprise you, and warp your sense of self. All you have to do is give in, drift with it, and when it calls for it, remain still with it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/piper-connollys-punk-pop-shapes-a-youthful-boldness-in-kiss-like-me monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7946fa7e-4e2d-49b7-884c-1e30d035c541/2.png Music Reviews - Piper Connolly’s Punk Pop Shapes a Youthful Boldness in ‘kiss like me’ - Piper Connolly is a force to be reckoned with. The emergent alt pop artist showcases spanning influences that drive into punk, rock, and dark pop in ways that are reminiscent of Avril Levigne and Paramore. Leading with her sense of youth, her edgy spirit, and an irrepressible boldness, her work is marked by an addictive momentum. ‘kiss like me’ is her latest release. Her third in the last couple months. It is a tongue in cheek composition that carries an intoxicating pulse, a seductive rebellion, and a powerful individuality. She’s all girl, forging a narrative that is bolstered by her experiences and emotion; Keeping it real and raw. The composition celebrates the pop punk outfit, elevating it with a visceral authenticity and candor that is so powerful and rare. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shee-ma-presents-a-cerebral-warp-with- monthly 0.5 2024-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8db46298-7099-4aa8-8596-87871b135b36/1.jpg Music Reviews - Shee Ma Presents a Cerebral Warp with ‘Бути Нам’ - Shee Ma is an experimental and conceptual electronica banner that creates immersive soundscapes that swirl all around you. They forge patterns, emotions, and consciousness with atmospheric backdrops, detailing them with rhythms and melody. ‘Бути Нам’ is their debut single, a dark and dissolving sonic tale that is both numbing and stimulating. There’s also a lot of otherworldly factors built into it, that drive it to fantastical dimensions. The contrast between the static motion of the backdrop and the dynamism of the instrumentals broadcasts an illusion. Which is then crafted and distorted by the disembodied vocal quality into an ethereal space. It is dark, mysterious, melancholic, and hauntingly prophetic. Like a siren’s song, it seeps into the listener and takes root. 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An airy melody rides it and sprinkled with the artist’s baritones, it has a way of loosening you up. This style of composition also pairs well with a cruise. It casts the listener in a contemplative sphere, soaking in the emotion of the theme and just vibing with it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-formoes-dynamic-electro-pop-in-fugio monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/846cfbb6-3987-4f22-a9b1-6c77692a8fa0/4.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Formoe’s Dynamic Electro Pop in ‘Fugio’ - Formoe’s third single, ‘Fugio’ is finally out, an edgy fusion of Spanish vocals, dance grooves, and experimental electronica. The Norway-based composer and songwriter casts the listener in an ethereal orchestra of sorts, grabbed by atmospheric sonic sensibilities and mellow transcendental elements. The title of the song, translated from Latin is ‘to speed, hasten, pass quickly’. The artist with flashing streaks of melody, luminous textures, and effervescing forms creates a sense of transience. It’s the essence of the listening experience. The orchestral set ups are quite dramatic in their inflections, infusing each moment with action before it dissolves into the continuum of the song. There’s quite a conceptual foundation underpinning this composition. And its elegant manifestation of the theme showcases the sophisticated vision, style, and skill of the artist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/richard-greens-archaic-a-fluid-experimental-electronic-progression monthly 0.5 2024-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6d3f3872-fa61-4b38-9a76-89e05b0165df/3.jpg Music Reviews - Richard Green’s ‘Archaic’ : A Fluid, Experimental Electronic Progression - Richard Green is an alternative musician, composer, and guitarist with a rewarding passion for experimentation. The roams the world outside the box, pulling at conventional weaves of sound to find a new and compelling perspective. Inspired by the fluid structures and dynamics of jazz and blues, he brings those principles to his electronic interpretations of themes. In his latest release, he shapes the quality of ‘Archaic’ with modern and progressive notions of rhythm, melody, and tempo. The track’s neo-electronic frame is dressed with dark and explorative synth patterns. They fall into the melody line seamlessly, broken up by a mercurial beat line. You’ll spot neo-classical elements as well; their lush and warm violin flows, brief yet full of creative sonic value. And this subtle variations in the listening experience cultivates new interpretations, new ideas that highlight the old ways before moving away from it. 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The artists talk to Apollo’s Harp about the creative process, the essence of the track and everything in between. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/flutter-with-fachys-contemporary-folk-acoustics-in-i-cant-lie monthly 0.5 2024-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a95d144c-df40-463c-9662-1a64624eb58e/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Flutter with FACHY’s Contemporary Folk Acoustics in ‘I Can’t Lie’ - FACHY is an indie folk banner of musician and singer-songwriter, Andrew Facciolo. The artist has quite a prolific sonic profile, ranging from indie rock to alt folk. This is heightened by his ability to swell into a genre to elevate it with an elegant sense of style and creativity. Inspired by the classics, he paves the road to contemporary folk rock in a way that is scintillating. His latest release is ‘I Can’t Lie’, an acoustic single with drizzling petals of guitar and vocals that roam detailed sentimental landscapes. It is a song about not being able to get a girl out of his head. The rhythm is intuitive, led with emotion, the spell of storytelling, and a candid momentum. FACHY’s baritones are warm and rich with emotion. And as they develop, they become a force, albeit gentle and mellow, that everyone in love will recognise and sync with. Cozy, feel-good, and heartwarming like a bowl of homemade pasta on a rainy day. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ltbs-lay-with-me-is-an-ambient-rb-bloom monthly 0.5 2024-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8ca43627-df60-4da1-980c-3e58e0c090de/2.png Music Reviews - LTB’s ‘Lay With Me’ is an Ambient R&amp;B Bloom - LTB blends the enchanting textures of mellow R&B with raw acoustics to create an alternative sphere of his own. The artist’s style travels the length of soul, pop, neo-jazz, and ambient blues, with rhythms that are as light and lithe as a leaf in autumn. His latest release is ‘Lay With Me’, a track that explores the aches of dynamic love, especially the one that craves to stand still and cherish the softness and warmth of commitment. The track is a gentle hill, evolving with an intuitive sense of style and creative intensity. You can tell that the artist is exploring his emotions in real time with the legs of melody, beat, and rhythm. Ambience is energy. And he fosters it with heartfelt baritones and evocative narratives. In this era where it is the most difficult to give yourself to one thing or one person, LTB’s words will especially hit home. 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The tracks, each one, bestow a sentiment or a narrative that is nurtured and cultivated through the soundscape. Dwelling in contemplation and ruminative contexts, they are quite enjoyable. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/saint-socials-holiday-forever-an-electric-indie-rock-tapestry monthly 0.5 2024-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3333e50c-94b1-44c0-9690-57bcc029377b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Saint Social’s ‘Holiday Forever’ : An Electric Indie Rock Tapestry - Saint Social is an electric indie rock band that draws from the 90s indie ethos and expands it with contemporary and explorative contexts. Formed by three friends, they bring their camaraderie, passion and love to their sonic craft. Their latest release is ‘Holiday Forever’, a soundscape that is tailored with tapestries of dream pop, electric rock, shoegaze, and dance beats. It embodies the YOLO ideology as it drives to exhilarating peaks, carefree energy, electric synth pop; all encompassed in a technicolor vibrance. Think of it as an anthem that reminds you of what is important. It is full of dopamine shots, inducing the listener to go seeking for a fulfilling life that uplifts, frees, and flows with magic. Listeners of Arcade Fire, One Republic, and The Strokes are sure to enjoy the blurred interpretation of indie rock that this band employs. Saint Social is Quinn Erwin, Bryan Bourque, and Justin Gollott. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/molombos-starstruck-an-alt-hip-hop-vibrance monthly 0.5 2024-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/029a7f8b-9d79-4cb1-84db-e08cdf1b1fd5/1.jpg Music Reviews - MOLOMBO’s ‘StarStruck’ : An Alt Hip-Hop Vibrance - Molombo is an alternative hip-hop artist and rapper from Congo. His vibe check is top game with the grooviest of grooves, smoothest flows, and charisma that is off the charts. Sparked by ethnic and cultural melody and choral frames, his definition of hip-hop transcends the western influences and becomes a distinct creative endeavor. His latest release is ‘StarStruck’, a track that carries his blended style so perfectly. Driven by colorful instrumentals and synths, snappy beats, and ethereal vocal melodies, the track is a stimulating valley studded with Molombo’s emphatic rap verses. Streaked with real experience, dreamy emotion pallet, pop & R&B vibrance, and curling harmonies, it is an evolving landscape of sound that peels back layers with each arc. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-josh-jensens-wanderlust-highway monthly 0.5 2024-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ef3685f1-f24f-45b4-b22d-24193aba19c1/4.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Josh Jensen’s ‘Wanderlust Highway’ - The quality of Josh Jensen’s rock is sublime. It is nothing like anything. It is unique and alternative in a way that is distinctly his. The latest track, ‘Wanderlust Highway’ exemplifies the vivid tapestries of Josh. It combines cerebral quotients with universal human sentiments, calling to mind nostalgic memories of love, passion, and youth. The artist blends indie rock with expanding pop, funk, and neo-jazz and blues spheres to achieve a dazing and transcendental listening experience. Running for four and a half minutes composition is generous with solos, expressing beautiful emotional dimensions with detailed instrumental arcs. We see electric guitar flows, a glassy dazed jazz flow, which slowly infuse into each other to create a seamless tapestry. It is free, explorative, and so full of imaginary spaces. 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It is one of those dishes that takes simple, daily use ingredients and transforms it with complex culinary chemistry. Drawing from this essence, Ari Joshua also follows suit. Listen now to experience the prolific sound recipes of this artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tara-vans-whimsical-folk-takes-curious-directions-in-hello-human8qbbml3ty0lhqgdode5uv4oafxsutp monthly 0.5 2024-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5bd102bc-ac79-4c62-ae7a-6495f3a95e5e/4.jpg Music Reviews - Tara Van’s Whimsical Folk Takes Curious Directions in ‘Hello Human’ - Tara Van’s discography is a ball of golden romance. Her music is like a magic mirror that when you look into, absorbs you into a new world, a paradise of hope, carefree philosophies, and beauty. She reminds her listeners of the positive thoughts and the grace it can bring to lives. ‘Hello Human’ is one such track. It is a contemporary flow, full of creative infusions and explorative ideas. Blending dream pop with quirky folk, shimmering textures, rippling melodies, she creates a whimsical fusion of song. The track blurs the lines between humans and other natural beings. And her vocals spin these elements into a refreshing sonic yarn that you want to keep returning to. Imagine an orchestral pop dimension added to a stylistic fusion of Joni Mitchell and Sufjan Stevens. That’s the sphere Tara Van operates in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-under-delusions-alt-rock-genius-with-music-is-my-drug monthly 0.5 2024-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9d650655-2001-4d31-813b-3804bfd1acec/3.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Under Delusion’s Alt Rock Genius with ‘Music is my Drug’ - Under Delusion creates dazing sonic spheres that absorb you cerebrally. With scrumptious textures, pregnant basslines, driving beats, and scattering melodies, their synth rock design is multi-dimensional and layered. Imagine the complexity of Daft Punk explored with a Tame Impala formula. ‘Music is my Drug’ is the band’s latest single. To showcase the concept, the group really tapped into their passion and let the sound flow. There’s a very real, intuitive, and creative evolution across the board. The riffs are powerful and present, washing against the walls of bass and the dynamic beat line. Low tonal vocals, warm and candid flesh this aesthetic out in the most underrated and refreshing way. It also beautifully ties into the dark themes explored lyrically. And finally, the synths. They contrast the dreary with the dreamy, haze with color, and just encompasses the sound with a mellow psychedelic vibrance. 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It is light-hearted and carefree in tone but so complex and layered as a soundscape. You get to really dive into the diversity of this band and soak it all in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/john-carcers-2-guys-1-hammer-dark-defiant-grunge-rock monthly 0.5 2024-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/75c94ed1-8d50-48bb-aa22-7048782aa540/1.jpg Music Reviews - John Carcer’s ‘2 Guys 1 Hammer’ : Dark, Defiant Grunge Rock - John Carcer is a visceral duo with intense stylistic prompts, raw emotion, and a passion for expression that runs very deep. This power and potency distorts their rock chemistry, producing a grandeur that is dark, driving, defiant, and delivering. ‘2 Guys 1 Hammer’ is the latest release from this gang. Influencing hard grunge and garage rock temperaments with gradual metal scapes, textures and energy, they create a sludgy, hardcore, slow burn. The vocal growl is haunting and disorienting in the best way. It takes its time to squeeze out of the soundscape and flow into the listener. Mounted on fleshy, dominating, and heavy basslines, the track is like a cannon. It takes some time to set up but its impact is immense enough to leave an impression on you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/icarus-phoenixs-doctor-doctor-is-a-fuzzy-folk-rock-antidote monthly 0.5 2024-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5984b740-8665-4877-8a23-9f06f9cdb902/2.jpg Music Reviews - Icarus Phoenix’s ‘Doctor! Doctor!’ is a Fuzzy Folk Rock Antidote - Icarus Phoenix forges folk into a medium of confession, consolation, and comfort. Their ideas have a unique way of elevating the essence and spirit of the genre. Reverting to its roots, they find such beautiful ways to present affecting stories and narratives. Their latest release is ‘Doctor! Doctor!’, another teaser from their upcoming album, ‘I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said’. The tracks sets out the feeling of melancholic elation that the band explores across the collection. Made with warm acoustics, rising basslines, fuzzy riffs, and free beats, the backdrop is an intimate circle of emotion. And within this, Drew Danburry’s baritones glisten with the weight of sentiment, the beauty of finding one’s self worth and the grace in strength and resilience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-sandy-kings-im-on-summer-time monthly 0.5 2024-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2e22b40f-be34-48d3-a3c6-e688ea17ba23/1.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Sandy King’s ‘I’m On Summer Time’ - Imagine a concert of folk blues and country sentiments, spun into an elevating modern sonic yarn. That’s the experience of listening to Sandy King’s ‘I’m on Summer Time’. The singer-songwriter and alt folk artist fosters a delicate thread between the retro and the contemporary. Driving a scintillating harmony between them, she passes it on to her listeners. And for this track, it is right on theme. Full of fresh, breezy, and summery sounds, the track is playful, light and charisma. With her lyrics, she paints frames of summer life, of the blue skies, sunkissed skin, carefree times, and just fun loving moments. Sandy’s vocals are free and easy to flow with. Warm and fuzzy like a summer breeze, it picks you up and casts you in the perfect summer dream. The instrumentals are where the blues significantly manifest and flow out of. Loose grooves, sashaying beats, and ribbons of feel-good sentiments, it is a dreamy, bluesy ballad that is more a state of mind than a song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wavewulf-creates-vivid-vibrant-expanse-in-in-every-blue monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/952a4471-8b09-4b95-9382-21b713f55049/3.jpeg Music Reviews - WAVEWULF Creates Vivid &amp; Vibrant Expanse in ‘In Every Blue’ - WAVEWULF aka Nicholas Long is a synth pop connoisseur. For him, soundscapes are worlds, detailed spheres of sound that create stories just as much as the vocals. And he crafts such vivid and vibrant spaces for every theme to dwell in. His latest is ‘In Every Blue’, a spanning expanse that envelops and comforts the listener, in every blue, sadness, or melancholy. It is designed for a deliberate endlessness to fit the theme of the track. Listen Now! The synths are really versatile elements that allow for such a horizon. They flow from a place of ambient to a frame of dance within the track. All the cerebral notions of the verses that reflect and celebrate the tie of friendship leaps and frolics into the fun in the chorus. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/louise-dearmans-ordinary-world-a-transcendental-soul-pop-song monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6a18501d-ccec-42da-ac0e-b41c2ed505fd/2.jpg Music Reviews - Louise Dearman’s ‘Ordinary World’ : A Transcendental Soul Pop Song - Louise Dearman is a contemporary pop artist and vocalist whose style forms in the same vein as Celine Dion, Cher, and Whitney Houston. ‘Ordinary World’ is the latest release from Louise Dearman, composed alongside Simon Le Bon and Warren Cuccurullo. It is a transcendental pop track with dimensions that extend from electronica, blues, to R&B. The artist has a beautiful way of uplifting pop to soulful spheres of song that touch upon unique moods, emotional themes, and sentiments. Her voice is an elastic band that is peppered with intricacies that are sure to elate you each time you listen. There’s a beat dynamism and rhythmic sequences that color the track in the brand of Phil Collins. Glassy, dreamy, and completely evoking, the track spills into beautiful octaves of voice, hope, and vitality. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/giardini-oorts-echoes-of-the-guru-a-play-of-darkness-light monthly 0.5 2024-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5366553d-217c-49b4-be90-a97a3e5ced5e/1.png Music Reviews - Giardini Oort’s ‘Echoes of the Guru’ : A Play of Darkness &amp; Light - Giardini Oort is known for his experimental and conceptual ambiences. Driving it with profound manifestations of theme, he makes the listening experience contemplative. His extrapolative style plays into this and allows us to drift into the sonic expanse. ‘Echoes of the Guru’ is the artist’s latest single, a track that honors the wisdom, perspective, and advice of the Guru or Teacher. It is a voice that remains with us, echoes of light in the darkest hour. Experimental electronica are stitched into moody vocals. It drizzles, casting textures and tonalities on the ethereal pulse underneath. The artist plays with darkness and light, juxtaposing, eclipsing, overlapping, and receding. Reaching through layers of patterns, sounds, and movement and melody, he moves them like a puppeteer. It’s quite the journey. By the end, you’re floating into an atmosphere of warm light and harmony. A deep clarity and solemnity echoes out of the piano sequence that concludes the track. 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It is fun, playful, curious, and creative. The band’s passion for explorative sonics and inquisitive models is especially pronounced. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/chandras-lifted-spirited-eccentric-pop-rock monthly 0.5 2024-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b678c077-dc5a-43ce-9698-67158713bb6f/4.jpg Music Reviews - Chandra’s ‘Lifted’ : Spirited &amp; Eccentric Pop Rock - The eccentric pop rock of Chandra is back with the latest release, ‘Lifted’. As the title suggests, the soundscape has an uplifting build that is characterized by crisp riff work, charismatic bass lines, and melodic highs. The hook of the track is instant. Struck with early 00s pop rock styles, it has that promise of a good time and a great spirit. Listen Now! Everything about the track is contagious. Catchy and earwormy, it is composed to envelope the listener in this feeling of joy and positivity. The vocals have an anthemic pulse that surges through the mind and body. The beats bolster a sense of grandeur and joy. It is the perfect track to start your morning with. Because then you know that you’re going to have a good day! Listeners of Fun, The Script, and One Republic are sure to enjoy the design and build of the song. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-shane-rennisons-irrational monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6e1d073c-5127-4e22-a857-b10f1966c3f3/12.png Music Reviews - Album Review : Shane Rennison’s ‘Irrational’ - Shane Rennison bestows his listeners with momentous evolution with his latest album, ‘Irrational’. Each track from the collection catalogs a moment in his life, capturing the scene, its emotion, sentiment, and headspace. Projecting it into a sonic sphere, the artist forges fantastic dimensions into it that make it all too human and all too relatable. The artist’s unique way of perception and presentation adds a niche to the listening experience that you will find yourself returning to. Composed alongside and engineered by Julian Giaimo, it is the duo’s third collaborative effort that showcases a refreshing confluence of synths, pop, folk, and rock in a way that has never been done before. The collection is headlined by the album teasers, ‘All The Scars’ and ‘What You Need to Know’. Both tracks carry a whimsical dynamism, one that twists and turns into witty plot points that beautifully tie into his narratives. The pop is modern and new, creative with neo-classical and acoustic rock accents. We see this lithe and lilting whimsy manifest in the beatlines of ‘Too Beautiful’, and in ‘Draggin’s’ groove. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-woolfmans-doting-sophistication-in-my-wounded-heart-piano-version monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/428572d3-09b1-4ee2-9269-ed5823e8b18e/11.png Music Reviews - Experience The Woolfman’s Doting Sophistication in ‘My Wounded Heart (Piano Version)’ - The Woolfman is an eclectic composer and multi-instrumentalist with an exploratory zeal. He loves casting his listeners in new perspectives of his compositions, showcasing an impressive versatility and creative foresight. His latest EP demonstrates his song, ‘My Wounded Heart’ in deep house and club music atmospheres. Bolstered with energy, rhythm, and momentum, each version is an electric explosion that drives you into dance and movement. The artist has now followed it up with a piano version. Fleshing it out with a slower, doting, and an elegant sophistication, he transforms the destiny of the composition. Flushed with FC’s contemporary vocal showcase, it is an evocative bluesy ballad. It has both classic and modern accents that enclose the listener in a timeless loop of listening; which also bleeds into the timelessness of heartache as a human experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/-s-contemporary-sonic-forms-gain-new-traction-in-roads monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/af1752db-f125-4712-b982-de43e9c49f0f/10.jpg Music Reviews - ГОЛОС КАА’s Contemporary Sonic Forms Gain New Traction in ‘Roads’ - ГОЛОС КАА is a contemporary artist whose music forms quiveringly along the threshold of feeling and contemplation. Spun in an ethereal synth cocoon, he creates transcendental sound. His latest release is ‘Roads’, a melancholic swirl that curves and coils around the listener. His vocals are full of quest, searching for meaning, understanding, validation, and community. Listen Now! The synth resonations of the soundscape conceptualizes his consuming loneliness. It carves a depth into you, suspending you in that emptiness, perhaps to compel the direction through you. It is fantastic how he projects such a fundamental/ universal human experience into an outworldly, isolating sphere. With elegant sonic design and mechanisms, he draws the listener into the protagonist’s consciousness. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ricko-baird-delivers-rb-at-its-most-charismatic-in-im-lit monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c01598d0-b9cb-4e16-8faf-eb14b9f8262f/9.png Music Reviews - Ricko Baird Delivers R&amp;B At its Most Charismatic in ‘I’m Lit’ - Ricko Baird is an R&B/ soul artist with a charisma that calls to you. He wires his soundscapes with free-flowing grooves, dance rhythms, and passionate vocals. Listeners of Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, and Mark Ronson are sure to enjoy the dynamic energy and R&B of this artist. His latest release is ‘I’m Lit’, a track that celebrates the joy and happiness of feeling yourself and all the confidence that comes with it. The artist incorporates R&B with so much play and funk. It manifests in the rolling grooves, slapping beats, neo-soul and jazz improvs. Each cycle is an unpredictable adventure of passion. There’s an exploration of excitement, sensuality, connection, love, and dance. Like a cabaret, he dresses it in frills and sonic fortune that keeps on giving. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cs-hellmanns-something-simple-is-an-elegant-indie-rock-cocktail monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0c4b96c9-c402-423a-b645-1a50c50a338c/8.jpg Music Reviews - CS Hellmann’s ‘Something Simple’ is an Elegant Indie Rock Cocktail - CS Hellmann aka Chris Scott is a singer-songwriter and indie rock artist from Cincinnati. Fuelled by 80s and 90s rock nostalgia, and a passion for melodic patterns, his music walks the line between mellow alternative rock, contemporary ideas, and feel-good notions. His latest release is ‘Something Simple’, a track in which he elegantly presents a phasing continuum of all the above mentioned frames. Listen Now! CS’s glassy vocal fuzz is both light and pervasive. The riffs and melodies form dark and gloomy fringes around this atmosphere, resulting in a beautiful dissonance that is visceral, cerebral, retro, and modern. Listeners of Tame Impala, Talking Heads, and The Arctic Monkeys are sure to enjoy the ideas that effortlessly float out of this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-dream-offers-a-rustic-folk-alignment monthly 0.5 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/aaf6c935-afd0-4c31-bbed-fde130e1704d/7.png Music Reviews - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘Dream’ Offers a Rustic Folk Alignment - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends shares a folk league with artists like The Beatles, Nick Drake, and Crosby Steve Nash and Young. Swirling with the whimsy and drama of Queen and even Simon and Garfunkel, this indie folk band fathoms a niche that you can’t wait to drench yourself in. ‘Dream’ is a track that especially highlights the artistic pathways between all the above artists. The single is taken from the band’s 2021 album, ‘17 Birds at the Summer Gate’, a collection that explores vivid and vintage frames with affecting musical imagery and vocal evocation. ‘Dream’ speculates a sublime surreality, combining naturalistic elements with human experiences and emotions. It is a slow-brewed song, full of wonder, contemplation, expression, and nostalgia. With long instrumental arrangements and mellow evolutions, they lure the listener into a dream sequence that is plush with feeling and sentiment. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-electro-pop-infinity-with-k-syran-stonebridge-in-i-cant-feel monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/87fffd12-e6d3-40e9-98cc-47876ae22075/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Experience Electro Pop Infinity with K-Syran &amp; StoneBridge in ‘I Can’t Feel’ - K-Syran is a pop artist with a passion for emotion and storytelling. That’s the primary two components of any of her tracks. She is known to bring a sort of subtle grandeur to compositions in a way that flows in seamlessly. Her latest release is her ‘I Can’t Feel’ single alongside its many electronic versions. In this, we get to experience the primary quotients of K-Syran as they interact with an energy dimension. The collection features the talent of electronic music artist and producer StoneBridge. It is a dance driven, dream pop soundscape that tells a story of how after walking through life in a daze, self-delusion, and melancholy, and apathy. The protagonist explores her inability to return to her feelings, in the aftermath of a heartbreak. The contrast of the soundscape to the sentiments of K-Syran’s vocals is topical. As the vitality of life surrounds her, the protagonist is not able to be touched by it. She is contained in a dazing cloud. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/seafarers-unique-chamber-pop-flourishes-with-everything-id-do-to-get-a-hold-on-you monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5c9d6369-2892-49c7-8395-404290bc2890/5.jpg Music Reviews - Seafarers’ Unique Chamber Pop Flourishes with ‘Everything I’d Do (To Get a Hold on You)’ - Seafarers is not your average contemporary pop banner. As their name suggests, the members create a voyage with each track. Reviving the charm of dilated storytelling to combine it with dreamy instrumentals, creative textures, and a contemplative expanse is where their style is at. In their latest single, ‘Everything I’d Do (To Get a Hold on You)’ presents a delightful interpretation of chamber pop. Mellowing its usual dynamism, they cast a prolonged dynamism that they cultivate with lofi jazz, lofty orchestrals, twinkling piano keys, and dazing strings. A complex rise, forming in slow motion, frame by frame alongside a tale about love, passion, heartbreak, memory, and melancholia. Listeners of Kodaline and Cigarettes After Sex are sure to enjoy the subtle complexities and grandeur of this group’s music. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/robert-jordans-acoustic-rock-swings-with-tale-tones-in-vincent-theo monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-the-suburban-bicycle-gangs-babes-from-bills monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/42bdb9fc-c4c0-42f9-98d0-863dd3757fd3/3.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : The Suburban Bicycle Gang’s ‘Babes from Bill’s’ - The Suburban Bicycle Gang celebrate the whimsy and eccentricity of funk rock in their latest release ‘Babes from Bill’s’. With a distorted rhythm design playing into a riff heavy guitar atmosphere and absurd vocal frequencies, the soundscape is rife with progressive funk ideas. It draws you back to artists of the 20th century like Queen and David Bowie but also engages you with interesting sonic sequences that are novel and unique. The track recalls some of the ideas that they explored in the debut album, ‘In The Cosmos’ and works them for this context. To see its nuanced execution is scintillating. The vocals are tight and dramatic, carving mountains across the soundscape. They are dimensionalized, conceptualized, and elevated by the guitar, beat, and bass accessories that flow generously in the backdrop. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sam-feinsteins-electro-rock-ideas-spring-out-spectacularly-in-the-shot-heard-round-the-burbs monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/694a2d53-cc18-4572-b52e-df69f9aa3893/2.jpg Music Reviews - Sam Feinstein’s Electro-Rock Ideas Spring Out Spectacularly in ‘The Shot Heard Round the Burbs’ - Sam Feinstein’s dives into new mediums of experimentation for his latest track, ‘The Shot Heard Round the Burbs’. The artist is known for his ability to render conceptual sonic discourses on social issues. His use of cynicism, humor, absurdist tools, and symbolism is incredible, especially as it translates to his work. His soundscapes are not exclusively musical but invariably carries a plane of dystopia that confronts and revolutionizes. And he does the same with his latest release. By now we know, no two tracks of Sam Feinstein are the same. This single spreads out with cerebral electro sensibilities. It is light and free, anchored by the thematic weight of the vocals. The ambient synth planes phase into an electro rock frame in the chorus, a momentary climax that disillusions you from the peace and harmony of the verses. Like a disruptive shot that is heard in the neighborhood. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/reina-moras-weeds-shimmering-soul-pop-blooms monthly 0.5 2024-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f7840ddc-b3dc-4079-aa79-2f0888a5cffa/1.jpg Music Reviews - Reina Mora’s ‘Weeds’: Shimmering Soul Pop Blooms - Reina Mora sings to parts of her life, her heart, her experiences, and her state of mind. The autobiographical singer-songwriter and soul pop artist carries the ethos of artists like Adele, Celine Dion, and Phoebe Bridgers. Her ability to curl her soundscapes with delicate candor, vulnerability, warmth, and compassion for any version of herself creates a powerful evocation. Her latest release is ‘Weeds’ is a heartbreak song, a track that explores how loving the wrong person can ruin your garden and overrun it with weeds. The track is an effervescent mix of piano melodies, synths, and explorative vocals. Each verse amasses a storytelling frame with flower visuals, relatable sentiments, and a growing wisdom that comes only from heartache. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/harry-kappens-cool-down-feel-good-pop-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e267804e-2a8b-4022-86bf-da590c93da6f/5.jpg Music Reviews - Harry Kappen’s ‘Cool Down’ : Feel Good Pop-Rock Track - Harry Kappen is a Dutch rock musician with a zeal that manifests as energy, emotion, and power. He drives his soundscapes with feel-good grooves and upping beats, bolstering messages of hope, love, positivity, and passion. His artistic style is staunchly authentic as he explores moments, experiences and encounters from his personal life. Contemplating on them, he lights a fire in his listeners, drawing them along as he thinks and feels. His latest release is ‘Cool Down’, a pop rock track that is excited by disco beat grooves, 90s alt rock pulse, and a strong riff army. The baritones are immersively narrative, powerful and easy to get into. As the basslines and beats grow and multiply, the vocals and melody lines are spectacularly driven up pushing towards a transcendental climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-dr-zwigs-field-of-daydreams-live monthly 0.5 2024-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8b140932-cae9-4669-a8b9-ac19e1f7f3ad/14.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Dr. Zwig’s ‘Field of Daydreams (Live)’ - Dr. Zwig is a holistic musician, who pours his contemplative and passionate sense of self into his songs. The American singer-songwriter and alt folk artist dabbles in the matters of the heart and mind, connecting them in a blend of daydreaming romanticism. There’s a lot of philosophy and poetry also that manifest within this frame. And with each track, the quality of being human is distilled and elevated a little bit more. His latest release is ‘Field of Daydreams (Live)’, a country folk melody that spans through an expanse of rock instrumentals, melodic harmonies, and breezing blues. Dr. Zwig’s baritones curl and coil through these intricate details, forming thoughts, patterns, and feelings that console and comfort the weary heart and tired soul. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jessenations-redemption-is-a-soulful-alt-reggae-single monthly 0.5 2024-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/935b2227-5da8-45d4-967a-c45b02fdbdc7/13.jpg Music Reviews - Jessenation’s ‘Redemption’ is a Soulful Alt Reggae Single - Jessenation spins classic reggae with hip-hop contexts and accents in latest single, ‘Redemption’. Combining the mellow and chill guitar grooves with dynamic beat lines, he creates a unique plane of expression altogether. The track also features the verses of rapper Jesse Jagz. His Caribbean style and inflections nicely wrap up the aesthetic of the track. It is raw and real, candid and fun. And as it lifts into the reggae rhythm signatures, this dimension is amplified and elevated. There’s also some R&B/soul spirit that mingles into this atmosphere. The track explores redemption in love. It sparks a passion that is full of regret, heartache, and even sensuality, the redemption takes shape in the protagonist’s will to return to an old flame. To redeem himself of his past for he has finally learned the value of her. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9-o-clock-nasty-redreads-1-is-a-electrified-funk-rock-collection monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7d622807-e1e5-4fde-9047-367182bbe6ed/11.png Music Reviews - 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty ‘Redreads 1’ is a Electrified Funk Rock Collection - We all know 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty to be a funk rock/ absurdist banner that presents incredible frames of human experience in all its random glory. Their past couple of releases have been especially brilliant, demonstrating a deliberate intention towards ambivalence, ambiguity, drama, and action. They each had cerebral components that were driven by unusual rhythm patterns, intuitive bursts of energy, and undeniable charisma. And now, for their latest release, ‘Retreads 1’, the band collaborates with producer Preyswitch to cast these narratives in new perspectives and interpretations. In a way that not only retains the essence of them but elevates it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/pork-pies-alt-rock-spiral-flourishes-in-helplessly-waiting monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b6acf1e8-da94-4059-8535-457e7d44a177/10.jpg Music Reviews - Pork Pie’s Alt Rock Spiral Flourishes in ‘Helplessly Waiting’ - Pork Pie’s spirit is an electric spiral that is as spontaneous and spirited as a storm. The alternative rock band really channels the varying ethos of 20th century rock, building them up with interesting and intense ideas and sonic structures. Exploring blues and funk alongside classic rock, pop rock, and 90s indie, they reference a range of artists and bands. Their latest release is ‘Helplessly Waiting’, edgy and engaging, it is reminiscent of artists like Glass Animals and Tame Impala, but also carries streaks of The Beatles, Queen, Linkin Park, and Jimi Hendrix as well. The riff design is so intuitive and smooth as it excites the rhythm. Combined with the groovy funk of the beats, meaty basslines, blues and rock n roll, the track sets out the supreme eclectic quotients of the band. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/richard-greens-your-angel-is-a-cinematic-expanse monthly 0.5 2024-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d908e10d-1c8f-4b0b-9b13-18a9544a3bfc/9.jpg Music Reviews - Richard Green’s ‘Your Angel’ is a Cinematic Expanse - Richard Green’s compositions are crafted with intricate intention. He vests each arc with distilled sentiments and nuanced emotions. Which means that the listening experience is rooted in intimate exposition, a journey that is filled with scintillating details, novel interpretations and ideas. His latest is ‘Your Angel’, an instrumental that collaborates the orchestral violin with confessional piano plays and tones. It has a choral sweep to it, perhaps a nod to the ethereal dimension in the theme. But there’s also a lot of cinematic humanism contained within. Melancholy, thought, celebration, turmoil, contemplation and sentiment. The simple piano line poses such an elegant contrast to the expressive inflections of the violin. It flows easily, frolicking at some points before trickling away to moments of deeper emotions and sensibilities. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/23-fields-scars-is-an-intricate-alt-folk-expanse monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/45bc9fcb-a2cd-4e02-b041-7d0488b35158/5.jpeg Music Reviews - 23 Fields’ ‘Scars’ is an Intricate Alt Folk Expanse - 23 Fields is an alt folk band with a thoughtful ethos that explores philosophical scapes on life and love. With slow-brewed narratives and intricate instrumentals they mold each theme carefully and intentionally. And there will always be a melody, a lyric, or a rhythm that you carry with you each time you listen to 23 Fields. Their latest release is their sophomore album titled ‘To Follow This Year’s Fashion’, a collection that covers a range of topics in a way that is reminiscent of artists like Neil Young, Steven Young and Nash but also carries the modernity of Sufjan Stevens. The former’s intricate structures are matched with the latter’s monotonal frames to create a special body of folk. The melancholy of the track, Scars is elegantly presented, crested with moments of nostalgia, romance, and heartbreak. And when you experience it in the light of their contemplative storytelling, it becomes a soft cinematic expanse. The curves of violins, glints of acoustic guitar, and the gruff baritones honor the rustic folk origins while celebrating their own creative interpretations. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/carson-ferris-ghosts-elevates-with-synth-pop-romance monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d2c01cae-b4fc-429f-89c7-54106d8af97a/4.jpg Music Reviews - Carson Ferris’ Ghosts Elevates with Synth-Pop Romance - Carson Ferris’ ability to spin human experiences into a feel-good flow of catchy hooks, earworm synth pop is reinforced yet again in his latest release, ‘Ghosts’. The track is measured and mature, yet fun and youthful. He explores an eccentric rhythm format where he merges the dynamism of hip-hop with commercial pop influences. And his vocals, rich as it is in evocation molds into a sweet sentimentality that bleeds into the story of a broken romance. Easy listening track for sure, molded with a sense of personal artistic style that makes it his own. This track especially reveals an evolution in his pop presentations and interpretations. We see a lot of stylistic and conceptual play that is both refreshing and interesting to engage with. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shabs-afterglow-a-sultry-latin-pop-groove monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9b95b99e-4b5b-485d-8875-cc0c2c7ecbab/3.jpg Music Reviews - Shab’s ‘Afterglow’ : A Sultry Latin Pop Groove - Shab celebrates romance, love, womanhood, and related themes with a fun blend of groovy Persian-Latin pop and dance-driven rhythms. She casts the listener in an immersive soundscape, drawing them into emotion and movement as effortlessly and elegantly as artists like Selena Gomez, Shakira, and early Doja Cat. There’s a compelling fluidity in her tracks that is impossible to resist. Her latest release is ‘Afterglow’. It is a sensual, intimate, and romantic pop flow that captures you first with its vocal dance, and then with its rhythm, afrobeats, and sentiments. It is so happy, powered by the soft euphoria of love and romance. Shab’s tinsel textured, vocal glass is dreamy, a perfect match to the mellow beats, changing grooves, and endearing lyrics. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/urban-walrus-alt-rock-spectrum-spans-spectacularly-in-not-today monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/22c59deb-7886-46fb-bfe9-86f3fa7a145c/2.png Music Reviews - Urban Walrus’ Alt Rock Spectrum Spans Spectacularly in ‘Not Today’ - Urban Walrus is a rock band that drives an incredible indie/ alt rock interpretation that feels both classic and contemporary at the same time. Drawing inspiration from bands across the late 20th century, they pick their favorite features and creatively develop on them. So you’ll see themes portrayed with unique sonic filters and frames. That’s the appeal of Urban Walrus. The New York-based band quickly rose to fame with their edgy melodic rock. ‘Not Today’ is the band’s latest release, one that comes after a successful cross-continental tour. The track creates a fun alt rock dimension with moments of classic rock extending and evolving into cerebral hard rock arcs. With riffs spanning across a diverse spectrum, each phase speaks to the band’s versatility, both in vision and technique. Vocals are melodic and engaging with layering harmonies and an emotional prevalence that stays with you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alpha-petulays-eccentric-combinations-come-alive-in-listen monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/belouis-some-revitalizes-imagination-with-fantastic-interpretations monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/16001537-f8bf-4112-a0ed-ce1794b64591/1.jpg Music Reviews - Belouis Some Revitalizes ‘Imagination’ with Fantastic Interpretations - Belouis Some pop style is eclectic and dynamic, a groovy power house full of visuals, color, and sonic sensibilities. He rose to fame in the 1980 with his singles, ‘Some People’, ‘Round, Round’, and ‘Imagination’. These tracks were a celebration of the 80s decade and all the music that it came with. And Belouis’s ability to bring them together and elevate them with creativity, energy, and imaginative production is what drove him to fame, almost instantly. The artist has just released his reimagined versions of ‘Imagination’. The collection juxtaposes the original version alongside its orchestral version, and extended version. Cast in explorative soundscapes, each presents a spectacular interpretation, and even nurtures its context a little bit more. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-josefina-neumanns-my-greatest-fears monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cde425d3-847b-4b86-8850-2574cd574f0c/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : Josefine Neumann’s ‘My Greatest Fears’ - Josefine is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist who traces profound thoughts, feelings, and encounters with an acoustical cast. She keeps it simple and intimate, singing with a candor that celebrates the folk genre in ways reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Bridgers, and Elliot Smith. As you listen to her albums, you’ll realize that her contemplative confessions and slow-brewed storytelling mellows time and compels you to stand still and think. Her latest release is the ‘My Greatest Fears’ album, a collection that holds up a mirror to the listener and sends them on a journey of introspection and self-discovery. With her vocal planes drawing us into sincere spaces, each track is a moment of reflection that is melodically and lyrically meditative. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/https/wwwgoodmusicradarcom/review/ubiquity-machine-betty-steve monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/35b7d0e0-13b5-4cc9-805e-e6f09b41f0fc/20.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Louise Burke’s ‘Benevolent not Malevolent’ - Louise Burke is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist who casts her listeners in intimate and encompassing soundscapes. Using an affecting combination of acoustics, synths, and candid vocals, she crafts tracks that are reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, and Phoebe Bridgers. Her latest release is ‘Benevolent not Malevolent’, a track that traces the tale of a faltering relationship and failing love. Inspired by her own love story that dwindled in 2020 during the lockdown, you’ll see lyrical references to it that creates a touching tale. The track forms on the fringes of contemporary pop, alt folk, and a ballad. Louise’s distinctive vocals, confessional and honest, draws you into storytelling frames that describe the theme in hand. With heartache and acceptance forming side by side, it leaves a bittersweet taste in its wake. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gianfranco-gfns-soft-dreamy-neo-jazz-romance monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/09b7aec2-8e6a-43be-809e-51dc5c4d829f/19.jpg Music Reviews - Gianfranco GFN’s ‘Soft’ : Dreamy Neo-Jazz Romance - The quality of romance paves the way to soft euphoria. That’s what Gianfranco GFN molds with his latest release, ‘Soft’. He uses his dynamic craft, blending pop, funk, blues, and neo-jazz in ways that are dreamy and driving, full of dance and passion. Each frame is curated to carry the essence of the theme fully and completely, without faltering. It is celebratory and full of glee, in a way that puts a skip in your step. And listening to it sure does make you feel like falling in love. Or if you’re already in love, it reinforces that paradise. The grooves are where the life of the track is at. Rolling effortlessly through the soundscape, they grab color, sensibility, and energy from the synths, vocals, and melody lines around it. The motifs form and reform, becoming catchier with each revolution till your whole body is filled with its rhythm. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tom-minors-the-bad-life-refreshing-indie-rock-diversions monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/45eaf6e4-1cb8-4f7e-906f-06ec11e0d316/18.jpg Music Reviews - Tom Minor’s ‘The Bad Life’ : Refreshing Indie Rock Diversions - Tom Minor is an indie rock artist with diverse sonic orientations. He operates in the undefined sphere, fluid with his genre associations and blends, in ways that refresh and open the mind. And in an era where everything feels like a copy of a copy of a copy of a copy, his tracks are like a breath of fresh air. Inspired by artists like The Last Shadow Puppets, Blur, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Nick Lowe, The Who, and The Kinks, he makes music that is unique and distinctive. His latest release is ‘The Bad Life’, a track that demonstrates the lasting perils of seeking out a bad life. The melancholy of the protagonist is so incredibly delivered. With none of that pity or helplessness, it is charismatically wise, tragic, and even a little bit melodramatic. He casts them in a contemplative instrumentals air and draws them out with interesting narratives and lyrical essence. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-harbours-so-sweet-a-passionate-indie-pop-vibrance monthly 0.5 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2712be4a-196f-438d-a230-e587254c34e6/11.jpg Music Reviews - The Harbours’ ‘So Sweet’ : A Passionate Indie Pop Vibrance - The Harbours do indie pop with incredible luminosity and vibrance. They adhere to the 90s styles, building them up with soft contemporary frames that edges a pop rock line reminiscent of Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran. But they are dynamic, intimate, and informal. Hailing from Leicestershire, their music has that nostalgic countryside charm that oozes into their sentiments and storytelling. ‘So Sweet’ is the band’s sophomore release in which they explore the themes of falling in love and finding the perfect girl. With bright guitar lines excited by dance driven beats, colorful synths, and upbeat vocals, the track is incredibly feel-good. The passion, excitement, and euphoria of the theme bursts out of the soundscape at every turn, culminating in an arresting guitar solo at the bridge before flowing into climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-powers-of-the-monks-its-your-voodoo-working monthly 0.5 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/26d57d6f-e257-465a-bda9-7d9111c2f444/10.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Powers of the Monk’s ‘It’s Your Voodoo Working’ - Powers of the Monk have an eccentric drive. It is an important part of their artistic makeup. Formed in 2006 by David s. Monk and CasSondra Powers, they revolutionize indie folk with experimental and extrapolated rock scapes. Their latest release is ‘It’s Your Voodoo Working’, a track that is splashed with dynamic blues, vintage themes, and a rock n roll groove. The track portrays love and passion like the oldies did. Groovy and creative, but with a tinge of mystique and abstraction. Listening to it, you’re sure to travel back to 70s/80s ethos. Imagine The Bangles raw and rustic styles blended with Janis Joplin’s vocal charisma and Jimi Hendrix’s mellow guitar rhythms. That’s what this duo sounds like. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/roman-angelos-tropical-nites-sparkles-with-funk/jazz/neo-soul-cinematic-opus monthly 0.5 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7584d057-d92c-45f3-bb68-02f2a5b41c75/1.png Music Reviews - Roman Angelos’ ‘Tropical Nites’ Sparkles with Funk/Jazz/Neo-Soul Cinematic Opus - Tracks like ‘Motorbike Journey’, ‘Breezeway’, ‘Pages and Palm Leaves’, and ‘Unwritten Letters’, tell ambient stories, effusing emotion with montonal frames that see mellow instrumentals variations. The sound melts into the fabric of the mind, drenching it with scenery, soft movements, and mellow cerebral activity. It’s like drifting, free and creativity liberating. Perfect to put on while painting, cooking or other meditative activities. On the other hand, ‘Secret Officers Meeting’, ‘Bella In Nighttown’, and ‘Dark Night At The Tiki Bar’, boast dramatic dynamism that takes you back to James Bond and Pink Panther soundtracks. The vintage ethos in these tracks are so good. It engages the mind in an active and interesting way that you find yourself entering bars, exiting town squares, hiding in shadows, and just reveling in the mystery of it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-winter-sounds-post-punk-brilliance-shines-bright-in-big-dreams monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/220c685e-c2b9-4c1d-bf89-4c266de01e5a/4.jpg Music Reviews - The Winter Sounds Post Punk Brilliance Shines Bright in ‘Big Dreams’ - The Winter Sounds is an electro-pop post punk banner founded by Patrick Keenan. He channels the dynamic, technicolor ethos of the 80s, blending it with the fluidity of indie rock and the freedom of electronica. Every time they release one of their tracks, you can’t be helped but struck by how fresh, enjoyable and uplifting they are. ‘Big Dreams’ is The Winter Sounds’ latest release, a rippling fountain of synths that wind, entwine and circle around you. It is full of dance, euphoric melody patterns, and dazing textures. If you like the work of Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, and Harry Styles, you are sure to enjoy the spanning sonic series of this banner. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/toto-pnas-fuelt4nk-scintillating-indie-rock monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2548e35d-18f4-45fe-a147-902b1d24766f/3.jpg Music Reviews - Toto Pẽna’s ‘FUELT4NK’ : Scintillating Indie Rock - Toto Pẽna is a very artful indie rock artist whose creative attention is grabbed by mild experimentals and evolving subtleties. In fact, his soundscapes swirl with so many original ideas, all infused in a familiar frame. That’s the genius and grace of it. His latest release, ‘FUELT4NK’ lays out his fluid style and dynamic ideas. Low-key and mellow, the track is designed contemplatively with reflective narratives and warm-toned melodies. The vocals are simple and honest as they are encompassed by the soundscape. When you dive down to the sentiment of it, the composition gains a lovely significance. He explores the beauty of being able to rely on someone when life gets hard. Especially in the context of falling in love and finding a life partner. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/f20m998c7b4cv2qtvsbma9kie7eno4 monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/87791447-19a4-40eb-b40d-028486975157/2.jpg Music Reviews - Jay Blacks Delivers a Dancehall Passion with ‘Luv Di Gyal Dem’ - No one is as passionate about Caribbean music as Jay Blakcs. His interest and love for the genre compels him to discover different variants of the genre as he blends it with dancehall and hip-hop/rap. The result is a novel and original interpretation that is authentic to his artistic persona and style. His latest release is ‘Luv Di Gyal Dem’, a catchy, free-rhythm, Caribbean style hip-hop. His verse delivery is marked by his easy candor and charisma. And the beats match his inflections. Together, they create quite the impression on the swirling synths in the backdrop. The sensual, passionate, and hedonistic theme manifests fantastically across the track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/brian-mathews-old-flames-a-doting-alt-folk-track monthly 0.5 2024-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f0ee2b8c-9b4a-48f6-8047-d721f96eb788/1.jpg Music Reviews - Brian Mathew’s Old Flames : A Doting Alt - Folk Track - Brian Mathew’s music has a thoughtful ethos, a culture that indulges the human spirit in ways that evoke meaningful realizations about life, love, loss, and language. His latest release is ‘Old Flames’, featuring Jory Avner, a track that was inspired by a call from an old friend after many years. Tracing the memories and moments spent, it tells a story about how everything that you touch stays with you one way or another and resonates within. Its aesthetic is rooted in artful lyrics absorbed and expanded by craftful monotonal soundscapes in a way that is reminiscent of artists like Elliot Smith and Sufjan Stevens. It is modern but exudes a deep sense of nostalgia and melancholy that allows you to travel back. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rare-seeds-heavy-blows-a-delightful-psychedelic-rock-sprays monthly 0.5 2024-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/140d5ef4-e73a-4f7b-bd18-cc7ada266e4d/8.png Music Reviews - Rare Seed’s ‘Heavy Blows’ : A Delightful Psychedelic Rock Sprays - Rare Seed is a rock band oriented towards psychedelia and cerebral sounds. Their soundscapes are refracted deliberately, in texture, tone, rhythm, and flow to induce a deep reverie in the listener. Full of visuals, patterns, and dazing flows, it is a deep sonic exploration that you’re bound to come out feeling elevated. Their latest release is ‘Heavy Blows’ a track with a strong alt rock intro before it separates and scatters into an effervescent scene. The riffs are echoes and resonant factors of the faraway vocals. The theme has an ethereal, outwardly darkness that is illustrated with mellow psychedelia before becoming consumed by heavy and intense moments of shoegaze riffs and rising basslines. They are carried to great heights by the dramatic beat lines. Be sure to transcend and be transported to an abstract sphere of rock consciousness in ways reminiscent of the oldies like Hawkwind and King Crimson. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-lonely-richards-indie-rock-haze-in-halfway-house monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-miles-easts-between-lightning-and-thunder monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/50814221-8955-4db8-b07b-8bb412fe1cab/6.png Music Reviews - Album Review : Miles East’s ‘Between Lightning and Thunder’ - Miles East is a unique brand of singer-songwriter. Despite their mellow flows and instrumentals, they evoke an impressive contemplative depth and imaginative scenes. His music blends blues with an encompassing post rock and indie folk ethos in a way that fills your mind and engulfs your sentience. You’ll also see references to The Beatles, Nick Drake, Neil Young, Linkin Park, and Elliott Smith. Contemporary and classic. His latest release is ‘Between Lightning and Thunder’, a ten track album that explores the melancholy, abstractness, and transience of life and all its experiences. He dwells in them before breezing past them to the next frame. It is all poetically cast in the undefinable space that exists between lighting and thunder. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sanford-drives-melancholy-to-dynamic-excitations-with-extinguished-dreams monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c7fc5e61-ced3-4f6c-b728-5ac27d3e686e/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Sanford: Drives Melancholy to Dynamic Excitations with ‘Extinguished Dreams’ - Singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, Sanford: reinforces his versatility with his sophomore album, ‘Extinguished Dreams’. The artist has an expansive reach when it comes to stylistic presentations. With each release, he demonstrates the sophisticated degree of his vision and craft. It’s not that you don’t know what to expect but it is more along the lines of always expect the best with him because you’re going to get it. His elevated understanding of concept allows him to explore, wander and be curious. And in many ways he passes on that liberated spirit to his listener. This album is no different. There’s definitely a melancholic subtext that runs through it, by virtue of the theme. However, his interpretation and presentation of it is nothing that you would have previously heard or thought of. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/emma-miller-renders-a-dream-pop-goodness-in-just-a-feeling monthly 0.5 2024-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e1d623ff-c19b-402e-a2db-7d522ff5d421/3.jpg Music Reviews - Emma Miller Renders a Dream Pop Goodness in ‘Just A Feeling’ - Emma Miller is a contemporary pop artist and singer-songwriter. An effervescent vein of folk runs through her compositions, casting an aura of mystique and mystery. Inspired by artists like Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush, she matches their intimate style of sonic craft with modern pop designs that are reminiscent of artists like Billie Eilish. Her latest release is ‘Just A Feeling’, a twilight soundscape that grasps at dark quotients while simultaneously tempering them with planes of light. It forms like the air suspended in a room. There’s a very fluid presence to it which is reflected in her undulating vocal course. We see some stylistic dynamism in the rippling synths she uses against an otherwise ethereal flow. The modernity in the track is undeniable, but neither is the honest and raw sentiment that she reveals with each passing line. Creative, original, and honest, you should definitely put this in the playlists that make your mind and feelings wander. 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Each track will convey its intricate essence to you and all you have to do is dive in and spread into it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/zoe-from-earth-crafts-ethereal-pop-sonics-with-the-sun-ep monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1d0fc681-efe4-4ab0-a70e-25f766c368c6/4.jpg Music Reviews - ZOE from Earth Crafts Ethereal Pop Sonics With ‘The Sun EP’ - ZOE from Earth is an ethereal artist crafting sonic sequences that are surreal and cerebrally dazing. There’s an immediate sense of vastness or boundlessness, an ambiguity and an abstractness that soothes and comforts but also confronts and contemplates. The electronic artist infuses ambience with conceptual sensibilities. It’s incredible how a fluid, flowing plane forges a complex feeling with melody, texture, tone, and chroma. There’s a definite level of visuals that rise from her soundscapes that always tend to point outwordly, making you think bigger, look better, and feel deeper. The artist has just released her ‘Sun EP’, a five track collection that she has been building up to since the release of the prelude in 2021. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-muster-point-project-casts-a-melancholic-plane-with-never-ever-goes-away monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c0fab6bf-a0b9-4aef-9ca3-1696b01c4f76/3.jpg Music Reviews - The Muster Point Project Casts a Melancholic Plane with ‘Never Ever Goes Away’ - The Muster Point Project’s acoustic rock/ country folk brilliance comes alive yet again with their latest release, ‘Nothing Ever Goes Away’. The band is known for their contemplative, philosophical, and sentimental performances. And this one is no different. Gearing the vocals and sublime instrumentals towards this plane, they explore how heartache, melancholy, and grief stays with you, hovering over you and never goes away. Even if you want to forget it and leave it behind, it is a difficult journey that you might have to walk multiple times. The guitar work is mellow with leveled melody lines and chill riffs. Cast in dazing blues, it splinters and scatters beautifully. It’s a refracted consciousness that envelopes you. The melodic rock ethos is reminiscent of The Beatles, The Beach Boys and the like. The warm daze and vintage vocals are comforting and cozy, just what you need on a rainy day, climatically or emotionally. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/vbga9l61i949u2q1hi7w6kyj867wcf monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a7b642f-ade1-4b43-982a-bf95dfc87c04/2.jpg Music Reviews - Drift With The Numb Project’s Downtempo Textures &amp; Patterns in ‘Pull’ - The Numb Project is exactly how it sounds; a sonic space where you can come to escape all energy and dwell in the static. It is the brainchild of Portland, Oregon producer Chris Calarco who loves to operate in the moody planes of sound. He marks this downtempo atmosphere with experimental hip-hop rhythms that are mellow yet incredibly detailed. So, within contemporary and abstract moments of sound, you can revel in pieces of familiar beat cultures. His latest release is ‘Pull’, a track that is as hypnotic as it is dynamic. It all forms in the rhythm. The basses are deep and low. They are sublimely contrasted with a complex network of high tones, textures, and patterns. The best way to enjoy his soundscapes is to sit back and let your mind scatter with the free-flowing melodies and rolling beat motifs. It’s not about understanding it cerebrally as much as it is about flowing and momentously evolving with it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fgroxsx488q90tuvkwt3oldmbhhwo2 monthly 0.5 2024-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/75a4d6c4-7ad2-492d-aea4-3654611e440a/1.jpg Music Reviews - Melina Hazewood’s ‘Simple Desire’ : A Delicately Forged Pop Ballad - Melina Hazewood’s contemporary pop returns in the form of a dreamy, romantic love song, ‘Simple Desire’. The ballad celebrates the beauty and magic of falling in love, with sentiments that take us back to the simple love of olden times. Her vocals drip with sweet fondness, the childlike joy, and the contentment that this kind of love brings to a human heart. You can’t help but feel elated and full with the wonder of her romance. The lyrics and the instrumentals have a marked vintage ethos to them. Which is further elevated when she renders a few lines in French. Simple piano lines juxtaposed with resonant acoustics and stray violin strokes. But the crown jewel is definitely her vocals. The sensitive, delicate, and angelic curves of soprano are drenched in sincere and intimate sentiment. It may remind you of your childhood love or cause you to celebrate the beautiful commitment that you’re currently sharing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/oscillas-drink-up-the-sun-idyllic-reflective-folk monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/pmrdun8yeplunclfknv8eesj83xa2n monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ea2022d8-686e-4268-b5f4-5f91fc9fb785/8.jpg Music Reviews - Michael Zuzek Elevates Indie Folk with ‘Graystone’ - Michael Zuzek is a singer-songwriter and pianist with a vintage affinity to folk rock. His songs pave a path to artists like The Byrdes and The Beatles, and excite them with contemporary influences that are reminiscent of Elliot Smith and Sufjan Stevens. ‘Graystone’ is the artist’s debut single. It is a fitting introduction of his endearing charm and candid style. He leads with his piano playing, building it with scintillating baritones and vocal harmonies. The rhythm is free and fluid, a perfect mold for the reflective essence of the narratives. Synth fabrics in the backdrop adds a soft dimension in the backdrop. It progressively reveals an indie/modern folk angle to the sound. This dual dimension is so delicately reconciled and demonstrates thoughtful craft and creative vision. Classic, contemporary, and cannot get enough! Listen Now. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nue5139636zl8sgvscw0x8oobir6nd monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/84fe3dbb-6905-4f8f-afd4-67e67ec814a0/7.png Music Reviews - Toby Tesla Serenades With Modern Hip-Hop in ‘.FIVE’ - Toby Tesla has a distinct contemporary pulse that he brings seamlessly into his hip-hop/ pop-rap compositions. Cast in an ambient soundscape with plush synths, mellow beats, and fluid baritones. There’s definitely elements of neo-soul/R&B and funk that subtly influence his sonic design; resulting in a savvy, vibey, immersive flow. The artist has just put out his sophomore album, ‘.FIVE’, whose theme is brewed across nine tracks. Each one spells out an incredibly modern ethos with free rhythms, explorative quotients, and intuitive lines. And there’s that dreamy daze that spreads with a growing vitality that will change your whole mood. Imagine the bounce, hip-hop, and R&B of Drake or SZA blended with FKJ’s surreal texture. That’s the fringe where Toby Tesla’s music forms. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dll9hjku18q4nqhz93la74qf92hotg monthly 0.5 2024-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3a859329-0c14-438f-a5db-e2512ea2e985/6.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy Halo Rider’s Slow-Brewed, Smoky, Vintage Blues in ‘But You Still Know’ - Halo Rider is violinist, Anne Harris and blues artist/ singer-songwriter,Markus James. They are a novelty duo who occupy a premium space in the music industry. With their creative vision and sophisticated technique, they bind the audience to them irrevocably. Because once you listen to them, dip into their sonic magic, it’s forever. There’s no going back. ‘But You Still Know’ celebrates vintage blues in the cast of raw and rustic country. The track is slow-brewed and mellow. Electric banjo melodies are plucked into the soundscape, which is then connected with smoky vintage harmonies. Anne’s violin accentuates each verse, bridging the many arcs of the track with its velvet sentiment. The African-American culture contained in blues is so beautifully celebrated across the song. Listen now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jane-n-the-jungles-gtfo-a-punky-gritty-alt-rock-avalanche monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/377c3c40-6299-44db-9d3b-255672fbd78c/7.jpg Music Reviews - Jane N The Jungle’s ‘GTFO’ - A Punky, Gritty, Alt Rock Avalanche - The hard driving, gritty, and heavy hitting rock of Jane N’ The Jungle returns with their latest release, ‘GTFO’. The energy is raw and visceral, loud and powerful. Built with slashing riffs, bold basslines, and launching vocals, the angry, violent core of the theme comes form like an avalanche. It is badass and beautiful in heartbreak, unapologetic and unyielding. Listeners of Hayley Williams’ Paramore are sure to enjoy the punky, alternative/nu metal atmospheres of this track. There is a power in owning your pain, especially when someone did you dirty. That’s what the band unerringly strives towards with this track. Dark, dangerous, deep, and disastrous, its waters are not for the faint hearted. GTFO is the first single from their upcoming record with producer Cameron Mizell (Avril Lavigne, Memphis May Fire, Sleeping With Sirens.) And you can surely spot his gusto, grandeur, and everything in between. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bwav9gm3av3plxenonrmhmmyhkxy3g monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9eef511b-5bdc-4eff-8c22-24199169640b/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Nolo Grace Nurtures A Transformative Soundscape With Dream Pop Single ‘Eyes on the Dragon’ - Nolo Grace has a transcendental vision when it comes to sonic craft. The Korean- American singer-songwriter and producer passionately explores the essence of living and its parlance with themes like growth, evolution, transformation, and self. This takes on a more concentrated form in her upcoming album, ‘Eyes of the Dragon’ of which she has released the title track. It is a synth pop sequence that borrows from modern electronic influences, phasing into ethereal and cerebral flows. She has a way of giving abstraction a form that revels with mystique and enchanting melodies. In this track she details dream pop ethos with alt pop excitations. You’ll see colorful synths scattered along pulsing beats and basslines. Grace’s vocals are an evocative spectrum, stringing falsettos with low tonal profundity into the transient beauty of the backdrop. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nadias-alt-pop-profiles-peak-in-her-latest-catch-me-if-you-can monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f1426514-240d-4feb-95fe-07938182454b/5.png Music Reviews - Nadia’s Alt Pop Profiles Peak in her Latest, ‘Catch Me If You Can’ - Nadia has an electric alt pop style. Wiring in moments of R&B, soul, and synth-pop, etc, her soundscapes are full of varied sonic sensibilities. That subtle blurring of genre boundaries breathes new and refreshing interpretations into familiar themes. Her latest release is ‘Catch Me If You Can’, a dream-pop base blended with 00s R&B-pop and retro synths. Dance driven beats lead the listener to peaks of dreamy love and romance. It is electro magic at its best. Nadia’s vocals are easily the hit of the track. Their smoky texture nicely effervesce and dissolve into the depth and summits of the melodic frames. There is also a distinct sense of modernity that runs through the soundscape; an effective contemporary of artists like Rihanna, Beyonce, and Ciara. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shane-rennisons-all-the-scars-a-bright-feel-good-synth-pop monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/072fbc0b-453b-4a18-b294-4849a53dd907/4.jpg Music Reviews - Shane Rennison’s ‘All The Scars’ : A Bright Feel-Good Synth Pop - Shane Rennison polishes his brand of alt pop with each release. Colored with his diverse and spanning influences, his sonic craft stands out like fireworks in the night sky. It is bright, fulfilling, feel-good, and absolutely enchanting. In his latest track, ‘All The Scars’, the artist draws out a synth pop soundscape, elevating it with an orbiting contrast of catchy beats and soulful vocals. It is a heartbreak song with an uplifting trajectory; Spinning this painful human encounter into a comforting, consoling, and hopeful endeavor with sparking melodies, insightful lyrics, and a potent sonic current. Despite so many layers of sound, he retains an authentic, honest, and candid vein that awakens real time emotions in his listeners. This disarming sincerity is easily his best and most fond trait. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-cassava-groove-temples-mountains-of-the-moon monthly 0.5 2024-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/946c5de9-1e58-47d3-9d76-edc88418c46f/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : Cassava Groove Temple’s ‘Mountains of the Moon’ - Cassava Groove Temple is a rhythm aficionado. He sees them as energy waves that he bolsters with evocative melodic currents and patterns. With each release, the artist seems to curate a language with rhythm. It is a beautiful conveyance with aesthetic intention, explorative tones, and intricate detailings. And they engage and immerse the listeners. The artist has just released his sophomore EP titled ‘Mountains of the Moon’. It has an experimental pulse that nicely ties in with the burgeoning ideas and rhythm designs that he lays out. He takes timeless naturalistic frames that we’re all familiar with and modernizes them. He delves into contemporary and fluid styles of electronica and rhythm play like dubstep, techno, industrial. He conceptualizes them. There’s also a distinct psychedelic pulse to these formations. The darting rhythms, textures, and deep mysterious progressions of ‘Le Jungle’ exemplifies this. The track is an intense odyssey with the cosmic taste that is contained in the title. It is a hardcore groove. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/etolubovs-attraction-arabic-remix-ft-ramy-sabry-neo-pop-electro-dance-mystique monthly 0.5 2024-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/19983ff9-edd2-46c7-b06d-a03b2371e9bb/4.png Music Reviews - ETOLUBOV’s Attraction (Arabic Remix) ft. Ramy Sabry : Neo-Pop/ Electro-Dance Mystique - ETOLUBOV is a young Ukrainian neo-pop singer whose music is marked by its dreamy and sensual quotients. The artist’s style blends Latin influences with contemporary world cultures and creative pop structures to create a unique form of expression. Her VSELUBOV album, a nine-track collection that peaks with soft melodies, fluid grooves, and misty vocals. Each track presents different gradients of neo-pop, making the listening experience highly scintillating and refreshing. Taken from the album is the track, ‘Attraction’. It explores desire and hedonism. ETOLUBOV’s vocals are a great interpretation and medium to experience the theme with. Compounded by the seductive and sensual grooves, it is an easy favorite. The artist has recently collaborated with Ramy Sabry to put out an Arabic Remix of the track. The silk and satin of her vocals is punctuated and contrasted beautifully with deep Arabic music cultures. Ramy’s warm vocals and instrumental sequences elevate ETOLUBOV’s moments of mystique, sensuality, romanticism, and dreaminess. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-poetic-atmosphere-of-james-kings-deluge monthly 0.5 2024-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/34d14f14-8d5d-43ec-ad5b-b5f14f5a790b/5.png Music Reviews - Enjoy the Poetic Atmosphere of James King’s ‘Deluge’ - James King sings his poetry. Every element of his soundscape is a language. His intricate network of guitar acoustics, the deep inflections of his vocals, and the bottomless sentiments they carry together. Idyllic and contemplative folk of Nick Drake mingled with the dazing contemporariness of Sufjan Stevens and Elliot Smith. That’s the encompassing spirit of James King. His latest release is ‘deluge’. Alluding to its title, he inundates the mind and spirit with a great sense of listless melancholy. Cast in an expanding acoustic ambience, he uses sparing lines of poetry to induce a pensive trance. Like a mirror, the shimmering melodies and words reflect whatever is on your mind. Is it faith in love he’s singing about or purpose? Or God? Maybe it is youth and the changing tides. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/roisin-o-hagans-midnight-indigo-dream-pop-rock monthly 0.5 2024-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c52fbfb2-a310-486d-9c88-a73c63c1aa06/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Roisin O’ Hagan’s ‘Midnight Indigo’ : Dream Pop Rock - Roisin O’ Hagan is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. Her style is versatile and free as she mingles dream pop with moments of warm country and bolstering rock. She taps into the emotion of each genre; their brand of passion to tell her story. A fluid elegance that never fails to disarm and amaze the listener. Imagine the youth of Olivia Rodrigo blended with the gusto of Hayley Williams, Miley Cyrus’s honest and Swift’s lyrical genius. That’s what Roisin O’ Hagan is about. Her latest release is ‘Midnight Indigo’, a breakup anthem that is vulnerable and soft yet bold and badass. She traverses the spectrum of pop-rock-country to edge her narrative with expressive contexts. Her vocals are raw and real that they effortlessly draw you into her world, its characters, feeling, and stories. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/monotronic-delivers-a-indie-summer-song-with-sun-song monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8767390a-9b59-462e-b749-d22640e14e0e/2.jpg Music Reviews - Monotronic Delivers a Indie Summer Song with ‘Sun Song’ - Monotronic perpetuates a fluid sonic culture that blurs boundaries and embraces a scintillating diversity. Founded by guitarist/ producer, Ramsey Elkholy, the banner has its own distinct plane, vibe, energy, and chill. It’s like drifting through a daze, cerebrally peaking and contemplating. Now, imagine a vintage indie rock daze, sunny and summery. That’s the spectrum along which Monotronic’s latest single, ‘Sun Song’ forms. It’s like basking in the pleasant morning sun, with nothing on your mind and the sea expanding in front of you. A haze of melancholy spreads through the glassy baritones, tingling through the instrumentals. Exploring themes like aimlessness, mundanity, and a lacking sense of purpose, every youth can find comfort in it. The artist brings a lot of romanticism into his aesthetics, dreamy allures that dilate into real and complex states of being. There’s value in continuums. And Monotronic leverages that. Simple, seamless, and creatively monotonal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/me-amp-melancholys-illusio-veri-a-unique-electronic-swirl monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e98600e9-a438-41e7-9ee9-31fd7b187282/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Me &amp; Melancholy’s ‘Illusio Veri’ : A Unique Electronic Swirl - All of us have our own, unique relationships with melancholy. Its fluid state is incredibly elastic and transfers to each individual differently. Musician and producer, Peter Ehrling depicts his interpretations, experiences, and sonic epiphanies with melancholy under his banner, ‘Me & Melancholy’. Hailing from Sweden, he derives inspiration from home bands, The Mobile Homes and Elegant Machinery as he explores synthpop and a new wave sound reminiscent of the 80s and 90s. His latest release is his laudable nine-track album titled ‘Illusio Veri’ aka ‘Illusionist’. Listen Now! ‘Meant to be broken’ pairs electric melodic symmetries with Peter’s vocal melancholia. You’ll see moments of Daft Punk in the creative aesthetics and textural work. ‘I can see you so clearly in the night’ on the other hand is crafted with piercing basslines, wakeful synths, and dazing baritones. You can feel the unrequited passion and loneliness flow through it. The best way to describe his style is ‘emo gone electronic’. Leveraging the versatility of electronic expression, he has posed a stylistic sphere that is original and creative. Tracks like ‘Tears in the rain’ and ‘24 hour square’ juxtapose hyper beats and active synths alongside slow-brewed vocal narratives. A mosaic of music enchanted progressively by tale and sentiments. ‘All the money in the world’ is an experimental piece. Synthwave mingled with mellow industrial, dubstep, and contemporary electronica. This spills into ‘The chosen few’, a composition that forms entirely in dissonance. Slicing lazer synths blaze brights across the track. But the bass lines hold the essence, feeding Peter’s hauntingly hypnotic vocals. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mark-howard-forges-a-acoustic-rock-continuum-with-the-light-behind-us monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/09fd9f1a-2cc7-40ba-95af-610e92e352b2/7.jpg Music Reviews - Mark Howard Forges a Acoustic Rock Continuum With ‘The Light Behind Us’ - Mark Howard has a vintage style. His soundscapes form along the 70s/80s ethos, exploring humanistic things in the way that makes you think, feel, and act. Every track you listen to leaves a profound impact in its wake. His latest is ‘The Light Behind Us’ single, an acoustic rock composition that is in a similar vein of The Beatles, The Byrds, with a tinge of Queen and The Beach Boys. As the riffs rise into the acoustics, it takes on alternative and indie dimensions that are reminiscent of the 90s as well. It throws light on the gravity and beauty of human connections, especially in love and relationships. In the backdrop, he images a sun-cast landscape. The instrumental resonance, of the melodies, riffs, and bass lines, all culminate in forming a light that plays into the theme. Mingled with his hypnotic tone of voice, it spreads out with a grand sense of contemplation and wonder. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-nathan-o-regans-whimsy-in-itll-be-alright monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bfb3c872-04bc-406b-ba4d-586f588e6072/8.png Music Reviews - Experience Nathan O’ Regan’s Whimsy in ‘It’ll Be Alright’ - Nathan O’Regan demonstrates an elating sonic whimsy like no other. Everything is up for play, instrumentals, vocals, genres, ideas, and feelings. His soundscapes are driven by his love for musical improv, spontaneity, and creativity. Each track is a spell of imagination that he journeys down, curious and carefree. You’ll see it even in his latest track, ‘It’ll Be Alright’. It is the first peek into the artist’s upcoming album, ‘Uncovered Vol. 1’. The soul pop core is fleshed out with varied influences like funk, alt folk, blues, jazz, R&B, and trip-hop style beats. Some Marvin Gaye here, a little bit of John Mayer there. You’ll see Janis Joplin-esque vocal deliveries, all culminating in an alternative space that is uniquely classic and engagingly contemporary. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shyfrin-alliance-leaves-a-spectacular-sonic-echo-with-unconditional monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/186e55de-a0c0-427c-938d-7df9d490747d/6.jpg Music Reviews - Shyfrin Alliance Leaves A Spectacular Sonic Echo with ‘Unconditional’ - Shyfrin Alliance has just released their sophomore single, ‘Unconditional’, reinforcing the bluesy, neo-soul magic of their debut. The track is cast in a dispersing vacuum, full of musical echoes and resonance. Lo-fi neo-classicals, shimmering synths, and smoky vocals create a fluid and immersive listening atmosphere. Perfect for the intimate thematic experience, it is composed for infinite reflections and refractions. Listen Now! There’s so much inflection and expression, all rooted in a blues romance as they sway into the composition. As it forms on the fringes of blues, ballads, jazz, and soul, it is reminiscent of the dreamy scores of La La Land. In moments of contrast, low baritonal flows ground the dazing sopranos, nicely reconciling in the climax for a satisfying octave play. It is classic, enchanting, sensual, and beautifully melodic. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wittmars-one-day-dark-velvet-nordic-folk-rock monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/96061702-3f22-40cf-877b-0b97a3cb348a/5.jpg Music Reviews - Wittmar’s ‘One Day’ : Dark, Velvet, Nordic Folk Rock - Of all the deep sonic and stylistic imaginative bands coming out of Sweden, Wittmar is one of the most notable groups as they elevate folk rock to new levels. Crafted with raw vocals and rustic instrumentals, they intentionally move towards the roots of the genre. They seem to wield simplicity with a profound and liberating touch. In their latest release, ‘One Day’, you will especially see the manifestations of these qualities. Shaping themes like hope and metamorphosis, you’ll see their minimalistic philosophies come to beautiful life. There’s a dark quotient to their style. It slithers gracefully into interpretations through the medium of Marika Wittmar’s vocals. Her voice is a delicate blend of hollow and soft, mystique and melancholia that nicely ties into the band’s Nordic provenance. And forming in the context of post rock arousal and absurd sonic notions, you’ll find yourself thoroughly enchanted by their sound. Listen Now! Wittmar is Marika Wittmar - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, Amanda Joensuu - piano, synths, vocals, William Nordlund - electric guitar, Jonathan Kabell - drums, vocals, and Edvin Syrén - bass, vocals. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rye-catchers-elevate-pop-rock-to-new-energy-levels-in-mixed-messages monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dd71d1cf-1ec1-4d6f-ac6d-a492a9745634/4.jpg Music Reviews - Rye Catchers Elevate Pop Rock To New Energy Levels in ‘Mixed Messages’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/5r9rgrb7vz3krxj7azsfx6nhe32ma9 monthly 0.5 2024-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b87e9b67-e273-4804-9784-2852a97434d1/8.jpg Music Reviews - Eddie Cohn - Wave Goodbye - Downtown Session - Eddie Cohn’s indie rock interpretations are an enticing blend of classic and contemporary cultures. Each time you listen to his music, you’ll catch on a wealth of influences that span across time, style, emotion, concept, and ideas. He thinks about simple music in such a deep and evocative sense that it both humbles and inspires the listener. His latest release is ‘Wave Goodbye - Downtown Sessions’. It is an intimate, acoustic rock exclusive that slows down the original version to the point of deep percolation. Each verse, note, and melody is weighted with thoughtful intentions and inflections, perhaps even illuminating the provenance of the track. And listening to it changes the way you perceive and enjoy the original version. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bryan-dubays-holy-days-ep-dazed-folk-rock-ensemble monthly 0.5 2024-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4ff2aea8-d52d-496c-bf03-682a3d5df056/7.png Music Reviews - Bryan Dubay’s ‘Holy Days EP’ : Dazed Folk Rock Ensemble - Bryan Dubay’s music is a drifting acoustic scape. Like passing clouds, his songs flow at their own pace, enchantingly mellow and slow. The artist’s interpretation of folk rock extends to involve post rock and indie styles in immersive ways. Think Elliot Smith and Sufjan Stevens combined with REM and Cocteau Twins. Resonant and dazed folk with a fluid underbelly of rock. His latest release is the ‘Holy Days’ EP, a deeply philosophical and contemplative endeavor, both sonically and lyrically. Across six tracks, you get to experience six worlds of emotion, each one with its own unique sound ecosystem. With beautiful riff textures, melodic patterns, and vocal sentiments, Bryan crafts a garland of thoughts and narratives that remind you of the poignant gravity of living as a human. To listen to the collection is to be reminded of the surreal fact of existence. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dive-into-cristina-movileanus-tapestry-of-folk-in-lavender-moon monthly 0.5 2024-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/94b5becd-9b35-4eea-bd91-5c0b6d865d0e/9.jpg Music Reviews - Dive Into Cristina Movileanu’s Tapestry of Folk in ‘Lavender Moon’ - Cristina Movileanu’s sense of folk transcends many styles, ethos, and cultures. Within a single track, you’re sure to see a range, from traditional and classical folk to more modern chic and rustic frames. Glued with curious and frolicking blues, her soundscapes are intricate tapestries of folk. Her latest release is ‘Lavender Moon’, a single that rings with Cristina’s Latin influences, love for nostalgia, and a passion for hope. Listen Now! In her romanticism and poetry, the artist resembles Neil Young and perhaps even Joni Mitchell. Her vocals, thickened by her Italian accent, are as honest and authentic as can be. Therein lies her entire essence. It is with her vocals that she shifts gears and phases through the spectrum of folk. Seamless and effortless, there is an honest harmony to it that you cannot forget in a hurry. Encompassed by her mystical grace and distinct folk notions, the track is timeless. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-jb-elwoods-contemporary-pop-blooms-in-lost-in-my-ways monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c945c70d-b144-4939-9fed-e4e8cdf02462/5.jpg Music Reviews - Experience JB ELWOOD’s Contemporary Pop Blooms in ‘Lost in my Ways’ - JB ELWOOD is a melodic rock artist and singer-songwriter taking cues from the classic ethos. His style, deeply inspired by artists like Slash and Guns N Roses, is energizing and layered with combusting elements of music. You’ll sure to see power pop presentations with beautiful riff demonstrations, baselines, and beats. There’s also an indie rock flavor that is prevalent in his music which he curates with country folk, blues, rock, and Appalachian rhythms. Songs that trace his heritage, memories, inspiration, and passion for music. That spark of of authenticity runs quite deep on Elwood’s work. You can especially enjoy it in his latest album, ‘Lost in My Ways’. It is a nine track collection that sets out the style and ideas of the artist. He explores pop rock scapes, detailing them with feel-good rhythms, uplifting melodies, and contemplative lyricism. Like One Republic, Coldplay, and The Scripts, Elwood explores light textured rock sound. In the introductory track, ‘Redefined’, we see a vulnerable country sentiments set against the backdrop of poppy beats, contemporary harmonies, and anthemic structures. We see similar rises in ‘Far Away’ and ‘Take Me Back’ as well. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/josh-savages-melancholic-pop-takes-beautiful-forms-in-seeing-red-feeling-blue-ep monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9a87b1c6-d73b-4592-8202-3950ef0ee1f4/4.jpg Music Reviews - Josh Savage’s Melancholic Pop Takes Beautiful Forms in ‘seeing red feeling blue EP’ - Josh Savage is about musical romanticism. It manifests in the themes, the melodic aesthetics, and rhythmic flows. Even the energy and sound textures are oriented to bring out this concept. And the context he brings these elements into are so beautifully contemporary. A vibe that blends Nick Drake and Neil Young with artists like Sufjan Stevens, Ed Sheeran, and James Taylor. Lyrical and contemplative majesty combined with free and explorative soundscapes. His latest release is his EP titled ‘Seeing Red Feeling Blue’. It is a mellow dream span that catalogs intricate states of mind and philosophical consciousness. ‘Fight Another Day’ opens the EP with an uplifting but empathetic tone. It is an eloquent mix of alt folk, contemporary pop, and other lo-fi synth pop influences. With scooting beats and melodic lines in hooks, the track will remind you of artists like Cigarettes After Sex, Amber Run, and others like them. ‘Echoes’ is a slower, more intentionally melodic piece. With acoustics phasing into ethereal combustions of riffs, synths, and vocals, it grasps the theme powerfully. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jsdavani-the-melancholiac-ii monthly 0.5 2024-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0ca083dc-2b7f-4bf7-b8e2-99d48f32cd73/3.jpg Music Reviews - JSDAVANI - The Melancholiac II - Jacoby Davani (JSDAVANI) is a multi-media artist and multi-instrumentalist that specializes in experimental arts and music. He enjoys the avant garde sphere, drenching himself in the absurdity to find and forge meaning out of it. That’s what listening to his music is about. His tracks form spontaneously. The dynamism is born out of artistic intuition and forming intention. His ability to create strange contexts that force the mind to expand, imagine, and adapt is truly incredible. His latest release is ‘The Melancholiac II’ album, a twenty track collection that interprets the world of a melancholic mind. With experimental rhythms, ambivalent structures, and crumbling sense of familiarity, he projects moments of dissonance. Each track is so extravagantly unique and one of a kind. No two formations are alike. It’s almost like he’s cataloging the many ways of melancholia. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/eddy-man-casts-a-contemplative-acoustic-plane-with-the-humble-cottage-by-the-sea monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1988cb3b-f2bb-48f2-9ffc-ce5c6f981b67/7.jpg Music Reviews - Eddy Man Casts a Contemplative Acoustic Plane with ‘The Humble Cottage By The Sea’ - Eddy Man is an alt folk artist who delights in crafting uplifting compositions. His message of positivity and peace flows through every element of his music, the melodies, rhythm, vocal sentiment, and lyrical contemplation. Every time you listen, it somehow seems to simplify the scale of life, its grandeur is elegantly expressed and profoundly speculated. His latest release is ‘Turn Up The Divine’ album, a collection that explores the joy of belief, faith, and worship. The tracks not only flow with grace but reinforce the intimate sphere of connecting with god. It returns faith to a more personal space and creates a sense of freedom with it. ‘The Humble Cottage By The Sea’ introduces the track, a beachy acoustic track that in its mellow and lo-fi simplicity flattens the many dimensions of thought. It draws your mind to a cottage by the sea, where time and life unravel softly and contemplatively. And listening to it, your mind is taken to a point of perspective, clarity, and peace. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lipfords-sunday-morning-a-reflective-alt-folk-projection monthly 0.5 2024-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d7adad1c-ba57-47fa-9a66-5da1a09238ff/1.png Music Reviews - Lipford’s ‘Sunday Morning’ : A Reflective Alt Folk Projection - Lipford celebrates the beautiful nuances of life with music. Music is his love language. His craft is speckled with deep passion that rises into his compositions and presentations. As a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist, he enjoys contemplative spheres with a lot of dilations, both melodically and lyrically. Each of his songs creates that slow-brewed space that you can stretch out in and get lost in the beautiful processes of the mind. His latest release is ‘Sunday Morning’, a curving acoustic hyperbole dressed in soothing baritones, projected melodies, and thoughtful lyricism. It comes alive with each line, his vocals float out of the player and become cast in the air you breathe and the space you inhabit. And much like a Sunday Morning, it reinforces themes of rest, reflection, and relaxation. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alicia-daydreams-delivers-a-silky-dream-with-remedy monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/10954acd-2fbd-4dc6-9b5d-c7d71b3ab810/3.jpeg Music Reviews - Alicia Daydreams Delivers A Silky Dream With ‘Remedy’ - Alicia Daydreams has put out her single, ‘Remedy’, a track that casts a dark, dream pop ambience. Aligning with her DIY, intuitive style, the track flows at the pace of forming thoughts. You can piece together the provenance, outlines, and momentous evolutions of the theme. The track forms with contemporary synths, her vocals matching it in texture and shimmer. It is mellow and lo-fi in a way that is reminiscent of a blend of Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, and Dua Lipa. Her silky vocals acquire beautiful glassy sheens as they transcend to dreamy dimensions. The pop is subtle and surreal, effervescent and effortless. With catchy elements, bluesy notes, and melodramatics, the artist finds her remedy for her toxic relationship. The presentation and interpretation of the theme is youthful and fun. So it doesn’t weigh you down but elates you with its tone and demeanour. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/allegras-dance-pop-comes-alive-in-love-you-right-back-alok-remix monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e95abaa1-b86f-47ff-b423-e5e1932f101e/2.png Music Reviews - ALLEGRA’s Dance Pop Comes Alive in ‘Love You Right Back (Alok Remix)’ - ALLEGRA is a London-based commercial pop and dance music artist. Her introduction to the scene was met with instant acclaim, and was also marked by her collaboration with Tiesto. Full of movement and dynamism, her dance-pop tracks are known to infuse a carefree state of mind. ‘Love You Right Back’ (Alok Remix) is the artist’s latest release featuring the collaboration of electronic music producer Alok. It is a surge of energy, a boost that drives you to incredible moments of dance and celebration. House music accents manifest within enjoyable pop streams to create colorful, fun, and memorable hooks. If you enjoy the work of AVICII, Alan Walker, Alesso, and Marshmello, you are sure to enjoy the spanning magnitude of this EDM pop track. The highs are high and the lows are non-existent. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/peruse-the-alt-country-catalog-of-for-king-amp-countrys-unsung-hero monthly 0.5 2024-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/12538ec6-f463-4407-be74-8d7d474a1810/1.png Music Reviews - Peruse The Alt-Country Catalog of ‘For King &amp; Country’s’ ‘Unsung Hero’ - For KING & COUNTRY have proved their sonic dynamism and versatility by now. The duo with their plentiful accolades and decorations have a perfect sonic brand, which they not only reinforce but elevate with passage of time. The Grammy-winning brothers, Joel & Luke Smallbone have now released their latest album, ‘Unsung Hero’. It is an indie, alt country collection. Its stylistic essence spans across time, reminding of Phil Collins, Elton John, John Mayer, James Taylor, and others like them. The album also hosts a range of artists and sports some fun surprises for the listener. Read on to find out what they are! The album opens with ‘You’re the Voice’, a track that traces country style vocals with contemporary synth pop accents. The hook at the chorus is catchy and addictive as it launches the listener into a great trance. Experiencing the point where the genres interact is so scintillating and subtle. ‘Place in this World (ft. Michael W Smith) has that classic Phil Collins vibe. Soft, contemplative, feel-good, and touching vocal sentiments. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/denise-marsas-rainbow-until-dawn-remix monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d4d0115c-ae21-4a2b-b34e-b150e8a318ca/4.png Music Reviews - Denise Marsa’s Rainbow (Until Dawn Remix) is an Electro Sonic Spectrum - Denise Marsa is a contemporary pop artist with a very versatile interpretation of the genre. With alternative and indie fixtures, she elevates her vision with unique style and transcendental creativity. Her latest release is ‘Rainbow (Until Dawn Remix)’. Like the theme speculates, the soundscape is arranged as a spectrum, broadening from alt folk to acoustic rock, blues, synth pop, and chorals. It is a ballad that curves and frolics with an intuitive sense of rhythm, tone, and style. The remix version adds a lot of electro dimensions that elevates the emotive quotients of the original version. Denise’s vocals are dreamy, silky, smoky and enchanting. The depth of her sentiments nicely contrast the shallow acoustics in the introduction. With progression, they rise into pop florals. Nimble Latin blues guitar details her emotions. And it draws you, takes you and shows you the other side of life. With a promise of magic, enchantment and paradise, the artist infuses the listener with an interest to look beyond, seek a largesse and a glimpse of perspective. If you’re feeling lost in love, life, or just in yourself, the track is sure to edge you to a place of comfort, consolation, and hope. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ducas-good-morning-mama-nature-an-electronica-carnival monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2616dece-3ab3-4f07-8e8c-b2c59b437f1b/3.png Music Reviews - DUCAs’ ‘Good Morning Mama Nature’ : An Electronica Carnival - DUCAs is the electronic music banner of eclectic electronic musician, Alexandros Ducas Kyrkos. His idea of music is dedicated to his capacity to ideate, innovate, and progress. It’s not a conceptual thing with him though, it’s pure vibe, intuition, and energy. He lets the music lead him, liberate his sound and his style. That’s the essential quotient of his work. For when you listen to DUCAs, you will also feel that same sense of freedom and empowering drift. His latest release, ‘Good Morning Mama Nature’ is a scintillating blend of modern electronica with afrobeats, experimentals, funk, jazz, and dance. The track features Victor Ego Emechete and Robert Trydrych alongside DUCAs. It is bountiful, celebrating and rejoicing in the grand intricacies of nature. That sense of joy, connection and surmounting love for the earth that feeds us is an incredible thing to experience in DUCAs atmosphere. It make you feel grounded, alive, and aligned in the best way. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rachael-sages-bluesy-wisdom-sparkles-in-albatross monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c71aa82f-3cd4-40db-a715-edf51ee52e15/2.png Music Reviews - Rachael Sage’s Bluesy Wisdom Sparkles in ‘Albatross’ - Rachael Sage’s style quivers along a string of folk, blues, jazz, rock, and cabaret. She performs her music in a way that brings the song to life; each track rich with expressive instrumentals and vocals. ‘Albatross’ is the artist’s latest release, a cinematic alt folk flow detailed with neo-classicals, intricate acoustics and spotlight sopranos. There’s a definite sense of contemporariness in her performance, but is also wrapped in the enlarging warmth of old-school retro influences. Some Celine Dion, Elton John, Billy Joel, and Joni Mitchell. The albatross is often associated with regret and burden. But Rachel Sage crafts a narrative where you emerge out of that place, ask for help, thrive in a place where wisdom makes you younger and better yourself. Her vocal sentiment combines melancholy with empathy and hope, compassion and grace. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9-o-clock-nasty-hot-disco-shit monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bd754af2-ea3a-4cb4-a891-8784bcd25573/4.png Music Reviews - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty : Hot Disco Shit - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty return with a lo-fi, mellow, and low-lying funk in their latest release, ‘Hot Disco Shit’. As soon as you hear it, you’ll know it’s a 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty composition. The deliberate disregard to conventional outfits, matched with an off-handed sonic brilliance that both confronts and refreshes you. The track is edged with the classic 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty absurdity, blatantly asymmetrical and provocatively funky. But the rhythm is dilated and the grooves are a slow roll like an OG hip-hop track. Slating across it, however, are experimental dimensions. Bass lines slicing through the chiming grooves to create a sense of nostalgia and modernity. The vocals contextualize the scene with their emphatic lyrical input and tone. It is a slow-brewed nastiness. So you’ll experience richness, a more dense flavor, and have a memorable aftermath. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/james-haynes-foundations-is-an-acoustic-rock-contemplation monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/94d297d0-9211-43b6-9dc4-a21c581c2b87/2.jpg Music Reviews - James Haynes’ ‘Foundations’ is an Acoustic Rock Contemplation - James Haynes is a singer-songwriter and indie alt artist. His latest release is the ‘Foundations EP’, a five track collection that forms around introspective themes like self-discovery, making mistakes, healing, learning, and growing. It is all about falling in love with the process. The title track introduces the EP with an alt country, indie pop, and acoustic rock collaboration. Through a blend of acoustic frames, atmospheric riffs, and epiphanic vocal arrangement, the artist demonstrates how most of everything our life will become boils down to the foundations we lay. Charmed by old school artists and classic styles and inspired by contemporary design, his work is the best of both worlds. You’ll catch references to artists like Dave Matthews, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Eagles but also see a lot of James Taylor, John Mayer, and the like. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kelsie-kimberlins-twinkle-is-a-self-affirming-synth-pop-single monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b2d3aab0-fe07-4702-9b98-1c5df5d307dd/1.jpg Music Reviews - Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘Twinkle’ is a Self-Affirming Synth Pop Single - Kelsie Kimberlin adapts the nostalgia nursery rhyme, ‘Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star’ in all its wondrous sentiment in her latest track ‘Twinkle’. Grasping at the essence of it, she builds an uplifting narrative around self-love and celebration. An empowering track that reminds the listener of their uniqueness, strength, and beauty of embracing and being yourself. The track is a synth pop jingle with tinsel melodies, glassy swirls, and feel-good hooks. And through this looping backdrop, Kelsie’s reaffirming vocals sail with an all knowing, confident, fairy godmother-like grace. Her message is so simplistically, yet powerfully composed, in that you’ll want to believe her, listen to her, and draw power from it. The track is self-affirming in a way that not only pushes you to accept yourself but rejoice in it and be glad in it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kats-same-mistake-live-spinning-contemporary-pop-with-a-bluesy-rawness monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8b75e5d2-d30f-47cd-8d45-e416e5b05137/2.jpg Music Reviews - KAT’s ‘Same Mistake (Live)’ : Spinning Contemporary Pop With a Bluesy Rawness - KAT’a music is marked by her raw, visceral, and deep personality. It manifests in her voice as it stretches into a piercing contemporary pop narrative. With her music, she aims to trace the grace of honest and authentic expression. ‘Same Mistake (Live)’ featuring Joe Lavinzki on the guitar is KAT’s latest release. Against a backdrop of nimble and scattered acoustics, her deep voice resonates with a spectacular contrast. Some blues and soul, maybe even a little bit of alt country accents definitely seep into her vocal expression. With long, stretching clear planes of vocals, she presents a spectrum of emotion in a way that is reminiscent of Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and even contemporary artists like Adele and SIA. It is intimate, personal, evocative and revealing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-carsten-schnells-electronic-space-times-in-heiss monthly 0.5 2024-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4bcc4a58-47a8-4162-a780-0bdcba1b1c22/1.png Music Reviews - Experience Carsten Schnell’s Electronic Space Times in ‘Heiss!’ - Carsten Schnell’s soundscapes are progressive electronic capsules that transport you to different dimensions. His interpretations are aimed to sculpt electronica into swirling molds of ideas, concept, dance, and innovation. Schnell is a veteran artist who has been formulating his avant garde potions since the 90s that has drawn comparison between him and Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis. And like Daft Punk, he makes sure to keep it cerebral, ambivalent, and suggestive. ‘Heiss!’ is the artist’s latest release, a track that captures his dynamism and futurism. The track connects two sonic space times. One that is retro, shimmering with alternative accents. And the other, a modern dance music parallel that unpacks house music structures alongside the former. The result is an extraordinary electronic congruence that you can’t help but be awed by. It consumes your consciousness, translates it to your body and activates it with movement sequences. Trippy visuals and patterns engulf your reality and make it worth your while! 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The Drawer is a breakup album, one that retrospectively ties in the fringes and fractures of a broken connection. You’ll see themes that revolve around introspection, reminiscence, heartache, and healing. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/podge-lanes-raw-amp-rustic-alt-folk-presents-extraordinarily-in-left-foot-right-foot-panic monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/596c48c3-7b35-400a-8dea-5f5f20c841aa/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Podge Lane’s Raw &amp; Rustic Alt Folk Presents Extraordinarily in ‘Left Foot Right Foot (Panic)’ - Podge Lane is an Irish alt-country singer-songwriter. The artist has come to be known for his raw and visceral style. Combined with his experimental fancy and unique creatives, his soundscapes are distinctly marked. ‘Left Foot Right Foot (Panic)’ is the artist’s latest release. It is an indie rock formation spruced with mellow country blues and a rustic vocal brand. There’s also some funk and acoustic rock features that prompt the track to flow as it does. The instrumentals are reminiscent of the 70s; especially the guitar work. That vintage pulse nicely settles in. And walking on its rolling grooves is Podge Lane’s intuitive baritones. The expression has that innate charm and authenticity to it. As it dilates and elongates, it reveals the thematic beauty as he sees it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/joshua-pearlsteins-endorphins-an-alternative-pop-bloom monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0f38dd6a-43f6-4c77-abcd-0998d8af6030/9.jpg Music Reviews - Joshua Pearlstein’s ‘endorphins’ : An Alternative Pop Bloom - Joshua Pearlstein has a budding streak for originality. He reimagines pop as a confluence with R&B, soul, cloud hop, funk, and electronica. The soundscapes are driving expositions of everything that pop can be, each track unpacking a new perspective and interpretation of the genre. In a world where most things seem to be done, Joshua is out here casting his sonic spells. In ‘endorphins’ he crafts a lo-fi rhythmic pop track. Bobbing with trap hop beats, a rolling vocal autotune and electronic grooves, the atmosphere is charged with the innovative atmospheres of artists like Daft Punk and Tame Impala. But there’s also hooky pop references to bands like Maroon 5 and Justin Timberlake. The theme manifests in frames, some hypnotic, electronica driven flashes before being bolstered with poppy, feel-good accents. There’s dance, cerebral flows, fun, and concept. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/himmat-singh-beguiles-with-lofi-hip-hop-in-drop-drip monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/77322655-0d8a-4d34-8d24-288c57cba11b/8.png Music Reviews - Himmat Singh Beguiles With Lofi Hip-Hop in ‘Drop Drip’ - The American Indian singer-songwriter and pop rap artist delivers a fresh dimension to the hip-hop scene. Blending elements of Punjabi music with western music culture, he brings on a collision of unseemly styles and makes them sound great. In his latest single, ‘Drip Drip’, the artist crafts a lo-fi synth soundscape, detailing it with mellow beats and melodic vocals. It is a love song expressed as a stream of consciousness flow. The hooks are gradual, coming in like gentle waves. It is the kind of song that washes over you, all its emotion forming like a tale in the mind. The track is also produced minimally. With a simple one dimensional sonic scape, the artist scales up to pervasive planes of emotion. His baritones are contemplative features, dreamy in their monotonal expression that it is easy to escape into it. The charm, elegance, and timelessness of it is definitely something that has you coming back to it over and over. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-red-skies-mournings-electro-pop-wonder-in-beautiful-things monthly 0.5 2024-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ef292b5a-a4bc-413d-9e7f-9c2e2394ff9c/7.png Music Reviews - Enjoy Red Skies Mourning’s Electro Pop Wonder in ‘Beautiful Things’ - Red Skies Mourning’s transcendental brand of dream pop is both an evocative and (sonically) explorative odyssey. His interpretations quite literally transcend, spanning across many genres, musical languages and cultures. The ability to reconcile them all to tell a story is testament to his skill and genius. ‘Beautiful Things’ is his latest release. With a lavish octave play and brimming melodies, it is a soulful synth pop orchestra. The track is a hopeful lament of the protagonist asking his partner to stay. To not give up on the beautiful things they shared and built. Each vocal line shines with this sentiment. The artist’s ability to express such a deep and intimate emotion with incredible detail, clarity, and vulnerability is so powerful to experience. And posed against a backdrop of minimal ethereal synth flows, he demonstrated both the gravity and height of the emotion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jrtas-one-more-toke-is-an-electronic-elevation monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0cdfd6a8-61c4-4a07-8a5f-5a8e7b526052/10.png Music Reviews - JRTA’s ‘One More Toke’ is an Electronic Elevation - Electronic artist and conceptual genius, JRTA has an immersive way of engaging his listeners. Each track is infused with new ideas, evolving and shaping up into the theme with each arc. He has this unique skill of making even the most simple, commonplace things into a special experience. Like in his latest single, ‘One More Toke’, JRTA crafts a drifting ambience of trap beats, dazing vocals, and hypnotic grooves. The track unravels slowly, with a mellow pulse, rising and swelling to a height. It’s not psychedelic but it is definitely cerebral electronica, accentuated with an original contemporariness. And by the end of it, the listener is situated on an elevated plane, hovering in a surreal space that is far removed from the reality around him, ready to take the journey all over again. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-alicia-daydreams-swirling-dream-pop-in-knock-on-my-door monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/242dc427-198e-41e4-bc11-94c69592da6d/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Experience Alicia Daydreams’ Swirling Dream Pop in ‘knock on my door’ - The banner says it all. ‘Alicia Daydreams’ is a neo-soul, R&B tinged dream pop project that swirls around the artist’s thoughts, daydreams, and slow brewing consciousness. There’s never any hurry. You can always linger as long as you want in her soundscapes. She lets the pace of her feelings, experiences, and thoughts drive the rhythm and atmosphere of the song. Her latest release is ‘knock on my door’, a track that winks with neo blues, glistening with contemporary pop brackets, and glassy vocals. There’s a lot of romantic, melodramatic, and silky alternative influences in the track that takes you back to artists like Lana Del Rey and Men I Trust. Her love for poetic expression is especially pronounced as she dives into the spell cast mist of falling in love. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bree-rusevs-alt-folk-languages-form-beautifully-in-finish-line monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/45620547-3a9d-439f-89e4-c0f25760fc47/7.jpeg Music Reviews - Bree Rusev’s Alt Folk Languages Form Beautifully in ‘Finish Line’ - Bree Rusev is an Australian singer-songwriter and alt folk artist with a caliber for evocation that is reminiscent of Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, and Clairo. Her expression is soft and deep like velvet. Textures form and fade. Two languages intertwine, the guitar acoustics speak their own tongue and her vocals, a distinct brand of narrative. You’ll get to see the intuitive mingling of instrumentals and song in her latest single, ‘Finish Line’. Her youthful, innocent sincerity is compounded by the gentle rhythms, expressive melodies, and vulnerable voice. Spanning in texture, from meaningful expression to glassy consciousness, her vocals are a delight to consume. The wisdom in her lyrics flow with a naturality that mingles with the listener’s own experiences. And the result is a beautiful confluence of artistic pulse, both of the artist and the listener. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mikaelize-presents-a-tropical-reggae-atmosphere-with-elle-tait-locan monthly 0.5 2024-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3a14eba3-6535-483b-ad88-a3579fa1b666/6.jpg Music Reviews - Mikaelize Presents A Tropical Reggae Atmosphere with ‘Elle était l’océan’ - French artist and singer-songwriter, Mikaelize’s soundscapes have a sense of melodic endless to them. It stems from his interest and admiration of realities and concepts that stretch beyond what is known. He harnesses their exuberance and infuses it into pop/rock reggae rhythmed ballads. And nodding along, you can drift into an enjoyable vibe. His latest release, ‘Elle était l’océan’ is a vacation-vibed tropically charged track. With mellow streams of melody, a bobbing tempo, and feel good baritones, it makes for a very wholesome listening experience. The track is a beach washed, warm wave of classic/contemporary reggae. Mikaelize’s voice infuses a carefree vacation atmosphere to the soundscape. And the rhythm, bobbing and ebbing is enjoyable with the melodic and harmonies makeup of the song. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mat-hooks-bleed-me-dry-revives-70s-country-folk-quotients monthly 0.5 2024-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/018ff4b3-1e37-44d9-b27c-b22b99f27984/2.png Music Reviews - Mat Hook’s ‘Bleed Me Dry’ Revives 70’s Country Folk Quotients - Mat Hook is an English singer-songwriter. With a love for alt folk that blends a 70s ethos with contemporary flavors, his soundscapes are easy to flow and float away with. The artist has just released ‘Bleed Me Dry’, a track that is evocative in a way that artists like Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, and John Denver. His warm baritones matched with luminous acoustics has a way of instantly enlarging your consciousness. It explores contemplative melancholy with confessional tones and lyricism. The country frames are ignited with stretching blues, filtered by its aching sentiments and wishful ethos. The guitar melodies nicely round and encircle Mat’s vocals, elevating it with its rustic curls and coils. To experience the theme in this setting is extremely moving. It percolates, stews, and inspires a deep rumination. 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They cast a ruminative ambience that put Dax’s verses in the spotlight. His pragmatic message and realistic portrait of a perfect relationship is an incredibly beautiful and touching performance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/salts-monsters-speculate-on-interesting-outlying-amp-alternative-notions monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0feb570f-a1e3-42f3-af15-d989b3d3c92f/11.png Music Reviews - SALt’s ‘Monsters’ Speculate on Interesting Outlying &amp; Alternative Notions - SALt’s music is a forming sonic consciousness. Their alternative post-punk soundscapes are explorative mediums, conduits of novel and original perspectives. And with a style that spans across genres, they emit a prolific sound that attaches intuitively to their ethos. They are not deviants but outliers who send out pulses to a world that does not understand them. Underdogs with an experimental emo quotient. Their latest release is ‘Monsters’, a dark indie rock track that is infiltrated with dissonant vocals, outwordly melancholy, and luminous synths. These contrasting factors are reconciled by the lyrical context. The push and pull is so visceral, raw, and honest; peaking with rock riffs and grooves. If Janis Joplin, Regina Spektor, and The Cranberries collaborated on a track, it would sound like this. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/avpolar-put-on-a-spectacular-electro-show-with-say-my-name monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b38fae67-7c99-4022-ad62-b1e436ba64c3/9.jpg Music Reviews - avPOLAr Put On A Spectacular Electro Show With ‘Say My Name’ - avPOLAr is an electronic music and dance production banner with an incredible momentum. Their sonic pulse is irrepressible as they elevate slapping EDM symmetries with a vocal pop sentience. Radiating energy that can fill up clubhouses and the spirit of dancers, they are quickly making their way up the ladder to top dance music aficionados. Their latest release is ‘Say My Name’, a romantic spell cast in the vocals of Tara-Ashleigh. Bolstered with house builds and techno progressions, it is both cerebrally and bodily evocative. Lined with deep bass murmurs, the listener journeys through a dark trance. It is ethereal, yet so powerfully human. There are also sensual accents that mingle with the melancholy, nicely riding the techno trance swells and blooms. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-chris-ruben-band-deliver-a-psychedelic-rock-swirl-with-parasite monthly 0.5 2024-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/12b4fb28-be36-4ecd-9614-ee6001a02351/9.jpg Music Reviews - The Chris Ruben Band Deliver a Psychedelic Rock Swirl With ‘Parasite’ - The Chris Ruben Band is a New York based indie rock band with a strong pulse. Formed as a reaction to a passion for Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Nirvana, Stevie Wonder, and Tame Impala, they channel that vintage 70s rock spirit into modern rock frames. So you can expect psychedelics alongside gorgeous grunge, pop, and blues rock frames. With their latest release, ‘Parasite’ the band readily claim the title of ‘The Who of the modern era’. Their ideas are incredibly spirited and ardent; with an equal and opposite underbelly that potently sizzles. It is hearty and filled with feel-good grooves. Rushing melodic hooks nicely weave into plugging riffs backdrops to create a dynamic sound. And along this electric hard rock/power pop plane, you’ll see the vocal drama and glistening glamor that is reminiscent of Queen. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/martin-callingham-paints-picturesque-folk-frames-with-patterns monthly 0.5 2024-06-01 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/louise-burkes-artists-rut-blooms-with-animated-alt-country monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/joshua-pearlsteins-wandering-degenerate-a-disco-pop-drama monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/80708919-e7fa-4bce-95e3-e71e07b8d9c3/5.jpg Music Reviews - Joshua Pearlstein’s ‘Wandering Degenerate’ : A Classic Pop Drama - Joshua Pearlstein is an eclectic pop artist. Blending moments of classic pop with a dramatic disco inflection, he taps into a unique storytelling style. He drapes his soundscapes with live emotions that interact with his vocals in real time. It elevates his stream of consciousness narratives, slathering it with active dimensions and dynamic perspectives. The artist has released ‘Wandering Degenerate’, his sophomore single. It chases down the success of his debut single; Developing on some of its ideas and aesthetics. The track is also shaped by electronic rhythms, its mellow modernity dispersing through the soundscape. His emo-ish pop baritones blend Troye Sivan with Billie Eilish. An evocative combo that forms along the melodic planes. In the chorus, you’ll catch a pop-rap/ cloud-hop dynamism as well. Once you dive into the track, it is importable to extricate yourself from it. It is a changing landscape of texture, emotion, sentiment, and melodrama. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-margaret-hooligans-the-stonehengers-a-distortive-folk-rock-glamor monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8dc05e5c-f112-4529-a405-96e4657a54b6/4.jpg Music Reviews - The Margaret Hooligans’ ‘The StoneHengers’ : A Distortive Folk Rock Glamor - Get transported to the vintage rock era with The Margaret Hooligans’ latest single ‘The StoneHengers’. The experimental folk rock/ blues rock duo channel a 70s/ 80s ethos into their signature planes. And the riffs and grooves that come out of it is incredible. And the air of dynamism that rises through it tints it with transient folk cultures : eastern, afro, old American, infused with progressive ideas. The charisma of the duo comes out almost instantaneously. Bold, defiant, and glamorous. Distortions encompass the atmosphere, its garage rock spread clawing the walls. Rustic ukulele tangents add a biting accent and an incredible folk dimension to the composition. The more you listen, the more delightful the promiscuities get. This tumbling sound seems to be extremely random and incredibly intentional all at the same time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cromwell-swings-with-hypnotic-electronica-with-slow-down monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/22b0f880-3771-4982-b19b-9d42597c4ee5/2.png Music Reviews - Cromwell Swings With Hypnotic Electronica with ‘Slow Down’ - Cromwell is a modern electronic artist with a flair for experiment. They are all about the potency, especially in concept. It all forms like a visual, ready to be absorbed and enjoyed by the brain. Their style is inspired and informed by electronica, funk, synthwave, and pop. Stacked up, layered and nuanced, each soundscape projects a story as a psychedelic, hypnotic, and dreamlike fantasy that enlivens the listener. Especially if you like artists like Daft Punk, Tame Impala, and Kavinsky. ‘Slow Down’ is the band’s latest single. The rhythms are pressed and swirled inextricably with the theme. A dystopian world unfolds. A world where all this fast-paced, mindless, unsavored lives catches up to us. The track is both a haunting prophecy that snatches your breath away. Wiry grooves, electric synths, and dark atmospheric basslines detail it. And imposed against this backdrop is the apocalyptic pulse of the vocals, tested and driven by life’s mysteries. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/brooke-moriber-casts-us-in-a-lovely-reverie-with-more-love monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/19ed4926-5ade-4364-b74c-73b7419ff063/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Brooke Moriber Casts Us in a Lovely Reverie with ‘More Love’ - Brooke Moriber is a singer-songwriter and soul artist. Marked by her vocal ability to grasp at the deepest emotion and loftiest evocation, her sonic endeavors are powerful. Her latest release is ‘More Love’, an affecting commentary about the transformative and transcendental quality of love. The artist explores its healing and harmonious grace. Its magnetic powers that pull people and communities together. It is a very immersive listening experience. With the flourishing acoustics and floating neo-classicals casting an ethereal aura, Brooke leads with a confident and bold vocal line. Her conviction is arresting and the sentiments are irrepressible. All of these elements launch into a spanning sky of contemporary pop that is reminiscent of artists like Celine Dion, Adele, and Sam Smith. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/barstool-confession-grants-us-a-feel-good-country-rock-track-with-tamed monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7225fe64-31f7-4264-914f-9e571a387e1a/6.png Music Reviews - Barstool Confession Grants Us a Feel-Good Country Rock Track With ‘Tamed’ - Imagine meeting a stranger at a bar and feeling that deep sense of connection, like you’ve known each other all your life. That’s what listening to Barstool Confession feels like. The Canadian rock band celebrates time honored traditions, especially with music. Their rock, oriented towards country/ Americana, is familiar, comforting, wonderfully old school. Think Dave Matthews, Eagles, Clearwater Creedence Revival, and Bryan Adams. Their latest release is ‘Tamed’, a track that delves into the innate freedom of feelings like love. They cannot be tamed, controlled, or censored. With feel-good vocals, confessional lyrics, and a renewing instrumental framework. It is warm, melodic and perfect to feel all your feelings too. They find words, passion, emotions, and sentiments to things that you can't express and articulate. If you want someone to sing your heart’s song, then this band is for you. 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It explores the borders of reality, sauntering to areas of mystique and unreality to discover a sense of self. Flowing and ebbing like an undulating ocean, the sopranos wash over the listener. Spiraling in blues, it solicits a powerful evocation. The journey is in the vocals for sure. The slightest of inflections speak to emotional information. And with each arc, it all ties in to fathom a great narrative. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/frannie-b-delivers-a-lavish-electro-pop-track-with-game-over monthly 0.5 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0701b443-328d-4254-92f8-45f7e059f060/3.png Music Reviews - Frannie B Delivers A Lavish Electro Pop Track with ‘game over’ - Frannie B’s essence is contained in her musical vibrance. Combining her storytelling vigor with dreamy atmospheres and dance music, she creates an infectious loop. Her latest release is ‘Game Over’. It is a youthful dance pop number that is reminiscent of artists like Zedd, Chainsmokers, DAYA, and Zara Larson. That distinct 2010s ethos fills the soundscape. In the verses leading to the chorus, you’ll see a mellow electro pop backdrop. As it progressively becomes vivid, you’ll catch melodic house and techno elements, rhythms and beats. And when the beat drops and the vocals become angled, it is nothing short of intoxicating. The best part of Frannie B is her ability to create many different experiences within one soundscape. You can either immerse yourself lyrically, in the melodies, in the dance, or in the elemental variations of them all. Each one is separate and conjoined. In essence, they spread out and elevate the listening experience in layers. 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And ethereal reward that transcends perhaps everything you are familiar with and accustomed to. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/powers-of-the-monks-puffy-head-is-a-spanning-acoustic-folk-track monthly 0.5 2024-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad737d37-7550-4ef6-8f66-1195087ee659/7.jpg Music Reviews - Powers of the Monk’s ‘ Puffy Head’ is a Spanning Acoustic Folk Track - Powers of the Monk is an alternative band with influences that span across an impressive spectrum. Their sonic productions are dotted with past interests, intersecting with new and present ideas. You’ll see the sobered down version of the electro rock band they were in 2005. Forming in the backdrop, it nicely rides into the indie folk and indie pop aesthetics that they began to associate with in 2020. Their latest release is ‘Puffy Head’, a pastel washed, mellow breeze that is reminiscent of artists like Sufjan Stevens, Elton John, and Bon Iver. The track spreads out like a seamless valley. Warm toned melodies sway into dreamy vocal falsettos. There’s an enjoyable levity to the track that is somehow both stimulating and sedating. Glassy tangents light up the rousing acoustic atmosphere. If you enjoy serene, vintage summer folk, then this track is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/my-satellite-declares-a-trippy-pop-rock-reality-with-denial monthly 0.5 2024-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/24f039aa-df83-4526-86fd-45b954edc448/4.png Music Reviews - My Satellite Declares a Trippy Pop Rock Reality with ‘ Denial’ - My Satellite is a funk covered, groove powered, psychedelic indie rock band from Los Angeles. Their ideas are inspired by abstract and mind-bending concepts. And they manifest completely in rhythms, melody lines, vocal refractions, and meandering basslines. The result is a dimension filled listening experience. Their latest release is the ‘Denial’ single. The theme is presented as an extraction of trippy pop rock that is reminiscent of artists like The Strokes, Tame Impala, and Daft Punk. The soundscape is bolstered with colorful rooms of pop hooks that bleed into the rocky grooves and dazing vocals. Its eccentricity is mellow, slowly rising into moments of soft euphoria. Each arc spreads out like a misty sky, blurred with dissonant melodies and shoegaze mysteries. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/luanne-hunts-if-you-see-peace-is-an-enlightening-alt-folk-track monthly 0.5 2024-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8f76bd6b-09e5-4ef8-85c5-5df27c3b51c4/5.png Music Reviews - Luanne Hunt’s ‘If You See Peace’ is an Enlightening Alt Folk Track - Luanne Hunt is a singer-songwriter and folk country artist with an ethereal pulse. Her presentations are deeply human, intimately and confessionally wound. And with swirling instrumentals, she elevates the listening experience. Her latest release is the ‘If You See Peace’ single, a track that achingly captures the joys of peace and harmony. In a world that is addled with caste wars, racism, hate, oppression, and violence, she creates a music society that celebrates finding and discovering peace. The track is set against a mild orchestral backdrop. Rising violins play into moments of immersing piano melodies. Luanne’s vocals quiver with the delicate rhythms and beauty of virtues like love, trust, community, and compassion. And as you listen to its graceful and angelic swells, a powerful peace overcomes you, crashing in its simplicity and elevating in its philosophy. 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Orchestral structures play into this energy, improving on the energy vividly and powerfully. By the climax, this complex ecosystem grants the listener a grand sonic production. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sarantos-casts-us-in-a-nostalgic-cinema-with-old-town-in-europe monthly 0.5 2024-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c17cf1f7-cf48-4e30-8458-bc1a8d95bf10/10.jpg Music Reviews - Sarantos Casts Us in a Nostalgic Cinema with ‘Old Town in Europe - Sarantos liberates pop and rock as we know it. Drawing from 80s styles and sonic makeups, he innovates their boundaries with moments of diversity. And the result is an effortless and elegant piece of work that presents perspective without being obnoxiously pretentious. It feels almost ordinary, except your mind is being scintillated with each curve. His latest release is ‘Old Town in Europe’ for which he dives into a classical sphere. Using aching instrumentals, tender accents, and soft blooms, the track abjectly captures the spirit of the theme. It transports you to archaic Europe, laid out with culture and history. It’s like watching a black and white movie, a nostalgic cinema with cascading frames of old Europe. The violins lead the track, underpinned with orchestral quips, cello melodies, and an expressive beat line. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/odelets-pisces-pie-is-a-delectable-neo-jazz-consciousness monthly 0.5 2024-05-23 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-splendid-pop-innovations-of-baaj-amp-baaj-in-i-cant-think-spring-version monthly 0.5 2024-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dc73af88-d0c8-4862-bfb3-e95799991535/8.jpg Music Reviews - Experience the Splendid Pop Innovations of Baaj &amp; Baaj in ‘I Can’t Think (Spring Version)’ - Baaj & Baaj is a pioneering modern pop artist. His soundscapes defy convention and change the way you approach the pop genre. He loves to perceive melodic frames where catchy rhythms meet mesmerizing harmonies, with textures and beats enriching the listening experience. And this forms the crux of his sonic project. Innovating and moving to a newer, more creative scene of expression. His latest release is ‘I Can’t Think (Spring Version)’. It is a titanic synth pop production that forms on the fringes of 80s culture and avant garde stylings. Fusing experimental rhythms with visual synths, vocal psychedelics, and fresh concepts, he projects a vivid tapestry that improves on the original version with varied patterns and perspectives. 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This combination incepts the mind, its cerebral rolls altering reality with its abstractions. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/b-macks-duckgrease-burning-at-the-crabhouse-smacks-with-funk-hip-hop monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bfd2b4d0-8321-414e-a553-57916c3e36c2/9.png Music Reviews - B-MACK’s ‘Duckgrease Burning At The Crabhouse’ Smacks With Funk Hip-Hop - Bruce Mack or B-MACK is a versatile artist and sound producer. He dips into the spectrum of hip-hop, funk, groove, soul, and R&B, sliding through them with an effortless charisma. His work channels the free form, spontaneous, and fun ethos of the 90s. He likes putting things together and then follows their interactions and representations of the theme. His latest release, ‘Duckgrease Burning At The Crabhouse’ is performed alongside vocalist and fellow artist MsLarayne. The funk equalizes the absurdness of the theme, taking it to arenas of swag and comedy. The soundscape is incredibly dynamic. You’ll spot a lot of old-school references, presented with a fashionable modern design. MsLarayne’s vocals will throw you back to Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaugh, and Aretha Franklin. The blues glaze over you like a mist, a fine contrast to the wiry and hip-hopping trinkets in the rest of the soundscape. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dive-into-the-plush-visual-scapes-of-marc-schusters-arguably monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ari-joshuas-one-dub-is-a-delightful-spray-of-funk monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d4c00e93-8e0b-4c62-8ac4-7b2e8cdc7ba2/7.jpg Music Reviews - Ari Joshua’s ‘One Dub’ is a Delightful Spray of Funk - ‘One Dub’ is Ari Joshua’s latest funk wrapped sonic goodie. The track features the talent of John Morgan Kimock, Andy Hess, and Eden Ladin on the instrumentals. Inspired by reggae rhythms and surging tropical contexts, it spreads out with incredible vibes, color, textures, patterns, and psychedelics. The vintage appeal is sure to elate and elevate the ambience, taking you back to the 60s and 70s. However, in pure Ari Joshua style, the composition is also influenced by moments of curious experimentation and crafty sequences. They manifest as improv jazz flows that vividly imprint on the 4/4 time signatures. Like a continuum, Ari keeps improving on the foundation, layering it with variant bits of funk, groove, soul, and blues. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/explore-the-ethereal-mystique-of-agons-bridges-between-worlds monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d92ed6ae-4a41-412a-8596-04802f680dcd/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Explore The Ethereal Mystique of AGON’s ‘Bridges Between Worlds’ - AGON’s interpretation of hip-hop and rap music is oriented towards the atmospheric and cinematic. All his tracks stem from a place of deep thought and experience; manifesting as a pervasive consciousness in the listener. And his narratives are dedicated to shaping and distilling the theme. So you won’t hear any swear words and curses stringing the soundscape. With dedicated descriptions and expressive language, the sonic matter revolves authentically around the theme. AGON’s latest release, ‘Bridges Between Worlds’ flourishes with ethereal constructs. It is dark and mysterious with moments of futuristic electronica and ambivalent vocals. His voice is like a fracture of language in an otherwise well-established sonic world. Using minimalistic sequences and mellow flows, he is able to shape a complex and astounding scene. 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Combining her innate emo propensities with insurgent excitations, they take us back to the angst of 90s artists like Rage Against The Machine and Linkin Park. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/melina-hazewood-memories-are-now-ghosts monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/64797b28-df9f-4aee-8aaf-c723238a8880/15.jpg Music Reviews - Melina Hazewood - ‘Memories are now Ghosts’ - Melina Hazewood’s music is emotionally transcendental. It’s a medium to ascend to a new plane of feeling and experiencing life. The singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist is known for her vocal flair, especially in her ability to expand it to rapturous degrees. ‘Memories are now Ghosts’ is Melina’s latest single. Listeners of Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Gracie Adams are sure to enjoy the plush and lifting compositions of this artist. Minimalistic melodies, dollop beats, an ethereal ethos and soulful sopranos make up the soundscape. Despite the subtle personalities that she gives them, they gain an immense contemplative depth as they progress. Pieces of people, relationships, emotions, and memories collide into each other to puzzle out a brimming nostalgia and an aching melancholy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/roll-with-funk-rock-grooves-in-small-black-arrows-trojan-horse monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/26ce4fda-13a7-473f-b124-612be58c1ff2/14.jpg Music Reviews - Roll With Funk Rock Grooves in Small Black Arrows’ ‘Trojan Horse’ - Small Black Arrows is an indie band with many tricks up their sleeve. Sonic magicians of sorts, they fuse rolling funk grooves with spells of contemplative folk and experimental pop. They are even known to extend the funk with soul, R&B, and neo-jazz atmospheres. Listening to them excites a fresh sonic state of mind. If you mix Daft Punk’s cerebral ideas with moments of Tame Impala, Tom Misch, and Phoebe Bridgers, that’s what SBA sounds like. In their latest release, ‘Trojan Horse’, the band flushes a mellow funk frame with atmospheric vocals, dissonant realities, bluesy grooves and dispersing synths. Its melancholic subtexts rise into the forlorn heartbreak philosophies in the vocals. The sentiment and cynicism of the betrayed is at the core of it all. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jeff-vidovs-oh-mi-da-dey-di-a-sonic-tiramisu monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b2d767a8-b776-4e50-b2a7-091cd40f5998/13.png Music Reviews - Jeff Vidov’s ‘Oh mi da dey di’ : A Sonic Tiramisu - Jeff Vidov is a Canadian composer and pianist. Having won many accolades in the classical music sphere, the artist has now diverged into pop-rock. Think Phil Collins, Elton John, and A Great Big World. His track, ‘Oh mi da dey di’, rings with the feel-good 80s influences that are associated with these artists : Hearty and anthemic vocals combined with brimming instrumentals. Catchy hooks shimmering with synths and atmospheric riffs. The artist infuses orchestral structures also into the track. We see its expansive, cinematic presence in the bridge, lighting up the vocals. Add to this a layer of vibrant ripples of bubbles of synths, pressing against the many layers of rock, pop, orchestra, and vocals. It is a fantastic tiramisu, juicy with melody, details, patterns and textures all across the board. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ys82njyo76hbegsgg2437of369lahf monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bc8bef04-9e1c-4f6c-adfb-bb0f098b3ce3/12.png Music Reviews - Kelsey Hart’s Folk Country Unravels With Grandeur in ‘Life With You’ - Kelsey Hart is a folk-country artist with an incredible knack for storytelling. He paints a picture, colors it with authentic emotions, deep perspectives, and pockets of personality. And sailing on these melodic undulations, you experience the artistic intimacy that acts like John Mayer, Dave Matthews, and James Bay are known for. ‘Life With You’ is Kelsey’s latest single, an aching, larger than life, love song. It forms with timeless poetry, evocative vocals, and acoustic grandeur. His warm baritones are the focal point of the track. With each inflection, he orchestrates the instrumentals. To experience the force of the lyrics in this setting is truly arresting. The contrast of mellow acoustics to the spell-casting vocal expression especially drives the song home. If you like artists like Adele, John Legend, Sam Smith, and the like, you’re sure to enjoy the vocal rush of this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dive-into-the-explorative-spheres-of-energy-whores-mach9ne monthly 0.5 2024-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b6e4cd9d-2440-4fe7-986d-3af87498782f/11.png Music Reviews - Dive Into The Explorative Spheres of Energy Whores’ ‘MACH9NE’ - When you think of Energy Whores, it’s impossible not to think of sonic extrapolation. Consisting of NRG, Kijani, Suzume and Luna, their music is a stimulatingly alien mix of hyper-pop, synth pop, and electronica, all culminating in a unique brand of dance music. Full of cerebral influences, their stylistic agents are sparked by their penchant for deep explorations. High on concept and inspired by rhythm, that's how their music comes to life. ‘MACH9NE’ is the band’s latest single that explores the philosophical, existential, ethical, and cultural nuances of man’s interaction with technology. Reminiscent of Daft Punk, the band crafts elaborate backdrops that are abstract and cinematic. Colored with slick mixes of tech house, dubstep, funk, pop, and industrial, they progressively forge a reality that is both haunting and hypnotic. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/discover-trapts-alternative-rock-tapestry-with-the-fall-teaser-2-ep monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dffeaf85-24c2-4cd4-9095-7a5461ccefde/10.jpeg Music Reviews - Discover TRAPT’s Alternative Rock Tapestry with ‘The Fall Teaser #2’ EP - TRAPT is an alternative rock band with a love for dimension. They bring this about with immersive moments of distortive rock, psychedelia, trance and experimentals. It impresses dynamic patterns on your reality, thoughts, contemplations, and worldviews. Like an oasis of vibrance that gives you respite from the mundane. The band has release their long awaited ‘The Fall Teaser #2 EP’, a five-track collection that is sure to astound you with matchless ideas and experimental genius. Be it the visuals, the resonance, the design, and the aftermath. Listeners of REM, Talking Heads, and Tame Impala are sure to enjoy the shimmering atmospheres of this EP. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kzqgnziqr20i6psmy0pu5ne2uwc4q9 monthly 0.5 2024-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/32df9a1b-7af6-48d6-91c9-8a9cfde8a049/9.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Techno Mastery in KMALECTRO’s ‘Panta Rhei’ - KMALECTRO is a techno master. His soundscapes have a way of piercing through the atmosphere and forming all around you. It is visceral, immersive, and full of probing vitality. His latest single is ‘Panta Rhei’ a track that teems with fantastic rhythms, enchanting pulse, and an ascending high. The artist plays around with mainstream techno, infusing it with moments of outworldly harmonies, echoes, and kaleidoscopic melodies. The cerebral quotients of the track are pretty high, which is only compounded by slick and smooth progressions. Kmalectro ushers in a lot of trance, afrobeats, house and EDM into it, compounding them cumulatively to elevate the techno action of the track. When you listen to it, you can’t help but be transported by all the layers, inlays, deltas, and islands of sonic scenes. It is a technicolor panorama tempting you to dissolve in it. 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It is a 16 track series that showcases such a vivid and varied ethos; with each track transporting you to different territories of experience. Taken from this album is ‘Unconditional’. Each melody, with its aftermath stained with echoes, is vested with a sense of boundlessness that ties back to the title. It doesn’t flow, but undulates, up and down forming a circular continuum. So it feels like you’re suspended under a water that is lit by captivating streaks of light. A sense of surreality and outworldliness engulfs your frozen consciousness and liberates you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-origins-of-nebulaes-indie-rock-skies-in-motion-blur monthly 0.5 2024-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e77c6b3e-5b13-4251-be25-1fbede3a5bd5/3.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy Origins of Nebulae’s Indie Rock Skies in ‘Motion Blur’ - Origins of Nebulae is an indie rock band from Marseille, France. Their compositions expand to larger than life scenarios with frames that extrapolate and expand the ambit of feeling. It’s like experiencing human emotion and consciousness in an ethereal dimension. It is contemplative, incredibly conceptual, and deeply sonorous. If you enjoy the work of Beach House, Slowdive, and Cocteau Twins, then you’ll love the slow dancing revelations of this band. Origins of Nebulae has just released their latest album, ‘Motion Blur’. It is a very visual album, spanning across stylistic, experimental, and explorative lines. With smooth rhythms, they project a sense of timelessness and boundlessness. And as you listen to it, the feeling that you’re in the middle of nowhere is incredibly affecting. In the best way. They carve out surreal landscapes and dream spheres to escape into. You can rise into cerebral pods or go into a trance cave. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ow9qjqo0ssh7jtoxlfurd326e1p8z7 monthly 0.5 2024-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1cfec2fd-6b85-43fe-a9f6-d2d9fb9d6496/2.jpg Music Reviews - POINT3NINE’s ‘High Rollin’ 2 EP’ is Abstract Hip-Hop at its Finest - POINT3NINE is where conceptual hip-hop, experimental rock, and psychedelics meet. So you can only imagine the diverse magnitude of his music. It cuts across layers and fleshes out a distinct sonic ethos. The artist debuted in 2023 with his LP, Black Fly. Since then, he has fleshed out many brackets of his aesthetic, polished his sound with bolder and more confident strokes of avant garde. Listening to him is not only a sonic exercise but a cerebral and creative one. His latest release is the ‘High Rollin’ 2 EP’; a collection that continues the work that he introduced in Part 1 (which was released in March 2024). The collection hosts six tracks that traverse spheres of rock, electronica, hip-hop, trip hop, and even street music. The artist loves the undefinable, the inexplicable. You’ll see a return to abstract and cryptic notions in his sound. I like to think of it as a code that reveals itself a little with every listen. Like a master puzzle maker, he leaves a lot of space for contemplation, guiding his listener only with mellow prompts. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-projects-all-i-ever-needed-anthemic-indie-rock-surge monthly 0.5 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e275a2c8-08b5-4e65-b758-20274373dec7/4.jpeg Music Reviews - The Project’s ‘all i ever needed’ : Anthemic Indie Rock Surge - The Project keeps the Cali rock power going with latest single ‘all I ever needed’. Bolstered with anthemic guitars, high beats, and passionate vocals, it burns like a fantastic fire. This brand of pop rock is loaded with grandeur that is so incredibly human. With punk accents, atmospheric basslines, and a youthful disposition, it lights up with 90s and 00s indie rock ethos. Artists like Modest Mouse, The Strokes, The Smiths, and Franz Ferdinand come to mind. The best part of this track is its liberating, feel-good energy. It is based on the beauty and force of human connection. With the arresting vocals at the center of it, the soundscape launches you into a fiery, exhilarating, and euphoric high. Because the sentiment is so addictive, so free and so open, you can’t help but return over and over. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/neil-c-youngs-reworks-vol2-a-dazzling-jazz-dynamism monthly 0.5 2024-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/df0a47ea-4b97-4f76-aa54-6988b44530eb/2.png Music Reviews - Neil C Young’s ‘ReWorks Vol.2’ : A Dazzling Jazz Dynamism - Neil C Young is a UK-based jazz guitarist with a vitality that rivals Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis. His tracks are a dynamic lens through which the world becomes a little more exciting and excitable. Everything happens on a brink of another thing, standing on the edge of the world kind of feeling, even when you’re dribbling your fingertips on the table in your room. It is brisk and light, playful and free like a breeze. That’s the essence of this artist. And with each track, it becomes reinforced in new and interesting contexts. Neil’s instrument of choice is the jazz guitar. Sliding his fingers effortlessly across its strings, he crafts animated frames that pull the listener into imaginative and histrionic tales. His compositions are built with moments of slapstick, drama, movement, and emotion. In his latest release, ‘ReWorks Vol. 2’, a four-track EP, this artistic element especially comes through. Each track connects momentous evolutions of a story, like a flip book. There’s never a dull moment. Allows the mind to kick back and enjoy a sonic movie of sorts. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mercurius-evocation-an-alternative-rock-daze monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/69fb0b01-19b6-487d-a145-9487e924b71c/13.jpg Music Reviews - Mercurius’ ‘Evocation’ : An Alternative Rock Daze - Mercurius is an alt rock father-son band. The duo’s ideas have that revolutionary 90s ethos to it. And embellished with sophisticated technique, remarkable skill, a burgeoning passion, and a strong camaraderie, their music is where it’s at. With ‘Evocation’, their latest release, the band brings a gritty and transcendental dimension with a prog rock and alternative blends. A roaming, distortive bassline slathers the soundscape in dazing dissonance. Atmospheric riffs, punching beats, and an expanding rhythm create incredible layers. And traveling through them, the vocals seem to gain an evocative power that rides into appreciating the theme. This intention in sound design uncovers the elegant and creative workings of the band. We also see cerebral elements and psychedelic accents infused into this. It is fantastically stimulating and sedating. If you enjoy the work of Nirvana, REM, and Talking Heads, you’re sure to enjoy Mercurius. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-spanning-folkscapes-of-kat-reinherts-greenlights monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a04a556c-49fb-45da-8f4f-3525c411020a/12.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy The Spanning Folkscapes of Kat Reinhert’s ‘Greenlights’ - Kat Reinhert’s music forms in the same plane as artists like Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Hank Williams, and Elliot Smith. As a singer-songwriter and folk artist, she likes to immersively capture a frame of life. That’s where her love for creating instrumentals ambience that says just as much, if not more than, as the vocals, manifests. In her latest single, ‘Greenlights’, she explores heartache, fleshing it out in the context of healing and moving on. Kat strings together an aching tapestry of acoustics. They tie into each other like a conversation between old friends. Nurtured by the gentle valleys of her storytelling, the instrumentals gain picturesque dimensions. Dreamy melodic moments tie into the alt country lines as she leads us into a delivering climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/discover-richard-greens-instrumental-genius-in-a-legacy monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7fdb5942-bf2a-4150-be06-1eb461fdcc8f/11.jpg Music Reviews - Discover Richard Green’s Instrumental Genius in ‘A Legacy’ - Richard Green is an Italian musician, guitarist, and composer based in London. His brand of neo-classicals is a craft driven by the promise of passion, hope, beauty and joy. Leveraging curious and playful structures, he projects a sonic cinema that revives the listener. Cast in a lilting sphere of uplifting contemplations and ambient blooms, it is easy to fall in love with his work. ‘A Legacy’ is Richard Green’s latest single. It is a violin piece with a reproducing rhythm. Using small inflections and gradual variations, the artist nurtures it across the board. Much like a legacy. Designed as a continuum, every note carries the evolution of the first note, slipping into frames of joy, celebration, reminiscence, tradition, and looking to the future. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/listen-to-gianni-bodos-elegant-sonic-language-in-le-silence monthly 0.5 2024-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/122cef11-de55-4ea3-988d-f7c0195d6b02/4.jpg Music Reviews - Listen to Gianni Bodo’s Elegant Sonic Language in ‘Le Silence’ - The perfect word to describe Gianni Bodo’s music is ‘poignant’. His creativity and vision has a richness that is both profound and universal. In listening to his music, you’ll find a sense of familiarity that is wrapped in refreshing ideas and presentations. There’s also a versatility to him. His ability to adapt moods, tones, languages and soundscapes to fit the ethos of his themes are so elegant. You’ll especially experience it in his latest release, ‘Le Silence’. The track, composed around the virtue and vices of silence is a resonant piece of work. Cast in shadows, echoes, abstract sentiments, and melancholic arcs, it captures the many gradients of the sound. As you follow his baritones, you journey through the aching essence of the theme while also experiencing its absence and loudness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/strawflower-casts-an-indie-rock-expanse-with-burned-blue-ep monthly 0.5 2024-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bdae08b9-7f6b-4b6c-b426-7a42a5d16f34/3.jpg Music Reviews - Strawflower Casts An Indie Rock Expanse With ‘Burned Blue EP’ - Strawflower operates in pastels. The band’s sound is washed with abstractions and silent psychedelics. It is instantly atmospheric and enjoys exploring liberated spaces. Listening to their music infuses a sense of boundlessness, like you’re in a flat space with an unrelenting and unapologetic insistence on being itself. It’s like you’re standing in a large field of grass and you feel and see everything and nothing at the same time. Their latest release is the ‘Burned Blue EP’, a three-track collection that reinforces the beautiful bonds between surf rock, 90s indie, against an expanding pop sky. The title track extrapolates the feeling of falling love, mingling with facets like dreams and destiny to form a surreal reality. Warm toned baritones absorb into the funk involved mellow rock riffs. Color is bound intricately with lyrical and sonic visuals. Blue of all gradients, shades, and essence leak into each other. ‘Tiki Bar’ blows like a warm summer breeze; its narratives matching its predecessor. And finally ‘Haunting of the Hollywood Hills’ ties it all in with its vintage Californian blues. The rock on this is more vivid and bold. Throws us back to 70s Kinks, some Pink Floyd and Queen. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/polyvoda-elates-with-latest-mellow-hip-hop-album-pilgrims-never-come-back monthly 0.5 2024-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4f6691e6-308f-48eb-9d69-ddc397dcaa58/2.jpg Music Reviews - Polyvoda Elates With Latest Mellow Hip-Hop Album ‘Pilgrims Never Come Back’ - The Ukraine-based neo-soul band is known for their novel sound. Refracting post rock, indie and alternative genres with experimental and innovative elements, their sonic sphere is resounding with creativity, insight and profound perspectives. It’s like a light breeze that alleviates the summer heat. Refreshing in its originality and standing out in its natural levity. Formed in 2022, the group explores many themes, consistently elevating it to transcendental planes of experience. ‘Pilgrims Never Come Back’ is Polyvoda’s latest release; a spanning album of eight songs that grapple with the overlapping spaces between nature and human experience. It’s a hip-hop collection that is wired with conscious narratives, modest modernity, funk accents, and alternative expression. It is the voice of the contemporary world. All the tracks would perfectly fit into the new age hip-hop section of the colors catalogue. The band leaves a lot of space for nebulousness, recognising its potential for contemplation and interesting dialogue. And stylistically, you’ll find yourself drawing parallels to artists like Loyle Carner, Jehst, Kae Tempest, and the like. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fly-into-the-gritty-absurdity-of-9-o-clock-nastys-bad-monkey monthly 0.5 2024-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f65f6438-60f7-42a6-8a28-cf71121a83ba/1.png Music Reviews - Fly Into The Gritty Absurdity of 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty’s ‘Bad Monkey’ - 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty gets grittier, snottier, and nastier with every release. They love to celebrate human folly, extrapolating it with absurd notions and cerebral pulses. In their latest single, ‘Bad Monkey’, the band flatlines the funk and upps the ante in the alternative sphere. With post punk fusing into revving pieces of grunge, it is nebulous and stimulating eerie. Like a cold, dark, winter fire. Listen Now! The track is built up with distortive riffs. And its fog is manipulated with meaty chords, dispersing melody lines, and the chaotic vocals. We also see garage rock setups that tie into the grunge-y rolls. Like packing a blasting agent with gun powder, these two load the vocal trajectory, emotion, and evocation. It is incredible how this band achieves the most unexpected sonic chemistries even in predictable scenarios. The band debuted in 2021 and has since released a plethora of singles (31) and a couple of albums. Each release seems to strap on a reputation of fun, abandon, freedom, and majestic novelty. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/clare-easdown-crafts-a-captivating-darkness-in-stigma-enigma monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/65829ae3-4423-4cea-b127-fae523f98b9c/10.jpg Music Reviews - Clare Easdown Crafts A Captivating Darkness in ‘Stigma Enigma’ - Clare Easdown is a sonic enchantress. The Australian pop and electronic music artist is enamored with the dark spheres of human experience. Blending sad-girl aesthetics with visual synths, ethereal vocals, and an expanding resonance, she claims a niche that fans of Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, and Melanie Martinez will definitely appreciate. Her latest single is ‘Stigma Enigma’. The soundscape is as dazed, serene, and numbingly beautiful as the space below ocean water. Clare’s vocal slivers merge into the spreading echoes and transcendental harmonies to fathom a new world of sound. It plays into the enigmatic nature of the theme, diving through layers of phantom sounds to uncover the mysteries that lie within. If you’re in the mood to just become suspended in a captivating melodic swirl, then this track is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/andrea-pizzo-and-the-purple-mice-take-experimentals-to-the-future-in-the-machine monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fe5714b1-a15f-4976-9103-99325fa014fb/9.jpeg Music Reviews - Andrea Pizzo and The Purple Mice Take Experimentals to the Future in ‘The Machine’ - Andrea Pizzo and The Purple Mice revive the eclectic ethos of 80s synthwave. They bring back the grooves, the electric energy, and the dance; matching it with evolving rock and pop trajectories. It is iconic like Prince, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson. The band approaches sonic concept very cerebrally; which becomes especially pronounced in their latest single, ‘The Machine’. While explaining the roots of the theme, the band said that it is a song that reflects on the relationship between humans and artificial intelligence, between emotions and algorithms, between freedom and control.’ The track features the talent of Roberto Tiranti, an artist with a special, unique and deep evocation. His acted parts collide with Andrea’s bold tenor planes. This vocal fusion glides through an atmosphere of wiry funk grooves, shimmering synths, dystopian scenes, and lofty vocal ranges. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-pork-pies-transcendental-rock-in-i-want-everything monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5cee5e06-aee3-4a8e-96f3-54637a14c9bd/6.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Pork Pie’s Transcendental Rock in ‘I want everything’ - Pork Pie has a layered essence. The alt rock band is a multi-faceted machine that is powered by innovation, modernity and psychedelia. Listening to their track is like experiencing a grand sonic inception that is spectacularly cerebral, distortive, and enigmatic. In their latest release, ‘I want everything’, they fathom dazing islands with experimental, eclectic, and exotic weaves. It is rich with swirling visuals crafted in alternative, shoegaze, funk-rock and grunge frames. Fans of Pink Floyd, REM, and Tame Impala are sure to enjoy the progressive ideas and instrumentals of this track. The soundscape is designed to invoke illusions. Symmetrical arrangements scatter into crackling riffs and sizzling bass lines. Like dissolving clouds. The vocals are an ambivalent agent with a changing personality. You’ll see a sensational guitar soliloquy in the bridge forms all the way till the chorus. Its electric shreds form a transcendental loop that you’d want to ride forever. Listen Now! The four original members Shane Brett (Drums), Michael Laverty (Bass), Michael Stafford (Vocals and Guitar), and Peter Laverty (Lead Guitar). https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-tarrowss-gunfighter-an-eclectic-rock-drama monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c8440ba8-c9ac-4c18-948b-1bcab232afd9/5.jpg Music Reviews - The Tarrows’ ‘Gunfighter’ : An Eclectic Rock Drama - The Tarrows are a melodic rock band with a sound from the past. Their retro aesthetic references bands like The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, The Bangles, and The Smiths. From the beachy folk-rock ballads of the 70s to the whimsical indie rock of the 80s and 90s, they tie it all into a captivating knot that elevates the listening experience. Their latest single is ‘Gunfighter’, a track that rides a rock n roll rhythm, diverging into scattering riffs, moody vocals, and funk grooves. The melancholic excitations of the track is its primary feature. It flares up all over the soundscape in the form of frothing textures, brimming rhythms, and blooming sentiments. All this culminates in a consuming air of prog rock/ punk distortions. With electrifying riff play spreading like orchestral wildfire, the track climaxes on an incredible dramatic high. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-breakdown-details-an-interactive-rock-consciousness-with-gaston monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eaaafdf0-837b-45c2-8a4d-3405beb21ca2/4.jpg Music Reviews - The Breakdown Details an Interactive Rock Consciousness with ‘Gaston’ - The Breakdown is a London-based rock band with a unique interpretation of melodic rock. While paying homage to its inceptive 90s essence, they take a couple of steps forward to revolutionize it with modern structures and novel ideas. Their strong conceptual grasp, with each release, is revealed to have a whole new level of depth, creativity, and originality. In their latest release, ‘Gaston’ the band blends the melodrama of The Smiths with new-age garage rock riffs, a rolling beat motif, and a classic 70s vocal charisma. This eclectic play is alternative in the true sense of the word. The track splits into three parallel sonic consciousness, with the beat, lead guitar & bass, and vocals exploring their own trajectories. The brilliance of this sound design lies in the congruent progressions of them all in relation with each other. The smoky, effervescing vocals is a distant resonance of the electric riff continuum. And the beats form resolute, staunch rhythm patterns. So in essence, the medium you choose will dictate your listening experience. Choose your journey! Such interactive, detailed, and playful soundscapes are very rare to come by. But this band not only envisioned it but elevated it with really good execution. Break it down with The Breakdown. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-timothy-jaromirs-alt-folk-genius-in-rebound monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c06e32fb-7e5b-4cbb-b588-2a7998db3a6f/7.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy Timothy Jaromir’s Alt Folk Genius in ‘Rebound’ - Timothy Jaromir is an alt folk artist and singer-songwriter who details contemplations with life frames, storytelling, philosophy, and poetry. So not only is his soundscapes incredibly immersive but it has a refreshing pulse that keeps you coming back. His style is an exceeding spectrum of folk, blues, and soul pop, the blends classic, timeless styles with a contemporary ethos. Listeners of Phoebe Bridgers, Elliott Smith, and John Mayer are sure to enjoy the work of this artist. ‘Rebound’ is the artist’s latest single. It is made of soft acoustic specks that are strung with baritonal curves of verses. The best way to enjoy it is to delve into the momentous evolutions of the track, be it lyrically, melodically or vocally. And somewhere along the way, a beautiful sentiment becomes impressed in your mind, a lulling sound that is as soothing and serene as watching ocean waves. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-meyers-bros-astound-with-electro-pop-track-aint-no-love-in-the-house monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5f2019e4-0a2f-4514-a612-de0b5f514f7f/6.png Music Reviews - The Meyers Bros Astound With Electro-Pop Track ‘Ain’t No Love in the House’ - The Meyers Bros (Warren and Matt Meyers) are house music connoisseurs, DJ, and electronic music producers from London, UK. Their interpretations of the genre is inspired by not just its inherent essence but also by all its potential. As a genre, house music is known to have liberating contours. And these brothers have a field day with it. Their craft is dedicated to reveal a new dimension or an interesting energy drive, a glamorous dance wave and even phenomenal symmetries. ‘Ain’t No Love in The House’ is the duo’s debut single, featuring pop artist and vocalist, Katie Jones. The track is set up by flashy beat grooves, its high energy tempered by Katie’s blooming R&B islands. These changing energy patterns are produced and set up very well. With elevating autotunes, catchy melodic loops, and immersive melodic sequences, the soundscape reveals a fresh modernity and innovation. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/erik-hansens-seasons-of-the-wind-ep monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/654b6bd0-caf2-44cf-bf7d-e9ffa686fc06/5.jpg Music Reviews - Erik Hansen’s - ‘Seasons of The Wind EP’ - Erik Hansen is a rock artist and guitarist from Washington. He is a passionate artist and it translates to his soundscapes. Influenced by rock legends across the board, his music sports eclectic ideas and conceptual bends that speak to his immersive interest in the genre. He is a great performer and his debut EP, ‘Seasons of the Wind’ holds testimony to that. The five-track collection are all incredible brands of hard rock, bolstered by grunge and garage rock sensibilities. Combining the pulse of 70s and 90s rock, this release is both edgy and angsty. You might even spot alternative and prog rock veins streaming through some of the tracks. This EP defines the artist’s stylistic quotients. He keeps it open and explorative. The definitions come in the form of instrumental arrangements and melodic evolutions. It is both spontaneous and visionary. You can’t help but admire the odyssey (for that’s how the collection is presented) edged by philosophical ruminations of the vocals. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lars-lervik-presents-his-seasonal-contemplations-in-springrelief monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ac7e7692-05c6-4963-a3ea-6ee73bd1a9aa/4.png Music Reviews - Lars Lervik’s ‘Spring.Relief’ : An Ambient Acoustic Rock Cast - Lars Lervik’s soundscapes are an evolving collage of mellow and cerebral rock forms. The artist loves to suspend the listener in a state of rolling contemplations. Enamored with poetry, romanticism, and experimentation, his tracks are marked by them. In his soundscapes, these facets not only co-exist but actively interact and converse to form a music philosophy almost. ‘Spring.Relief’ is the artist’s latest release. The track traces the seasonal ongoings of spring, how its frothing blooms and colorful outbursts liberate and lighten people across the world. Specks of fuzzy and dazing acoustic craft the momentous evolutions of the track. Lars’ vocals are a soothing baritone mist that is as lithe and seamless as a breeze. The instrumentals are dynamic and ever-changing, its ambience translating to the theme without stealing the spotlight. Nature sound samples further distill it. Despite his love to wander and stray, the artist understands the charm of balance, especially in music. Spring. Relief is an active proof of this. His eye for detailing, exploring, and discovering is tempered by his calm, graceful, and serene spirit. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fiona-amaka-delivers-a-folk-pop-best-with-miles-apart monthly 0.5 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/654af26f-6645-4b56-a2c2-6f25d39d6613/3.jpg Music Reviews - Fiona Amaka Delivers a Folk-Pop Best With ‘Miles Apart’ - Fiona Amaka is a London-based folk rock artist with a unique stylistic orientation. Her craft is an authentic extension of her sentience. It flows naturally, an intuitive motion that is simultaneously expressed and experienced. In her latest single, ‘Miles Apart’, the artist delivers a luminous, shimmering, and jangly alt folk/ soul pop track. Cast in the charm of her eccentric vocal style and mild instrumental erratics, the track is an undulating landscape; with layers, depth, tale, and dimension. Listen Now! With this song, the artist delves into the experience of having a partner who struggles to commit. Acoustic strings create the atmosphere for the track. An echo of electric guitar rings somewhere in the distance. Fiona’s vocals are a contemplative flush of melancholy, retrospect, and wisdom. True to her artistic essence, she spins a tale of pain and heartache into a spectacle of growth and grace. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/raynald-grenier-canon-in-e-flat monthly 0.5 2024-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9071b8c7-c641-4966-b279-b506df0a2393/8.jpg Music Reviews - Raynald Grenier - Canon in E Flat - Raynald Grenier is a classical composer and pianist whose sound details emotion, ambience, and experience as articulately as words, if not more. His compositions are creative yet elegant and succinct; a mark of an artist whose craft and vision has been refined by time and trial. ‘Canon in E Flat’ is Raynald Grenier’s latest release. Composed and presented with violins, the track is a quivering mass, frilled and frothing with evocative melodies. It dallies, undulates, and disperses into a boundless ambience. With sharp peaks and hollowed basses, the artist reveals a lot of thematic dimensions and gradients. It is ambient, contemplative and incredibly poignant. If you’re in the mood to be cast in a theatrical classical furl, then this is the track for you! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ben-tucker-unleashes-his-elegant-country-folk-essence-with-self-titled-ep monthly 0.5 2024-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/29c47c24-fd34-4832-b3de-62bb31580f3c/7.jpg Music Reviews - Ben Tucker Unleashes His Elegant Country Folk Essence With Self-Titled EP - Ben Tucker is a country folk artist and singer-songwriter. His style manifests around soulful compositions that reveal the depths of human emotion and the details of universal human affairs. He has a classic and timeless musicality, peppering his old school country with elements of soft rock, blues and soul. The artist has debuted with a self-titled EP, a collection that shows off the essence of his artistry. His vision is elegant, gestures are simple, and allure is everlasting. Listen Now! The EP hosts five love songs, each one exploring the gradients of melancholy that is intrinsic to the experience. Some explore unrequited love and heartache, others frames of memory, sentiments, and irrevocable affection. Each track spills into the next, like a sky emptying into the boundless ocean. It is quite the listening journey, very enjoyable and pleasurable. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/anna-salman-explores-the-rhythms-melodies-amp-gradients-of-love-in-this-summer-wont-last monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e35f1cf6-efec-4ba5-ade4-3f79ece1d238/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Anna Salman Explores The Rhythms, Melodies, &amp; Gradients of Love in ‘This Summer Won’t Last’ - Anna Salman is a singer-songwriter and folk-pop artist from Pakistan. Her tracks are poetic and youthful deliberations on life, love, and everything in between. With narrative lyrical styles and a reflective vocal quality, she crafts acoustic soundscapes that are reminiscent of Elliot Smith, Phoebe Bridgers, and Japanese Breakfast. Anna’s soundscapes are layered experiences. Her storytelling is not always linear. Details, references and elaborations create retrospective contexts, tinted with romanticism, melodrama, and nostalgia. So the joy of experiencing her soundscape is delicate and subtle. Her latest release is her debut album, ‘This Summer Won’t Last’. The collection explores the rhythms, gradients, melodies, and atmospheres of being in love. The artist sings about it, details it like poets detail changing seasons. All the songs have an ambient quality. They are mood frames that evolve with each passing moment. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-project-delivers-incredible-pop-rock-in-no-hard-feelings monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/82918bd1-415b-4cef-b44b-14e964457bc2/7.jpeg Music Reviews - The Project Delivers Incredible Pop-Rock in ‘no hard feelings’ - The Project is a stellar rock project of Cali’s own James Davis. The music veteran launches this crusade to revive the brilliance, energy, and spirit of 90s / 00s pop rock. His latest release is ‘No Hard Feelings’, a single that is part of his upcoming debut album. A hard rock base is elevated by incredible moments of pop, garage rock, and perhaps even a little bit of grunge. With an ethos that matches bands like AC/DC, Aerosmith, and U2, the composition is a phenomenal upper. James’ vocals lead the composition. Its highs and lows, as it soars through the grooves, cuts through the atmospheric riffs, and disperses with the distortion, becomes the lenses through which you experience the track. No one does music like this anymore. It had power, texture, resilience, progression, and so much emotion. All of these features are inextricably linked and matched with each other to create a grand track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-sam-feinsteins-conceptual-brilliance-in-need-me monthly 0.5 2024-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d3e2be4b-d0f2-4a52-a2a0-925f67fcd967/6.png Music Reviews - Experience Sam Feinstein’s Conceptual Brilliance in ‘Need Me’ - Sam Feinstein is a master of sonic design. Drawing from concept and driven by his love for creatively projecting themes, his soundscapes reveal both cerebral and compositional value. His latest release is ‘Need Me’, a track that goes far beyond the shores of heartache and melancholy to cerebrally investigate the essence of loneliness. It is an alt-pop track with accents of experimental electronica, rock, and extempo rap. It forms within a dark sphere of contemplation, expanded at every juncture with textural progressions, stylistic changes, and vocal manipulation. It plays seamlessly into the deliberately abstract, strange, and dissonant planes. And trekking this valley with him is like experiencing a bizarre reality that is both familiar and eerie. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/desk-lamps-cast-us-in-a-dulcet-rock-ambience-in-shape-im-in monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7a6750ad-2b54-4910-b05e-573d989b258c/4.png Music Reviews - Desk Lamps Cast Us in a Dulcet Rock Ambience in ‘Shape I’m In’ - Desk Lamps is a conceptual indie rock banner that explores moments as moving portraits of emotion. They cast the soundscape with ever-flowing rhythms, ambivalent melodies, and evolving sentiments. It’s in a state of natural motion and listening to it is like watching life pass by from a window. There's also a deliberate infusion of cerebral elements. Blending them into the sonic potion gives it a sense of abstract ness that is incredibly arresting. Listen Now! ‘Shape I’m In’ is their latest single. Dulcet riffs transition into an expanse of euphony on the wings of dazing synths, glassy vocals, and alt folk serenity. The composition carries variance without weighing down. It is all floated with an elegant, even sparing ratio. Listeners of Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, and Tame Impala are sure to enjoy the visual synergies of this project. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/centrifuge-presents-alt-rock-best-in-the-spell monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/749924ae-ca47-40d6-bc98-20c01301120d/5.jpg Music Reviews - Centrifuge Presents Alt Rock Best in ‘The Spell’ - Centrifuge is a rock band with a rotating, circling sound. Marked with charismatic grooves, infectious hooks, and a revolutionary beatline, they use the power of circular symmetries to harvest energy, emotion, and sonic fortunes. Their latest release is ‘The Spell’ and much like the title, the composition is posed to draw the listener into an illusion space. With playful rhythms, explorative vocals, fuzzy riffs, and incredibly grit, they fathom a melodic labrinth. Listeners of David Bowie, Tin Machine, and Queen are sure to enjoy the confluence of classic rock with whimsy and glamor. You’ll instantly spot influences of classic rock merging with garage rock, post punk, and psychedelic rock. It is especially interesting how the band uses the ambivalent vocals to cast dimensions across the soundscape. The excitations are so addictive and captivating. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/graffick-projects-abstract-electro-sonics-in-messages-in-the-wake monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ea0a6f3f-de02-4bd5-a43c-6203c421a64f/3.png Music Reviews - Graffick Projects Abstract Electro Sonics In ‘Messages / In The Wake’ - Graffick is an electronic music artist whose essence lies in fathoming ambience. It is the artistic project of San Francisco based Blaine Counter. The musical moniker is very fitting in that he details the atmosphere with thoughtful strokes that involve mood, emotion, melody, concept, visuals, texture, and color. So much color. In his latest single, ‘Messages / In The Wake’ he floats synths, wrapping them in abstract material, digital influences, and a consciousness that conveys nothing and everything at the same time. It’s as if the soundscape forms in a surreal space. Across the swirling wisps of melody, he infuses melodic dimensions that remind one of radio frequencies or sound waves. As if passing through a lush medium like water. It casts you in a daze, with undertones of psychedelia and transcendence running avidly through it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/talia-grace-weaves-alt-folk-with-contemplative-pop-in-ep-from-under-you monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b6e85231-e89a-4895-84bc-ac0dd6f58e6d/2.png Music Reviews - Talia Grace Weaves Alt Folk With Contemplative Pop in EP ‘From Under You’ - Talia Grace is a soul artist. It is evident in her compositional style, her lyrical evocation, and the contemplative quality of her compositions. The singer-songwriter blurs the horizon between alt folk and contemporary pop to create a transient sonic space where consciousness, intimate sentiments, and soft thoughts exist. To listen to her is to be invited into this enchanted space of introspective storytelling and meditative reflection. Hailing from Los Angeles, the artist has not only claimed this niche but perfected it, with artistic inspirations from artists like Bon Iver, Copeland, Phoebe Bridges, and Noah Gunderson. Talia’s latest release is her ‘From Under You EP’. It is a four-track collection that delves into the cracks, crevices, fractures, and mirages of a broken heart to entail the journey from love, heartache, healing, and growth. Meant to chronicle a growing pain of sorts, it has the nostalgia and fondness of a mature / retrospective lens. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jane-n-the-jungle-life-of-the-party-acoustic monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/574624b0-5865-41b6-9dd5-d9b2f6d41b09/1.jpg Music Reviews - Jane N’ The Jungle : ‘Life of the Party (Acoustic)’ - Since their debut, Jane N’ The Jungle have established themselves as a contemporary and imaginative rock band. Marked by cerebral mood, dazing riffs, and incredible instrumentals, their soundscapes have become instant favorites and garnered fans from across the globe. In their latest release, ‘Life of the Party (Acoustic)’, the group rehashes the original track, forging it with the measured, deep, and contemplative acoustic ambience. The track is entirely tailored with lilting strings and vocals. It details a melancholic consciousness, blooming with each inflection of the expressive sopranos. The melodies are just mild accessories within the contours of which the emotion rises and falls. This acoustic version elevates the sentiments that perhaps became dispersed in the original track. With nothing to distract us from the ebb and flow of the vocals, the listener is granted a front seat to the incredible melodrama of the track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/v-of-40ms-the-score-a-charismatic-hip-hop-release monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ed35a9a2-4e1a-4e30-9907-6de279e2b5a0/6.jpeg Music Reviews - V of 40M’s ‘The Score’ : A Charismatic Hip-Hop Release - V of 40M is as dynamic as a rapper can get. His style is a deliberate mix of sentiment, soul, beat, and verse. This is the first layer. On this foundation, he builds everything else. When you listen to his music, it stands out, it almost feels alive like it’s growing, changing, and evolving steadily. His latest release is ‘The Score’ in which he unpacks the culture of sports, its fandom, its passion, its discipline, and its rivalry. He dubs the title as a language and an emotion, building it up with scenes that we’re all familiar with. The track features 40m Tye and Hippie G. The artists set up a spectacular ambience that captures all the facets of the theme. Production is slick and elegant. Verses are both charismatic and evocative. And the beats are the pulse that the listener vibes to. It is a hardcore, authentic, and original presentation, one that will compel you to check out the rest of V’s discography. If you like the culture of old school hip hop and the concept of modern rap, then this track is for you. 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Compared to Love Ghost’s ambient vocals, Kobi’s verses roll spontaneously; with both styles projecting scintillating contrasts that the listener can enjoy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/john-leslies-born-of-the-fire-classic-pop-rock-tapestry monthly 0.5 2024-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/99ea9c50-257c-4665-a51c-906be2b98b09/5.png Music Reviews - John Leslie’s ‘Born of the Fire’ : Classic Pop Rock Tapestry - John Leslie is a multifaceted musician and singer-songwriter from Australia. The artist is known primarily for his pop pulse, which he makes dynamic with blues, jazz, rock, funk, alt folk, and Americana. ‘Born of the Fire’ is John’s latest single. The soundscape is populated with old school, classic instrumentation, feel-good vocals, and infectious rhythms. Listeners of The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, and Hank Williams are sure to enjoy this track. As part of his sonic design, John enunciates his narratives with music. The melodies, rhythm and beats are all extensions of his informal lyrical sphere. Jangle pop riffs are inlaid with country rock grooves, and punching beats. John’s baritones disperses into this excitable tapestry, pulling in all the energy, passion, and love that is needed to convey the liberating theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/heart-of-pines-phetamine-amp-pearls-scintillatingly-dynamic-indie-rock monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e2e1bc3-e118-4805-9dd8-f89547111543/6.jpg Music Reviews - Heart of Pine’s ‘Phetamine &amp; Pearls’ : Scintillatingly Dynamic Indie Rock - Heart of Pine was formed in 2015 by Steven Bagwell and Travis Richardson following a series of highly productive songwriting sessions. It can be best described as a country hued indie rock banner. But their essence is multifaceted. Infiltrated by gradients of blues, jazz, and rock n roll, the listening experience is so scintillatingly dynamic. Their latest release is ‘Phetamine & Pearls’, a track with a grand variation. Forged with orchestral structures, funky blues rock solos, and a simultaneous acoustic plane, it is incredibly cinematic. Animated instrumental arcs provide a great contrast to the mellow passions of the baritones. It’s as if the soundscape was designed to carry the extrapolated sentiments of the heart. It is retro, yet full of innovation and creative ideas. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/flow-with-the-unique-current-of-ari-joshuas-audio-bicycle-day monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9c1b3608-f61b-4eca-9b25-e7c480f91979/4.jpg Music Reviews - Flow With The Unique Current of Ari Joshua’s ‘Audio Bicycle Day (Suncatchers Version)’ - Ari Joshua explores the patterns, textures, gradients, and levels of blues rock with his latest release, ‘Audio Bicycle Day (Suncatchers Version)’. It is not without whimsy, in fact it is the essential pulse of the track. Infused into the playful, psychedelic, and experimental spirit of the track, it gains such a unique current. The mellow rhythms are so easy to dissolve into. Like the ocean brings seashells with each wave, each undulation comes with a world of details. Chiming accordions, rippling melodies, deep bass grooves, and even sci-fi sensibilities. As they progressively become encompassed in a lofi jazz atmosphere, you can’t help but revel in the strange, abstract world that is birthed in you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-rob-eberles-sentimental-dimensions-in-half-of-you monthly 0.5 2024-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/34fb7623-6da0-43d1-9b9d-1a380ef084d9/9.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Rob Eberle’s Sentimental Dimensions in ‘Half of You’ - Rob Eberle is a singer-songwriter and contemporary pop artist. His music is powerful in its autobiographical authenticity, revealing new depths of emotion and sentimental dimensions. And more often than not, his passion for vulnerability inspires it in the listener. ‘Half of You’ is the artist’s latest release. The single explores how people usually let the unhealed parts of a heartbroken past affect new relationships. They come with so much fear, doubt, anxiety that they are unable to be present. It is such a complex theme. And Rob Eberle structures a winsome composition. Whisking a sentimental piano swirl with vocals that travel into the past and the future, he projects a powerful wisdom. One that casts a spotlight on the apathetic self that you left to rot, and urges us to mindfully embrace it, heal from it, and revive it. Listeners of Adele, Sam Smith, and John Legend are sure to enjoy the acoustic spell cast by this artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/fugu-quintet-craft-jazztronic-spheres-with-interweavement monthly 0.5 2024-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2c7cdb7d-e6c7-443a-b071-3e2650c1dc4a/8.jpg Music Reviews - Fugu Quintet Craft Elating Jazztronic Spheres With ‘Interweavement’ - Have you ever thought of the dimensions, the thin spaces that exist between light and darkness. These transient areas have incredible potential, always in the state of being and becoming. A simultaneous constant that makes sense only as an oxymoron. It just so happens that the band, Fugu Quintet are inquisitors of this space. Having traveled to these spheres often, they emerge with great ideas, that at the very least is incredibly refreshing. If you enjoy music that is contemplative in a way that evokes deep thoughts, then this band is for you. It’s not just cerebral but also ambient and highly aesthetic. ‘Interweavement’ is the album with which it all began. The six track collection explores nature themes, giving them absurd fringes, jazz-tronic affectations, and a sonic atmosphere that lets you suspend. Suspend in a way that feels both tethered and free. A duality emerges here where you feel like you’re part of nothing and everything at the same time. Which is the essence of Interweavement. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tate-sedars-wish-i-could-an-intoxicating-electro-pop-pulse monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8e8fc3a7-3e3f-4f29-a5ba-3e1667ae7f33/2.png Music Reviews - Tate Sedar’s ‘Wish I Could’ : An Intoxicating Electro Pop Pulse - Tate Sedar is an electro pop artist and producer who is enamored with energy, especially in how it manifests in music. Based in Los Angeles, his soundscapes are influenced by futuristic ideas, and to some extent are even experimental. His latest release, ‘Wish I Could’ perfectly captures the fantastic sonic ideals of this artist. It is different from his previous work, a step in a bold new direction. Fusing house and techno with EDM and pop pulses. With lyrics about unrequited love: how our partners can change, but sometimes our complacency is the wedge in a relationship. The artist drives at the theme with a retrospective lens. He explores themes like nostalgia, the intoxication of falling love, all of which is fused with the hovering melancholy of expired passion. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-silver-doors-a-rolling-psychedelic-rock-showcase monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d394439a-eeda-46f1-9f59-c930444ab4c4/1.png Music Reviews - The Silver Doors : A Rolling Psychedelic Rock Showcase - The Silver Doors are a psychedelic rock band with ideas that are definitely not of this world. All their soundscapes are ever changing : warping, morphing, mutating and becoming. It is the consequence of their fluid music philosophy that allows them to explore folk, blues, shoegaze, rock n roll, alt rock, grunge, etc. In fact, the band’s genius lies in how their compositions withstand diverse brackets of rock. The cerebral quotients form effortlessly, like a sophisticated by-product of refined songwriting and production. The band has just released their debut self-titled album. Across eight tracks, the band methodically eliminates the boundaries of reality and illusion. Charged with concept and emotion, it packs a fantastic punch. Listeners of bands, be it the 60s favorites like The Doors and Cream or more belated artists like King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Tame Impala are sure to enjoy the surreal treat that is this band. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/artist-interview-dame-zina-on-eau monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4eb26a6c-f9a4-4b8c-86e1-62bb3cd0f4c7/7.jpeg Music Reviews - Artist Interview : Dame Zina on ‘Eau’ - Dame Zina in a Father-Daughter Duo who are best described as an experimental pop and alt folk artists. With a refined sense of concept and technique they are able to fathom emotions, worlds and perspectives that you will find virtually nowhere else. Listening to their music, you’ll find yourself confronted with mystique, melody, and masterful ideation. Their latest release is ‘Eau’, a track that acts as an artistic extension to their recent album ‘Fairytales’. So dip into this immersive and sweeping track now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/start-a-collection-strange-souvenirss-dmh-bring-sonic-trinkets-from-far-away-lands monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8a681afb-3d5a-4585-966b-0b74b7b20bbc/6.jpg Music Reviews - Start A Collection : Strange Souvenirs’s ‘DMH’ Bring Sonic Trinkets From Far Away Lands - Strange Souvenirs is a banner that brings sonic trinkets from far away lands. They delve into strange spheres and abstract notions. And the music that flows out is a contemplative and surreal blend. The band remarks and underlines these unusual phenomena with curious textures, dissonant concepts, and mysterious ambience. ‘DMH’ is the band’s latest release. Think Talking Heads, REM, Replacements, and The Arctic Monkeys. It prolongs the 90s indie rock with a post rock sentience. Each riff, melody, beat, and verse has a dark underbelly that is as captivating as it is morbid. With atmospheric blooms and a mercurial disposition, the melancholy takes on drastic shapes and contours. At the bridge, all bets are off. The thematic extrapolation takes place on a rhythmic level. A chaotic upward spiral that is both transcendent and cathartic leads us into a suggestive climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/monsonics-what-holds-your-eye-poses-an-interactive-electronic-soundscape monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c81ba649-b86a-42bb-8b88-81f87e320e33/5.jpg Music Reviews - Monsonic’s ‘What Holds Your Eye?’ Poses An Interactive Electronic Soundscape - Monsonic is a post rock artist whose soundscapes enjoy a conceptual high like no other. His music sets up new biochemical routes in the brain, a fresh emotional map that will change the way you experience your feelings. ‘What Holds Your Eyes?’ is an introspective and a perceptive piece of music that drives you towards the worlds that live inside you. The soundscape is incredibly divergent. The rhythms, melodies, vocals, are all scattering to create a blurry tapestry. So what you are will become what you see. So, in effect, each listener will have their own, unique interaction with the track. Monsonic’s intention with this design is deliberate and elegant. It not only makes you think, but excites the thoughts into real time experience. 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Every element contributes to the sonic milieu, like tributaries of a great river. Rhythms, melodies, tempo, and tonality all carry their own current in a way that aligns with the uplifting stride of theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-mesmerizing-misery-of-kc-stars-indie-in-wanted monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2e322b05-8fcf-4c97-8c17-6f1458c936d9/3.png Music Reviews - Experience The Mesmerizing Misery of KC Star’s Alt Pop in ‘wanted’ - KC Star is a contemporary pop artist. His tracks are a storytelling medium from which sentiments of youth, nostalgia, insecurity, love, and loneliness effervesce from. His tracks form just as much in the lyrics as it does in the melodies. The sphere of unfiltered vulnerability and raw emotion becomes the imprint that you’re left with. ‘wanted’ is KC Star’s latest single. Led with confessional baritones, the song captures the silent oppression and isolation of social anxiety, self-doubt and a dissolving sense of self. His voice and tone are so powerfully human that it radiates a familiar resonance. Tied in with his desire to fit in, it is an aching portrayal of a wallflower. The soundscape is sprinkled with delicate acoustic petals and soft beats. Listeners of Taylor Swift, Troye Sivan, and Justin Bieber are sure to enjoy the doting vocal and lyrical rituals of this artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-dawn-phenomenons-ember-day-a-crepuscular-wonder monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d5279e2e-b1d4-4fac-b21f-ace945b02282/2.png Music Reviews - The Dawn Phenomenon’s ‘Ember Day’ : A Crepuscular Wonder - The Dawn Phenomenon explores music as a way to set up worlds. It is essentially an imaginative exercise that with ambient melodies, atmospheric details, contouring rhythms, and powerful sentiments create a fictional world. There’s color, culture, temperature, tonality, and creatures. The group’s sophomore single, ‘Ember Day’ comes in the form of mellow, crepuscular bloom. With melodies tinged with dim highlights, dazed vocals, and glassy tones, it’s as soothing as it is cerebrally activating. It is incredible how the band is able to transform the ambience. Sourced with nature sound samples, he leads it very imaginatively with post rock, funk, jazz, and blues accents. It is like a flowing river, driven by conspiring currents and momentous evolutions. Listeners of SYML, FKJ, and Novo Amor are sure to enjoy the contemporary projections and ideas of these artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/patrick-dovals-endless-heartbreak-is-a-whimsical-rock-n-roll-masterpiece monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/412d35d8-1027-4689-a274-426a08712097/6.jpg Music Reviews - Patrick Doval’s ‘Endless Heartbreak’ is a Whimsical Rock n Roll Masterpiece - Patrick Doval renews his reputation for multifacetedness with his latest release, ‘Endless Heartbreak’. The track, pulsing with a desperate beat and powerful vocal strikes, is a dynamic rock n roll masterpiece. It has an undeniable presence. Resilience, resignation, and rage all mixed into a turmoil that is reminiscent of whimsical Queen presentations. But despite all that, there’s no mask, no cap. What you hear is exactly how the protagonist feels. His hysterical levels of dilemma and indecision. With progression, you’ll see synth pop blending into the rock frames that will make you think of The Smiths, Fiona Apple, and The Rolling Stones. The track is a prime example of how mercurial and fluid the artist’s flow is. And through it all, the listener is exposed to so many different aspects, perspectives, dimensions, and profiles. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/itamar-erez-amp-hamin-honari-migrant-voices monthly 0.5 2024-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/960f9014-372e-4886-8ce1-c92b781c25ce/5.jpg Music Reviews - Itamar Erez &amp; Hamin Honari : Migrant Voices - The album is not a familiar phenomena. It is new and full of deliberate innovations. Apart from the title track 'Migrant Voices' (I. Erez), the album is based on free improvised sessions recorded at Monarch Studios in Vancouver BC, Dec 2023. In ‘Departure’, (the opening track) we experience a cyclical interaction of the guitar and the percussion. It is a push and pull, action and reaction. There’s a power struggle that is progressively balanced, only to rear its head again. It’s the struggle of remaining and letting go, but all things and people must depart. Once you get accustomed to the camaraderie and fluid intentions of the artists, a whole new perspective reveals itself. It’s not about making sense of it, but more about being present to catch the momentous evolutions, artistic intricacies, and the passing current. ‘Migrant Voices’ is an evocative guitar solo, the only single of the album that has a continuous and intentional melodic symmetry. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jagas-explores-evocative-pop-rock-layers-in-dis-non monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/01bdf052-85d2-4fbd-b7c0-977e1ce127fc/1.png Music Reviews - Jagas Explores Evocative Pop Rock Layers in ‘Dis Non!’ - Jagas is a narrative driven band. It is how they immerse their listeners. Each track tells a story that projects a philosophy that encompasses a life lived or an experience had. These evocative panes are then distilled with sentimentally charged melodies and smooth rhythms. This French band is usually oriented with the positive spirit and beauty of life. But they are conversely well-versed in creating melancholic subtext as well. Their latest release, ‘Dis Non!’ or ‘say no’ explores the difficulties of saying no, or confronting a disappointment. But they build you up to claim your truth, create your own path, and stand tall. It is a mellow pop-rock track. The vocals are slivers of tale, accumulating verse by verse. It is charismatic, passionate, and empowering. Come chorus, a feel-good and chill breeze alleviates all the tension with a promise of levity and peace of mind. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/relish-in-fens-funk-pop-vibrations-with-latest-album-hero monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f1c4a7c2-5e04-4c34-a797-21c45be881f6/5.png Music Reviews - Relish in FEN’s Funk-Pop Vibrations with Latest Album ‘HERO’ - The collection sports many 80s accessories like disco pop, funk brackets and dance rhythms. Think ABBA, Boney M, and Blondie. The soundscapes are fundamentally tuned to inspire movement and dance. And through that, experience an atmosphere of empowerment, liberation, glee, and levity. The title track especially exemplifies this. Its dynamic and energetic soundscape is reinforced by a lyrical community, a promise of hero, a good thing to revive us. In this context, a hero can be anything that reminds us of beautiful things and drives us to rejoice. ‘Make It’ is a groovy funk masterpiece. Readymade with bright melodies, fun rhythm motifs, and dynamic instrumentals, it is like a flash mob. You can’t help but tap into its vibe and go with the flow. The beats, charisma, and style is all reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s pop performances. Especially in the chorus. ‘In Love’ rides in with a rock n roll energy. It is progressively made up with reggae time stamps, breezy synths, and heartfelt vocals. The result is an Eric Clapton reminiscent track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nick-noons-who-needs-who-gritty-amp-dazed-indie-rock-exuberance monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c9c018f4-5760-4acf-9211-92ea5c9a7da4/11.jpg Music Reviews - Nick Noon’s ‘Who Needs Who’: Gritty &amp; Dazed Indie Rock Exuberance - Nick Noon has a strong sense of grandeur. Especially when it comes to music. The artist is known for his cinematic spells of songs that not only describe human affairs but propel it to a new plane of experiencing it. In his soundscapes, you’re bound to see an influx of funk, jazz, blues, and orchestral elements alongside the pop. Solid with visuals, energy, and exuberance; the whole nine yards! However, this newest track, ‘Who Needs Who’ changes it up a little. It has a charismatic indie rock base, gritty and dazed with influences from 70s, 80s, and the 90s. Its rock n roll spirit is especially pronounced; textured and flavored to flow towards bluesy grunge and anthemic garage rock. We even see a little of the country/ americana in the introduction. The dark thematic quotients are beautifully represented with these blends. Listeners of Regina Spektor, The Smiths, and Talking Heads pull up. This one's for you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/exceptional-failures-deliver-a-layered-indie-rock-track-with-bluest-of-blue monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/28d8861f-75c8-45b6-86a7-485429abee09/10.png Music Reviews - Exceptional Failures Deliver a Layered Indie Rock Track With ‘Bluest of Blue’ - Exceptional Failures are a singer/guitarist, Corey Distler and drummer, Dambo duo with a special brand of indie rock. It has all the experimental cast of 90s indie rock and is fleshed out with grunge, garage rock, surf rock, country, and blues influences. There’s also a contemporariness, all seamlessly blended into a family of rock music. Their latest is ‘Bluest of Blue’, a track that explores the extravagant and extraordinary layers of feeling blue. Bolstered with a melodramatic, yet sincere ethos, it is as tumultuous and layered as a wrecked heart. They thrive on spontaneity and evolving chaos. The beat lines are experimental and the melody lines are unpredictable. Corey’s vocals align these mercurial sonic narratives with contemplative spheres and emotions. And the result is a disjointed, abstract, yet cohesive piece of compositional and performative brilliance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-anoushs-sublime-contemporary-pop-aesthetic-in-brave-girl monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9cf562a1-5d33-4dc3-9241-39ee7d4cd50d/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Experience ANOUSH’s Sublime Contemporary Pop Aesthetic in ‘Brave Girl’ - ANOUSH’s music is a delicate thread that connects the past and present. Her sense of style and sonic aesthetic is rooted in old school jazz, blues, and funk. Which she cultivates and infuses with contemporary context. Her soundscapes are marked by versatile rhythms, fluid vocals, and smooth melodies. ‘Brave Girl’ is ANOUSH’s latest single. Its blues phase into melodrama and dream pop; A blend of Amy Winehouse, Lana Del Rey, and Adele. It paints a portrait of a brave girl - minimalistic, contemplative, and storytelling. While the vocals carry a sliver of dark sensibilities, the instrumentals are a rush of luminous texture. It’s all charged with a sense of girlhood, forming a woman’s world of sorts. With saxophone hooks, dipping melody lines, quivering accordions, and harmonies, the track unravels with retro cinematic appeal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/be-transported-to-80s-with-shannon-ks-disco-pop-single-jimmy-jimmy monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5daf83c4-3b24-458b-8558-f2e8df223d0a/2.jpg Music Reviews - Be Transported to 80s With Shannon K’s Disco Pop Single, ‘Jimmy Jimmy’ - Disco Pop. Think ABBA, Boney M, Blondie. That’s the vivacity and energy of London-based Indian musician, Shannon K brings to the table. Her latest release, ‘Jimmy Jimmy’ revives the multi-platinum hit number titled ‘Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Aaja’, originally featured in the 1982 Indian Film, ‘Disco Dancer’. It enjoys the collaboration of musician and composer Bappa B Lahiri (son of Late Bappi Lahiri who composed and produced the original track). The cover honors the retro era while also bringing a contemporary spin to it. It is technicolor with synth sprinkles and spotlight on disco. And Shannon’s vocals are delicate threads of emotion and poetry as they pass through the shimmering bling of the melodies. The modern pop infusions and harmonies spring in the chorus, without disturbing the 80s ethos. Seamless. The track is sensual, romantic, fun, and full of dance. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rises-without-you-is-a-mellow-indie-rock-fantasy monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b381ba30-52fc-406a-9805-67fa6ffddb82/1.png Music Reviews - RISE’s ‘WITHOUT YOU’ is a Mellow Indie Rock Fantasy - RISE is a melodic rock band from Liverpool, England. Their soundscapes impart a sense of enriched vacancy. It’s like you’re floating in a mind of wordless thoughts. This abstract space allows them to explore moments of incredible clarity and fervent passion. RISE blends street indie with synth clusters and unfocused guitars to suspend the listener in a surreal world. Their debut release is the Memories and Possibilities EP. This collection is a thread that connects heartache’s past with love’s future. A bitter-sweet symphony of pop rock that is reminiscent of The Smiths, Arctic Monkeys, and The Who. The track, ‘Without You’ especially exemplifies the musical fantasy aesthetic of this band. Its love prone, desperate narrative is fed into earworm frames, enjoyable hooks, and lush instrumentals. Listen Now! The lineup comprises of Sam Kinley (aka stayMellow) on bass and vocals, Paul Kinley on keyboards and backing vocals with Alex Mahoney on drums and Brian Petch on Guitar. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alexia-vegas-sets-an-exuberant-pop-tone-with-at-first monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8f34a9c6-433e-4ab7-a7b5-689b0501ebbc/2.jpg Music Reviews - Alexia Vegas Sets An Exuberant Pop Tone With ‘At First’ - Alexia Vegas is a singer-songwriter and pop artist. Her soundscapes are crafted to come alive. With vivid melodies, storytelling vocals, and infectious hooks, they are charmingly exuberant. The artist’s music has seen a lot of commercial success, having featured on shows like ‘The Morning Show’, ‘Dynasty’, and ‘Stargirl’. And now, she’s released her latest single, ‘At First’. Its bright formations and evocative sentiments reinforce her effortless style and artistic charisma. Listen Now! The track is a celebration of an unexpected love bloom. Two people who thought that it won’t last, find themselves falling in love and dreaming of a life together. Wrapped up in synth swirls, fond lyrics, and glassy vocals, it burgeons with youth and wonder of time. Crafted at the brink of dream pop and dance spheres, the track unravels like a magical spell. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-plastic-harpoons-cast-a-vintage-rock-spell-with-better-than-dying monthly 0.5 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5366fb0f-7243-4656-9d40-21e7722180b5/1.jpeg Music Reviews - The Plastic Harpoons Cast A Vintage Rock Spell With ‘Better Than Dying’ - Plastic Harpoons is an American surf rock band that is inspired by all things fluid and mellow. Sun washed and beach tinged, this Santa Barbara based group revives the vintage flavors of The Beach Boys and mingle them with street indie rock influences. You can almost smell the salt and hear the lush waves. It sounds like summer. ‘Better Than Dying’ is Plastic Harpoons’ latest single. It is an existential drama playing out one contemplation at a time. Swirled into a hopeful narrative, it paints a bittersweet portrait of everyday life. The riffs are highways, blurring boundaries and contours. It has a mellow funk groove that, without disturbing the smoothness, cultivates a sonic dimension. Synth sprinkles tempers the warm tones. And rippling through the chorus and the verses, it is as refreshing as a cool drink on a hot day. And just like this, the band plays subtly with contrasts to reinforce the ambivalence of the human experience. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-the-heart-of-the-forest monthly 0.5 2024-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2b7b2cb1-6582-40ba-ad47-b93c43b31786/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow : The Heart of the Forest - Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions’ music can be just as magical and enchanting as they are innovative and powerful. In their latest single, ‘The Heart of the Forest’, they stitch together a seamless acoustic track, lined with delicate blues and surreal tones. It captures both the mystique and majesty of the natural world, magnifying it with poetic vocals and profound sensibilities. There’s some rock in it, especially in the way Gary’s husky baritones flow, which is reminiscent of contemplative tracks of Linkin Park and Arctic Monkeys. The band have explored themes of nature, environment, and climate cultures in some of their previous singles. While some cast haunting dystopias, and others an electrifying atmospheres, this one is a more is a projected reality full of naturalistic wisdom and awe-inspiring narratives. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/codyys-white-lightning-a-vibrant-brand-of-electro-pop monthly 0.5 2024-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5308b8b7-cfcb-4a45-b883-60e3f4558dc7/2.jpg Music Reviews - CODYY’s ‘White Lightning’ : A Vibrant Brand of Electro Pop - CODYY’s pop music is a special brand of contemplation, storytelling, energy, and emotion. The singer-songwriter and fusion pop artist loves to cast a vibrant sonic net. His latest release is ‘White Lightning’. It’s an energy blur, like a movie montage that elevates your day. Comparing it with a turbulent relationship, he incepts themes like desire, heartache, and madness. Listeners of The Jonas Brothers, The Script, and Dua Lipa are sure to enjoy the work of this artist. The track has an instant commercial appeal and for good reason. Synapses of synths connect phenomenally to exuberant beats, bright vocals, and bold grooves. With it all, he captures the complex itinerary of falling in love. Especially the excitement, dopamine, adrenaline rush, and the emotional crash of being with a flighty partner. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sqwerv-revels-in-refreshing-blue-tones-in-latest-ep-hors-doeuvres-part-i monthly 0.5 2024-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/474b726b-8c8c-4f6c-ba1e-008680bc5226/5.png Music Reviews - SQWERV Revels in Refreshing Blue Tones in Latest EP ‘Hors d’Oeuvres Part I’ - SQWERV is an American indie/jam band that forge their own realities and fantasies when it comes to music. To fully enjoy their music, you need to relinquish everything you know, step out of the zone of familiarity and go with the flow. They work at the seams to gradually infuse a fresh chromatic value to their sonic environments. Focusing on a brand of psychedelic rock that enforces experimental elements, lofi and ambient dynamics on funk and blues, they claim a niche that is quite rare. Their latest release is a three track EP. It is the first part of the ‘Hors d’Oeuvres’ project. Tinged with iridescent blue tones, all the compositions cast a tranquil aura and an enticing clarity that is reminiscent of an oasis. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ellery-twining-presents-a-contemplative-shoegaze-pop-with-s-b-butler monthly 0.5 2024-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/12a93d64-45c6-46ba-9d21-781e3adf2ab4/4.jpg Music Reviews - Ellery Twining Presents a Contemplative Shoegaze Pop With ‘S B Butler’ - Ellery Twining is an innovative pop artist in the contemporary context. As soon as you listen to his music, you experience a refreshing sense of character and beautiful concepts. It is a plane of consciousness, a musical piece, and a liberated pop culture. His latest release is his second album, ‘RESULTS’. The collection adds on to the inventive ideas that he introduced with his debut album, ‘REVENGE’. It all forms in a surreal sonic space coded with ambient and conceptual melodies. The track, ‘S B Butler’ is taken from this collection. Dazing spells of contemporary pop are meshed with shoegaze propensities and ascending rhythms. It is a track about experiencing childhood, growing up, and learning about the world. Melancholy shows up as a stranger that alters perception. With narrative lyricism and spoken vocals, the artist images a scene that feels both familiar and unfamiliar. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dissolve-into-the-summer-daze-of-strawflowers-pop-rock-with-tiki-bar monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/68813c0b-979d-4f04-8d79-ae028390b339/6.jpg Music Reviews - Dissolve Into the Summer Daze of Strawflower’s Pop Rock with ‘Tiki Bar’ - Strawflower is a contemporary pop rock band that is streaked with vivid and vintage pastels. The band’s whimsy meets where surf rock begins and sails all the way to sunny psychedelics. Think The Beach Boys meets Sufjan Stevens. Listening to them will make you feel like you’re at the beach. The perfect spring summer band with the perfect spring-summer single, ‘Tiki Bar’. The track is washed with warm tonalities that glint with folk, reggae, and mellow funk. The vocals are golden baritones that elate you like the beach sun. And matched with dazed riffs, dulcet sentiments, and gleaming grooves, it is an easy favorite. You’ll even catch a bluesy note drift that rearranges the mood like an ocean breeze. As you listen to it, you feel high, a sense of levity and serenity envelops you; that makes you feel like you’re in a movie. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-breakdowns-modern-lies-will-cure-you-of-90s-indie-rock-nostalgia monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3886df92-8113-4f0d-aaa7-b4e261f9bfc0/5.jpg Music Reviews - The Breakdown’s ‘Modern Lies’ Will Cure You of 90s Indie Rock Nostalgia - The Breakdown are an indie rock band with sublime melodic propensities. By reviving the charm of melodies in dazy rock atmospheres, they make the emotion more personal, intimate, and accessible. The band insightfully leverages the power of song, the complexity of tonality, and rhythmic language to immerse the listener in the theme. Their latest release is ‘Modern Lies’, a track with the 90s ethos of The Smiths, Joy Division, and The Cure. Listen Now! The track is broody and melancholic. Its dark melodic spaces are beautifully contrasted with warm and evocative baritones. And with experimental melody lines, wandering rhythms, and atmospheric guitar solos, the band phenomenally expands the soundscape to a post rock dimension, driving to a grand, cerebral climax. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/miles-easts-all-hands-on-deck-a-fulfilling-acoustic-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2883e353-0976-4efc-b048-fca846768cbf/4.png Music Reviews - Miles East’s ‘All Hands on Deck’ : A Fulfilling Acoustic Rock Track - Miles East is a singer-songwriter and an acoustic rock artist. His brilliance lies on how he uses melodies to influence his vocal sentiments and elevate them to a profound high. Listening to his music has the effect of propelling the listener to a thematic depth. Accents of folk, country, blues and rock are all bonded inextricably. Listeners of Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are sure to enjoy the resonant musicality of this artist. ‘All Hands on Deck’ is the third single from Miles East’s upcoming album, ‘Between Thunder and Lightning’. The song is a call for action, for resilience and strength in service of hope, no matter how difficult. The urgency of the theme is not cast readily in the soundscape but it seeps through the contemplative lyricism, rising melodic atmosphere, and the duty bound vocal evocation. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/baaj-amp-baajs-douce-terre- monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/53cc28e5-79d0-42e9-b238-3102ff46b49b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Baaj &amp; Baaj’s ‘Douce Terre’ : A Lilting Soul Pop Ballad - The musicality of Baaj & Baaj is a gift that keeps on giving. Dabbling in pop, rock, electronica, and everything in between, the artist is a legend of contemporary music. He has a way of effortlessly reviving classic styles to refresh modern contexts and themes. In every composition, there’s an enhancing element, an experimental flavor that almost always drives the listener to a new plane of musical consciousness. Baaj & Baaj exhibits such an elegant versatility in his latest release, ‘Douce Terre’. The track is a soul pop ballad that is strung with weightless acoustics and lilting French baritones. Cast in bluesy sentimentality and rich expression, it is bound to elevate the romantic quotients of your mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tende-kashas-mr-liar-old-school-reggae-track monthly 0.5 2024-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8f1d3f3e-8a3b-45d2-a775-e6b5fa044a53/6.jpg Music Reviews - Tende Kasha’s ‘Mr Liar’ : Old School Reggae Track - Tende Kasha is a singer-songwriter and reggae artist whose music will take you back to the carefree, romantic and nostalgic days of Bob Marley. He revives the golden sentiments of the genre, and in the process its power to instill thought, passion, freedom, and relaxation. And he definitely has the spirit, charm, and devotion for it. ‘Mr Liar’ is Tende Kasha’s sophomore single. With the protagonist having lost the girl, he finds himself lost, regretful, and full of remorse for his actions. This melodic reggae blends romance and heartache. Easy grooves, feel-good vocals, and throwback melodies erect a heartwarming story that makes you root for him and share in his hope of regaining the love of his life. Listen Now! Also explore his discography : INNER TUNE" album in 2017 and released his singles Peace n Love & Shinning Star in 2020 and 2021 respectively. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/denise-marsa-elevates-romance-amp-dance-with-kiss-me-in-the-rain monthly 0.5 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e24710e3-6545-4a0d-925b-9b150b2e6b68/5.png Music Reviews - Denise Marsa Elevates Romance &amp; Dance with ‘Kiss Me in The Rain’ - Denise Marsa has an elevated sonic consciousness. Mingling electro pop with vivid facets of alternative and dance, her soundscapes are often mesmerizing realities to participate in. It is its own realm with its unique, edgy rhythms, rules and sensibilities, sporting mirages of human life and experiences. Fans of Daft Punk, Björk, and Arca are sure to enjoy the surreal and experimental islands of this artist. Her latest release is ‘Kiss Me In The Rain’. It distorts the elements of romance, love, lust, and infatuation with dark, abstract fantasies. Denise’s vocals are outworldly and veiled like the rain. They cast such interesting and conceptual shadows on the soundscape. The rhythms are spontaneous and full of dance. Incorporating orchestral instrumentals, vocal echoes, and formless sentiments, she elevates the listener’s sense of reality. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-shaela-millers-after-the-masquerade monthly 0.5 2024-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/aa4c5ff5-8336-4466-8b42-ba98f6dc74c6/7.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : Shaela Miller’s ‘After The Masquerade’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/princess-livs-on-the-line-dream-pop-best monthly 0.5 2024-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cf02f697-eab5-4679-a1a5-0962b41ed194/6.jpg Music Reviews - Princess Liv’s ‘On The Line’ : A Dream Pop Swirl - Princess Liv is a swirling voice in a dream pop soundscape. Her vocals are slivers of sugar, nostalgia, and melancholy that blur the lines of dream and surreality. A constant paradox, her tracks feel both youthful and mature, sad and joyful, limiting and free. ‘On The Line’ is Princess Liv’s latest single. It is immediately marked by its evocative lyricism, tinsel melodies, and contemplative vocals; A meandering blend of Her’s, Lana Del Rey, Beach House, and Men I Trust. Listen Now! It forms like the voice in your head. She explores themes like love, loneliness and heartache through a romanticist lens, using visual synths to mold her sense of reality and perspective. To fully appreciate it, it’s best to just fall into the lush landscape of passing synths, echoes, harmonies, and lyricism. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-china-rose-an-enchanting-musical-tale monthly 0.5 2024-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/04c7485c-6953-4b1a-9f2d-a439a0e66218/5.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘China Rose’ : An Enchanting Musical Tale - ‘China Rose’ reveals a new depth and dimension of Gary Dranow’s upcoming double album. The master artist of folk, rock, and blues blends it all in a creative ratio to form a folk-rock adjacent composition. The track is a musical tale that depicts a teenager’s dreams amidst communist China. Caught in a whirlwind of politics, dreams, and world order that is beyond her control, the song explores themes like freedom, resilience, and longing. Soft lyrical sentiments are enlarged with bold riff strokes and empathizing vocals. Crafted like a rose, the artist distills the thematic emotion with layers of riffs, chorals, melodies, and textures. It is a mix of raw and contemporary features that vividly capture the spirit of the song. One of Gary Dranow’s most remarkable compositions that ignites a universal passion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mike-basss-alter-my-directions-a-dynamic-folk-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4f1ebea6-05be-4849-9a90-3ab746a17971/5.png Music Reviews - Mike Bass’s ‘Alter My Directions’ : A Dynamic Folk Rock Track - Mike Bass has an elegant sonic profile. He elevates the brand of contemplative listening with beautiful folk, pop-rock, americana, and bluegrass. The mosaic of these genres will speak to you with a unique language. It is full of emotional intricacies, insights, and profound expression. The singer-songwriter and guitarist has just released his latest single, ‘Alter My Directions’. Edged with dynamic beats and surreal synths, the artist explores the repeating patterns of life and seeks to change them. It is honest, unpretentious, and incredibly executed. The track opens with a groovy rock frame that, like an elastic, is expanded and contracted with synths. A swirling ambience of melancholy. In the second verse, it tapers off into an acoustic-electronic hybrid that is buoyant and fresh. The way he uses formless synths to create dimension, both to the theme and the sonic structures are visionary. Simple yet so classy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kelsie-kimberlins-parking-lot-fluid-catchy-sultry-pop monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/282245eb-0b60-45d1-b348-28e0b381fcea/4.jpg Music Reviews - Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘Parking Lot’ : Fluid, Catchy, Sultry Latin Pop - Kelsie Kimberlin blends the ethos of Sean Paul and Pitbull with Rihanna, Shakira, and DJ Snake to create a tremendous pop hit with ‘Parking Lot’. The artist has a reputation for multifacetedness. She has explored most gradients and styles of pop with this latest one diving into the charm of early 2000s. Using Latin pop strokes with middle eastern subtexts, Kelsie explores love, lust, and sensuality. You’ll see afrobeats and dynamic rhythm patterns strung together to form a groove that is irresistible. The vocal plane is intense and stable in a way that contrasts. So the track engages the listener both cerebrally and bodily. Come bridge and a frame of hip-hop flushes into the scene. It is fluid, catchy, and thematically elevating. The artist has explored Latin pop previously in ‘Fruit Basket’. While that was more colorful and fun, this one is more dusky and fervent. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alex-wellkers-alt-rock-best-fly-away monthly 0.5 2024-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ee0f5567-17f1-4adf-897c-a7363778d834/3.jpg Music Reviews - Alex Wellkers’ Alt Rock Best : ‘Fly Away’ - Alex Wellkers is a singer-songwriter and alt rock artist with a very old soul. The artist’s music induces a plane of intense contemplation and deep feeling. Sometimes it’ll make you feel intimate towards existence, other times, your life will feel like a faraway land. The changing melodies and complex rhythms entangle with your thoughts and touch places that you’ve perhaps not visited in a while, or ever. The artist has released his debut album, ‘fly away’. It follows nine EPs that he has been releasing since 2014. This collection is especially profound, containing meditations on themes like life’s brevity, melancholy, earthly ties, and the intricacies of the human experiences. Listen Now! Alex Wellkers’ vocals have the expressive depth of Freddie Mercury. Straight up. His inflections are lavish and his expression is lofty. Enunciated at every peak, his vocals are valleys of emotion. You’ll especially experience it in tracks like ‘You Want Us’, ‘Making Progress’, ‘Niemals jemals da gewesen’ and ‘Amy’. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/massimo-de-simone-grants-us-an-encompassing-orchestra-with-nel-tutto monthly 0.5 2024-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2d71d957-7f12-4c40-9843-429cce1afeb7/2.jpg Music Reviews - Massimo De Simone Grants Us An Encompassing Orchestra with ‘Nel Tutto’ - Italian composer and songwriter, Massimo De Simone surpasses all faculties of sonic mystique with his latest release, ‘Nel Tutto’. The artist is known for his conceptual modernisation of classical Italian music and instrumentals. This one is a seamless masterpiece, a confluence of such vivid styles and technique. Styles that are sourced from across the globe that the track holds the diversity and dynamism of world music. That’s how he brings the theme to life : Nel Tutto ‘in the whole’. The track opens with a classic blues rock flush. It is progressively superimposed with 80s synthwave and disco influences. The vocals are a transient medium; a vehicle that prefaces and contextualizes new and forming frames. And to experience the orchestral blooms, bel cantos and classical raises in the wake of the vocalist’s warm timbre and supreme expression is nothing short of transcendental. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/adik-angels-up-so-high-has-a-grand-electro-pop-exuberance monthly 0.5 2024-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/42a30477-0aa1-48dc-bc1c-b3d76b9981d6/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Adik Angel’s ‘Up So High’ Has a Grand Electro Pop Exuberance - Adik Angel has a phenomenal way of manifesting electro pop compositions. Infused with quotients ranging from visual and movement to fun and concept, her work is multifaceted and innovative. It’s impossible to lock down her style because her sonic formula is ever changing. Hailing from Bulgaria, she fuses electronica, pop, and hip-hop with balkanic and oriental rhythms. This adds a unique culture to her soundscapes that is reminiscent of Björk. ‘Up So High’ is one of Adik Angel’s best compositions. She weaves the lofi, ambient, electro pop track with agents of light, texture, color, and melody. The tonal atmosphere is distorted and curved to create layers of composition. Tuned vocal echoes and harmonies impress their ethereal patterns on this base. So when you listen to it, it imparts its levity, profoundness, and simplicity to you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-margaret-hooligans-driver monthly 0.5 2024-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/69c8e0e1-db77-4ec0-89d9-a70392d50180/4.jpg Music Reviews - The Margaret Hooligans : Driver! - The spirit of The Margaret Hooligans is as free and fun as rock n roll. By now, this duo’s reputation for blending experimental blues and roaming folk rock precedes them. They don’t strive for perfection but celebrate the cumbersome, sloppy, and blurred realities of human experience. And this honest execution is not only refreshing but transcendental and liberating. Meg Cratty and Mr. Strontium have released their latest single, ‘Driver!’. It is a grand enterprise of chaotic blues and explorative rock ethos. Instrumentally, they go down the path of Patti Smith, Janis Joplin and Pink Floyd. The slamming beats and the electric ukulele is transformed by bright sitar accents. You’ll also spot avant garde electronic elements and spontaneous percussive shifts. So experience several sonic consciousnesses within one iconic track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/linda-conways-to-be-a-woman-an-enchanting-ribbon-of-contemporary-pop monthly 0.5 2024-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad3aff52-7e4f-4d82-a3bc-e61c74f98fa4/3.jpg Music Reviews - Linda Conway’s ‘To Be A Woman’ : An Enchanting Ribbon of Contemporary Pop - Linda Conway is a singer-songwriter and a soul artist whose love language is music. She has an enchanting ability to articulate core human experiences profoundly, elegantly, and sincerely. The artist has the ethos of artists like Celine Dion, Adele, and Billy Joel driving her vision and the honesty of her life shaping it. Linda has released her sophomore single, ‘To Be A Woman’. The track explores the beautiful nuances and intricacies of being a woman. And she celebrates it with a graceful and intimate aesthetic. It is deeply evocative and transcendental. Her vocals are visceral ribbons, traversing octaves as effortlessly and smoothly as a soaring bird. Delicate lines present a contrasting presence, more grounding and foundational. Its measured flow is enriched by an emotional intelligence that impresses on the listener’s contemplations to elevate the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-paradise-grooves-of-gianfrancos-funk-in-in-my-dreams monthly 0.5 2024-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5d117b5b-fb2b-44c1-8190-a0fee9213b3c/2.jpg Music Reviews - Experience The Paradise Grooves of Gianfranco’s Funk in ‘In My Dreams’ - Gianfranco GFN’s function of music is a mind altering brand of jazz, blues, and funk; with all their subsets and variations of course. He is especially known to throw in reggae, rock and bossa to achieve fresh complexities. He loves the spontaneity and the creative liberation that comes with these genres. They are styles that indulge every whim and fancy of the human soul. And Gianfranco is all about the new coils of melody and springing rhythms, and popping beats. In his single, ‘In My Dreams’, he creates a wiry paradise with grooves folding in the dreams. It is seamless and airy with fresh guitar licks, celebratory vocals and frolicking beats, all culminating in a euphonic high that you can’t wait to revisit over and over. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/delve-into-the-picturesque-indie-rock-of-trash-pals-in-sonya monthly 0.5 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/936411a8-3d8e-471e-ac63-d98382860872/6.jpg Music Reviews - Delve Into The Picturesque Indie Rock of Trash Pals in ‘Sonya’ - Trash Pal’s brand of indie rock is like a watercolor sky. It is an ever changing panorama of realities, sentiments, tonalities, and chroma. The duo (Conor Rayne and Gabe Schnider) love to explore the gradients of heartache, nostalgia, melancholy, joy, and love. It’s never one thing though because their sonic pallets are living, moving, and sentient molds that are intricately linked with human experiences. ‘Sonya’ is the band’s latest single. It is the perfect soundtrack for this spring season with its introspective narrations and ruminative energies. It’s swirl is so easy to get lost in. The track was written by the duo as a response to others’ external discomfort with the ways of processing change. Despite its mellow overtones, it paves a distinct path that inspires to take things at your own pace, on your own terms. Across the composition, the duo beautifully weave in dimensions of memory, nostalgia, friendship, selfdom, and growth. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/la-need-machine-these-old-jeans monthly 0.5 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4ca967e5-33ad-4077-ae61-b13fa426f45c/5.png Music Reviews - LA Need Machine : These Old Jeans Charities they are currently supporting with their music and videos are: · The Trevor Project - The Humane Society of the United States · National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) · Mary's Place Emergency Family Shelters · American Nurses Foundation · Tetiaroa Society (Marlon Brando's non-profit) · Childhaven - Northwest Harvest · Global Impact – Ukraine Response Fund · Doctors Without Borders · Ukrainian Community Center of Washington https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-when-the-road-is-too-much-remix monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7963d2f2-ecde-4087-930e-2719ac991f76/5.png Music Reviews - Gary Dranow : When the Road is Too Much (Remix) - If you’re feeling nostalgic for Gary Dranow’s blues rock ethos, sported in his debut album ‘Destiny Road’, you don’t have to anymore. The artist has been releasing remixed versions of the album songs, forging new musical pathways to enjoy the theme. His latest remix was of the track, ‘When the Road is Too Much’. The track explores the anchoring power of true love and support. It is an acoustic rock track with a distinctive blues gradient. Gary’s vocals are especially affecting, as they bring beautiful lyrical sentiments to life. It sweetens the heart and elevates love with an old school romance. The listening experience will take you back to the confessional rock ballads of artists like Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, and Jeff Beck. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/legna-hernandezs-tiana-defiant-pop-punk monthly 0.5 2024-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/489fc7a1-5b39-49a6-8039-18701ac15c52/4.jpg Music Reviews - Legna Hernandez’s ‘Tiana’ : Defiant Pop-Punk - Legna Hernandez is a Mexican contemporary pop-punk star with an eclectic take on the genre. Her sonic aesthetic blends e-girl softness with defiant and f*ck the world charisma. The artist’s latest release, ‘Tiana’ is made more remarkable with the collaboration of American emo rock band, Love Ghost. It is visceral, exciting, and an incredible upper, especially because of the unique brand of alt rock that they create. It is not something that is explored enough. The track opens with a futuristic ethos. Animated synths dart into the soundscapes, bolstered on punk beats. The first verse sparks with Legna’s electro pop currents. The rock is a mellow subtext. It makes a dramatic entrance in the chorus, washing it with face melting riffs, emo chords, and distortions. It is invigorating to see the clash of the artists’ sonic styles and cultures; rearranging like a jigsaw puzzle, figuring out how to co-exist. And by the climax, the track roars with the seamless energy and momentums of them both. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-18-its-all-right monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3aefbf1e-900a-46a4-b7aa-204c7212ffa2/7.jpeg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow : 18, It’s All Right! - Yet another delightful acoustic rock number from his upcoming double album, ‘18, It’s All Right!’ marks the youthful experience of that age, the excitement, the energy, and all its passion. Gary Dranow captures it all with the rose-tinted fondness of retrospective lenses. Across the singles leading up to the album, the artist has demonstrated an ability to craft insightful perspectives that elevate universal human experiences. And this track also shines with it. The riffs, beats, and basslines are made to enjoy a unique synchrony. Their expressive frequencies match the sentiment, tone, and message of the vocals. So if you’re feeling a little old, or feeling a little young, drive into this phenomenal track to feel connected. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/brand-of-indigos-contemplative-folk-cloud-dreamer monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/697f4073-7927-4e87-b213-1a613ec1bcf9/6.png Music Reviews - Brand of Indigo’s Contemplative Folk Cloud : Dreamer - Brand of Indigo revives the classic ethos of folk rock. Each track is a contemplative cloud that is philosophically tethered and anecdotally anchored. The band loves to weave stories with absurd poetry and melancholic sentiments. And every time you listen to their music, you feel like you’re expanding, your consciousness elongates, and a sense of profoundness engulfs you. Listeners of The Beatles, Eagles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and The Byrdes are sure to resonate with this band’s sonic sentience. ‘Dreamer’ is the band’s latest single. Serene planes of acoustics are matched with jangle rock riffs to create a room of dreams. The vocals are like light fixtures that throw light across the walls and floors. It brims with individualism, belief, hope and positivity. The slight melancholic dalliances and blues rock frames are skilfully used to refine the thematic presence. So throw open the door, walk in and manifest with Brand of Indigo! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/blair-dunlops-let-get-out-of-the-city-sprouts-with-lavish-britpop monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bc7bd77b-1777-40f8-b289-51584b99bd56/5.jpg Music Reviews - Blair Dunlop’s ‘Let Get Out of the City’ Sprouts with Lavish Britpop - Blair Dunlop’s music exemplifies a contemporary blend of singer-songwriter and alt-folk aesthetics with the pulse and drive of pop-rock. The UK-based artist also runs imprints of classic Britpop through his soundscapes. A combination of all this allows the listener to experience contemplative, dynamic, charismatic, and evocative performances. In his latest release, ‘Let’s Get Out of the City’, the artist explores the saturation of living a fast-paced life in the city. He flings the narratives into rhythms that are flying out of the door. The vocals drive to a freedom and a freshness that you can almost taste. The appeal of Blair Dunlop is contained in his ability to infuse you with his experience, his emotions, and his perspectives. He creates it with real and visceral pieces of melody, affecting beat motifs, and a rare authenticity. He also adds to this spectacular energy and fun quotients that elevates it even more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cat-corks-latest-folk-bliss-disappear monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8393bf8d-5ed7-4fb9-8b91-c32cf486fa29/4.jpg Music Reviews - Cat Cork’s Latest Folk Bliss : Disappear - Cat Cork has a folk sentience that is one of a kind. His sonic tricks are hidden in plain sight, and his narratives form as naturally and spontaneous as the breeze. And with unique skill sets like this, he creates music that intricately binds with the listener. The singer-songwriter has released his third album, ‘Silver and Gold’, featuring his previously released, successful single, ‘Post Man’. The collection hosts novel spaces of folk that you can get lost in. Especially with the track, ‘Disappear’. It is a balance between modern and rustic folk that manifests in the instrumental and vocal interactions. Lyrically, the artist delves into the cumbersome nuances of living and explores the disappearing as a solution. Experimental hooks and deep bass lines are overarching currents; as if creating a parallel world to fade into. They progress into a compelling ocean of riffs and electric guitar embraces in the climax. A sudden folk rock movement that you can blur into. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/savor-the-enamoring-patterns-of-moon-and-aries-in-firenight monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/524cb815-1b18-49fe-92fa-52ca3791c3a6/3.jpg Music Reviews - Savor the Enamoring Patterns of Moon and Aries in ‘Firenight’ - Moon and Aries make music that emboss life quotients. Their dedication to visuals, vividness, and vivacity embellishes life’s moments spectacularly. The duo are a synth-pop, cinematic, electronic collective dedicated to elevate music making. Nothing is out of bounds for them. As long as they are concerned, music is energy, music is perspective, and music is power. Their latest is ‘Firenight’, a dance pop spread that is flushed with ethereal and mystical sensibilities. The theme’s cosmic significance is highlighted by quivering vocal tenderness. Jordana Moon demonstrates a natural ability to extend the narrative to new horizons of feeling. And cradled and nurtured by Tom Aries’ expert fusion of house, melodic techno, EDM, and colorful synths, it propels further out. Together, they ecstatic patterns of music excite, enamour, and enhance the listening experience expertly. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9-o-clock-nastys-dead-pilot-a-glamor-punk-rock-single monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b1cd88e8-bfa2-4c37-a3b9-c03677ca5fbe/2.png Music Reviews - 9 o’ clock Nasty’s ‘Dead Pilot’ : A Glamor Punk Rock Single - When 9 o’ clock Nasty arrives at the scene, it’s every man for himself. All bets are off. The glamor, the punk, the chaos, and everything else in between is yours for the taking. They lay it all out, heart, energy, beats, and soul. It’s like dancing with the devil. With their latest single, ‘Dead Pilot’, the band presents their idiosyncratic brand of rock. It is an anthemic, browbeating, head pounding mass of sound that is full of funk, a lot of fun, and charismatic abandon. It is an absurdist’s fantasy and the nihilist’s paradise. The riffs, vocals, grooves, and beats are all sharp and striking, so be sure to bite back, let loose, and savor the anti-control bliss. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shane-rennison-what-you-need-to-know monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cd19dac0-381d-40ee-acd9-58a6dc620f02/3.jpg Music Reviews - Shane Rennison : ‘What You Need To Know’ - Following the release of his hit debut EP, ‘Nice to Meet You’, Shane Rennison has gained a reputation for transforming the acoustic space into a fluid conduit of real time expression. With his purposeful instrumentals, sparkling synths and deep, meaningful vocals, he drew mighty comparisons to artists like Ryan Tedder, Alesso, and The Scripts. ‘What You Need To Know’ is Shane’s latest single. It holds all the sincerity and dynamism of his earlier releases, if not more. With darting beatlines, fresh melodic pulses, and catchy vocal hooks, the artist instantly pulls us in. It is elegant and addictive like magic. The track explores the melancholy and frustration of a man who is in a relationship with a woman who cannot commit. She’s beautiful but confused, leading him on and dropping him on whim. The track is crafted to showcase this. Shane skillfully uses percussive flashes, synth elevations, and passionate acoustics to capture this sense of in betweenness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kathryn-merriam-delivers-transcendental-folk-album-with-rhythm-of-the-sunlight monthly 0.5 2024-03-29 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/etolubov-interview monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kinga-angelys-running-on-empty-is-a-delightful-brand-of-dance-pop monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e731befc-5269-48f7-8d64-7eb6fae324ce/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Kinga Angelys’ ‘Running on Empty’ is a Delightful Brand of Dance Pop - Kinga Angelys is a passionate musician. Infused with real feelings, honest narratives, her compositions drip with it. You can feel her like a current, weaving under the sonic fabric. There’s an intimacy rolled in with the pop and the grooves that you instantly resonate with. It is a testament to her artistry and her skill as a singer-songwriter. Her latest single, ‘Running on Empty’ is an intricate blend of acoustics, pop, dance, electronica, R&B/soul. The artist creatively fuses them in production to bring the theme and thematic emotions to life. It’s a swirling tapestry of sound that explores the loneliness of being in a bad relationship. The melancholy and heartache of the unfulfilled heart makes up the song. And Kinga’s vocals are a vivid island of emotion that is reminiscent of early 2000s pop like Shakira, Gwen Stefani, Rihanna, and Beyonce. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alexa-lashs-missing-is-a-modern-blend-of-poetry-amp-folklore monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/991a321d-8f4b-4b94-8593-600e0db1c5d4/5.jpg Music Reviews - Alexa Lash’s ‘Missing’ is a Modern Blend of Poetry &amp; Folklore - Alexa Lash’s music is the manifestation of her poetic soul. The slow-brewed, contemplative, and imaginative aesthetic of poetry marks the sonic brand of this singer-songwriter and folk pop. Hailing from Miami, Florida, her folklore is peppered with the mysteries and mystique of the ocean. And she weaves that energy right into her humanistic narratives. Her latest single is ‘Missing’. Sometimes, we all feel a vacancy, an emptiness of expression. A presence or an absence of something that you cannot particularly describe. That’s what the artist explores with this track, in the context of love and relationships. It is a melancholic swell that is molded by Alexa's vintage vocals and drizzled with acoustics. The sincerity and grace of her music percolates deep into the fabric of her listeners and has them coming back for more. 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With luminous riff motifs, surreal rock imprints, and outworldly vocals, the track is like a vivid current. It holds you prisoner with its magnetic evolutions, but also shows you a new world that you want to keep visiting. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-rich-acoustic-platter-of-aouns-shears monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/03e3017a-ddfa-473a-8ea2-059eb6167cba/4.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy The Rich Acoustic Platter of Aoun’s ‘Shears’ - AOUN casts songs like a fishing net. With its intricate knots of emotion and gossamer acoustics, it’s easy to get caught up in his world of melancholy and music. With over a decade of experience in songwriting and production, the New York based Palestinian-Jordanian offers a rich platter of music under his solo banner. AOUN has just released ‘Shears’, his third single leading up to his upcoming concept album, ‘The Shepherd and All Her Beautiful Sheep’. The track enjoys the collaboration of singer Big Dumb Baby whose doting vocals and lingering sentiments stain the composition with beautiful dimensions. It has the quiet intensity and hypnotic flows akin to Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. Despite the sparse acoustic textures and sparing vocal lines, it wrenches the heart, drenches it with dreary gloom and an ever present loneliness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-eric-alexandrakis-electric-power-pop-in-i-love-me monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8e860f7f-d414-432e-9f87-b84aad994a00/5.png Music Reviews - Enjoy Eric Alexandrakis’ Electric Power Pop in ‘I LOVE ME’ - Eric Alexandrakis is a Grammy nominated electromaniac. Enough said? Not quite. The artist lives, breathes, and thinks in electronic music. Its flexible contours, malleable spirit, and vibrant energy levels allow him to seek out novelty every step of the way. And for musicians and composers like Eric, it is the proverbial oyster. His latest release is ‘I LOVE ME’. It is a retro, electro-powered power pop that will sink you into an 80s/90s sonic wormhole. Its like this : If ABBA and Cyndi Lauper collaborated with FM-84 and The Who, this track is probably how they would sound. Listen Now! You can also closely follow the artist’s work and learn more about him on his website : www.EricAlexandrakis.com https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ari-joshuas-rare-groove-retro-vibrant-amp-iconic monthly 0.5 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/844bb90a-3ea4-40bb-bcfd-5a686f903a08/4.jpg Music Reviews - Ari Joshua’s ‘Rare Groove : Retro, Vibrant, &amp; Iconic - Ari Joshua is a jazz legend. If you don’t already think so, then you’ll probably be in agreement once you listen to his latest, ‘Rare Groove’. Enjoying the collaboration of veteran musicians and composers like Grant Schroff, Skerik, and Delvon Lamarr, the track is a smooth spread of sublime talent, stellar vision, and supreme fun. It's such a ball just to listen to. The artist gives the restlessness of jazz a definition, a flavor without suffocating its flow. There’s a whole pallet of grooves to pick from. It opens with a reggae timestamp, evolving into funk rhythms, animated escapades, jazz interludes. It is retro, vibrant and iconic. The sax leads the composition with its motive detailed by sparking keys, blues guitar, wiry cello lines, and a dynamic beat. So get on board and get with the vibe, Ari Joshua has a new song. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-rolling-pop-grooves-of-natalia-pardalis-in-summer-nights monthly 0.5 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/debcf1e0-a91b-42c7-8d63-cfa45a66b08c/2.jpeg Music Reviews - Enjoy The Rolling Pop Grooves of Natalia Pardalis in ‘Summer Nights’ - Natalia Pardalis understands the synthesis of energy, movement, and music. To this equation, with thoughtful lyricism, she infuses emotion and sentiment. The singer-songwriter and pop artist keeps it simple, real and honest. She taps into a universal frequency and loops us into it. With infectious hooks, charming vocals, and smooth grooves, she pulls us into the soundscape. Her latest release is ‘Summer Nights’. A tropical tinged Latin pop track that instantly transports the listener to a carefree state of mind. No matter where your head is at, her earthy beats, funk and jazz collect you like an ocean breeze and whisks you away. The springing trumpets and the strolling riffs pour over her vivid vocals. Like an intoxicating cocktail, it erases reality and elevates your dopamine levels. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/love-ghosts-time-travel-a-progressive-hip-hop-flavor monthly 0.5 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6e87ed53-016b-424d-9a58-14724f2c1324/1.jpg Music Reviews - Love Ghost’s Time Travel : A Progressive Hip-Hop Flavor - Love Ghost has long since established themselves as a premium quality emo rock band. With progressive blends with hip-hop, trap, punk, and metal, they allow the genre to take on new and vivid dimensions. For their latest release, ‘Time Travel’ the band collaborates with visionary hip-hop artist, Yung Dupe to produce an affecting track. Listen Now! The track has a very intuitive rhythm that is burnished with frontman Finnegan Bell’s expressive vocals and evolving melodies. Matching Love Ghost’s seamless emo is Yung’s charismatic rap verses. They flow with conviction and real time emotion. It is intense and devouring. In the backdrop are astral synths that weave into the narrative and crystallize the theme. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/vanilla-francos-traction-50-shades-of-punk monthly 0.5 2024-03-24 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-amanda-emblem-experiment-farmtime monthly 0.5 2024-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6a1f6c51-0cd6-401d-89a3-380b57067d29/1.jpg Music Reviews - The Amanda Emblem Experiment : Farmtime - The Amanda Emblem Experiment is an alt folk/ singer-songwriter band led by Australian vocalist, guitarist and performer Amanda. The artist loves a good innovation, especially one that involves blues. Blending it with rock or even just a good folk melody, she creates the most interesting segments of song. When you listen to Amanda and her band, you’ll instantly hear the novelty. And along with it, you’ll experience their explorative spirit and camaraderie. They’re out there having fun and feeling things, and there’s always space for you. The band has just released their latest EP, ‘Farmtime’. It is an elevating collection of music that meanders through country, folk, rock, and blues. So if you’re looking to musically accessorize your mellow afternoon, this EP might be it! Amanda explores the many variations and moods of blues, adapting them to beautiful contexts of love. ‘Waterfall’ is a feel-good love song that is made with sunny rhythms and smooth vocals that blow like a cool breeze.‘Of Course I Do’ is instrumentally more rustic and doting. Amanda’s vocals are a warm and tropical shade of blues. And it perfectly matches the deep sentiment of irrevocable love. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-mark-peters-acoustic-pen-in-grace-of-the-fall monthly 0.5 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/73655051-1d2f-44d8-bb24-c9289af8986b/7.png Music Reviews - Experience Mark Peters’ Acoustic Pen in ‘Grace of the Fall’ - Mark Peters is a London-based singer-songwriter and folk artist. He writes music with an explorative pen, the ink of which percolates deep into paper and incepts a distinct consciousness. Like a temple bell, its sound and message rings long after the song has ended. That’s the only way he knows how to write music. Listeners of Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, and Hozier are sure to enjoy the profound resonance of this artist. His latest release is the acoustic version of his previously released ‘Grace of The Fall’. Stripped bare of all its rhythmic accessories and layers, this version leaves space for the listener to fill the soundscape with their own ethos. And it also allows Mark’s vocals to shine. Each expressive flick of his baritones is a melancholy infused grace, an epitome of weathered elegance that forms over time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tet-embroiders-a-romantic-latin-pop-tapestry-in-wherever-you-go monthly 0.5 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6b9fc8df-c4cd-4363-9d1d-434189fee553/6.jpg Music Reviews - teté Embroiders a Romantic Latin Pop Tapestry in ‘Wherever You Go’ - teté is a Singer-Songwriter from São Paulo, Brazil, based in Toronto, Canada. She has that vintage, classic charm that marks old French ballads. It is very unique. The vocals are full of whimsy and romance that when you listen to it, life becomes embossed and elevated like an embroidered tapestry. teté has just released, ‘Wherever You Go’. It is a Latin-pop song that is full of lilting grooves and curving beats. It has that special home-grown feeling that makes you nostalgic. The track is a sailing love song. teté arranges the soft vocals like rose petals. Layered with detail and emotion, the song forms line by line. She has great inflection, in that she doesn’t just hit a note. The notes bend and blend as she sings them; which plays into the structure of the track. There are a lot of floral themes running through the track, which makes it so distinctly feminine and dreamy. It’s just one of those kind of tracks that when it comes on in a cafe, you’re flushed with a sense of timelessness and levity. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-black-coal-lung monthly 0.5 2024-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/38ac50f7-4c41-4adf-841a-47f02094f0e8/5.jpeg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow - Black Coal Lung - You can always count on Gary Dranow for variance. His artistic demeanor is the restless kind, one that seeks out the difference each time, be it sonically or thematically. He gets to know genres and befriends them like people. For his latest release, ‘Black Coal Lung’ he returns to an old pal. Blues. Blending that with old country and folk, he achieves a new gradient of artistic depth. Its quivering melodies combined with vivid melancholic frames is easily a lonely man’s best friend. The track explores the grievous realities faced by communities living in the shadow of environmental justice. It portrays the struggles of a small town in Ohio plagued by the toxic emissions of a nearby coal power plant and its health consequences. With haunting melodies and devastated vocals, he makes their reality matter. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jason-lyles-deflated-is-a-glazed-70s-rock-burnish monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d4a7c785-8a5c-4ce4-b02a-a87eb0b7207f/5.jpg Music Reviews - Jason Lyles’ ‘Deflated’ is a Glazed 70s Rock Burnish - Jason Lyles is no ordinary musician. He is certainly one of a kind. With an extraordinary zeal for connecting different worlds and times of music, he liberates even the most commonplace themes and shifts them into a new plane of perception. ‘Deflated’ is his latest single in which he polishes 70s rock with burnished melodic rock structures, bluesy pop evocations, and glazed alt rock. It explores the cycle of loss, grief, and acceptance. Each phase is forged conceptually with resonant instrumentals and deep emotion. The track rolls slowly as if weighed down by something. Staunch hard rock bass lines plug into the soundscape, drowning it in distortions. Loss. Pounded with steady beat lines, the riffs rise and fall around it like hypnotic waves. And Jason’s expressive baritones, grind them all, verse by verse, word by word. Grief. In the bridge, the track swells with thick and layered instrumentation, bursting at the seams before delivering us into a lilting neo-classical climax. The light textures of the violin and guitar acoustics at the end are sharp contrasts to the track’s riff-laden beginnings. With this soft, elegant touch, the artist lifts the pressure on the listener. The weight suddenly vanishes and there’s an open-ended levity. Acceptance. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/natalie-jeans-the-what-for-a-rugged-and-passion-country-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f645df40-3ab2-4753-a45a-eb6a277bed1d/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Natalie Jean’s ‘The What For’ : A Rugged and Passion Country Rock Track - Natalie Jean is an exuberant artist. Her songs spill out of her soundscapes and grip the listener with zeal and musical virtue. By now, the artist has already earned her reputation as a brilliant songwriter. But her execution is on a whole other level. In ‘The What For’, her latest single, Natalie Jean fuses hard rock riffs and punk beats with a country blues ethos. It is a charismatic anthem with a momentum and intensity that will bowl you over. Think Patti Smith, Janis Joplin, and other powerful women in music. Because that’s the spirit she brings to this track. She delves into frames of sensual passion, shaping it with a bold feminine narrative. Using relentless rhythms, she drives, devours, and delivers you into a raw, pulsing hedonistic haven. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dive-head-first-into-the-spirited-rhythms-of-songs-for-sabotage-in-clean-trauma monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/50dcc3f3-8985-414c-92c8-cc955472cef9/3.jpg Music Reviews - Dive Head First into The Spirited Rhythms of Songs for Sabotage in ‘CLEAN TRAUMA’ - Songs for Sabotage got all revved up with gunpowder punk, 80s synth pop, and spirited rhythms for their latest album, ‘Clean Trauma’. The collection is a tumbling mixture of diverse influences that form, unravel, grow, and evolve. In many ways, it perfectly captures the elastic essence of the duo who love to stretch sonic boundaries and reach for the beyond. This album is forged to excite, in the audience, new sensations and sensibilities. Each track brings a beat that your body simply cannot resist and a refined sonic sentience. Think Beach House and Cocteau Twins blended with Cyndi Lauper and spruced with Tame Impala and The Who. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/drift-with-jody-vukas-in-his-latest-techno-single-echoes monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/284eb72a-db4e-4ae1-a748-8e0a9afb1a84/2.jpg Music Reviews - Drift With Jody Vukas in His Latest Techno Single, ‘Echoes’ - Jody Vukas is an electronic music artist and producer with a passion for symmetry. He manifests it in his brilliant house and techno builds. With his music, rhythm is key. It tells a story, takes you on a journey. Follow the beats, and you’ll find the pot of gold. ‘Echoes’ is Jody’s latest single. It is a sublime mix of techno, house, and tribal house that he forges a contemplative melancholia. The beats are adrift and so are the melodies. Listening to it is like floating along a long, linear plane, like a highway. The transitions are smooth and seamless, and so are the energy shifts. Subtle shifts in mood, melody and ambience transform the tribal beats that drive the track. Smoky vocals create a sense of outworldliness as they flit in and out of rhythm arcs. It’s so easy to get lost in its rolling symmetry. Conventionally, techno and house music is used to evoke a dramatic reaction in the listener. But Jody uses it to fathom a world, a sphere of thought and thematic enterprise. He adds to the mood that you’re in, or at the very least lends you an mellow groove. So, if you’re looking for a track that will elevate your thoughts without shaking you out of your reverie, this track is for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-deep-blue-americana-of-northern-trails-in-through-the-grain monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f34bd828-910d-4ec0-80cb-fc920e475bff/1.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy The Deep Blue Americana of Northern Trails in ‘Through The Grain’ - Northern Trails are a melancholic consciousness. Their songs are like moods that you can dwell in. As they pass you by, you can float away with them. Rooted in Americana, they evolve into glazed spells of 90s Britpop, indie rock, and Swedish indie pop. ‘Through The Grain’ is their latest single. It’s a well-explored and creatively spun soundscape. One of those tracks with bottomless details that are able to give you more and more each time you listen to it. The vocals have a surreal clarity as if forming in a far away land. You can feel its daze, suspended in its emotion. But if you want to touch it, you gotta hitch a ride on the falling riffs or the banjo melodies. The sonic craft and songwriting is rich and layered. Starting with an indie rock base, the soundscape is filtered with ethereal folk, pervasive Americana, and brackets of bluegrass. By the end of it, the Americana settles into a deep electric blues rock. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/transcend-into-love-with-karen-hardings-vocal-spread-in-judge-you monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cbdd4e4f-f850-4970-8a94-1a0409a1d3e3/7.jpg Music Reviews - Transcend Into Love with Karen Harding’s Vocal Spread in ‘Judge You’ - Karen Harding is a singer-songwriter, contemporary pop artist and a vocal sensation from Melbourne, Australia. Her compositions and delivery reckon with powerful and gratifying human expression that is reminiscent of artists like Celine Dion, Adele, and Sam Smith. With each track, she showcases the rich gradients and dimensions of her vocals. Like a valley, it is full of touching emotional peaks that are colored with the experience of getting there. Listen Now! ‘Judge You’ is the artist’s latest single in which she demonstrates the vast expanse of unconditional love. The soundscape is adorned by the clutching sentiments and deep emotion of her vocals. Soft piano melodies dwindle in the backdrop and an ethereal synth fabric sways. But Karen’s vocals take the cake as they drive to arresting heights, both in scale and significance. Dwelling in the transcendental space she creates allows the listener to experience the grace of love its benevolence, and its magnanimity. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-ceyeos-indie-rock-dynamism-with-latest-single-confession monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d59ec853-d85c-472d-86b0-85458e98089b/6.png Music Reviews - Experience Ceyeo’s Indie Rock Dynamism with Latest Single ‘Confession’ - Ceyeo is a singer-songwriter and producer whose interpretation of folk transcends into spheres of neo-classicals, indie rock, and electronica. And their progressions have a new wave dynamism. Her latest single is ‘Confession’, a country rock song fleshed out with splendid vocal depth, elevating rhythms, and a feel-good tone. The chorus is flooded with blues and a solid riff punch. The sound is reminiscent of the collaborative style of Phil Collins, Elle King, and AC/DC. So you know you’re gonna have a good time. Tune in! The track opens with mellow acoustics and then spans into a fantastic continuum. Led by her vocals, the soundscape evolves into a country pop-rock anthem. The energy, as it grows, is such a high. And in the bridge, an electric guitar flow rides it all the way to a climactic peak. This track is the first single from the artist’s upcoming album, ‘Together They Were Nothing’ which is queued to come out later this year, in October 2024. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cat-corks-post-man-indie-rock-gem monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d5285cc4-ebdf-4335-9e08-63bcc5fa9f68/5.jpg Music Reviews - Cat Cork’s Post Man : Indie Rock Gem - Cat Cork is a singer-songwriter and alt folk artist with a unique worldview that pervades beautifully into his sonic craft. His melodies, rhythms, themes, and lyricism charm the listener with their whimsy and poetic nuances. The songs themselves, have a sense of boundlessness to them, like they have an irrepressible frequency that is ever flowing. And once you tap into it, his version of reality stays with you and calls to you; perhaps to come visit again. Cat Cork has released his latest single, ‘Post Man’. It is an indie rock platter that is adorned with soft pieces of melancholy, cinematic folk, and soft pop sensibilities. The rhythm is measured and hypnotically mellow. Its lukewarm tones and layers weave in moments of profoundness, mundanity, and maturity. The artist debuted in 2013 with his album, ‘Feet in the Dirt’ and followed it with ‘Ulysses’ in 2016. This track is a continuity and refinement of the stylistic work that he embarked with on those albums. 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And like the willow tree, the album holds some of the artist’s most versatile, intricate, dense, and resilient pieces. There’s so much variety but there’s also so much sonic depth. Listen Now! ‘Jetstream’ opens the album with its dubsteps, its dazed and dragging vocals, and dancing keys. Three distinct rhythms, all conforming to form a memory, the lilting feeling of watching a jetstream form. This cerebral blast of blue phases into an electronic dance and pop synthesis. In ‘Ready or Not’, we experience retro synth pop through filters of techno, folk beats, and funky tangents. ‘Deep Space’ has dynamic party beats and colorful vocals. The theme forms with the deep explorative bass and beatline. It is hypnotic and mesmerizing. ‘Envisioning’ is smooth with Latin blues and tinsel harmonies and the title track is smooth with dreamy melancholy and dripping sentiment. With ‘Yearning’, he turns the notch up, letting techno invade into afrobeat motifs. It is so eclectic and energizing. In ‘Intangible’ the artist reaches for the virtual with conceptual electronica and mellow industrial sensibilities. Every track has a distinct ethos of its own. The artist finds so many new contexts and expressions for mainstream electronic styles. ‘Messages’ is a bluesy, jazz funk masterpiece that tweaks with brain chemistry. With popping melodies, darting beats, and frizzing vocals, it’s like you’ve taken a shot of potent soda. ‘Lifting Me Up’ blends techno with theatrics. ‘Interpolation Equation’ opens with warping electronic concepts before becoming an ethereal spread. It is transcendental. There’s so many worlds that you become privy to just by listening to this album. One minute, you’re experiencing infinity, and the next, you’re bundled into a reggae funk powered love mobile. There’s movement and cerebral dance, emotion and non-emotion, fragility and resilience. So strap in, let’s go again! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mansheens-tru-believer-is-psychedelic-70s-delight monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0b340eab-dc01-406f-ba71-75ca2b111aae/6.jpg Music Reviews - MANSHEEN’s ‘Tru-Believer’ is Psychedelic 70s Rock Delight - If you want to be dropped into the psychedelic and transcendental rock of the 60s and 70s, then MANSHEEN is the way to go. Their sonic ethos is so potent that it instantly, without a beat, transports you to that era of visceral living, experimentation, and pushing the boundaries. In their latest single, ‘Tru-Believer’, the band explores a sound that is reminiscent of Pink Floyd, The Bangles, The Who, and the like. The bass lines are jagged and the beats are dynamic. The vocals are piercing vapors in this technicolor and textured space. And listening to the fusion of jangling guitars, garage rock sensibilities, and a roaming melody line, you can feel the high coming on and your mind expanding. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-expansive-indie-rock-of-giack-bazzs-funny-days monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/97746d94-7558-4d1a-85b2-8b63b6506c86/5.png Music Reviews - Enjoy The Expansive Indie Rock of Giack Bazz’s ‘Funny Days’ - Giack Bazz is a singer-songwriter and an indie rock artist. His work is marked by contemplative narratives and mellow energy levels. The artist crafts an interactive soundscape with expansive instrumentals and vulnerable vocals. So when you listen, there’s a sense of intimacy and investment. Another bonus is he seems to be singing about all the things that we experience as young adults. In his latest release, ‘Funny Days’ he sings about seeing everybody around him get up and live life while he’s still figuring it out. His vocals are glassy and dazed, as if he might just fade away into nothingness. Blending it into an empathetic riff framework, he beautifully captures the loneliness and melancholy that is associated with it. Listeners of The Smiths and The Strokes are sure to enjoy the melodic rock of this artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-mellow-drama-remix-is-bolder-brighter-and-burnished monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c6ab500a-0d22-4518-b878-4e9408244edf/1.png Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Mellow Drama (Remix)’ is Bolder, Brighter, and Burnished - Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions have released the remix of one of their recent singles, ‘Mellow Drama’. The original version, released earlier this year. It explores the complexities and frustrations of being in a toxic friendship. It has a classic hard rock make, with a pop of vocal narratives and evocative riffs. There’s some country blues mixed in. All in all, a layered tapestry in Gary Dranow style. This remix version was produced to create a more fervent and passionate flow. It is sheathed in wires of electric guitar, that instantly adds so much to the listening experience. The beats become more animated. And this spike in energy and instrumental intensity allows the listener to drive deeper into the theme and appreciate the protagonist’s circumstance more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/astralix-drives-us-up-sky-high-with-crazy-world monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/41f0b175-9f56-4c96-bd3f-0b4180fcd6cc/7.jpg Music Reviews - Astralix Drives Us Up Sky High With ‘Crazy World’ - Astralix presents us with a new electronic music high with ‘Crazy World’. Potent in visuals, synths, beats, and emotion, it is so easy to lose yourself in it. The track is about opening yourself up to this crazy world and letting your hearts run free. And the artist crafts the soundscape to infuse the listener with the feeling of boundlessness and liberation. Driven by dance beats, a dynamic rhythm and elevating melodies, the track is like a shot of B12. So refreshing and unbinding. With all his releases, Astralix has set a feel-good precedent for his upcoming debut album, ‘The Rhythm Fills My Soul’. Blending EDM sensibilities with house builds and mellow techno lines, he plays around with energy to elevate the listener. And this track is no different. It is not only about rising above all the challenges that this crazy world throws at us but to soar despite it. So allow the light-hearted rhythms and the uplifting vocals wash over you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sophia-stephens-fervor-a-passionate-gradient-of-music monthly 0.5 2024-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e0a0c1e0-7645-49e5-829c-4af596caef5b/6.jpg Music Reviews - Sophia Stephens’ ‘Fervor’: A Passionate Gradient of Music - Sophia Stephens is a singer-songwriter and a terrific vocalist. Her ability to present and nurture emotional complexities with just her voice is so impressive and so rare. It is like a gradient, rich with variations, dynamism, and depth. In her latest single, ‘Fervor’, Sophia depicts passion and intense energy with a roaming vocal scale. Compounded with bluesy jazz sensibilities, the pop-rock soundscape unravels phenomenally. It is performative and evocative. Listen Now! A walking cello line is superimposed with the smoky clouds of Sophia’s vocals. Then the riffs and the grooves form, the beats flow; fuelling the fierce momentum of the theme. Her vocals swirl, broil, and rise to a feverish high. Streaked with dark melancholy and a vivid tragedy, it all presents a tale of unfulfilling love and heartache. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-all-that-packs-a-country-rock-n-roll-punch monthly 0.5 2024-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a96ff2fe-1525-4113-bf74-05c695dc4271/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘All That!’ Packs a Country Rock n Roll Punch - In Gary Dranow’s ‘All That!’ we witness their return to blues rock, only this time it is sparked by country and rock n roll themes. It is a track about a beautiful woman who everyone wants but she belongs with the protagonist. Every part of the track forms as a celebration of her; the deep ringing basslines, gritty riffs and thoughtful vocals. You’ll spot references to bands like The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and The Allman Brothers Band. Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions revitalize these 70s styles with a tinge of modernity and a whole lot of sentiment. Listen Now! The highlight of the track is easily the performance and the production. Each instrumental texture, rhythm, melody, and vocal frame ring into each other in a way that elevates the theme. As the vocals sing praises to the badass, all-rounder beauty that she is, it's as if the whole soundscape adapts to that narrative. It is cohesive, authentic, and just a good old southern rock marvel. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-seer-seekers-transcendental-hip-hop-in-to-the-core monthly 0.5 2024-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ef680959-d6d9-4181-a9e2-de221128378a/5.jpg Music Reviews - Experience Seer Seeker’s Transcendental Hip-Hop in ‘TO THE CORE’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gaelic-echo-amp-joe-kenney-set-free monthly 0.5 2024-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e5974375-dde6-47a0-bb00-1663e0c1c36e/4.png Music Reviews - Gaelic Echo &amp; Joe Kenney : Set Free - Joe Kenney is a recording artist, songwriter, and pianist from Philadelphia. His compositions are known for their deep emotional quotients. Each note dives into a fresh layer of feelings. It is incredible how he is able to suspend the listener in a vacuum of his reality, his experience, and his world. His latest single is titled, ‘Set Free’, released in collaboration with vocalist Gaelic Echo. When the dense consciousness of Joe collides with the explorative flows of Gaelic’s vocal echoes, a fantastic world forms. It is almost surreal, like watching sun rays roam underwater. The vocalist’s interpretation of the theme reveals the mystifying nature of Joe’s melodies. Her flows are loaded, quivering with deep sentiment and meaning. All in all, the taste of freedom as these artists see it is transcendently linked to heartache and melancholy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-the-flying-beets-villain monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bba5d828-be7b-4021-9a23-967df8539b73/8.jpeg Music Reviews - Single Review : The Flying Beets’ ‘Villain’ - The Flying Beets are a pleasure to listen to. Their music orients to 90s and early 00s rock, in terms of instrumental style, energy, and ethos. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the indie rock band is tinged with country-rock textures and a bluesy swirl that is simply intoxicating. Their latest release, ‘Villain’ is a resonant track that rises with anthemic heartache and melancholy. There’s so many rock profiles that form within the track. Melodic hooks phase into luminous riffs, spreading distortions, and Elvis Costello-esque vocals. Instantly vintage and classic, it soaks the listener with its atmospheric cast. It is a neat cocktail of Regina Spektor, The Smiths, and Fleetwood Mac with gritty 60s surf rock plays and 80s blues rock. Listen Now! The Flying Beets is fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist, Nathan Waller and backed by rhythm guitarist, David CRISs and Kenn Scott on the drums. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/elizabeth-shepherd-creates-an-enchanted-jazz-space-with-three-things monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8e772933-1082-40b6-8d51-336f92fb401d/7.jpg Music Reviews - Elizabeth Shepherd Creates An Enchanted Jazz Space with ‘Three Things’ Elizabeth Shepherd has a unique sonic vision. The Canadian soul jazz artist is an innovative musician who loves stretching musical boundaries to make space for her vision. Her tracks are best enjoyed when you perceive them as a horizon. Accents of soul, R&B, pop, and hip-hop are filtered through the flexible and wandering frameworks of jazz. The artist has just released her latest album, ‘Three Things’ in which she explores a plethora of perspectives. Each track is a slice of life frame that forms with thematic nuances, contemplative narratives, and expressive vocals. The title track is about the three vital things that sustain us all as humans. Nostalgic verses are manicured with ethereal synths and mystical rhythms. The jazz is wayward here. It ebbs and flows like the memories and moments in Elizabeth's vocals. And the chorus anthemically centers the theme with the pervasive chant of ‘if I don’t have love, I have nothing else.’ Listening to the track is like walking through an enchanted space, with tinkling tones, atmospheric synths, and explorative verses. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gareth-dunlops-i-dont-feel-you-is-a-soaring-pop-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4a2ee734-2363-4f2e-8d49-426091874dc2/5.png Music Reviews - Gareth Dunlop’s ‘I Don’t Feel You’ is a Soaring Pop Rock Track - Gareth Dunlop is an Irish pop artist and singer-songwriter with a charisma that is infectious and instantly elevating. His ability to sonically emote and convey human experiences is amazing. It plugs into the listener and draws them into his bright and performative sequences. ‘I Don’t Feel You’ is Gareth Dunlop’s latest release. A pop-rock track built up with retro synths and beat lines. It takes you back to artists like The Killers, Jimmy Eat World, and One Republic. The track describes the joy of realizing that you’re completely over your heartache. That there’s no pain, no hurt, no bitterness, and that you’ve healed all the way through. Gareth celebrates this liberation with soaring melodies, dancing synths, and feel-good vocals. The artist builds the soundscape to rejoice with him and swell with buoyancy and freedom. And you can’t help but get into his excitement and high-spirited energy. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/5nwif55v41bs0eaa9wk4zh0r29i41o monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a47dd5e6-977b-434d-97eb-b26662ee15c7/4.png Music Reviews - Enjoy The Mellow Pop-Rap Spheres of Corio’s ‘Who Needs A Friend’ - Corio is a pop-rap and hip-hop artist based in Kentucky, America. In essence, he is a very evocative and sentimental artist. He writes and performs with his heart, his compositions dripping with vulnerable contemplations and honest lyricism. There’s also real time energy that flows out of his tracks, allowing the listener to engage and interact as they listen. His latest track, ‘Who Needs A Friend’, this quality is especially pronounced. Corio’s vocals completely fill the soundscape. It is loaded; deeply rooted in personal experience and emotion. The vocals are smooth and mellow, snatched only by the trap beats in the backdrop. As we flow towards the climax, more layers form. Ethereal harmonies, double vocals, and rap frames all ebb and roll into each other, crystallizing the listening experience. Listeners of Drake, J Cole, and Travis Scott are sure to enjoy the work of this artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/exclusive-interview-tracy-eckstrand-unpacks-her-creative-provenance-amp-process-of-latest-ep-who-is-gonna-rescue-you monthly 0.5 2024-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d24aa210-b613-4297-8b95-a2d7fb258f9e/5.png Music Reviews - Exclusive Interview :Tracy Eckstrand Unpacks The Creative Provenance &amp; Process of Latest EP ‘Who Is Gonna Rescue You’ - Tracy Eckstrand is a singer-songwriter and a folk artist whose favorite subject is the exploration of life’s nuances. With thoughtful narratives and an open mind, she gets into themes like individuality, existence, mental health, heartache, melancholy, and the forming of the self. Her style, tone, and performances are reminiscent of artists like Joni Mitchell, Cat Stevens, Hank Williams, and the like; all of whom fostered a love for musical contemplation. Over the years, Tracy has leveraged her personal experiences to craft intimate listening experiences. And she does it in her latest EP, ‘Who Is Gonna Rescue You’ also. The collection drives the central theme of showing up for yourself. With poetic storytelling, fulfilling candor, and confessional tones, each track consoles and comforts the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/weave-through-the-luminous-instrumentals-of-richard-greens-let-your-light-shine monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/858cd4cb-df6c-4e67-89e1-2a1e3f141fad/4.jpg Music Reviews - Weave Through the Luminous Instrumentals of Richard Green’s ‘Let Your Light Shine’ - Richard Green is an Italian musician, guitarist, and composer. The artist loves to go with the flow and explore what’s out there. And this brings a gentle vastness to his compositions. When you listen to them, you can feel his curious presence, playful contemplations, and elegant vision. His track, ‘Let Your Light Shine’ is one such trinket. The way it is written and presented speaks to the grace and quiet glory with which goodness comes. It is an ambient instrumental that inextricably blends neo-classicals with jazz and blues. He drives it with luminous textures and tones that you can bask in. And with progression, you’ll see a vivid modernity that contrasts the introductory verses. The electronic patterns and effects flow into glassy folk frames and dazing sequences before rolling into a mellow climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/get-charmed-by-rachael-sages-whimsy-in-deepest-dark monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/999d3e8a-5f03-4f2a-ad19-39afb7cb043f/3.png Music Reviews - Get Charmed by Rachael Sage’s Whimsy in ‘Deepest Dark’ - Listening to Rachael Sage is like enjoying a whimsical and witty thought. Her songs form with natural momentum, always open and free to explore emotions, stories, and experiences. Blending facets of blues, folk, jazz, pop, and rock, she crafts intricate tapestries full of musical nuances. The artist released her eighteenth album early last year (2023) titled ‘The Other Side’. The collection explores unique slices of life. Full of beautiful perspectives and wholesome narratives, you are sure to be elated by them all. ‘Deepest Dark’ is a track from the album. It is a song about being there for someone going through a hard time. Folk tinged neo-classicals melt into a bluesy vocal ballad. It is such an intimate presentation. So vulnerable and endearing. The combination of her expressive voice with velvet violins and contemplative keys are an easy delight. And you’ll find yourself returning to her brand of whimsy and wit. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nobodys-wolf-childs-lxxvii-is-cinematic-pop-at-its-finest monthly 0.5 2024-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/57415560-04be-479a-bab0-682903b2a9b3/2.jpg Music Reviews - Nobody’s Wolf Child’s ‘LXXVII’ is Cinematic Pop at its Finest - Nobody’s Wolf Child is a sonic consciousness. The artists create affecting and powerful soundscapes. Marked by cinematic features and conceptual electronica, each track pieces together a whole new world. It is an enthralling brand of cinematic pop. They have long since established a reputation for detailed storytelling and music productions. In their latest release, ‘LXXVII’ the artists explores a haunting world that is flushed with outlandish emotions, ethereal mystique, and consuming imagery. The choral harmonies and galloping rhythms glisten with a prophetic allure. Commenting on the track’s theme, the artist says that ‘it is a lyrical baroque fairy tale the delivers a powerful warning about the society being on the brink of extinction.’ With all the internal conflicts, mindless wars and violence, it awakens us to a reality where nothing sacred exists anymore. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-gary-dranows-self-sacrifice monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1cd88b31-972f-4dfc-b01b-fbb62ca79520/1.jpg Music Reviews - Artist Interview : Gary Dranow’s ‘Self Sacrifice’ - In his track, ‘Self Sacrifice’ he drives the desperate facets of the theme sensationally. It has the emo fashionings of Linkin Park, the cerebral grunge of Nirvana, and the edgy nu-metal of Karnivool. And the result is a devouring musical production that raids your entire body. The track has deep bass grooves and charismatic riff breaks. Launching off of this anchoring base is Gary’s versatile vocal spread. It is truly amazing how his voice both endures and carries the emotion. A spectacular sphere within the grand resonance of the track. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dance-amp-disco-with-robert-vendettas-vendetta-del-disco monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4c9bba01-2ea5-4186-990a-01c0ea9558cd/6.jpg Music Reviews - Dance &amp; Disco With Robert Vendetta’s ‘Vendetta Del Disco’ - Robert Vendetta is a full on vibe. The man is brimming with so much energy, dance and vibrance that he creates that in the listener as well. The artist revives vintage genres like funk, disco, synthwave, and retro pop and vitalises them for a modern audience. Sprung with incredible rhythms and momentum, his album, ‘Vendetta Del Disco’ is a prime example of his sonic ethos. The album is the artist’s fourth collection and it is by far the best one. It is a modern disco movement and we are here for it. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sir-vere-dispels-all-peer-pressure-with-a-funk-rock-revolution monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c9cd6c44-d9b5-42f0-b1ac-c8e02164c0ae/3.jpg Music Reviews - SIR-VERE Dispels All ‘Peer Pressure’ With A Funk Rock Revolution - Sir Vere does punk like a boss. The banner is known for its deliberate rule flouting and inverting conventions. And this latest track, ‘Peer Pressure’ is no different. Led by a punk beat, the band molds the rest of the soundscape with funk vocal anthems, a severe tone, and a revolutionary spirit. Listen Now! Much like the title suggests, the track gets into the phenomenon of peer pressure. Its soundscape is built to conceptual portray the phenomena.It presses into you from all sides. The beat lines and electronic effects are dynamic and evasive, challenging the listener to keep up and chase it. However, the vocals cut through this pressuring culture and empowers you to be unafraid and stay true to yourself. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ladybyrds-way-back-home-an-ethereal-pop-wave monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6257c846-8919-4cfb-a7d5-e5ed6dc6f534/1.jpeg Music Reviews - Ladybyrd’s ‘Way Back Home’ : An Ethereal Pop Wave - Ladybyrd has an arresting sonic ethos. Her soundscapes are elaborate productions full of details, intricate and grand. The listening experience is like watching a movie. ‘Way Back Home’ is the artist’s latest single. Led with her captivating contemporary pop vocals, it slowly expands, revealing beautiful layers of music, emotion, and storytelling. Listeners of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, and Lana Del Rey are sure to enjoy Ladybyrd’s vocal quotients and its capacity to endure intense evocation. The highlight of the track is easily her vocals. She draws attention to it by keeping it in focus against a blurry instrumental breeze in the backdrop. Ethereal synth frames, electric guitar resonance, and violins all play sweep through, responding intuitively to her vocal highs and lows. It is like an energy wave, merging and separating. In the verses, they retain distinct sound profiles. But in the chorus, the listener rides a peaking high as the instrumentals merge to match the vocal emotion. And in the climax, they crackle with dissonance before dispersing into an echo. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/qxbg6qdgnobtqx7fu5xdq4ga9xewvm monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0163a72a-99ba-4d35-8fec-058313c0c604/3.jpg Music Reviews - Blindness &amp; Light : ‘We All Lose’ (Radio Edit) - Blindness & Light is a musical collective of like-minded artists and musicians. They formed as organically and naturally as their music is. Sometimes, they are philosophers and thinkers who elevate their themes with new perspectives and interactions. And other times, like in this latest release, ‘We All Lose’ (Radio Edit), they are social revolutionists. The track is about people who end up in a relationship with someone who hides their true dark right-wing views. Referring to the racists as sub-human, a dystopia forms, one that derails collective social harmony, consciousness, and cultures. Colin M Potter is the solo musician on this track. Using a layered instrumentation technique, he conceptualizes the pervasive impact of racism on society. You’ll see brighter riffs, vivid textures, and a trailing resonance that pushes you to think and contemplate the theme. The rhythm is mellow and measured. And the vocals are drenched in the melancholy of ill-formed prejudice and misplaced pride. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/michael-lyon-the-guy-who-won monthly 0.5 2024-03-13 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/colin-stauber-live-at-coke-studio monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fc57b744-f2a9-4a9c-985f-b4bf2daef801/8.jpg Music Reviews - Colin Stauber Live At Coke Studio - Colin Stauber is a very eloquent singer-songwriter. His work is marked by vivid melody and narrative frames that immerse you in listening experience. The artist is devoted to exploring the pathways of musical healing and positivity. So you can expect profound perspectives that open up your life. Colin Stauber’s work has been widely featured on Coke Studio. These recordings are resonant and affecting. Its sentiments are deep and palpable and come alive as you listen to it. With the introspective ethos of One Republic, The Scripts, and Coldplay, Colin Staubert’s music is just what you need to readjust your perspective on life. ‘Fall’ delves into themes of letting go and moving on from love. The lyrics are not detailed, but two lines, expressed with beautiful emotion and vocals. You’ll see a similar evocation in tracks like ‘Motions’, ‘I’ll Be There’ and even ‘High’. These tracks tell such detailed and arresting stories despite the minimalistic lyrics. Colin devotes his vocal fabric to breathing feelings, memories, and sentiments into the composition. It is visceral, raw, and so immersive. The subtexts are invisible currents that lead the listener to the depth of the theme. ‘Deep Breaths’ is a manual to get through long and difficult days. Colin’s baritones create deep and powerful imprints on the guitar base. ‘Nature’ concludes this trio. Inlaid with the majesty, miracle, and grace of natural elements, the artist crafts a sense of aliveness. Each melody and vocal line reinforces this life. ‘Coast’ is a recollection, a reminiscent track that takes us through the bones of an old relationship. ‘Horizon’ is almost like its counterpart, a balancing act that celebrates a fulfilling love. It is brief and succinct, but it is instantly elating and heartwarming. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-projects-hope-is-tinged-with-nostalgia-of-00s-pop-rock monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eea9ae6a-1cf7-4c1f-bfbf-39f12ee2b5f3/7.jpeg Music Reviews - The Project’s ‘Hope’ is Tinged With Nostalgia of 00s Pop-Rock - The Project is a rock back that will throw you back to the feel-good, retro classic, pop-rock bands of the 2000s. Led by Cali-based James Davis, the band loves the turn of the century ethos and makes us also fall in love with it. The Project’s latest single is ‘Hope’, which is the fourth single release from the upcoming album. It falls in line with all of the band’s previous releases, in style, energy, and will to play. However, this release is more heartfelt, delivered as a transformation of melancholy to hope and bursting belief. The verses are mellow and contemplative as they lead up to a dramatic and distinct chorus line. One you can sing along with and feel along with. It is one of those songs, that you crank up the volume on, roll down your windows, and sing your heart out with. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/explore-the-world-of-country-rock-contemplation-in-gary-dranows-never-give-up monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ef310639-74f6-4e5d-8885-b72d52ce9cff/6.jpeg Music Reviews - Explore The World of Country Rock Contemplation in Gary Dranow’s ‘Never Give Up’ - Gary Dranow has been leading up to his double album, ‘Never Give Up, Golden Child’ for a while now; releasing one or two tracks every month. Each track has revealed a promise of diversity as Gary explores new arenas of rock from acoustics and folk rock to blues, rock n roll, punk, grunge, and metal. The band has now put out the title track, ‘Never Give Up’. It is a country rock track that in its contemplation and style is instantly reminiscent of John Mayer and perhaps even Leonard Cohen. The track has mellow instrumental and vocal planes. Gary explores the undulating rhythm of life, of highs and lows. It is a journey, more than a destination and so just keep at it and never give up. This message forms within layers of guitar and vocal harmonies. There’s an irrepressible wisdom in Dranow’s weathered baritones and it casts a profound and poignant spell on the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/melina-hazewoods-dear-boy-a-warm-acoustic-love-letter monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fc81c52d-637e-4506-9596-f060ee06f918/5.jpg Music Reviews - Melina Hazewood’s ‘Dear Boy’ : A Warm Acoustic Love Letter - Melina Hazewood is an English-French singer-songwriter. The artist had a conversational style narrative, creating an engaging and intimate atmosphere for the listeners. Listening to her music is like being made privy to her thoughts and feelings. It is like talking to a friend. She brings the youth and experiences of her age, both with sincerity and playfulness. Her candor is absolutely refreshing and feel-good. Listen Now! In her sophomore single, ‘Dear Boy’, Melina Hazewood writes a love letter to her boyfriend. And using speckling acoustics, synths, and layered vocals, she creates a lyrical ballad that you won’t forget in a hurry. Fans of Phoebe Bridges, Taylor Swift, and Olivia Rodrigues are sure to enjoy this artist’s storytelling style. The artist has been writing a lot of music. She has written over seventy six singles in the last four years, and is now in the process of recording and releasing them. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enter-the-world-of-electro-pop-dynamism-with-president-streets-i-dont-wanna-be monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/37a4169a-49b4-4e7e-8373-afa97e529836/4.jpg Music Reviews - Enter The World of Electro-Pop Dynamism with President Street’s ‘I Don’t Wanna Be’ - The electro-pop skies of President Street are especially striking and beautiful in their latest single, ‘I Don’t Wanna Be’. Propelled by elements of dreamy love, romance, and irrevocable connection, the track forms high above the clouds with astral synths, dance beats, and anthemic vocals. Ruby has a cool and strong vocal personality that is so seamlessly matched with Pete’s dynamic production tricks and techniques. And together, they’ll have you dancing to a trance-pop, house raised, and melodic techno jam. You’ll perhaps catch glimpses of Daft Punk and Duran Duran blended into parts of Kavinsky, The Weeknd, and Calvin Harris. The best part though is how the track progressive splits, evolves, grows, and merges. Layer by layer, they appreciate the theme, the energy, the atmosphere, and the emotion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-jeandelafamilys-les-choses-difficiles monthly 0.5 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/97f8a4fc-f81e-4d27-a61b-404813533b43/9.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : JEANDELAFAMILY’s ‘Les choses difficiles’ - JEANDELAFAMILY is a French pop-rock band with influences of reggae, blues, and funk. They have a groovy 90s sound with rhythms that hook you hard and have you vibing. With authentic and classic vocals and instrumentation, it is full of energy, culture, and passion. Its catchy rhythm signatures, gliding melodies, and expressive vocals are so easy to fall in love with. The band has just released their latest single, ‘Les choses difficiles’, a track that exemplifies the spirit and musical pallet of the band. If you enjoy listening to Bob Marley, then this mellow and laid back track is for you! The track opens with a readymade reggae structure, progressing with soft and subtle melodic variations. With vocals that flow matching the rhythm, you’ll find yourself nodding away at the track in no time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/villians-cast-an-atmospheric-electro-pop-play-in-death-of-me monthly 0.5 2024-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ce89b117-b422-4f60-9d8f-f87e8c0b8c9f/8.jpg Music Reviews - Villians Cast an Atmospheric Electro-Pop Play in ‘Death of Me’ - Villians is an LA-based singer-songwriter duo with an orientation to dark electronica, trip-hop, and alternative. Most of their soundscapes are explorative, both in the representation of the theme and in the stylistic quotients as well. Their latest release is ‘Death of Me’, an outworldy, atmospheric, and full of fantasy dimensions. Listeners of Lorde and Tove Lo are sure to enjoy the stormy cliffs of this electro-pop track. It gets into the addictive and compelling dynamics of a toxic relationship. What starts off as a mellow song line is enlarged, textured, and intensified with lofty vocals, fuzzy riffs, and rising bass lines. And before you know it, you’re in the middle of a whirlwind of melodrama. The vocals are smoky, its dazing vapors mixing in with the blurriness of the backdrop. It consumes you, holds you hostage, and mesmerizes you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/steve-youngs-feelin-fine-whiskey-soaked-country-rock-n-roll monthly 0.5 2024-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b37f16d7-fd08-474b-b7e1-44d2859b4e33/5.png Music Reviews - Steve Young’s ‘Feelin’ Fine’ : Whiskey Soaked Country Rock n Roll - Steve Young is a stellar rock musician. There is no doubt about it. His style is old school and classic. You can spot his devotion to blues, rock n roll, and country rock almost instantly in his latest single, ‘Feelin’ Fine’. The track chronicles the phases of getting over a heartbreak and moving on. What’s incredible is how the artist structures and molds the soundscape to suit every frame. With the changing narrative, the mood shifts seamlessly and its palpable presence makes it feel like you’re listening to live music. A fuzzy guitar groove rolls through the introduction. Funk accordions accessorize and beat accessorize the first verse. And leading into the chorus, Steve’s whiskey soaked baritones are uplifted by electric chords, riffs and rock n roll flavors. It sets up for the charismatic guitar solo that connects to the second verse. There’s a visceral quality to it, played desperately to express and purge off the pain. A transformative arc. In bridge and the climax, the energy is different. The ex now wants the protagonist back, but he doesn’t care because he’s feeling just fine. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-robert-silvesters-post-punk-melancholy-in-still-waiting monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5808c6bb-8c22-4cd8-9426-1c52a9b947eb/14.png Music Reviews - Enjoy Robert Silvester’s Post-Punk Melancholy in ‘Still Waiting’ - Robert Silvester is full of charisma and style. The UK-based singer-songwriter and drummer is endowed with creative and complex ideas that he simulates within his post-punk soundscapes; leaving always space for experiment and exploration. The result is an intuitively surreal atmosphere that lingers long after the song is over. In his latest single, ‘Still Waiting’, Robert Silvester gets into the heartache of unrequited love. The track opens with a phone ringing which is followed by the hypnotic storytelling. It is dreary and ghostly almost, vaporous and empty as the protagonist dilates themes of loneliness, loss, and hopelessness. He waits on a call. Time passes by, from dawn to morning, afternoon to night. Robert’s vocals are charged with an existential undercurrent. The sadness is pungent and pervasive. It is so brilliantly composed - simple and straightforward. But, as the theme unravels, the listener is caught in a web of deep complexity and dark consciousness. It is immersive storytelling at its best. Addictive and absorbing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-dad-an-ode-to-fatherhood monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1226f21e-3258-4487-8bd5-d84896fdf505/13.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Dad’ : An Ode to Fatherhood - Gary Dranow delivers a misty-eyed, nostalgic, and heartfelt love letter to his father in latest release, ‘Dad’. It is an acoustic rock song that is strung with moments of story and melody. The narrative driven lyrics is full of anecdotes, values, memories, and lessons that was taught to him by his father. It is almost an homage that not only speaks to gratitude but also to fatherhood and all its virtues. Gary established himself as a legendary blues rock and experiemental artist in the Destiny Road LP. But with tracks like ‘Floating Away’, ‘Bodywise’, and ‘Never Give Up’. and others like them, he has revealed a new dimension, an acoustic and lyrical brilliance that rivals the likes of Nick Drake, John Mayer, Adele, and (once I was seven years old) Guy. This track is so profound and poignant in its abject praise and affection for his father. Gary’s vocals carries the full weight of his emotions and transfers it to the listener. You can’t help but travel back to your own memories with your father and sigh with gratitude. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nolo-graces-alone-in-my-dreams-a-trance-pop-magic monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/17242859-b0c5-4703-90a4-76fa4441817f/12.jpg Music Reviews - Nolo Grace’s ‘Alone in my Dreams’ : A Trance Pop Magic - Nolo Grace is an American singer-songwriter and pop artist. Her music is an imaginative blend of pop, R&B, hip-hop, electronica, all tweaked with a sense of experiment. ‘Alone in my Dreams’ is the latest single from the artist. It springs with vibrance as trance pop collides with synthwave and dance music. The beats are palpable and emphatic, and it is used both as a grounding and liberating tool across the soundscape. Listen Now! All her tracks are designed to be versatile and flexible. And with elegant design, she seamlessly appreciates concepts, extrapolates sensibilities, and elevates energy. In this track alone, she drives to so many exhilarating summits, each one more boisterous and beautiful than the last. They are dynamic, from trippy fluorescent synths to orchestral builds, anthemic choruses and bursting climax. She drives sounds and ideas to their thresholds and presents fantastic explosions that follow. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/realma-grants-us-an-ethereal-folktronica-with-down-the-railway-spine monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/38ba1ce7-8431-4643-861d-4ec0d94f0fd6/11.jpg Music Reviews - Realma Grants Us An Ethereal Folktronica with ‘Down The Railway Spine’ - Realma has an ethereal style. Her genre of choice is a folk-electronica hybrid that is designed to project her lofty ideas and aesthetics. With many textures, layers, and musical features, her tracks are an audiovisual experience. Her latest single is ‘Down The Railway Spine’. Marked with cerebral influences and conceptual details, it is hypnotic and atmospheric. It is the kind of music that flows inside you, grows, and fills you. The soundscape is so open and free, which drives back to Realma’s essence as an artist. Her love for experimentation and transformation of universal themes is viscerally carried by her music. This track also brings out her skill for storytelling. Like a master puppeteer, she gracefully creates theatrics and immersive dialogue in both the instrumentals and the vocals. Listen Now! Realma is a distinct type of contemporary artist, one that is unafraid to forge her own path, her own voice, and her own art. That’s what makes her instantly unique. She debuted in 2021 and has since released five singles, each one a sonic sphere of its own. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sugarcane-janes-burn-country-rock-at-its-finest monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/73925b9f-6a81-4770-ae9e-ac497e45b864/10.jpg Music Reviews - Sugarcane Jane’s ‘Burn’ : Country Rock at its Finest - Sugarcane Jane is a country rock and Americana husband-wife duo. They have a way of blending the classic ethos of the genres with experimental ideas and instrumentals. Their latest single, ‘Burn’ aptly exemplifies this. Heartfelt and earnest vocals are combined with lofty riffs, melody lines, and intuitive rhythms. It is introduced with folk acoustics. And with each cycle and progression, they stretch it with elastic bands of electric guitar. While this mercurial rhythm is not organic to country music, they make it work. The compositional style and concept greatly appreciates the theme. Listen Now! Sugarcane Jane are Anthony Crawford (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, kickdrum) and Savana Lee (vocals, bass guitar). With each track, the revive their country roots with imaginative presentations and spectacular performances. Their camaraderie and musical spirit is reminiscent of Johnny and June! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/che-arthur-delivers-a-layered-and-complex-rock-track-with-no-harbor monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4c14cf51-a985-48f1-a925-aa155bd92da0/9.jpg Music Reviews - Che Arthur Delivers a Layered and Complex Rock Track with ‘No Harbor’ - Che Arthur is a singer-songwriter and rock artist with a sound that is inspired by many ethos. He is a music veteran and a guitarist with over three decades of experience. And it instantly shows in his refined style and sonic ideas. ‘No Harbor’ is the artist’s latest single. It has the makings of legendary hard rock from the 70s combined with garage rock, post rock, and grunge influences. So the sound is intense and hypnotic, layered and complex. The track explores the cycle of darkness, struggle, and redemption. There’s grit, gore, and a ghostliness that crawls throughout the track. No matter the progressing arcs, they are consumed by the gigantic riffs, outwordly vocals, and haunting electric guitar licks. It is prog rock at its best : intense and imaginative. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/robbie-rapids-delivers-a-funk-frilled-country-rock-in-fishing-the-river monthly 0.5 2024-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/082456db-f2a0-4c3b-b850-424e1fdeed05/10.jpg Music Reviews - Robbie Rapids Delivers a Funk Frilled Country Rock in ‘Fishing The River’ - Robbie Rapids is an eccentric and edgy singer-songwriter and rock artist from Grand Rapids, MI. His tracks are marked, more than by melody, by texture, patterns, interesting rhythms, and energy. That’s the first thing you’ll pick up. His ethos is so distinct and unique that you can catch it almost instantly. And there’s a 60s charisma in the way he interprets music and its concepts. Robbie Rapids has just released his latest single, ‘Fishing The River’. The dominant style is country-rock but it is glamorized with frills of funk and bluesy harmonica segments. Robbie’s vocals and the beats are set up for a narrative track. The lyrics allude to a simple childhood memory when cousin Jim came home for the summer and they fished in the river and the conversations that they had. The perspective forms however in the extending soundscape. We see alt rock and classic rock frames that progressively distill the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-bodywise monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/74944be6-3999-4f56-a320-1779f06a0683/9.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow &amp; The Manic Emotions : Bodywise - Gary Dranow delivers a gripping folk rock track with his latest single, ‘Bodywise’. Flush with profound narratives and alluring storytelling, the track explores themes like self-love and body positivity. It chronicles the life of a girl who wrestles with body image and slowly grows out of it the more she gets to know it, respect it, and love it. Gary Dranow’s sentiment, sensitivity, and vocal tone completely engulfs the theme in a very uplifting way. Fans of John Mayer, Leonard Cohen, and James Taylor are sure to enjoy this beautiful acoustic ballad. Listen Now! The instrumental pallet is restricted to jingling guitar acoustics, violins, and mellow beats. It scatters into the mind along with his warm baritones and just spins a beautiful narrative. In the bridge, we see an evocative electric guitar solo. It is such an effective placement because the listener is given space to ruminate on the music, the theme with such a great setting. His words about gaining wisdom about your body and operating under its natural power sticks with you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/chandras-ill-be-there-for-you-bold-and-energetic-pop-rock monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0b1c73f7-444d-4f41-958a-c1bba8930eaa/8.jpg Music Reviews - Chandra’s ‘I’ll Be There For You’ : Bold and Energetic Pop Rock - Chandra does it again with ‘I’ll Be There’. The UK-based singer-songwriter and pop-rock artist is known for his energetic and bold performances. Over the years, he has been single-handedly responsible for creating grand rock and pop collisions, transforming each genre almost irrevocably. His creative power seemingly leads him to later his sonic presentations and we are here for the complexity. The track is an unconditional promise from friend to another that “I’ll Be There For You”. The track is an upbeat and boisterous track. Loud riffs, big beats, and bass washed backdrops make a great pair with his anthemic pop vocals. It is reminiscent of stylistic collaborations between Linkin Park and Maroon 5. The intensity and melodrama of the former is contrasted by the playfulness and carefree charm of the latter. With each frame, this juxtaposition becomes more and more pronounced. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/michael-donoghue-crafts-the-ambience-of-dark-amp-contemplative-realms-in-mantes-ep monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/220666b8-7633-46d9-a5e0-b16c53093fe7/68.jpg Music Reviews - Michael Donoghue Crafts the Ambience of Dark &amp; Contemplative Realms in ‘Mantes EP’ - ‘Mantis’ opens the collection with a cryptic and echoing synth chamber. The introductional monotony accustomed the listener to the setting. Then the track evolves. It is like following a fish in the water, serene and calm, but also searching and curious. It opens up with texture, sound, volume, resonance, and melody. And before you know it, you are engulfed in its sustaining bubble and melt away mesmerized into its hydro world. ‘Tenodera’ comes with a promise of darkness and suspense. It is all over its soundscape elements. The textures and echoes emerge from a place of irrevocable mystery like the black hole. But it is enticing and beckoning nevertheless. You simply cannot walk away from it. ‘Thespidae’ is trance max. It is just a vibration. Pieces of melody, beat, silence, and space float into it and vanish. Like passing through a body of water to another size of shimmering and echoing spaces. ‘Toxodera’ is the last track. Compared to its predecessors, it is more measured and gradually formed. A disc of glowing synth swirl within its soundscape. Glassy tonalities drive the wandering mind back to the disc. It is also full of consciousness and thought. Perfect for meditation and deep introspections. The fluidity will arrest the mundane and deliver a brand new perspective. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/get-the-full-experience-of-kieszas-iconic-pop-culture-in-heaven-aint-calling monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/141c0ee5-87b6-4194-bdd1-9576e2130929/47.jpeg Music Reviews - Get the Full Experience of Kiesza’s Iconic Pop Culture in ‘Heaven Ain’t Calling’ - Kiesza is a bold, cool, and confident artist with a pop culture that is instant and infectious. The way she uses her vocals to guide and manipulate the energy of the track is incredible. It is her world and we definitely just live in it. ‘Heaven Ain’t Calling’ is the artist’s latest; a coming of age songs that rings with charismatic verses, dance and drama. And it is so fun just to indulge in its effortlessly cool frames and experience the high life that it paints. It has the iconic ethos of artists like Kesha, P!NK, Gwen Stefani, and Miley Cyrus. Listen Now! The power performance of Kiesza’s vocals is endured and elevated by Sugar Jesus’ electric and exhilarating electro-pop mix. It has a vibrant atmospheric presence. Techno beats are absorbed into trance and house music spheres. The artist’s octave spread allows her to travel in this realm of high intensity. And together it is a fantastic and vibrant collision of sound. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-narrative-classical-pieces-of-joanna-borretts-clan monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5b6c2ef8-6a70-41d1-aa44-d92c655ba142/77.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy The Narrative Classical Pieces of Joanna Borrett’s ‘Clan’ - What makes it more enjoyable is how the folk is not a dominating presence, but is used by the artist to add a playful or profound dimension to the track. In ‘One Morning’, beneath the fleshy violins and dotting piano keys, the folk creates the quality of morning in the backdrop. The consciousness picks up on it and colors the rest of the composition with it. In ‘Reel’ also the folk is used as a function of aesthetics rather than that of communication. It is pronounced in the beats but travels evasively through the piano line. ‘Us’ is executed with a slow and shimmering neo-classical composition. It leaves a lot of room for contemplation. And as you listen, you’ll find yourself storing memories and thoughts into its melody pockets. ‘Highland’ is similarly contemplative but it has a more scenic grandeur and boundlessness. Like this, with each track, a distinct resonance forms. ‘Betrayal’ is dramatic with emotional playing and intense instrumental scenes. ‘Armour and Battlefield’ is an intuitive dance that is sensual and seductive. The relationship between the two titular themes are explored directly and indirectly with other concepts like war, death, pride, solidarity, and identity. ‘Chant’ and ‘Circle’ are both crafted to be contemplative instrumentals. With deep tonal instrumentals, they are suggestive compositions that evoke a lot of deep thoughts. Each element is devoted to empty the mind and find new thoughts. A contrast of speckled melodies and strings of violins evoke a sense of calm and meditation as you wander. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/giardini-oort-a-place-with-no-gravity monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4ff21bc3-0692-4776-99f8-a686c4a9bd9c/66.png Music Reviews - Giardini Oort : A Place With No Gravity - The exceeding brilliance of Giardini Oort comes alive in his latest release, ‘A Place With No Gravity’. It is a track that absolves the listener of all weight and allows them to drift into an unanchored space. It forms in two planes, one an experimental electronic dystopia that mourns the pulling force, and the other, a flush of folk texture and rhythm that enjoys its buoyancy. Like most of the tracks in his discography, this one is also full of thought, concept, and avant garde. Listen Now! The first frame casts an atmospheric effect on the listener with an electronic ambience that is dark and shaded with shadows. Giardini’s vocals are cryptic and eerily outlandish. Then the glassy serenity of folk rushes in. Its lushness is so warm and welcoming. This cycle forms a progressing motif of thematic concept all through to the end. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/butterfly-hauss-cannon-ball-an-expansive-alt-rock-best monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a4e3fd42-2834-4931-a828-c59753f5e018/48.png Music Reviews - Butterfly Haus’s ‘Cannon Ball’ : An Expansive Alt Rock Best - Butterfly Haus is the solo music project of New Jersey-born Nigerian-American producer, songwriter and recording artist Osaze Akerejah. It is an indie-alternative-rock banner with a focus on fluidity. His music is as atypical as it gets as he carves out beautiful spaces of R&B, soul, blues, and downtempo pop in his rock plane. His latest release is ‘Cannon Ball’ with Yahzarah, a deep felt, vulnerably executed love song. It rises and inflates like a dream and then keeps expanding with new influences and ideas. Listen Now! The track is introduced by glinting synths. With measured acoustics and halos of melodic resonance, the track grows into an uncontainable vessel of memory, love, affection, and intensity. Yahzarah lends her R&B ready voice as backing vocals. Her effortless octave points and improvs drive the passion of the composition forward and completes the emotion orbit. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/vallacs-experimental-resilience-shines-in-conceptual-electronic-ep-life monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e5cd8777-35e4-4d91-9cde-39e59c28871b/4.jpg Music Reviews - Vallac’s Experimental Resilience Shines in Conceptual Electronic EP ‘Life’ - ‘Butterfly’ opens the collection with a tight beats and high-strung bass lines. It is so staunchly symmetrical and rhythmic that there’s an illusion of stillness that is created. It triggers a fantastic trance, a zen almost as it passes through the mind. There’s no fatigue because they are addictive. An oasis of astral vocals triggers the next sonic movement. The progressions are in leaps, everything gets faster and more daring. It does not only stimulate bodily movement but kicks off a cerebral grandeur like no other. In ‘Sun & Moon’, Vallac conceives a dynamic balance between techno and dubstep. Its ethereal ethos is levelled with mellow beat stacks. You’ll definitely also spot a lot of experimental flows and accents that just plays into the whole vibe of the song. It is not an average piece at all. Listening to Vallac, techno becomes more than it is. ‘Earth’ is also a layered production. It is mysterious, playful, and full of depth, much like the theme itself. You can’t help but revel in the beautiful textural, melodic, and atmospheric textures that he blows into it. ‘Life’ concludes the EP with a contemplative culture. Formless synths, exploratory beat lines, and repeating echoes have a way of off setting the emphatic pulses with a promise of boundlessness. And life also often feels overwhelming in the present. But if you think about the future, all its potentials and possibilities, the experience expands. With deep conceptual and psychedelic music work, he throws open the composition to a whole new level. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cas-du-prees-neon-nights-vivid-technicolor-memories monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cab3dd12-a29d-4653-bf19-e293b8ac1f50/3.jpg Music Reviews - Cas Du Pree’s ‘Neon Nights’ : Vivid Technicolor Memories - The EP opens with ‘Takeaway Love’ a fun-loving and energetic track that captures the excitement of a brief yet magical romance. The mellow singer-songwriter vocals are powered by pop synths and vibrant guitars, riding all the way till the chorus. It is easy to get into as well. ‘Let’s Go’ follows, its synth rock both soulful and electric. The setups, riffs, vocals, and synths are all in an emotional sync. ‘Dream Within A Frame’ is up next. It is a track about thinking and looking forward to life with someone. This deep sentiment is broken down to narrative frames and emotional imagery that it is like you’re watching a movie. Cas Du Pree treats this timeless feeling with a classic performance. Within the track, you’ll find subsets of retro pop, synth pop, synth rock, and dance pop. ‘London’ concludes the collection. Charged with dance electronica and beats, it is a carnival of pompous trumpets orchestras, contemplative synths, descriptive lyrics, and feel-good vocals. The bridge connects all the different sonic influences and launches it into a grand climax. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/trash-pals-perfect-dream-nostalgic-amp-surreal-indie-rock monthly 0.5 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dca045ae-b14d-429b-81ba-a004237aeab6/11.jpg Music Reviews - Trash Pals’ ‘Perfect Dream’ : Nostalgic &amp; Surreal Indie Rock - The fluidity and multifaceted nature of indie rock comes alive in Trash Pals’ compositions. They weave a complex narrative, pooling in melodies, vocals, rhythms, and textures into storytelling. So the listening experience is like experiencing a mood. Their latest single, ‘Perfect Dream’ flows through the mind like a sentient presence, awakening deep pockets of memory and nostalgia. The lyrical presence is prominent, its words enlivened by warm baritones and buoyant chords. Listeners of The Strokes, The Smiths, and Arctic Monkeys are sure to revel in the turn of the century style indie rock. Despite its ‘rock’ tag, the track carries a lot of acoustic elements and its subtle structures. And as the vocalist reminiscences of childhood and simple times, these mild textures and gradual planes are perfect vessels for such a sentiment. The instrumentals are allowed to drift, creating a sense of travel, and so it makes it natural for the mind to wander and drift back into the dazy nostalgia goodness. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/love-ghosts-emo-rock-gains-new-dimension-in-be-not-afraid-8myef monthly 0.5 2024-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ae86d780-2bd0-4b8b-b1c6-73438d0bdd26/10.jpg Music Reviews - Love Ghost’s Emo Rock Gains New Dimension in ‘Be Not Afraid’ - Love Ghost have established themselves as an eclectic influence in the emo-rock and rap world. The band’s discography, a combination of desperate vulnerability and horrific tragedy. With each track, they bring this underrated genre back to life, restoring it to its 90s glory. Their latest EP is ‘The Speed of Dreaming’ which delves into themes of love, romance, heartache and all its dreams. So if you’re going through a relationship crisis, Love Ghost has got you. Listen Now! The EP’s breakout track, ‘Be Not Afraid’ is the perfect introduction to the collection. It is a fluid makeup with pop-rap infused into hip-hop rhythms and rock riff surges. The genius technique is contained in how the emo manifests in both genres. So in moments of collisions, the listener is boosted with angst and emo. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/porters-deep-amp-mysterious-prog-rock-manifests-in-latest-single-sally monthly 0.5 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dcf4b9b0-5a51-486b-a0ac-b5eee2b74f32/6.jpg Music Reviews - Porter’s Deep &amp; Mysterious Prog Rock Manifests in Latest Single, ‘Sally’ - Porter are a legendary prog rock band. They have the perfect formula that elevates the genre to a whole new level of complexity, excellence, and concept. The German band have established themselves as pioneers of alt-prog rock synthesis. Each soundscape bears a story, deep and mysterious, always explorative and engaging. You’ll want to dwell in the magnetic grooves and just surf the undulating riffs. It is incredible. You know you’re listening to great prog rock when the layers form. If you’re feeling nostalgic for Karnivool, Nirvana, and Linkin Park, you’re sure to find comfort in Porter’s enriched compositions. Listen Now! ‘Sally’ is their third single release from their upcoming album ‘Genosha’. With a runtime of a little less than five minutes, each frame and sonic arc is liberating. It is emphatic with imprintive values. Strong undercurrents of psychedelia rage and reverberate through the strings. It surfaces intensely in the bridge, a surreal electric rock plane before culminating in a storm of prog rock. The band achieves some of its best peaks in this track. Infused with a lot of 70s and 90s ethos, they really rocked the experimentals and the angst. Can’t wait for what is to come! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-charisma-confidence-amp-cadence-of-matney-in-all-fired-up monthly 0.5 2024-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1ffd6b25-e824-45a1-a375-627286fe1cc8/5.jpg Music Reviews - Experience The Charisma, Confidence, &amp; Cadence of MATNEY in ‘All Fired Up’ - Matney is a baddie rock band that goes hard core. They have a loaded energy orbit that borrows from many rock fields. Their debut release, ‘All Fired Up’ is a driving, dark, and gritty track that shows off influences of garage, grunge, rock n roll and prog rock. It has a spectacular presence that its ethos reverberates long after the track has ended. Charismatic, confident, and cohesive, the soundscape carries the conceptual facets of the theme. The band references so many decades, that there’s something for everyone. Listen Now! It opens with power and style, and only grows from there. Sliding melody lines, hooks, and vibrant riffs drive the flow. The vocals are a gruff, mysterious, and masculine grunt that dynamically shape the track into a tale of desire, lust, and energy. Listeners of Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, and The Butterfly Effect are sure to enjoy the sonic build and development in this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-punk-of-chaos-in-9-o-clock-nastys-smash-grab-amp-go monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/75472182-4b41-4e64-82fe-84a856ecbd5a/7.jpg Music Reviews - Experience The Punk of Chaos in 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty’s ‘Smash Grab &amp; Go’ - 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty’s madness continues with their latest single, ‘Smash, Grab, & Go’. It is a bass ridden, riff powered, anthemic raise that calls for immediate chaos. By now, it has become a rule of thumb to expect the unexpected with this band. Their interpretation of punk, play, and pandemonium with each track has only become nastier and grittier. And this track is no exception. You can’t help but get hooked on their lofty immoralities and the freedom that forms in its wake. Listen Now! The track is inlaid with an orbit of expanding momentum. It is introduced with reverberating bass lines. Its conspiratory and urgent undertone sets the scene for the theme to unfold. With blocks of progressing riffs and rousing vocals, the band invites you into the mayhem. The criminal scene is sprung with funk excitations and a punk beat saga that you simply can’t repress. It plugs into the mind and takes complete control. Always a great listening experience. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nick-cody-and-the-heartache-nobodys-baby-now monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/54465746-0553-4898-93c8-afab54a292e5/6.jpg Music Reviews - Nick Cody and The Heartache : ‘Nobody’s Baby Now’ - Nick Cody and The Heartache have a beautiful influence on the alt folk/ Americana genre. The band’s interpretation of it is one that is infused with deep emotion, sentiment, and human purpose. This inextricable stylistic component especially comes out in their cover of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ ‘Nobody’s Baby Now’. It is their newest and freshest single that revives the magic of this classic track. Listen Now! Its deep-seated melancholy is at the core of the theme. And the band gets it just right. While Nick Cave presents it with sparing and pausing strings, Nick Cody embeds it in a smooth flow of country-style neo-classicals. It is incredible how the latter is able to capture the ethos of the original version with his own instrumental language. Add to this, Cody’s expressive baritones that emulate Cave’s every undulation and the track is one that stays with you. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/love-ghost-luna-azul-is-a-fantastic-emo-rock-formula monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5705e801-b43c-41ed-ac7e-d4bd1eccc6f4/1.jpg Music Reviews - Love Ghost ‘Luna Azul’ is a Fantastic Emo Rock Formula - Love Ghost gives us the freshest brand of emo. They adopt this underrated and overlooked genre and turn it into something powerful and enriching. With elements of hip-hop, hard rock, pop, and autotune, the core of emo is extrapolated into several genres. And the result is an exceeding horizon of emo that strips you, destroys you, feeds you, and consoles you. ‘Luna Azul’ is the band’s latest single; a collaborative effort along with fellow artists Helian Evans and Monde. Love Ghost’s emo-rap formulas are influenced by the lofty punk pop/ power pop ethos of Helian Evans. High riff tides and stormy bass lines underlie confessional vocal melodies. The beats are unrelenting and addictive which Monde leverages to aesthetically combine the genres. Listen Now! The track is part of Love Ghost’s latest four-track EP, ‘The Speed of Dreaming’. It features an eclectic pulse that is gratifying both in its innovations and excitations. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enter-the-contemplative-alt-folk-of-mike-bass-in-spirit-away monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d6f098bf-9079-40ef-b48f-8e10e97b0cde/5.jpg Music Reviews - Enter the Contemplative Alt-Folk of Mike Bass in ‘Spirit Away’ - Mike Bass has a gift for evoking deep contemplations. His compositions are pervasive spaces that involve the beauty of poetry with lofty melodic agents and expressive vocals. By the end of it, you can’t help but marvel at the loftiness of feeling and sentiments that it sparks in you. ‘Spirit Away’ is the latest single from Mike Bass. In collaboration with singer-songwriter Emma Miller, the track is a contemporary folk-pop track with ethereal propensities. Listen Now! The track holds the essence of human experience, the dreams, melancholy, liberations, and regret. Oftentimes, when we look back in time, we feel a need to escape the patterns of the past and the stillness of the present. You can’t help but wish for the things that you love to consume and serve you. Opening with glinting strings and warm baritones, the track is progressively cultivated into an atmospheric, whirl-winding, neo-classical alt folk sound. The initial shallowness of the instrumentals is deepened with spells of desperate upheavals. And Mike Bass constructs this journey with such incredible rawness and vulnerability that it frees the listener to spirit away. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/engraved-create-a-raw-amp-gritty-metal-collision-in-the-wretched-one monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2a105d3d-e710-4f5b-b49f-37bad61982e8/4.jpg Music Reviews - ENGRAVED Create a Raw &amp; Gritty Metal Collision in ‘The Wretched One’ - ‘The Wretched One’ is the latest release of the Australian metal band, ENGRAVED’. It blows through you, raw, gritty, and uninhibited, pulverizing your mind to the point of no return. In the best way of course. With this track, they bring that brutal thrash energy with catchy riffs and a handy cam to the dark side. It is an interesting evolution, especially to see genres collide so aesthetically. After you’re treated to the riff for the intro, the marching break comes, with what I can only call a magnetic riff. The verse section is an obliterating grenade launch, creating some pockets of headbanging haven. It is a link to the classic thrash that has been a staple of a lot of our childhoods, delivering annihilation in a .mp3 format. We are forever grateful for indie bands like this taking up the mantle, and heating it to another core. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mark-newmans-fill-up-my-tank-whiskey-soaked-country-song monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e5b401b5-93e0-43e3-b947-dbce8ee25496/4.jpg Music Reviews - Mark Newman’s ‘Fill Up My Tank’ : Whiskey Soaked Country Song - Mark Newman goes rustic and old-country/ bluegrass for his latest single, ‘Fill Up My Tank’. The track, as its title suggests, is about filling up a car tank with gas. But underlying this literal translation is a narrative about resilience, not giving up, and keeping at it. Hidden in plain sight, Mark’s creative presentation infuses a sudden clarity and humbling perspective in the listener. To take this universal chore and turn it into a cocktail of tale, contemplation, stream of consciousness, and country is a stroke of vintage genius. Listeners of the Beatles, the Allman Brothers, and Bob Dylan are sure to enjoy the work of this artist. The track has a slow pace. Its lyrics call to mind images of dusty country roads, an old truck, and a melancholic man. Guitar acoustics with heavy country accents swing through it. And thoughts of self-doubt, practicality, and fear scrape flow out of raw, whiskey flavored baritones. Come every chorus, there’s a seamless shift to a strong-willed narrative, faith, and the realization that there is no other way. Because life can get hard but you have to fill yourself up and get through it any which way. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/indulge-in-the-layered-grandeur-of-gianfrancos-sing-the-song monthly 0.5 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3c57b15a-c27b-4071-b11f-e8bd6e44cbf3/3.jpg Music Reviews - Indulge in the Layered Grandeur of Gianfranco’s ‘Sing The Song’ - Gianfranco proves his compositional brilliance once again with his latest release, ‘Sing The Song’. He sees music as a play, between texture, culture, emotion, and rhythms. Through intricate and layered soundscapes, he paints a theme in an unprecedented light. This track is an interplay of his usual favorites jazz, funk and blues rock. And liberating them from their boundaries are elements of bossa, reggae, and rocksteady folk. It expands and contracts, an effortless elasticity that is hardly found in music nowadays. Listen Now! The track opens with a dramatic beat and melody set up before softening and mellowing. Rough percussive rhythms, wiry guitar lines and a cloud of trumpet seamlessly weave into each other. He sets it up like an orchestra that dilates the energy, sentiment and passion of the warm velvet baritonal flow. If you enjoy the simple complexity of Bob Marley’s music, then the creative evocations of this artist will keep you coming back. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/eckman-amp-borealis-picking-up-the-pieces-are-contemplative-spaces-of-music monthly 0.5 2024-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1af96616-2b6f-4666-b03e-5e1a43efe1ec/2.jpg Music Reviews - Eckman &amp; Borealis’ ‘Picking Up The Pieces’ Are Contemplative Acoustic Spaces - Eckman & Borealis is a singer-songwriter duo with an enriching piano and vocal filter for all occasions. Their music is an intricate language that presents deep and complex emotional experiences into a conversation or a story. And in listening to it, there’s comfort, perspective, wisdom, and companionship. In most songs, the duo reminds us of the important things, of the simple lessons and elegant patterns. It liberates you and shows you a path, or at the very least, the light at the end of the tunnel. ‘Picking Up The Pieces’ is the duo’s latest album release. The ten track collection urges the listener out of the shadows and into healing spaces. It is not preachy or prescriptive, but candid and enlightening. So if you’re going through a state of stagnation, these tracks are sure to help you see the end of it by paving the path to it. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-margaret-hooligans-royal-octopus-canal-rides-with-incredible-grit monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2c00e9ad-b25f-4af0-b027-331054146c99/10.jpg Music Reviews - The Margaret Hooligans’ ‘Royal Octopus Canal’ Rides With Incredible Grit - The Margaret Hooligans are back to their shenanigans and it is surreal and outlandish this time. The transcendental rock duo have just released their single, ‘Royal Octopus Canal’, a garage rock enigma that is spruced with striking blues, roaring grunge, experimental rhythms, and an ethos that will launch you into new worlds. It's a song about breakups; their resistance, resilience and ruin blossoms in the inlaid and ubiquitous grit. Commenting on its sonic spirit, the duo called it the bastard child of Patti Smith and Bikini Kill. Listen Now! There’s a theatrical grandeur to the composition. In the way the ukulele and beats form. They are intuitive reactions to Meg’s vocal pulse. Wracked with stormy riffs and asymmetrical rhythms, the sultry chaos swirls into the soundscape. A surge of folk rock at the bridge marks the beginning of exponential progressions that deliver us into a fantastic climax. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/coma-beach-creates-transcendental-intensity-with-latest-track-extreme-masochist monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/78bd64f8-24f6-41df-9d40-2d8f2254f48f/9.jpg Music Reviews - Coma Beach Creates Transcendental Intensity With Latest Track, ‘Extreme Masochist’ - If there ever was a band to brand you with a punk shock, it is Coma Beach. Their power, propensity, and performance is transcendental in its intensity. ‘Extreme Masochist’, the band’s latest single fantastically exemplifies this. The track was originally featured in their 2021 album, ‘Scapegoat’s Agony’. And now with this single version, it is a more concentric and compact bomb. The band has long since proven their ability to incept the mind irrevocably. This soundscape is gritty and full of consuming gore, so much so that by the end of it, it is impossible to extricate your consciousness from the song’s. Face melting riffs and resplendent shreds are anthemized by unrelenting beats. And the vocals tear through this texture storm and purges you of all existence. It is an extreme, edgy, and elaborate punk propaganda. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-britta-racis-babys-clothes monthly 0.5 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2d1fdc68-887b-4fa0-898c-abebcbfd7e73/8.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Britta Raci’s ‘Baby’s Clothes’ - Britta Raci is an indie pop artist with a distinctive songwriting style. There’s always a subtle touch of eccentricity that blooms across the track. It is a smooth blend of electronica, mellow rock, and contemporary pop, all tuned to a floating funk frequency. ‘baby’s clothes’ is the artist’s latest single, a poignant commentary on being in a happy and healthy relationship. Swathed in dreamy vibrance, playful melodies, and upbeat rhythms, the soundscape itself tells a story, creating beautiful contexts for Britta’s experience to thrive in. Her sunny vocals are reminiscent of an enjoyable Los Angeles summer. Sky blues, fluffy clouds, and a full heart. Lazy grooves and dilated beats roll through the rhythm and her lilting vocals casually hook into them. As you bob and nod along, you’ll find yourself circling back to the track over and over again. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nasmores-little-monster-an-dark-electro-rock-cinema monthly 0.5 2024-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/20480bb6-360e-4dc0-8222-c7440895e311/5.jpg Music Reviews - nasmore’s ‘Little Monster’ : An Dark Electro Rock Cinema - nasmore is a cinematic pop artist who constructs soundscapes like a movie. Each element infused with expression and emotion, acts as a medium of tale. His zeal for innovation is balanced out by the wisdom of tradition, and putting them together, he gets the best out of any genre he works with. His latest release is ‘Little Monster’, a playful and imaginative dark electro-rock track that might remind you of artists like Lorde, Billie Eilish, Melanie Martinez, and Tove Lo. It features the vocals of Ariana Celaeno. Its mysterious ethos is both inspired and inspires the energy of the soundscape. They share an intuitive connection and a mercurial relationship. It is incredible how nasmore adapts his soundscape to fit the shifting vocal narrative. And with these frames of haunting electronica and stormy rock, the artist fantastically traces the hallucinations of a demented mind. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-surreal-rock-horizon-of-the-dream-spiral-in-redemption monthly 0.5 2024-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fec88f4d-5cad-4e8c-b243-81e71b26f25e/4.jpeg Music Reviews - Experience the Surreal Rock Horizon of The Dream Spiral in ‘Redemption’ - The Dream Spiral banner is just that : an explorative cerebral rock band that lands you in strange worlds and excite bizarre connections. It is detailed and dilated like the dreams that tend to slow down time. It is conceptual and deep with an ambiguous energy. And in this way, it feeds the imagination. Each listener has his own unique journey. ‘Redemption’ is The Dream Spiral’s sophomore single. The soundscape is boundless but the sonic horizon is thin and mellow like the sea at dusk. It gets darker and indented. Rolling bass grooves and shadowed vocals spill across this line spreading like ink. Grunge textures grind into ghostly blues. There’s some rock n roll and some experimental features. All these familiar genres are executed in a way that makes them feel alien and outworldly. This peculiar feeling of dark mystique and mystery marks the theme with tortured loneliness and surreal pain. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/patrick-dovals-back-home-revives-classic-rock-in-the-best-way monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2c6ad7fc-79fd-4cea-8d04-6d9845c00f55/9.jpg Music Reviews - Patrick Doval’s ‘Back Home’ Revives Classic Rock In The Best Way - Patrick Doval is a veteran music artist whose work has a classic ethos. It is a boost of energy, emotion, and experience that always rings familiar. His latest track, ‘Back Home’, explores a lost sense of self and aimlessness. The more you try to grasp meaning and purpose, the farther away it seems. He captures this space within the rock context with fuzzy riffs, tight basslines, spirited beats and pop vocals. You can instantly spot references to the 70s, 80s, and 90s; especially artists like Queen, The Who, David Bowie, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and The Cranberries. The official video also uses 20th century film filters and concepts to portray the concept. A girl in a radio shack, inserts a coin into a video box and then the video begins to play. Patrick Doval switches between frames of performing and driving, walking, and contemplatively searching around for meaning. It is sophisticated and curates a vintage experience. It perfectly matches the colorful, upbeat, light-hearted manner in which he approaches a theme that can otherwise be heavy and depressing. The track is performed by Patrick Doval (on Guitars, Bass Guitar and Vocals) and Pete Parada on Drums. Mastered by DUNCAN SPARKS. The video is shot by Thomas Sanz, Geo Ruiz, Pete Parada, Patrick Doval, color corrected by Geo Ruiz, and edited by Patrick Doval. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/xjujt4kfd7qm890st6ytvh1tb3yco6 monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/104505cc-3820-423a-8ec2-3d9679749e9c/7.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy the Dark Excitations of The Listros’ ‘Hands Against The Wall’ - Eclectic hard rock duo, The Listros forge a blasting track with latest, ‘Hands Against The Wall’. Face melting riffs, explosive beats, and stormy vocals mark the composition. And it rides you to a sonic oblivion. It is the sophomore release of the duo, following in the spirited footsteps of debut ‘Into The Otherside’. However, this one goes one step further as they merge the complexity of prog rock with the momentum and screaming textures of grunge, garage rock, and psychedelia. The dark excitement and thrill of lust, pain, and toxicity of a torrid relationship drive this single. Its splintering rhythm and turbulent basslines perfectly capture the tortured euphoria in the vocals. Each arc is built in visceral grooves that showcase the push and pull of destructive connections. If you enjoy the evolving twists and turns of artists like The Who, Genesis, and King Crimson, this band is definitely for you. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mick-j-clarks-theres-nothing-anybody-can-do-classic-pop-blues monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/56ed8311-83ed-449d-a7bd-6615277b0119/6.jpg Music Reviews - Mick J Clark’s ‘There’s Nothing Anybody Can Do’ : Classic Pop Blues - Mick J Clark delivers a comforting, yet pragmatic commentary on heartache and finding love again in his single, ‘There’s Nothing Anybody Can Do’. The combination of his warm, honey baritones and emphatic tone with sparks of pop-rock instrumentals creates a classic 80s vibe. You’ll even catch the glassy blues and soft folk influences underlying the composition as well. They breathe life into the soulful words of wisdom that make up the lyrical fabric. Listeners of Elton John, Rod Stewart, and Paul McCartney will especially love the lilting flow and simplicity of the composition. The English singer-songwriter spins an optimistic perspective. With specks of acoustics, jingle rock, and heart melting blues influences. Ethereal synths elevate all these stylistic elements and texture into a heartwarming promise that everything will get better. There’s nothing anybody can do, but you can heal and wait for love to return. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-gentle-folk-current-of-sofia-dragts-i-live-after-i-died monthly 0.5 2024-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a0bd674d-0460-45bf-a013-556a1256badc/6.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy the Gentle Folk Current of Sofia Dragt’s ‘I Live After I Died’ - Sofia Dragt is a singer-songwriter and composer. Her tracks have a rare freshness, flowing with live contemplations and consciousness. With gentle instrumentals and undulating vocals, her songs are soft currents full of wakefulness and beauty. If you enjoy listening to the simple but complex instrumentals and albums that feel like a mood, this artist is for you. Her latest single, ‘I Live After I Died’ is an indie pop track, with delightful folk imagery and a compelling sense of poetry in a way that is reminiscent of Sufjan Stevens and Elliot Smith. Piano melodies run through the track like a stream. Its playful undulations spark a dreamlike lucidity. Sofia’s vocals infuse them with slice of life frames that chronicle the protagonist’s return to life and vitality after a melancholic spell. As the track progresses, we see sonic proofs of this liveliness. Ethereal violins surge through the acoustics, flesh out her lyrical evocations before dissolving away into the climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cristina-movileanus-mystique-folk-manifests-beautifully-in-heavens-blend monthly 0.5 2024-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/408cd7b1-e8d8-4f72-9ef4-137d09058041/2.jpg Music Reviews - Cristina Movileanu’s Mystique Folk Manifests Beautifully in ‘Heaven’s Blend’ - Cristina Movileanu is a singer-songwriter with a rustic and earthy charisma. Full of poetry and outworldly tales, her tracks can be best described as mystique folk. Her vocals hold a deep and detailed world within itself, and cast in its light, the narratives are transformed. In her latest track, ‘Heaven’s Blend’ the artist traces the evolution of her destiny. As it unravels, she looks up to the wisdom and grace of the cosmos. Surrendering to its expanse, she finds constellations that comfort her through grief and celebrate her joy. ‘There’s a little sadness, a little grace’. The track is detailed with oriental strings against swaying synth skies; two spheres that represent earth and heaven. Cristina’s vocals transcend through the fine line of acoustic melodies and effervesce into the ethereal textures. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/delve-into-singer-songwriter-dream-with-chris-st-johns-with-you monthly 0.5 2024-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6ec846e0-f8f5-47b9-80c5-d58716d04ec7/1.jpg Music Reviews - Delve Into Singer-Songwriter Dream with Chris St John’s ‘With You’ - Chris St John is a singer-songwriter and acoustic artist. His tracks cast a contemplative spell. Tucked in them are pockets of wisdom, poetry, and storytelling, making the listening experience as much cerebral as it is melodic. ‘With You’ is Chris’s latest EP, in which he explores the dimensions of love, relationships, and heartache. Intermingled with streams of imagery and lilting metaphors, it is a beautiful tapestry of emotion. The instrumentals are elegantly composed by Christopher McGuire to suit the lyrical and vocal grace of Chris St John. ‘Don’t Ask Me’ introduces the album with its wide expanse of country guitar melodies and neo-classicals. The track opens up the world with its endless potential for happiness, in the aftermath of a broken romance. He shifts the lens, changes the ending, and seeks out grace instead of suffering through the pain. Chris’s baritones extend so beautifully through the sweeping melodies, arching with sensitive pragmatism and a new sense of self. Up next, the title track and ‘Over Me’, both sprung with country and rock influences. But the melody plane is gradual and smooth, aligned with the joyful and contended spirit of the vocals. The EP also carries an acoustic version of ‘With You’ at the end. Speckled with golden acoustics, it is more rustic and intimate. The artist reminiscently sings about a life lived - through marriage, children, jobs, buying a house, and growing old, all made beautiful by the love shared with his wife. ‘When Leaves Begin To Fall’ is a slow swell. Streaked with melancholy and a settling loneliness, it forms out of the quiet moments where heartache meets nostalgia and consolation. ‘She’s Gone’ follows, carrying forward the tides of melancholia. It tells the story of a man whose partner left him for another man. Left behind to pick up the pieces, he dives into poetry to make sense of his situation. Folk acoustics drizzle on his endearing ponderings, innocent grief, and forlorn heart. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/h2so4s-feed-the-amp-a-technicolor-synth-dance monthly 0.5 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0a6e8ba0-6b13-47d1-b5b6-f65e7fcc750f/6.jpg Music Reviews - H2SO4’s ‘Feed The Amp’ : A Technicolor Synth Dance - H2SO4 is an electronic music artist who bargains with rhythms, symmetries, vibrancy and colors to create a unique soundscape. More than being conceptual, his work is devoted to arousing vivid visuals and cerebral ideas. All of this bolstered with a dance-driven beat, and you’ve got yourself a whole world to immerse into, mind, body and soul. ‘Feed the Amp’ is the latest single from this artist. The track fuses the ethos of techno, house music, EDM, electro-pop, and trance to take the listener on an energizing odyssey where the fun and the patterns only progress and grow. The ease with which he ups the ante, feeds the soundscape, and prompts movement is what makes it so fun. It is not intense and aggressive in a way that fatigues the listener. He constantly creates space for new incursions and sonic evolutions. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/escape-into-the-surreal-melancholy-of-brian-hingertys-storm monthly 0.5 2024-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/65a7a320-a186-44c4-850f-1efd3a1a74a9/5.jpg Music Reviews - Escape Into The Surreal Melancholy of Brian Hingerty’s ‘Storm’ - Brian Hingerty has the rare ability to absorb his listeners completely into his world. With just gentle acoustics and a profound voice, he crafts a beautiful depth in our consciousness, emotions, and our perceptions. His contemplative style is one of those things that mark your mind and will always draw you back to it. ‘Storm’ is the latest release from Brian Hingerty. A tranquil soliloquy of a lonely man stuck indoors because of the storm. Listen Now! Despite the formless flow of melody and narrative, there’s a vivid picture of dreary skies, gray walls, and a dry soul. The soft flakes of guitar strings settle around you like bird’s feathers. It is a surreal world. And somehow, between the daze and the melancholy, he loops us into his consciousness where time is arrested, emotions are empty, and the mind is slowly draining away. Listeners of Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Hozier are sure to resonate with the suspended realities of this artist. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-floating-away-piece-together-the-equipoise-of-love-amp-pain monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/73098258-523c-4b3f-8b34-44bfe15d28a2/8.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Floating Away’ Piece Together the Equipoise of Friendship &amp; Nostalgia - When you think about floating away and dissolving in the sky, what do you think about? Gary Dranow paints a buoyant picture of joy and nostalgia, with latest single, ‘Floating Away’. The track invites listeners to step into the heartwarming world of a bagel shop, where Gary Dranow and Harold Deblanc found themselves reunited after a decade apart. It is built to compound in emotion, tale, and context. Mellow and acoustic, the track is narrative-driven profound and rich in emotional depth and perspectives. You’ll see beautiful highs as he progressively accentuates the story with a rush of instrumentation. In a way that one becomes an inextricable extension of the other. And to experience music like this is redolent of artists like Neil Young and John Mayer. Bright melodies open the track as Gary’s baritones piece together an equipoise of friendship & nostalgia. The complexity of this relationship however is manifested in layers. Through soprano harmonies, slow beats, dispersing resonance, and electric melodies. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-riveting-electro-rock-narratives-of-kreajours-hyacinth monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b386cafa-3cb7-46a6-906d-98983ae2ae2c/5.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy the Riveting Electro-Rock Narratives of Kreajours’ ‘Hyacinth’ - Kreajours is an Orlando-based ghost rock band who possess unbelievable abilities to create outworlds or outworldly phenomena. Within the heavy distortive mist and whispers of darkness, there's sophisticated concepts. Taking long-winded, yet scenic routes, their tracks are strange and dream-like, to the point of inducing a surreal daze. ‘Hyacinth’ is the band’s latest track. With a run time of a little over seven minutes, it plunges as deep as it soars high. Driving riffs and bass lines are tempered by glassy vocals and vibrant spots of melody. There’s no sonic sphere alien to this band. Electro-rock at its most diverse, this single carries mystical imprints of shoegaze, punk, noise, krautrock, and just plain industrial dissonance. All seamlessly integrated to form one band of consciousness. If it is pounding and loud in one frame, it is inexact and formless in the next. It is riveting and enchanted with a plethora of narratives to get lost in. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/cowboy-clean-forges-a-haunting-dystopia-in-coins monthly 0.5 2024-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d1fe5aa3-ce57-43ac-a8b1-a82a6ce6bd9d/4.jpg Music Reviews - Cowboy Clean Forges a Haunting Dystopia in ‘Coins’ - Cowboy Clean is the debut solo project of multi-instrumentalist and surrealist collage artist Matt Leibowitz. His compositions are mellow confrontations to the familiar perspective. The discography is the musical journal of an absurdist who indulges in the chaos of things to find meaning or at the very least an explanation. ‘Coins’ is the latest single from the artist, a wacky, funk-infused, electronica. These accents bolster his sublime sense of mystique, mystery, and magic. The result is an elegant sonic plane that creates a world within a world, an enlightened narrative in a mindless world. The track explores the bargaining power of money in a capitalistic society, and how everything from morals, values, and even a life can be bought. He casts this in a haunting light, forging an affecting dystopia. ‘What are we letting go? When the waters rise, we find hope, it’s a downward spiral. Where are your coins now?’ Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-the-dynamic-sonic-trajectory-of-zarah-westhouses-with-an-iron-heart monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0fea2dfa-e375-4acb-884a-9f468cc4fdae/4.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy The Dynamic Sonic Trajectory of Zarah Westhouse’s ‘With An Iron Heart’ - Zarah Westhouse’s music is full of mystique and mysteries. There’s grandeur but also an intricate network that leads up to it. Like standing on a cliff and gazing at a sweeping landscape, her music is boundless but rooted to everything that makes us human. Hailing from Switzerland, the artist is inspired by the captivating manifestation of nature there. And she brings it to her music. Her latest release is ‘With an Iron Heart’. A track that swells slowly with beautiful detail, before riding to a releasing summit. It meshes the sentiment of neo-classicals with contemporary pop vocals and electronic dance music. And the result is a dynamic sonic trajectory that is ethereal and emotional, elaborate and exciting. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/unravel-the-network-of-time-in-taavi-dafts-echos-of-the-moment monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ce513fa0-800e-4cc0-a7b1-19febff4a345/5.png Music Reviews - Unravel the Network of Time in Taavi Daft’s ‘Echos of the Moment’ - Taavi Daft exceeds all expectations as a conceptual musician. His pieces unravel in the spaces between abstraction and definition. It wanders in that contemplative spectrum, rejecting all ideas of duality. Perhaps, he drives towards a state of mind. And by dissolving boundaries and presenting a boundless space, he frees his listeners. In his latest release, ‘Echos of the Moment’, Taavi Daft constructs an ethereal flow. Meditative and relaxing, it allows your thoughts to breathe, slow down and form with its own momentum. Full of luminous textures and continuous vibrations, it draws you to its gossamer variations. All the strings of sound that slowly tie into each other seemingly create the present moment. Can’t help but be astonished by the grandiose of the process. Each shining piece of melody is born, gradually acquiring resonance before joining the floating mass. Like an optical illusion, it forms and is already formed at the same time, like the momentous evolution of time. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-jack-raymonds-the-long-story-short-ep monthly 0.5 2024-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cd1b5bf8-a375-4c71-bd78-e93bdf1f9564/1.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Jack Raymond’s ‘The Long Story Short EP’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-tally-korens-we-are-the-builders-of-a-different-world monthly 0.5 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9db20814-ad2a-43c9-84e0-4c046e11b68f/6.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Tally Koren’s ‘We Are The Builders of a Different World’ - Tally Koren is a singer-songwriter and music artist. Born in Israel, raised in Mexico and LA, and now based in the United Kingdom, the artist’s perspectives have been nurtured by varied influences. Her music dissolves the boundaries of genre and forms instead in the culture and context of her themes. ‘We Are the Builders of A Different World’ is an empowering track that reminds us all of our potential to forge the world that we desire, deserve, and deign just. The track is composed in the aftermath of the violent Israel-Palestine conflict. In the first verse, she prays for mercy, grace, and harmony in a backdrop of ethereal sway. The rhythm slowly contracts, building up to a pulsating anthem in the chorus. It bolsters us with the strength to unite and come together and fight for a different world. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jordan-kinseys-together-alone-a-healing-acoustic-odyssey monthly 0.5 2024-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f87cfe17-87a0-4aed-b7d1-ef655d6fcd32/3.jpg Music Reviews - Jordan Kinsey’s ‘Together Alone’ : A Healing Acoustic Odyssey - Jordan Kinsey is a singer-songwriter and alt-folk artist who finds human connections in the most unexpected places. With melody and song as her medium, she explores them with intimate narratives. Her music is marked by emotional revelations and portent perspectives so that each song becomes a journey into yourself. ‘Together Alone’ is the latest release from this artist. It dives into the fractures of a relationship to find the music playing there. Jordan’s vocals are paired with soft piano acoustics. It is a simple composition that gains its value from its contemplative depth. Reminiscent of Adele, Beyoncé, and SIA, she vests every melody, each vocal line with purposeful evolutions. And in return, they reveal an authenticity that stays with the listener. Hers is a trustworthy voice that anchors you in moments of turmoil and nudges you towards healing. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/maslows-mountain-by-sam-feinstein-a-disco-funk-opera monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1daa81c0-1a02-45fa-9ff6-98d34ea43e86/4.jpg Music Reviews - Maslow’s Mountain by Sam Feinstein : A Disco Funk Opera - Sam Feinstein is a groovy rock artist and multi-instrumentalist. His compositions are edgy and unique, sparked with influences from all over. You’ll see funk, disco, pop, and synth-rock and rock opera imprints. His eccentricity and will to extend the thresholds is what makes him such a great artist. In an industry that is filled up with overdone perspectives and repeating soundscapes, Sam Feinstein stands apart. He seeks out a new depth, fresh dimension, and a fantastic beat. Maslow’s Mountain is his latest single. With a bold, rolling groove, he hits a funk high, fusing it with disco beats and glamorous vocals. The track explores the reality of the working class struggle. He speaks to the difficulties of achieving self-actualisation when worrying about getting access to basic necessities of food, water, and shelter. The soundscape has a dynamic momentum that is just unstoppable. And the race to keep up with it is disorienting and it abjectly conceptualizes the theme. It illustrates an all-consuming drive to survive. And in doing that, we lose sight of ourselves, of our potential and quality of life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-santa-claws-grain-of-sand monthly 0.5 2024-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9b1de586-9f89-40d6-ad79-e04137034b93/5.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Santa Claws’ ‘Grain of Sand’ - Santa Claws is a specialty rock band founded by Greg Aubert. With a passion for authentic and neat rock n roll, his compositions emerge with beautiful variations of this style. They always drive at something deeper, past the levels of noise and pretense to the real sound beneath. And that’s what he brings back to the surface, to us. ‘Grain of Sand’ is the second single from the band’s upcoming album ‘So Live and Let Lie’ (following She Turns). It is a mellow rock track, formed with smooth planes of instrumentation and dazing vocals. Greg’s vocals are echoing baritones, with a deep resonance, readily absorbing into the soundscape. The verses are acoustical, deeply evocative. With a blast of distortion and effervescing blues, it shines in the chorus, bleeding all through the bridge and dissolving into a dazing climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-chaos-is-a-desperate-narrative-on-todays-political-turmoil monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/25117068-42b9-40da-99fc-d75daf23a1a0/5.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Chaos’ is a Desperate Narrative on Today’s Political Turmoil - Gary Dranow captures the wrenching ethos of political turmoil of the present day. in the latest single ‘Chaos’. The track is streaked with planes of distortions, shadow acoustics, and an obliterating vocal range that not only convey the depth of desperation and darkness but also the intensity of feeling them. It is a truly powerful evocation, that in full focus, is unabashedly revealed to the listener. The vocals are easily the burgeoning star of the track. It is visceral and pure, potent and glamorous. Gary performs it, as opposed to just singing it. His vocal box is inflated with revolutionary contemplation, the command of morality. It gains gusto, a riff power and a beat punch that bolsters the protagonist’s announcement of the coming freedom, shining and beaming through the shadows of chaos. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/anjalts-incepts-the-mind-with-experimental-brilliance-in-in-neverland monthly 0.5 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/41b8c346-386c-46d1-91e5-617a81902fb3/6.JPG Music Reviews - Anjalts Incepts the Mind With Experimental Brilliance in ‘In NeverLand’ - Anjalts is a proficient electronic artist, producer, and singer-songwriter. Her compositions are marked by an atmospheric brilliance, one that gives an impression of boundlessness, allowing the listener to expand and contemplate on the theme endlessly. Listening is just the start, an idea that she incepts into the mind, and lets the fluid rhythms, formless harmonies, and misty melodies do the rest. ANJALTS’ latest release is ‘In NeverLand’, a dark, beat-driven interpretation of the fictional island of JM Barrie. With resilient techno tempos, continuous synth fabrics, and a hypnotic vocal thread, she induces an unbroken trance that lasts way beyond the four minute play time. It is astounding how she is able to inspire imagery, a sense of encounter, wonder, and wander with just evolving rhythm patterns. It drives, distills and elevates the imagination to a whole new level. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-giardini-oorts-dark-thoughts monthly 0.5 2024-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/254f82da-efed-4ddf-94cb-4a99f0348b83/6.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Giardini Oort’s ‘DARK THOUGHTS’ - Giardini Oort’s music is marked by its stellar concept and its elegant execution. The electronic music artist distills a thematic ambience that immerses you in the abstractions of his mind, his thoughts, and his perspectives until they start mirroring your own. He seamlessly blends the contemplative realities of his listeners with his own to create a distinct bubble of consciousness. ‘Dark Thoughts’ is his latest single. With inky textures, contemplative melodies, and dark mystery, he causes the mind to take an excursion into the known unknowns. The measured lines lead the listener down a spiral staircase of thought, brewing around like a black cloud. It flows with the quiet essence of darkness without being horrifically negative; outlining the natural trajectory of a mind as it glides along moorish waters. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/enjoy-singer-songwriter-benny-fishers-evocative-single-love-come-back monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0fd9f7f9-648e-4017-8694-37c4ae8b16fb/5.jpg Music Reviews - Enjoy Singer-Songwriter Benny Fisher’s Evocative Single, ‘Love Come Back’ - Benny Fisher is a self-taught DIY British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. The artist keeps it simple and performs from the heart. And it shows in his tracks. It is hearty, warm, and feel-good. Benny’s latest release, ‘Love Come Back’ exemplifies this perfectly. This Valentine’s Day, if you are looking for a single that will uplift your spirits and refresh your heart, this is the track for you. The track opens with the soft lament of the protagonist. Feeling blue and dejected, he feels sorry for himself. Ruminative acoustics and contemplative vocals create an intimate sphere of grief and pity. However, past the chorus, it acquires upbeat acoustics, groovy beats, whimsical melodies, and mirthful lyrics. The line, “let’s turn this free fall into a dance” says everything about the transformation that occurs from the first frame. He seeks out love with more optimism, believing in its arrival and waiting for its magic. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ari-joshua-delivers-a-quirky-jazz-atmosphere-with-elephant-walk monthly 0.5 2024-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/938d343a-9302-448d-b4f6-010b3caf481b/4.jpg Music Reviews - Ari Joshua Delivers a Quirky Jazz Atmosphere with ‘Elephant Walk’ - No one elates a jazz atmosphere like Ari Joshua and his entourage. They infuse the already dynamic genre with new characteristics and innovative ideas. In their latest single, ‘Elephant Walk’ Ari Joshua joins his long standing musical comrades, John Medeski and Billy Martin to showcase, with whimsy and animated quirk, the strides of an elephant. Infused with a comedic pulse and theatrical affair, the clicking beats, springing melodies, sashaying rhythms, and truncated grooves curate a truly engaging scene. Listen Now! The track is full of wandering paths, each one with a promise of adventure and jolly. It has an ever-changing trajectory, of something trying to make sense of itself, break free and be its own thing. It perhaps points to the artist’s liberating ideas on music and its manifestations. Known for his love for exploration, Ari Joshua celebrates straying into new paths to find new worlds. And in this one, he finds a world of meandering elephants. Engineered by Chris Bitnner at Applehead Recording in Woodstock, NY Mastering by Ed Brooks of Resonant Mastering Mixing by Ari Raskin of Deepwater Studios in New York City Artwork by Paul Delaney Guitar by Ari Joshua Organ, Piano by John Medeski Drums, Percussion by Billy Martin https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/porter-tax-free-hollows monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fbec46aa-3ff6-4924-a64e-24d6b1d1b7a7/7.jpg Music Reviews - Porter : Tax Free Hollows - The rich valves of Porter’s progressive alt rock are all set to be unleashed in their upcoming album, ‘Genosha’. It establishes a new way of thinking and emoting about things. The first single from the album, ‘Tax Free Hollows’ was released late last year (2023). The drive, the power, the energy, and the resilience were all taken up a notch, excited to an immense scale of rock music, creating a seismic shift of sorts. Listen Now! The track is marked with berserk proportions. A mad spray of riffs is bolstered with lightning bolt beats and intense bass lines. It is extrapolated to showcase the nightmare of perpetual diplomatic discussion in lieu of taking action on substantive issues. They confront the maddening frivolity of bureaucratic pretense and indifference and invite the listener to contemplate on their aspirations for society. Since its release, they have reinforced its impact with another single titled ‘Behind the Banlieu’. And together, it has drummed up incredible anticipation for what they will reveal next. Porter has a prog rock gusto that hasn’t been seen since Genesis and King Crimson. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wishpenny-creates-fluid-spaces-of-alt-folk-in-day-after-dark monthly 0.5 2024-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7aad2876-0e80-440a-882f-f393f2f2bdc1/6.jpg Music Reviews - Wishpenny Creates Fluid Spaces of Alt-Folk in ‘day after dark’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-point3nines-bulletproof-vest monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eef4eb1e-d891-41ad-8403-99942954c6c1/5.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : POINT3NINE’s ‘ Bulletproof Vest’ - POINT3NINE is a beat-driven experimental and exploratory banner. The soundscapes are abstract planes, rooted in deep concept and contemplation. On the surface of it, you might find a spatial randomness textured with cryptic industrial music. You’ll also spot influences of industrial hip-hop, creative plays with noise, all cast in a dark ambience that will elevate the consciousness. ‘Bulletproof Vest’ is the latest EP from the artist. POINT3NINE describes the collection as a ‘Straight original JA/American rudeboy gnarlyness’. With deliberate infusions of grit and other rough texture, he unveils a dystopian narrative that alienates and disorients the listener in the best way. POINT3NINE is infamous for his wilful absurdities. Through avant garde manifestations, he presents a sense of mystery that dispels all ennui. And this series is no different. The title track introduces the EP. With grave and hypnotic percussive lines, the listener is led through foggy frames of sound. New details and elements are revealed at every stage, as if we are walking through a dark room with a torchlight. And slowly the pieces form a murky and eerie context in the mind. The third track, ‘Star’ is pursued with a similar pattern and perspective. ‘Bashment’ is composed with a little more dynamism. Adding melodic and reggae variations to the beat line, the track flows with complexity. It darkens the theme, intensifies it and prepares it for the successors. ‘Corn’ and ‘Lawwwdavmercy’ both are deltas of thematic wealth. The artist engenders a mellow chaos. The backdrop crackles with distortion, reinforcing the randomness of noise, celebrating its rogue elements. ‘Whine’ is superimposed with a strong melodic coherence. Groovy guitar wires and ethereal harmonies gain a funk charisma and jazz tones. It is a smooth continuum with symmetric evolutions, slowly finding meaning and definition. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-ripping-is-a-tenacious-unrelenting-prog-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71acc706-3bb0-4ffe-811e-12ad4b6ed56c/4.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Ripping’ is a Tenacious, Unrelenting Prog Rock Track - The propensity of prog rock music is incredibly demanding, formidable, and aggressive. Only the most spirited, arduous, and tenacious of men can grapple with its unrelenting momentum. Gary Dranow rises to the challenge and effortlessly overcomes in his latest single ‘Ripping’. The title of the song quite literally describes its energy and emotion quotients. Set up with humongous beats, atmospheric riffs, immersive distortions, and vivid basslines, it is an immutable force. It is like a deafening storm that sweeps its maddening rage all across town, ripping through everything orderly. Listen Now! The chaos is belligerent, leaving a gnarly resonance in its wake. It is a straightforward, yet loaded composition with the complexity arising in execution and energy. And there’s no shortcomings there. With progression, the demand only keeps increasing and the band not only keeps up with it but commands it. With lightning bolt shreds and legendary drum work, they attain an insurmountable greatness. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/yb7y3p1sxv1yteaii6br29e62ostqx monthly 0.5 2024-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3426546b-074c-46e9-9f0c-c376a7b2334c/4.JPG Music Reviews - Porter’s ‘Behind the Banlieue’ is a Mounting Prog-Rock Track - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-survival-code-delivers-a-dynamic-alt-rock-gradient-in-whispers-of-woe monthly 0.5 2024-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/66c402ac-ac00-48a9-9b96-1e006ab5b8ce/3.jpg Music Reviews - The Survival Code Delivers a Dynamic Alt Rock Gradient in ‘Whispers of Woe’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/justin-ready-elevates-folk-rock-with-latest-single-great-divide monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7537d002-204c-4a24-90b2-755ea0389266/5.jpg Music Reviews - Justin Ready Elevates Folk Rock with Latest Single ‘Great Divide’ - Justin Ready is a singer-songwriter and alt-folk artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. So naturally, you can expect rustic perspectives that are reminiscent of the 60s and 70s. His acoustic rock / country folk / Americana soundscapes are tinged with blues. The way he allows them to manifest into the composition is incredibly affecting. Like a breeze, you’ll feel the blues but won’t be able to catch it or hold it in your hand. ‘Great Divide’ is the latest single from Justin Ready. It has all the makings of classic American folk rock. Contemplative lyrics and monotonal riffs and melody lines, all swathed in a resigned melancholy. Low tonal baritones skim the luminous acoustic landscape, their translucence, a glassy mist that elevates anything that passes through. Its deep resonance and evocation remind one of the folk quotients of Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, and Neil Young. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ubu-crafts-explorative-sonic-atmospheres-in-their-self-titled-album monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9801f4a4-d616-46ca-8f65-c0156b58122d/4.jpg Music Reviews - Ubu Crafts Explorative Sonic Atmospheres in their Self-Titled Album - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/isaac-neilsons-flying-is-a-passion-fueled-acoustic-rock-single monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ace57490-926d-4b99-8bbc-08906afe9880/3.jpg Music Reviews - Isaac Neilson’s ‘Flying’ is a Passion Fueled Acoustic Rock Single - Isaac Neilson’s songs are spell-casting contemplative spheres that completely absorb the listener. His innate essence spills into the music so naturally and freely that listening to his compositions is like engaging with a living, breathing, and emoting presence. It makes us nostalgic for the musical ethos of The Beatles, Nick Drake, Talking Heads, and Nirvana, all artists who stored beauty and sentiment into their tracks. Isaac Neilson takes us back to that era of music making with his latest single, ‘Flying’. Listen Now! The track is dotted with deep pockets of piano melodies and soft vocal acoustics. These initial stream of consciousness moments gain a powerful resolve, one that launches into a riff fueled melancholic daze. Poetry in the lyrics becomes more fervent and passionate, more uncaring and liberating. ‘Nothing’s gonna break me down, nothing’s gonna save me now’. With these lines, he creates a two tonal narrative on the theme, two realities; one of invincibility and the other, invisibility. What does flying mean to you? https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/single-review-hana-piranhas-i-wanna-leave monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fefba552-6ecb-4656-8ab9-eea7bf705c9e/2.jpg Music Reviews - Single Review : Hana Piranha’s ‘I Wanna Leave’ - The pop-punk soundscapes of Hana Piranha is not something that you can forget in a hurry. With a grungy aftermath, unrelenting hard rock pursuance and experimental structures, her tracks bloom with a new significance. Her latest is ‘I Wanna Leave’ a genre-bending composition with a promiscuous rhythm design. With a seamless shift in the driving bass groove, the whole soundscape metamorphosizes, riffs, beats and all. Listeners of Paramore are sure to enjoy the work of this artist. The track has a defiant atmosphere which is progressively intensified with haunting imagery, mystery, and lyrical themes. A feeling of being trapped in an upside-down world. An abandoned carnival. Using an interplay of light and dark textures, the soundscape is full of deceptive shadows. Hana’s hardcore rock vocals are broken up by strident riff structures into rhythmic verse anthems. You can’t help but marvel at the gritty, yet glamorous formations. Between the chaos and asymmetry, a symmetrical anthem brings the protagonist back to the lively scene. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-projects-whats-it-going-to-take-is-a-feel-good-acoustic-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ea3bdeb8-ca3a-4c63-8fd4-271015760fa7/6.jpg Music Reviews - The Project’s ‘what’s it going to take’ is a Feel-Good Acoustic Rock Track - The Project is a Cali-based garage rock band that revives the retro era of rock. With heavy drums, gritty riffs, and an anthemic vocal rise, they create a classic American sound in a way that is reminiscent of Aerosmith, U2, Bon Jovi, and Rolling Stones. The banner is founded and fronted by guitarist and vocalist, James Davis. Having been extremely active and successful in the 00s, he celebrates the era’s style and reinforces its unique ethos. The project’s latest single is ‘what’s it going to take’ featuring Mykele Hill on vocals. In contrast to their first two tracks, this composition has a persevering rhythm that fantastically wrenches out vocal emotion. It is passionate in its slow burn and so incredibly enduring and feel-good in this modern age of experiment and avant-garde. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-3-leagues-to-romes-dying-day monthly 0.5 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f6d68621-2b8e-4cef-8569-0422557af2a2/5.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : 3 Leagues to Rome’s ‘Dying Day’ - There’s a saying ‘The only truth is music’. 3 Leagues to Rome breathe meaning into this phrase with their latest release, ‘Dying Day’. The composition is infused with a deep sense of reality, forging emotions like melancholy, loneliness, tragedy, and heartache with narratives that resonate with all of us. Leveraging the numbing haze of mild distortions and ghostly vocals, the listener is suspended in the thick of it. Neither suffocating, nor refraining, the bluesy riffs and molten melody form psychedelic swirls and glisten with prophetic sensibilities. This ghost land, haunting in exhibition, complex, and exquisite in concept/technique is something out of the handbook of Nirvana and Soundgarden. 3 Leagues to Rome is Brian & Steve Mutchler, Paul Baker, Dave Boggs & Dan Stead. Since their debut in 2021, the Pennsylvania-based band has released five singles. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-engegrd-quartet-dispels-a-pastoral-serenity-with-folk-classicals-in-joik-suite monthly 0.5 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0a139756-a09f-40d6-8fff-bf5addce4d2a/7.jpg Music Reviews - The Engegård Quartet Dispels a Pastoral Serenity with Folk Classicals in ‘Joik Suite’ - The Engegård Quartet is a classical music ensemble from Norway with a remarkably creative limb. Spanning across their insightful interpretations of the classical reserve to original compositions is a staunch sense of individualism and independence. There’s passion and postulation, play and purpose to every piece. And as we go through their rivers of instrumentation, we experience melodies infused with philosophy and ruminations; a Scandinavian perspective perhaps. Their latest single is ‘Joik Suite’ that blends traditional folk instrumentals with classical fringes to produce a pastoral serenity. Thin leaves of violin melodies are made jubilant with animated undernotes of cello and viola. The rhythm is asymmetrical and free flowing, almost conversational. Brief notes, quivering accents, and raw chorals rise and fall like undulating tides. Listen Now! The Engegård Quartet is Arvid Engegård and Laura Custodio Sabas on Violins, Juliet Jopling on the Viola, and Jan Clemens Carlsen on the Cello. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/witness-mark-millars-bluesy-post-punk-brilliance-in-mystery monthly 0.5 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d3b1545e-e96c-4d5d-acbb-ac6a90e1bf38/6.jpg Music Reviews - Witness Mark Millar’s Bluesy Post Punk Brilliance in ‘Mystery’ - Mark Millar is a guitarist and songwriter whose explorative range is influenced by both human emotion and sonic gradients. His tracks are marked by naked candor and effortless sense of self. And it readily manifests in his playing and flow. ‘Mystery’ is the latest single from the artist. To match its pondering lyrics, he devices questing instrumentals and wandering licks. Each melody line fleshes out a layer, perhaps illuminates a perspective. But in the end, it all lives in an abstract and rhetorical post punk work with stellar bluesy blemishes to keep your aching heart. If you like listening to Hozier, James Taylor, and Nick Drake, Mark Millar is the contemporary impact of them all. The song, on the surface, is the melancholic ambitions of unrequited love. But the melodies take you a little deeper into the rich landscape of insecurity, passion, heartbreak, misery, and loneliness. The electric guitar textures are luminous as they pass through the vocals, staining them with echoes of pain. A room of rumination opens up and come the bridge, the melody line shifts. Bluesy rock peaks and ethereal resonance mounts the track and liberates it into a boundless climax. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jack-simpsons-babies-are-boring-is-an-indie-rock-gem monthly 0.5 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c1057898-8a15-411c-907e-71ba6501897d/5.jpg Music Reviews - Jack Simpson’s ‘Babies Are Boring’ is an Indie Rock Gem - Jack Simpson has a simple sonic disposition. He focuses not on pretentious trends of experimentation but sticks to the roots of folk rock. As long as it has heart and is welling with soul, it is good enough for him. And it is good enough for us. Using straightforward narratives that are reminiscent of music makers like The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, he fetches momentum and rhythm from emotion; letting it intuitively shape narratives. ‘Babies are Boring’ is the latest from Jack Simpson. The track, made with a steady and raw beat line, resonant acoustics, and a groovy vocal charisma, carries a delightful diversity. You’ll see country folk currents, mellow swing rhythms, and repeating lyrical motifs shaping it into an anthem that drives the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sunburns-bring-me-the-sky-is-an-immersive-acoustic-rock-track monthly 0.5 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/17942404-825c-43aa-8d46-6b0b2552b311/12.jpg Music Reviews - Sunburn’s ‘Bring Me The Sky’ is an Immersive Acoustic Rock Track - Born out of Dublin, Ireland is a dynamic alt-rock band called Sunburn. Gaining in indie perspectives, innovative technique, and memorable execution, their music revives retro music cultures for the contemporary context. ‘Bring Me The Sky’ is their latest single. In the wake of heartache and laboring emotions of youth, the song is a quest and hope for exhilaration, away from the depth and despair of darkness. ‘Spare me the ocean and bring me the sky’. The acoustic rock track is deliberately constructed. Vocals with elastic bandwidths, both for pitch and emotion, tear vulnerably through the reflective auras of the melody lines. It leaves a resonant stain behind, that both absorbs and is absorbed by the listener. As it echoes through the void, we echo with it. And that’s the only kind of music Sunburn knows to make, one that consumes and immerses you. Listeners of Hozier, Avi Kaplan, and James Bay are sure to enjoy this track. Sunburn consists of Zak Coghlan, Conor McLoughlin, Charlie Webster and Colm Geraghty https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-onbars-natty-wine monthly 0.5 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2ed9c94b-d961-456d-88f6-7e388de60fc6/11.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Onbar’s ‘Natty Wine’ - Onbar creates slice of life ambiences with his music. Oriented towards lo-fi, his tracks are eclectic blends of contemporary jazz, funk dream pop, and neo-soul. It has the light radiant touch of R&B also, but for the most part it flows into spheres of free pop. The artist’s latest release is ‘Natty Wine’, a soft yet sultry order in which the flavors of love and romance open. Listen Now! The track opens with a groovy synth-beat motif. Slow and deliberate, it sets a downtempo stage for the rest of the listening experience. He builds on it with plush notes and drifting melodies. Vocal slivers that slide through the shifting edges of beat and bass. Listeners of Clairo, Men I Trust, and Cigarettes After Sex are sure to enjoy this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/love-ghosts-angelic-is-a-resonant-acoustic-rock-bloom monthly 0.5 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8d40b59a-d27a-4a90-9fb4-a90874ae7e6b/10.jpg Music Reviews - Love Ghost’s ‘Angelic’ is a Resonant Acoustic Rock Bloom - Love Ghost is known for their incredible rap rock, alt rock, and prog rock variations. The band has an eclectic flair, excelling and exceeding all expectations with all their experiments. ‘Angelic’ is no different. It is a luminous acoustic track, an unplugged dive into heartache and healing. There’s so much weight to the vocals that beautifully anchors the emotion to the drifting pieces of melodies. Each moment, so purposeful and pure, vulnerable and vast. So immerse yourself in the black ocean of frontman Finnegan Bell’s baritones. It is so worth it! The track has a free flow, forming elegantly with the ebb and flow of the vocals. Suspended in a quiet limbo, the protagonist is enveloped by his thoughts. Its powerful emotional resonance takes us back to the voices of Linkin Park’s Chester Charles Bennington, One Republic’s Ryan Tedder, and Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lucid-evolutions-chiron-is-a-cerebral-rock-imprint monthly 0.5 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/57a4fd7c-3d40-4acb-90c2-20f80dfe750a/9.jpg Music Reviews - Lucid Evolution’s ‘Chiron’ is a Cerebral Rock Imprint - To listen to Lucid Evolution is to experience a new world. With each track, they orchestrate a sublime sonorous vision, crafted with its own rules, innovative concepts, sprayed with texture, color, and resonance. Their latest creation is ‘Chiron’, a track that binds the mythical centaur in a psychedelic embrace. There’s power in cryptic arrangements especially when it comes in the form of 60s experimental rock. It impels the mind to seek answers. Inspired by pioneers like Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Radiohead, and Fleetwood Mac, the cerebral quotients of Lucid Evolution are sophisticatedly fathomed. Within dazing frameworks of riffs, crooning vocals, and radiant melody lines, a soulful melancholy springs into being. Mild distortions are nurtured and cultivated into swirling holes of darkness and mystique. It is haunting yet enchanting. Unable to resist, like the protagonist, the listener also ventures into the beautiful cycle of love and loss. Listen Now! Lucid Evolution is frontwoman Lynne Holloman on vocals, songwriting, and keyboards, guitarist Cam Harrahy, bassist Sammy Stiles, and Brian Holloman on percussion and drums. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ivan-beecrofts-carousel-is-an-arresting-dystopian-rock-song monthly 0.5 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/89dddcbc-0dbf-4353-9832-7e4c1b36c014/8.jpg Music Reviews - Ivan Beecroft’s ‘Carousel’ is an Arresting Dystopian Rock Song - Ivan Beecroft’s sonic building is effectuated with high concept and consistent thematic extrapolation. With each cycle, he adds dimension, perspective, and depth to the theme. His latest release, ‘Carousel’ is a haunting rock composition that exemplifies this perfectly. The track captures George Orwell’s 1984 dystopia within Australian society during the lockdown. High distortion, irrepressible riff tides, and chilling vocals, it carves out this world where themes like harmony and happiness have a dark and dangerous provenance. Listen Now! Despite the deliberate symmetry of the track’s features, there’s a chaos that silently reigns. Its dysfunction is masked only by the clutter of texture, chroma and hypnotism. Ivan’s vocals glisten with low tonalities, its accusatory spree evoking a prophetic and profound lenses through which to view a new world. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/madam-whos-delivers-an-eclectic-sonic-sketch-in-peter-meter monthly 0.5 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a8ef0fbd-74fa-41d7-8fd9-90ff9fb611cc/7.jpg Music Reviews - Madam Who?’s Delivers an Eclectic Sonic Sketch in ‘Peter Meter’ - Madam Who? is an eclectic sonic maker who defies conventional boundaries of sound. The artist has a vivacious personality that orients towards edgy, avant-garde, and experimentation. Madam Who? has released her latest, ‘Peter Meter’, a dynamic composition that combines the free rhythms of electronica with anthemic pop, fluid rap, soulful vocals, and gritty funk grooves. Listen Now! The artist has created such a balanced soundscape one that fuses hard and sharp angles of spoken word with the luminous sweep of melodic vocals. In the track, with a combination of Gen Z sass and millennial wisdom, the artist doles out advice on how to keep a man. Despite the vivid difference between the many sonic frames, she effectuates a seamless cohesion that becomes contextually relevant. This colorful, dynamic, bouncy and elevating composition is just what you need if you’re stuck listening to one dimensional music. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/brooke-moriber-details-an-ethereal-vulnerability-with-half-a-heart monthly 0.5 2024-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5e1d4823-8901-4564-b5b5-9ff190334be6/1.jpg Music Reviews - Brooke Moriber Details an Ethereal Vulnerability with ‘Half a Heart’ - Brooke Moriber portrays the irrevocable sincerity of love in her latest single, ‘Half a Heart’. The track crafts the theme within layers of melancholy, tender vulnerability, and a rich warmth. And in uncovering these quotients, petal by petal, you’ll discover a gracious depth both in the minimalistic ballad and in yourself. Her voice is a honeysuckle wonder that flows with honesty and clarity. Each line is vested with the essence of the protagonist’s experience, brimming with an endearing love language. And the piano melodies sway with the vocal inflection, a dance that elegantly nurtures the narratives and emotional frames placed within the composition. Fans of Adele, Celine Dion, and Sam Smith will find value in the sensitive delivery and sentimental production of this track. Listen Now! Brooke has had many brushes with life’s darkness which has made her eloquent in her illustrations of human experience and feelings. They are strongly anchored by autobiography and meaningful perspectives. This makes her storytelling all the more compelling and inspiring. Hailing from New York, the artist now lives and makes music in Nashville. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sir-vere-sets-up-a-rock-dystopia-with-latest-release-legion monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1f22d875-8d1c-441c-b6ec-b36f225fe908/10.jpg Music Reviews - Sir-Vere Sets Up a Rock Dystopia With Latest Release ‘Legion’ - Sir-Vere orchestrates an army of frantic beats and fever dream riffs to spectacularly birth the essence of their latest release, ‘Legion’. It is an outworld, an outlying plane where wayward experiments are infused with relevant context. There’s so much value in their unique interpretations and crafty techniques. The psychedelic rock frames are superimposed with pulsating bass lines before it softens to a folk rock chorus. A dystopia builds with a spirit of camaraderie, rebellion and vengeance. Using a tight line of disciplined distortion, anthemic vocals, and impressive sonic strategy, the atmosphere is wilfully ominous and antagonistic. It purges you and recruits you into the Legion. You’ll perhaps spot references to Pink Floyd, The Who, and even The Smiths, all extrapolated with innovation and stellar concept. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-hadrians-wall monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/122916ba-749f-47b6-b17d-168b179eb57d/9.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow : Hadrian’s Wall - Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions have just released the next installment of their upcoming double album, ‘Hadrian’s Wall’. It follows in the narrative and heartfelt folk rock narratives of recent releases like ‘Jimi’s Song’ and ‘Golden Child’. At the helm is the crowning warmth of Gary’s vocals, and a river of melody and beats follow in its wake. A blend of electric riffs and acoustic harmonies, a uniform beat motif, and a voice carries the forlorn spirit of historical tragedy. The track explores the woes of war and bloodlust, Gary Dranow a minstrel and a soldier, presenting the desolation and heartbreak of mindless violence and brutality. The past tales are licked and revived by the vibrant riffs and bluesy solos. In the bridge, there’s a sentimental epiphany that does you in and crystallizes the melancholy of the protagonist. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ari-joshuas-dynamism-gives-us-country-flavored-jazz-in-latest-track-country-stroll monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/05e474e8-4fa1-48d0-9da8-36119055b75b/7.jpg Music Reviews - Ari Joshua’s Dynamism Gives us Country Flavored Jazz in Latest Track, ‘Country Stroll’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-bromsens-someone monthly 0.5 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/db72faa9-ef20-4285-9f83-2d9972ca6676/6.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Bromsen’s ‘Someone’ - Bromsen is as eccentric and imaginative as they come with their bursting electro-rock flavors and vibrant formations. To listen to their music is to be immersed in a fountain of song that is fleshed out with color, texture, energy, and a lot of music animation. There’s so much movement and bolstered momentum. Their latest single is ‘Someone’, an epic blast of romance, crackling with striking synths, dance beats, and vocal sentiment. You’ll catch the potency of 80s synthwave married into dynamic blues rock frames. The anthemic rise of the baritones pass through an evolving panorama of synths and riffs. It is incredible how they bring out fusions between these two elements. Feeding the electric sizzle of melody into the rife emotions of Latin blues, they weave so many dimensions into the theme. There are layers to this, that when you peel back will show off influences of legends like The Midnight and Miami Nights, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/yiogudbyksjmv2cyo4ezboxbpns5pp monthly 0.5 2024-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c7860961-46f8-4b83-9ee8-21ccbc1476a5/5.jpg Music Reviews - 9 ‘o’ Clock Nasty Talk to Us About All Things ‘Crowland’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/anthony-casuccio-delivers-a-transcendental-electro-rock-in-into-the-light monthly 0.5 2024-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/83628621-2537-43e5-8820-e73db3e83cbc/4.jpg Music Reviews - Anthony Casuccio Delivers a Transcendental Electro Rock in ‘Into The Light’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-backstroms-train-wreck-coming monthly 0.5 2024-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ee28e041-371f-4aa2-aa12-3beef25fc79d/4.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Backstrom’s ‘Train Wreck Coming’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/margaret-hooligans-drives-to-wilderness-rock-with-main-street-zulus monthly 0.5 2024-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7b416cea-0c54-4162-945f-2c767728d93f/3.jpg Music Reviews - Margaret Hooligans Drives to Wilderness Rock with ‘Main Street Zulus’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9n0qoq2eaag53918z736e0ci6zevr1 monthly 0.5 2024-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/798887be-375a-4666-93a6-d2a522da4f41/2.jpg Music Reviews - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’s ‘Summer Kisses, Winter Tears’ is a Seasonal Folk Manifesto - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-bedroom-mentor-leaves-an-ardent-prog-rock-impact monthly 0.5 2024-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4e9b08ba-c90b-4b78-98d9-721f75c99e9c/1.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Bedroom Mentor’ Leaves an Ardent Prog Rock Impact - ‘Bedroom Mentor’ is a prog rock and nu-metal experiment of eclectic band Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions. With mercurial dispositions, stormy instrumentation, and loud vocals, it is a driving melodic metal track. Each cycle reveals lofty progressions that are retrospectively drenched with an island of soulful vocals. This style of ardent and passionate exposition is readily reminiscent of greats like Linkin Park, Karnivool, and System of a Down. Gary Dranow and his band is known for their blues rock variations, with their driving psychedelia, powerful experimentation, and spirited percussion. This track marks their debut in metal music and its subgenres. Keeping it textbook in the beginning, Gary cultivates the soundscape with apostles of the genre. And just when you think you have it in the bag, the stakes are raised. The will to play, the performance and the production is immaculate. It takes creativity to make straightforward and old-school metal interesting. But Gary Dranow has a great many tricks up his sleeve. Fiery vocal orchestrations jumbled in with incredible riff power and impactful beat breaks, it is the perfect amount of berserk. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-kelsie-kimberlins-we-are-the-promise monthly 0.5 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fd1eb6e0-f8dc-4115-a188-0b7b8d5b8734/7.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘We Are The Promise’ - Kelsie Kimberlin has been on a warpath with her music, forging rebellion and revelations, edging her art with sharp critique and raw emotion. The Ukrainian-American artist has oriented her last couple of releases to speak out about the unjust war raging in her homeland of Ukraine. In ‘Another Chance To Live Again’ she inflates her listeners with pure-spirited empathy as she sings in pain about the grievous loss and deaths of the war. In ‘Vlad’ she adopts a caustic hip-hop tongue as she slams Putin for his tyrannical policies and war crimes. In this latest track, ‘We Are The Promise’ she rallies the people and their power with a revolutionary anthem; A war cry to reclaim democracy, freedom, and liberty. The track is bolstered with powerful beats and warning instrumental sagas. Orchestral arrangements are infused with hostile rock fixtures/ solos and formidable vocals. As much as the track is an ominous warning, it is also a manifestation of peace and restitution. The antagonistic frames of orchestral rock is briefly set off by an oasis of frolicking melodies and pristine glass vocals. “Everything’s alright, we’re gonna make it okay”. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/minda-lacy-sails-in-with-old-school-blues-worth-writing-home-about monthly 0.5 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1c0db6d6-b0d2-491e-af6e-9be1394c1432/6.jpg Music Reviews - Minda Lacy Sails in With Old School Blues : ‘Worth Writing Home About’ - Minda Lacy is an American singer-songwriter and rustic folk artist. Drenched in old-school blues and storytelling spirit, her work is reminiscent of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. Aiming for deliberate simplicity and streamlined complexity, her work is full of straight lines and raw narratives. In her latest release, ‘Worth Writing Home About’, Minda Lacy crafts a whimsical tapestry around all the remarkable pairs of breasts that she saw. With each verse, she celebrates all kinds of bodies and breasts, concluding it with ‘They were tits worth writing home about’. The artist underpins standard male commentaries with delightful sentiments, and reclaims them. Rebellion hidden amidst a cloud of ironic conformity. A feminist endeavor delivered with poignant lilt and humor to refresh the mind. The track is swept with oozing instrumentation, quivering mouth organs, mellow flutes, violins and the mellow strum of the acoustic guitar. Notes of blues from the melodies are caught by the monotonal clarity of her voice. Her vocal spirit is playful and clear cut like 1975 Patti Smith. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gianfranco-casts-a-dazed-jazz-mist-with-latest-release-sunshine monthly 0.5 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fb231e9a-a1a2-432b-937d-55a06d739f4e/5.jpg Music Reviews - Gianfranco Casts a Dazed Jazz Mist With Latest Release, ‘Sunshine’ - Listening to Gianfranco (GFN) is an immersive experience. His vision, arrangements, and production are so deeply oriented to and connected with the theme that it suspends the listener in the relevant headspace. Be it the electro jazz-funk dynamism for the action-packed ‘Doctor Wind’ or the buoyant, mellow funk atmosphere of his latest release, ‘Sunshine’. GFN’s compositions are riddled with rivers and deltas of jazz, funk, blues, bossa, and rock. And tweaked to align with both vintage and modern contexts, they make for beautiful interpretations of the world around us. ‘Sunshine’ is, true to its title, a sunny dream pop track. Monotonal landscapes are playfully plugged with funk grooves, dazing textures, bluesy keys, and quivering accordions. Gianfranco’s baritones pass through this sunny mist with soulful inflections and tropical bliss. You’ll spot a little bit of Miles Davis and Buddy Guy, The Beach Boys, and The Beatles, all wrapped up in a sphere of modern retro. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-feature-love-to-bleeds-last-of-my-kind monthly 0.5 2024-01-14 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/eric-schaffer-amp-the-other-troublemakers-come-alive-in-this-latest-folk-rock-album-dry-lightning monthly 0.5 2024-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7c94cf20-9275-4a5a-b8d8-f544af393b6e/4.jpg Music Reviews - Eric Schaffer &amp; The Other Troublemakers Come Alive in This Latest Folk Rock Album ‘Dry Lightning’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nabil-muquit-crafts-a-surreal-electronic-ambience-in-the-only-way-out-is-up monthly 0.5 2024-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e47732b-615a-4f26-b02a-d4fc3babd90e/3.jpg Music Reviews - Nabil Muquit Crafts a Surreal Electronic Ambience in ‘The Only Way Out is Up’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-gary-dranows-jimis-song monthly 0.5 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/58a2c991-b3e1-4d22-9c29-4ed674cb5a8c/5.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Gary Dranow’s ‘Jimi’s Song’ - Gary Dranow pays homage to the blues rock star and guitar master, Jimi Hendrix in his latest single, ‘Jimi’s Song’. Through the lenses of childhood memories, nostalgia, passion, admiration, and loss, the artist recounts his personal experience with Jimi’s music and the effect that it had on his own work, artistic identity, and even mental health. The track is drafted with classic rock riffs, splashed with blues and country soul. The artist is known for his unique style and sonic angles. And this composition is no different. Acoustic riffs are fired up with mild excitations of electric guitar and paired with vintage vocal gruff. It beautifully settles the vocal sentiments into the listener, reviving their own nostalgia and reminiscence of Jimi’s songs. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/backstrom-crafts-a-contemplative-neoclassical-ballad-in-animal monthly 0.5 2024-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/03a6a0a5-1ce9-44dd-a7ab-81bf33411473/4.jpg Music Reviews - Backstrom Crafts a Contemplative Neoclassical Ballad in ‘Animal’ - Backstrom is the musical moniker of singer-songwriter and composer, Bart Topher. Hailing from Sweden, the artist brings a lot of introspection into his music, dilating thoughts and moods with affecting compositions and sonic commentaries. His favorite topics of contemplation revolve around the human experience, especially philosophical rhetoric and exploration of the psyche. In his single, ‘Animal’ Backstrom burrows through a neoclassical mist to enlighten the visceral exhibitions of human nature. ‘There’s a beast in the heart of the quiet, there’s a lie in the mind of every man, and when you’re pressed beyond the flesh, you’re the animal you have always been’. The vocals are performative, the song, presented like a musical theater. Deep, baritonal cellos swipe through the soundscape, vesting it with the spirit of the theme. Bart’s voice is solemn and straightforward, softened only by the violin quips and the soprano harmonies that wind around it. As the orchestra unravels more prominently within the narrative, the track becomes an anthem of the demons that hide in the darkness, way beyond the realm of morality, grace, and good will. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/massimo-de-simones-la-canzone-dei-pianeti-is-an-enchanting-cosmic-ballad monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f7af54d0-cbf8-4533-b328-ed1682325022/5.jpg Music Reviews - Massimo De Simone’s ‘La canzone dei pianeti’ is an Enchanting Cosmic Ballad - Italian singer-songwriter and composer Massimo De Simone crafts an enchanting ballad with latest single, ‘La canzone dei pianeti’ or ‘Song of the planets’. Touched by whispers of sentiment, bubbling joy, and an expanding feeling of gratitude, the composition grows to fit its cosmic theme. The track chronicles the artist’s journey and experience with fatherhood, of the matchless augmentation and capacity for love and life that is born out of it. Crested with the romance of the stars and the boundlessness of the cosmos, he recreates the experience. The track is a gentle acoustic river, twinkling with tender and playful melodies. Massimo’s baritones are a vessel of pure emotion, inflating progressively. When it finally soars, so does the soundscape. It spills into an ocean of neo-classicals with trails of vast ethereal resonance and gainful acoustics. It is an orchestral ballad that cinematically sweeps through the horizon of blues, soft rock, and pop to proclaim the richness and grandeur of being a father/parent. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-transforms-country-blues-with-rock-n-roll-dynamism-in-im-a-man monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ee40f5ed-443c-428f-9769-e3843e76aeb4/4.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow Transforms Country Blues with Rock n Roll Dynamism in ‘I’m A Man’ - Gary Dranow and The Manic Emotions strike at the heart of country blues with sensational rock n roll performances in single, ‘I’m a Man’. The soundscape is a velvet cave, sprouting with the 60s sonic ethos. The rock n roll manifests first in texture, then in the charisma of the rhythm, to finally blossom in vocal groove. This track not only rides to the summit of southern blues, but binds it with eclectic influences and structures to revolutionize it. Listen Now! Quivering shrills of the accordion fly through the grunge riff machination, opening the blues in the composition. With progression comes more propulsive grooves. Between the smoky baritones, dynamic guitar solos, and the visceral blues, the production is proficient, mixed so seamlessly that you won’t know where one genre begins and the other ends. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kate-pending-augments-reality-with-electronic-track-onyx-skies monthly 0.5 2024-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bdd59443-0574-494d-84d6-c819d0460d96/2.jpg Music Reviews - Kate Pending Augments Reality With Electronic Track, ‘Onyx Skies’ - Kate Pending casts her listeners in a cryptic electronic production with latest release, ‘Onyx Skies’. Slathered generously with magnetic basslines, truncated beats, and wiry electronica, it is edgy, new, dangerous, and exciting. She plays with texture to drive fantastic visual sensibilities. The composition is sourced from spheres of house music, techno, EDM, drum n bass, and ambient synths to make a new contemporary stride. This track is the first single from her upcoming album, Pigmented Reality. It makes for a great introduction, as it filters reality through cerebral excitations, absurd/outlying perspectives, and an unrelenting momentum. Based in the Pentagon of electronic music aka Berlin, the artist has honed the art of conceptual electronica. Her work is distinctly stimulating, designed to awaken the sensory bliss that hides beneath the world we know. Thriving on dynamism and mercurial design, her tracks are in a constant state of revolution. She holds space for innovation, activity, and improvisation. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-screaming-pope-builds-a-dynamic-electronic-castle-with-latest-neon-heights monthly 0.5 2024-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/449b6731-4627-469f-b9ab-39849070dff4/1.jpg Music Reviews - The Screaming Pope Builds a Dynamic Electronic Castle with Latest ‘Neon Heights’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/luna-kellers-patterns-twinkle-with-poetry-amp-ethereal-folk monthly 0.5 2024-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/70b76cdf-226b-434a-8ef5-4423904868ac/1.jpg Music Reviews - Luna Keller’s ‘Patterns’ Twinkle with Poetry &amp; Ethereal Folk - Luna Keller has a reputation for folklore that transcends with the mystique and wonder of the human experience. It especially comes through in the releases leading up to her next album, ‘Ocean Inside of Me’. Twinkling with poetry and ethereal accents, it twinkles with romanticism as it wanes into melancholy. Her latest single is titled ‘Patterns’. Dressed in frills of theatrical whimsy and orchestra, it chronicles the circuits and patterns in our psyche that repeat themselves. The track is weaved with old folk and classic European music features. We see the mild twills of the French accordion, piano melodies, punctuating cello lines, and an echoing vocal ballad. Rendered with an intimate sense of self, extrapolated by the imaginary, it proves to be an affecting composition. Speaking to a complexity that resides with all of us, she puts language to woe. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kreajours-newwave-is-a-swirling-post-punk-sensibility monthly 0.5 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/47efd2cc-68b3-44ec-a0ee-310ebbd400b9/3.jpg Music Reviews - Kreajours’ ‘NEWWAVE’ is a Swirling Post-Punk Sensibility - Kreajours is an American post-punk and prog rock band. Their compositions are wired with heightened sense of concept and electrifying psychedelic sensibilities. And listening to them is like being swathed in a swirling blanket of energy, that pulses with riff momentum and effervescing visuals. ‘NEWWAVE’ is the latest single from Kreajours. They fill a vacuous bracket of space with crackling riff frequencies, abstract vocal blooms, and eclectic percussion. All the textures simmer in an ethereal cauldron to progressively influence the theme and expand it to fantastic horizons. Across the track, a trained eye will spot a deliberate orientation to the contemporary. The remarkable patterns of dissonance and orchestration of formlessness reveals grand experimental intuition and extrapolation. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/agons-sprinkles-hip-hop-christmas-cheer-in-latest-release monthly 0.5 2024-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3d7125de-7e48-4814-831f-39cb41997a2e/2.jpg Music Reviews - AGON’s Sprinkles Hip-Hop ‘Christmas Cheer’ in Latest Release - AGON swirls the spirit of Christmas into a thumping cloud of festive hip-hop and rap in latest single, ‘Christmas Cheer’. Blending the lo-fi ambiences with swishes of neo-classicals and twinkling textures, he makes it so that the visuals are embossed and rise up to meet you. The artist loves setting up scenes and plunging into elaborate thematic narratives. He focuses on creating fluid sonic environments that casually flow into you. This is especially exemplified in this new release. The track is infused with rich sets of texture, tonality and chroma. AGON’s lulling verses and pace of delivery is like a low tide that washes all these brilliant sonic features to the shore. This rhythm also leaves incredible space for rumination and thought. Your mind might perhaps wander on the fringes of happiness and excitement, undercut by more grounding accents of gratitude and hope. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/vincent-krennerich-delivers-enriching-jazz-contemplations-in-sommerregen monthly 0.5 2024-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7e27be61-1571-4b2f-a6f8-54cf1c35371f/3.jpg Music Reviews - Vincent Krennerich Delivers Enriching Jazz Contemplations in ‘Sommerregen’ - Vincent Krennerich has a minimalistic way of perceiving music and his compositions reflect it. Detailed with smooth melodies and mellow beats, he leaves a lot of room for the listener to immerse into and contemplate on the artistic aspects of the theme. Cast in this ambience, the mind is impelled to slow down and revel in the bounties of sensory experience and imagination. Vincent’s latest release is the single, ‘Sommerregen’ which translates to ‘Summer Rain’. It is tuned to afflict the listener with buoyancy and a sprinkle of unexpected joy. Fuzzy saxophone flows are sparked by sharp tones of acoustic piano. The dazing jazz accents are undercut by soft accents of blues and whimsy. Best enjoyed with headphones, it is perfect for elevating activities like walk in the park or watching the clouds pass. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/intercontinen7als-night-shift-is-a-swaying-acoustic-track monthly 0.5 2024-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fbca796a-1e7a-4f66-b66f-53b342c41d7c/4.jpg Music Reviews - INTERCONTINEN7AL’s ‘Night Shift’ is a Swaying Acoustic Track - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/tom-minor-gives-underground-blues-a-contemporary-edge-with-where-do-you-see-yourself-in-five-years monthly 0.5 2024-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7a1f59dc-6aec-480c-9649-73b279b4c2ea/3.jpg Music Reviews - Tom Minor Gives Underground Blues a Contemporary Edge with ‘Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alterlight-presents-an-indie-delight-with-one-night-away monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5cbebb58-4e1c-48b7-8977-5a5a0ed8b328/2.jpg Music Reviews - Alterlight Presents an Indie Delight With ‘One Night Away’ - Alterlight is a Belgian indie band with a swirling sound. Embossed with the blossoming complexity of life and the human experience, their music comes alive in you each time you listen to it. In their latest track, ‘One Night Away’, the band spins a hopeful yarn out of the despondent and yearning melodic fabric. A powerful resonance emanates from it, and listening to it feels like you’ve been cast under a beautiful spell. Listen Now! ‘All your hopes and all your dreams are one night away from you’. This message is compelling at this time of year when everything gains sudden clarity. Maybe this song can start you off with the right mindset. The track is a pop-rock ballad with rhythms ebbing and flowing like the tides. Each melody line is stained with the vocal sentiment to bloom in your ears with empathy and soothing affirmations. If you enjoy the work of A Great Big World, James Arthur, and Walk The Moon, you’re sure to love the warm lulls of this track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-velcrocranes-what-if-i-die monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f171f8f6-e411-459c-89be-e2441750805b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : Velcrocranes’ ‘What if I Die’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/vanilla-franco-set-out-a-psychedelic-rock-conduit-with-traction monthly 0.5 2023-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9e4eac98-91f4-4e01-bb17-4546908ce708/3.jpg Music Reviews - Vanilla Franco Set Out a Psychedelic Rock Conduit with 'Traction’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/sound-liberation-amp-dij-quartet-effuse-with-experimental-jazz-rock-in-latest-album monthly 0.5 2023-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/71ab36f5-ec99-4f63-870d-1c0d50ff5d12/2.jpg Music Reviews - Sound Liberation &amp; Di.J. Quartet Effuse with Experimental Jazz Rock in Latest Album - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/edie-yvonnes-no-rain-projects-a-naked-emotionalism-and-complexity monthly 0.5 2023-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/32f0a2c9-7b9f-459d-b313-1ce1478f5f3b/1.jpg Music Reviews - Edie Yvonne’s ‘No Rain’ Projects a Naked Emotionalism and Complexity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gli-incubi-di-freud-presents-ribbons-of-anthemic-rock-in-e-poi-non-ridi-pi monthly 0.5 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ad8eef41-ce36-4d73-b675-d2c8762e861a/6.jpg Music Reviews - Gli Incubi Di Freud Presents Ribbons of Anthemic Rock in ‘E poi non ridi più’ - ‘E poi non ridi più’ is the latest release of Italian rock band Gli Incubi Di Freud (Freud). It courses along a melodic rock ribbon, exploring the melancholy of losing the laughter and joy of a loved one. The band was founded and fronted by musician Joshua to flesh out the deepest mysteries and being and feeling human. His compositions are designed to organically drive emotional experiences with Frank honesty and authenticity. The track is crafted with a continuous melody line, superimposed by prominent riff textures. Despite the grand rock structures and sound, soft Latin-styled curves convey the sentiments of the theme. And the vocals are intensely complex, riding an anthemic energy with a strong sense of gloom and blues. Towards the bridge and climax, an eclectic wave of instrumentation consumes the listener. With orchestral imprints and dynamic solo guitar progressions, it delivers us fantastically to the end. Freud is Joshua on vocals, Alessandro Camela on drums, Andrea “K” Piermarteri on rhythm guitar and Massimiliano Camela on solo guitar. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/french-caviar-get-into-disco-techno-with-hard-for-the-money monthly 0.5 2023-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/db5be732-8eb2-4a36-b4b0-04cd770e2960/5.jpg Music Reviews - French Caviar Get Into Disco Techno with ‘Hard for the Money’ - The versatile plush of French Caviar is reinforced fantastically in their track ‘Hard for the Money’. It is strung with iconic and hallmarked dance music with vivid influences of 80s disco and 90s synth pop to 21st century interpretations of house, techno, and EDM. The French duo, DJs, Hubert and Jean-Mi are known for their sonic innovations. They wield energy and enthusiasm across a room as effortlessly, speckling them all with dazzling melodies and beat addictions. This track is their sophomore release since their formation in 2022. Hard for the Money is introduced by fluttering wings of vintage vocals. The soundscape is pressed into conduits of thumping basses and techno beats. So, this deliberate compression creates a mounting pressure that is released in the colorful intensity of the vocals. 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This one brings the romantic allure of spatial attributes to the fantasy of loving someone on earth. Twinkling melodies and celestial synths are sparked by bursting rhythms. And brewing within this Big Bang is the sweet fluttering sentiment of the vocals. Astralix leverages the evocative symmetry of electronic music to drive to fantastic emotional highs. It allows him the space to explore and extrapolate the nuances of human experience. In this track, he explores the cycle of falling magically in love, breaking up, and thinking about the dreaminess of it all in retrospect. Listeners of Zedd, Alesso, Avicii, and Afrojack are sure to enjoy the astral dilations and projections of this banner. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dirty-moneys-vice-amp-virtue-is-a-turbulent-punk-grunge-masterpiece monthly 0.5 2023-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d11ff796-237e-48c1-af6d-73f485c06918/3.jpg Music Reviews - Dirty Money’s ‘Vice &amp; Virtue’ is a Turbulent Punk Grunge Masterpiece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/avarajs-precious-memories-ep-inspires-community-amp-connection monthly 0.5 2023-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/806126e4-91f0-497a-a888-11d52e560779/2.jpg Music Reviews - Avaraj’s ‘Precious Memories EP’ Inspires Community &amp; Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/an-album-review-william-sanfords-deep-mollusca monthly 0.5 2023-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6711dd0e-052a-44c9-a473-4cfecb837532/1.png Music Reviews - An Album Review : William Sanfords' ‘Deep Mollusca’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jagas-deliver-a-pop-rock-love-song-with-ma-brsilienne monthly 0.5 2023-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f4a54ad8-84a2-4f1c-af98-9ff2d76b3e19/5.jpg Music Reviews - Jagas Deliver a Pop Rock Love Song with ‘Ma Brésilienne’ - This track, ‘Ma Brésilienne’ or ‘My Brazilian’ is a pop-rock love song by French band, Jagas. They are a larger than life kind of group whose compositions frolic with a penchant for living, experiencing and loving. This song is written by one of the members and dedicated to his wife who is a Brazilian. It is an uplifting swing of melody and sentiment. Latin pop and blues wash their usual French accents and styles to create a memorable duality. It not only celebrates the couple, but signals the union of cultures and serenades Brazil, a country where the member found his second home. Listen Now! It opens with accordion melodies, a quintessential French icon, classic and vintage. The baritones and harmonies spring into this atmosphere with sentimental verses before they launch anthemically to the chorus. Webs of bluesy riffs and guitar melodies underlie it all, elegantly representing Latin structures at the core of the French flush. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-kete-bowers-holy-night-a-christmas-song-from-the-war monthly 0.5 2023-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fb32d52a-209f-4287-bd95-021434c55f97/4.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Kete Bowers’ ‘Holy Night (A Christmas Song From the War)’ - Kete Bowers renders a touching Christmas song with latest release, ‘Holy Night (A Christmas Song From the War)’. The emotion underlying it is so incredibly complex. It is human in its melancholy, joyful in divinity, and infinite in faith. Kete tells profound tales of the human experience, elegantly packing soft acoustic glints with powerful emotion. This track is minimalistically strung with bare strings, ruminative baritones, and a bottomless silence. It is haunting and deafening in its grief in a way that is reminiscent of artists like Nick Drake and Bob Dylan. Kete Bowers is a singer-songwriter and folk artist from Liverpool. His musical essence is wrapped up in raw and visceral perspectives of what it is to be human. Holy Night contrasts the miracle of Jesus with the violence and despair of war. He doesn’t hide it with music, but uses it gently as an aid to confront the listener with it. When it hits, it hits. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/allen-kai-lang-yu-composes-a-contemplative-experience-with-winds-of-change monthly 0.5 2023-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c06d9b6f-34a1-461e-8af9-8f3ea5d2b89b/3.jpg Music Reviews - Allen Kai - Lang Yu Composes a Contemplative Experience with ‘Winds of Change’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wreckless-strangers-orange-sky-dream-is-an-enriching-fluid-rock-bloom monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3d0d6fce-7bf0-47e3-a149-065d7a0b2a6e/10.jpg Music Reviews - Wreckless Strangers’ ‘Orange Sky Dream’ is an Enriching Fluid Rock Bloom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/album-review-kully-baths-rising-tides monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/02d97e79-0ba3-4e95-aae9-4dfd0adbffa6/9.jpg Music Reviews - Album Review : Kully Bath’s ‘Rising Tides’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ninnis-white-christmas-is-a-serene-sway-for-the-holidays monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6f0a1c3e-882e-4b30-9b65-2e84d7fb0043/4.jpg Music Reviews - Ninni’s ‘White Christmas’ is a Serene Sway For the Holidays - Ninni crafts an ethereal neo-classical spread for his cover of ‘White Christmas’. Listening to the track, you can’t help but be sprung with visuals of dreamy snow clad freshness. The artist’s interpretation of the song perhaps emerges from his Italian roots. Latin musical accents are fused liltingly into the elegant sway of the song. It is fresh and authentic, reflecting parts of his childhood experience and memories of the holiday. He cultivates trailing, evolving acoustics and peppers them with classic baritones. Opening with undulating synths, the composition amasses polished folk accents, tropical beats, and textured melodies. Ninni’s soft vocal expressions spill with pristine tenderness. Its measured flow and seamless cohesion grants us a serene listening experience that provokes ruminations and sentiments. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alf93i6w55l6w6sshx2uioqyg92nnn monthly 0.5 2023-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f9167b51-b3d5-4e0e-82e2-4bdcdace4570/3.jpg Music Reviews - Raynald Grenier Composes a Shimmering Piano Continuum with ‘Sonatina in C Sharp’ - Raynald Grenier is a composer and pianist with beautiful sonic visions. He operates on such an elegant level, infusing his music with delicate, yet deep purpose. His latest single is ‘Sonatina in C Sharp’, a shimmering piano piece that forms one key at a time. It is an ambient dalliance, showcasing the swelling gradients of momentous evolutions. Opening with twinkling melodies, it amasses a gentle rhythm in the second act. The third act is marked by a dark turn, a swift shift demonstrated by a change in tone. Then comes a soft period of rise, polished with melancholy, rumination, and resignation. From an uplifting frolick, the composition curves into periods of tension, turmoil, and tragedy. The artist’s craft is succinct and marked with brevity. However, he allows spaces for the mind to fill in the moments with imagination and drama. And with that, the piece lingers in the mind and stays a while. 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Since his debut in 2022, he has toured and released records independently. The experience of listening to his music is soulful and heartfelt. Through honest and sincere narratives, strung in atmospheres of folk-pop and indie rock, he meaningfully engages with his listeners. For this festive season, the artist has released ‘Christmas at Danburry Pond’. The track is a melancholic ballad that hits themes like love, heartache, and loneliness. As the lyrical subject pines for the love of his life, this detailed sonic fabric forms in the wake of it. It combines jangly acoustics with reflective vocals and frolicking folk accents and shapes a thematic portrait. You’ll see references both old and new to artists like The Beatles and The Byrds to James Taylor and Leonard Cohen. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/astralix-presents-a-colorful-synth-pop-spread-with-the-rhythm-fills-my-soul monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/14971523-9054-4253-9e8e-0e5722ecd695/7.jpg Music Reviews - Astralix Presents a Colorful Synth-Pop Spread with ‘The Rhythm Fills My Soul’ - Gary Dranow ventures into the world of electronic dance music with project Astralix. Known famously for his eclectic rock compositions and explorative songwriting, he brings the same level of versatility and flair to this banner. ‘The Rhythm Fills My Soul’ is Astralix’s debut single, featuring the vision Gary Dranow, productional virtuoso of Loius Dupont, Malena on vocals, and long-time collaborator Chris Zoupa. It is the first single from the project’s upcoming LP. The track is a colorful spread of synths, beats, rhythm, and textures. It is a fountain of music that blends progressive and futuristic house structures with dance-driven rhythms and trance accessories. And bolstered with effortless vocal highs, the sonics acquire freedom; a levity that passes on to the listener. In the percussive sphere, the track is addictively symmetrical with pounding basses and relentless beat lines. With progressive extrapolations, it exudes both a cerebral and sensual euphoria that brings the theme to life. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/andrew-byars-this-place-forms-on-the-fringes-of-familiarity-amp-strangeness monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a814c748-e0b4-4be6-be89-76f79f3e73ab/6.jpg Music Reviews - Andrew Byars’ ‘This Place’ Forms on The Fringes of Familiarity &amp; Strangeness - Andrew Byars is always thinking about unexplored spaces and presentations when it comes to music. His tracks are standing proof of that. They form on the fringes of familiarity and strangeness to present a unique surreal philosophy. Ranging across the spectrum of dream pop, jazz, blues, indie rock, and contemporary folk, he crafts nuanced and memorable narratives. Andrew Byars has just released his new single, ‘This Place’. It is a versatile composition. Each rhythm cycle is fathomed with resilience, ready to adapt and flow in new directions. Opening with intuitive acoustics and dazing baritones, it is fetchingly cultivated with groovy basses, colorful synths, afrobeats, melting saxophones, and orchestral accessories. The vocals are deliberately nebulous and abstract with emotion. It traverses through the changing ecosystem with aesthetical relevance and transcendental appeal. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranows-digitize-is-a-vibrant-synth-rock-production monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fe3d329b-249b-4f85-be9a-13cab8e2e943/5.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow’s ‘Digitize’ is a Vibrant Synth Rock Production - The track ‘Digitize’ showcases the sonic affluence of Gary Dranow and the Manic Emotions. The band’s sound is effortlessly versatile as they excavate complex themes with powerful vision. This track unleashes a whole new range as they blend synths into alt rock and nu metal arrangements. The way these genric structures interact and evolve is riveting to witness. They allude to the theme with wonderful theatrics, progressions, and a profound sense of futurism. Listen Now! The track opens with bright and vibrant synths, with levity that is both visual and sonic. With aggressive riffs, roaring vocals, and stomping beats, its swirling color is splattered across. A storm of electric synths ride into tsunamic hard rock progressions to flesh out euphoric builds with melancholic undertones. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kelsie-kimberlins-vlad-is-a-tenacious-rock-rap-track monthly 0.5 2023-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dbc0adc3-c4e8-45ac-b231-f11ab228aca4/4.jpg Music Reviews - Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘Vlad’ is a Tenacious Rock Rap Track - ‘Vlad’ reveals a brand new dimension of Kelsie Kimberlin’s sonic persona. The track reveals her charismatic orientation with hip-hop as she critiques the government of Russian President, ‘Vladimir Putin’ aka ‘Vlad’. She is known for her versatility, with her discography ranging from energetic commercial pop tracks to soulful ballads. However, with this release, her art takes on a revolutionary role. Her uncensored verses call out the politician’s actions, revealing his tyrannical propagandas that curtails liberties, rights, and freedoms of the common people. Her compelling and unrelenting flow is bolstered with the defiant spirit of punk rock. It is a tenacious atmosphere. Textured with gritty grunge and gearing riffs, the track is detailed with Putin’s political filth that he carelessly throws around. As a Ukrainian artist, it is personal. She doesn’t hold back. She carries the fight in her, baring her fangs and sharpening her claws. 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She blends her love for narratives and storytelling with delightful acoustic frameworks to cast a memorable sonic spell. They are soft, yet vivid explorations of youth in all its chaos, love, color, and life. In her latest release, ‘in love anyway’, Winn Rose emulates artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, and Phoebe Bridges. Listen Now! It is a mellow pop song that progressively acquires mild accents of folk and indie rock. Soft synths and glinting acoustics open the song. Her vocals shape emotions with imagery, making the listening experience all the more immersive. The moments and memories come alive in the wake of catchy hooks, rock rhythms, and sweet harmonies. It is rich with tale and tribulations. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-daxs-catch-the-rain monthly 0.5 2023-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/74ad0c60-ff4c-4648-95e8-16885bd406ed/5.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review: Dax’s ‘Catch the Rain’ - Dax is a self-made rapper and hip-hop artist known for his compelling flows and poignant narratives. He fleshes out themes like mental health, manhood, pain, and purpose through the lenses of personal experience. When you listen to his music, you’ll know that what you’re getting is authentic and honest. Dax recently put out his fourth studio album, ‘What is Life?’ In which he gets into his relationship with God, alcohol, time, and gender among other things. Taken from this collection is the track ‘Catch the Rain’. With elegant metaphors and staunch sentiment, he unpacks the vicious and cruel cycle of pain. The verses are crisp and clean, infused with real emotion. Playing out against a minimalistic backdrop, the inflection and energy of his vocals carry the song to lofty heights. There’s greatness here, so have a taste. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/music-review-bluebursts-fly-away monthly 0.5 2023-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/47566d02-45f5-40f8-9c05-ecd829df9c43/9.jpg Music Reviews - Music Review : Blueburst’s ‘Fly Away’ - Blueburst is the musical banner of singer-songwriter and guitarist, Craig Douglas Miller. His tracks are emotive rock prisms that leverage sonic constructs and consciousness to produce immersive listening experiences. Blueburst has released his latest single, ‘Fly Away’ in collaboration with Marty Willson-Piper and Riley Schatz. Resonating with luminous melodies and stark baritones, the melodic rock track references both classic and contemporary ethos. Listen Now! It is entirely strung with clanging guitar riffs and mellow beat cycles. There’s a country undercurrent that creates mild imprints on the dilated rhythm and expressive vocals. The theme is omnipresent, spilling out of the sunshine melodies, buoyant positivity, hearty vocals, and dazing harmonies. 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His performances are passionate, and tailored beautifully to showcase the journey from loss and trauma to hope and love. In his latest release, ‘Stifled’, the artist delivers a melodic rock track, lavished with upbeat pop elements and soulful moments. Reminiscent of artists like A Great Big World, One Republic, and The Scripts, it is a powerful swirl of storytelling and sentiment. The track opens with an acoustic drizzle, phasing into electric riffs and reviving beats. Ollie’s baritones are resonant with emotion, that intuitively seek out the luminous rock textures and elevate them. The visuals that erupt from the soundscape are a fiery combination of light, color, and energy that will completely absorb you. 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Rooms of booming distortions are detailed with experimental rhythm design and melodic dimensions. The soundscape is reminiscent of Nirvana and The Who, fused with the defiance of Patti Smith and the complexity of Fiona Apple. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/blindness-amp-light-my-rolex-is-better-than-yours monthly 0.5 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/671ab5a5-ed20-4923-9b03-e5c368c50e02/5.jpg Music Reviews - Blindness &amp; Light : ‘My Rolex is Better Than Yours’ - Blindness & Light delve into musical rhetoric in their latest single, ‘My Rolex is Better Than Yours’. It explores the egoistic dimensions of humanity, casting it in mystical and psychedelic plays to showcase how it manifests. The band is a UK-based collective known for their love for metaphysical explorations and conceptual spreads. This theme was sparked by “an argument in a pub in North Wales between two proud Rolex owners which developed into a fight.” In this simple frame, the artists perceived a philosophical undercurrent that runs through the track. The composition is resplendent with texture and tonality. It opens with tolling folktronica that has both an ancient eastern and futuristic undercurrent. The spirit is fortified and excited by racing beat lines. With progression, it is loaded with bigger spaces, wrung with synths and driving riffs to reach a state of exhilaration. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/polyvoda-create-bands-of-infinity-with-latest-track-homeless monthly 0.5 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e8c59399-792d-4c71-968d-82629276513f/4.jpg Music Reviews - Polyvoda Create Bands of Infinity with Latest Track ‘Homeless’ - Polyvoda is a genre-bending outfit from Ukraine who craft soundscapes as elaborate ambiences. Melodies are endless bands of emotion that stretch like horizons. And rhythms band into these infinities to imbibe dimension and form. The band has just released their track ‘Homeless’. It explores contemporary hip-hop cultures alongside cerebral melodic weaves. There’s a lilting evocation in the verses, which manifest more immersively in the synth swirls. The track forms the A-side of the double single (B Side : Bonfire). It creates great context as the lead single. The verses conduct the flow of the track, compact and crisp windows into the theme. And bolstered to the abstractions in the melody, it casts a phenomenal perspective on the essence of freedom, resilience, strength, and hope. 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And this blend of visual sonics with evocative riffs and drawling baritones resonate with Coldplay, Keane, and Snow Patrol. The artist gives melancholy such a grand dimension, allowing it to drift through stark and ethereal spheres. 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The artist, influenced by the old and the new, brings a fresh perspective to classic rock styles. The band’s compositions are known for their distinctive charisma with interesting riff and groove signatures, driving beats, quirky themes, and clever commentary. Autorub has just released their latest single, ‘Meatball’. You can instantly spot the references to Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Green Day mixed in with classics like the Stones, the Kinks, Hendrix, and Talking Heads. The way they bring dimension to a theme as simple as Meatball is spectacular. With strident riff breaks and inverting grooves meshed into rock n roll frames, it is an eccentric and youthful anthem that clings to a 90s ethos. 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It is fun and upbeat until it’s not. Undercurrents of youthful chaos and dark melancholy bring out the striking realities of night life. The riffs and melody line is cultivated into the phasing emotion of the rap verses, in a way that allows them to grow within the context of the other. The production is prolific, seamlessly reconciling the complexity of the theme with both their artistic spirits. 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All his compositions are built with insightful ideas, renewed diversity, and good production value. This latest track ‘Sandy Beaches’ is no different. It is a garage rock track wrung powerfully with influences of grunge, blues, and hard rock. The contrast between Gary’s smooth vocal planes and the hard ridged backdrop adds a gusto to the listening experience. It shows off two separate emotional quotients of the theme. While his baritones source melodrama and melancholy, the face-melting riffs are more hyperactive and intense. The starkness widens phenomenally in the bridge, flaring out it drives to the climax. 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But he also holds space for contemplation, using the lyrics to give the listener some food for thought. Each element is infused with purpose. So, essentially, the theme is shaped by each sonic component, becoming more dense as the track evolves. Little Brain debuted in 2018 with the dazing effusions of ‘Seed Bearing Mammal’. Since then, with each release, the artist has inculcated novel ideas and abstractions to bring value to the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dave-mohan-fosters-eternal-sentiments-with-latest-ballad-somewhere-beyond-the-blue monthly 0.5 2023-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2b080e85-9a2d-40a3-ba89-b1c5069ea075/6.jpg Music Reviews - Dave Mohan Fosters Eternal Sentiments with Latest Ballad ‘Somewhere Beyond the Blue’ - Dave Mohan is a new-age blues and jazz composer, songwriter, and musician. His compositions are as human as it gets. Using the ebb and flow of melody, he strives to capture the complex sentiments of human life and the fragile experience of living it. Dave is especially known for his touching ballads, that in their heightened sincerity and vulnerability usher so much beauty to the forefront. It’s musical poetry at its finest. For his latest release, ‘Somewhere Beyond the Blue’, he has composed a piano ballad. The track forms on a delicate string of melody. Vocals are whispers of melancholy, detailed with the grief of goodbyes. But despite the minimalism, an eternity is fostered by each line. Vested with emotional depth and detail, it is vast and timeless. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/experience-the-enthralling-sophistication-of-natalia-quests-redemption monthly 0.5 2024-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/aa0fa15a-d556-426e-ba28-fb26d40c0ba8/2.jpg Music Reviews - Experience the enthralling sophistication of Natalia Quest's 'Redemption’ - Natalia Quest is a bilingual singer-songwriter from Russia, currently based in Los Angeles. Her unique style, a well-crafted blend of multiple genres, is often likened to artists such as Amy Lee, Tori Amos, Beth Gibbons, Björk, and Alanis Morissette. She captivates listeners with her strong yet gentle authentic vocals, immersing us in soundscapes brimming with raw emotion and cinematic flair. Her latest release, 'Redemption,' is a mesmerizing piece of art interpreting themes of the search for inner and outer freedom, finding balance between love and wisdom with incredible grace and elegance. Infused with divine and transcendental vibes, the track dances on the edge of classical and contemporary. As piano melodies unfurl, intertwining with melancholic cello, Natalia’s enchanting vocals pulsate with sincerity. The orchestral elements and sensual drums bloom around her angelic soaring voice, inviting you to experience the taste of freedom. 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They are primarily explorers who forge beautiful paths to the abstract and ethereal and revel in the boundlessness they find. Their latest single, ‘Smoked a Cigarette Instead’ is a sublime blend of cerebral post-rock and bluesy grunge. You can spot references to Fleetwood Mac and Fiona Apple that are progressively phased into contemporary frames reminiscent of Beach House, Slowdive, R.E.M, and Oasis. The track is a strange duality that blends formless ambient fabrics with staunch symmetry. With elemental progressions and insightful production, the artists reconcile these contrasting layouts. Bunny’s hypnotic vocals are laced with whiskey blues, and Theo’s agenda is supremely grand. And together, they bring a cosmic dimension to the theme. 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They have a classic sound; bringing the layers of Beck and The Rolling Stones and matching it with their unique sense of rock. Even the themes and narratives that they get into have a distinct 70s feeling, represented with insightful lyrical and emotional depth. In their latest release, ‘December Songs’, The Mars McClanes present a mellow folk rock sound. Made wholly with glinting guitar acoustics and vocals, the intimate swirl of sentiment is reminiscent of Nick Drake, John Mayer, and James Taylor. Listen Now! The track is emotionally complex as it sets out the heaviness of the year’s end with nostalgia, resignation, and the wisdom of change. It puts us in a reflective mood with beautiful vocal imagery, unspoken melancholy, and a cozy winter softness. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/gary-dranow-amp-the-manic-emotions-destiny-road-re-mix monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f263072a-6ff5-4386-87cd-25bf0f095e60/4.jpg Music Reviews - Gary Dranow &amp; The Manic Emotions : Destiny Road (Re-mix) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mick-j-clarks-its-getting-near-christmas-is-a-feel-good-jingle-pop-anthem monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4154bcc8-b1c0-4780-9d57-c08245ffb859/3.jpg Music Reviews - Mick J Clark’s ‘It’s Getting Near Christmas’ is a Feel-Good Jingle Pop Anthem - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rob-elos-either-way-is-an-alt-pop-bloom-with-colorful-synths-amp-ethereal-accents monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fa18c80b-1d2f-4127-aabf-310b34418174/2.jpg Music Reviews - Rob Elo’s ‘Either Way’ is an Alt-Pop Bloom with Colorful Synths &amp; Ethereal Accents - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ivon-roberts-amp-hannah-dorman-deliver-a-cinematic-pop-ballad-with-believe monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cecfb738-508b-4f71-83ff-765156137eb2/1.jpg Music Reviews - Ivon Roberts &amp; Hannah Dorman Deliver a Cinematic Pop Ballad with ‘Believe’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/allen-kai-lang-yu-softens-the-human-heart-with-one-shared-destiny monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e0be634c-59e9-47fd-a502-f5f2f2f48b66/5.jpg Music Reviews - Allen Kai - Lang Yu Softens the Human Heart with ‘One Shared Destiny’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/arlistons-thawed-is-a-metapod-of-touching-emotion monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a04a7390-5f79-4829-8dc0-b00394d82bd8/4.jpg Music Reviews - Arliston’s ‘Thawed’ is a Metapod of Touching Emotion - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/guild-theory-details-a-haunting-shadow-rock-with-indignant-swines monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/935b95e8-0e61-4984-81e3-54d79ead4959/3.jpg Music Reviews - Guild Theory Details A Haunting Shadow Rock with ‘Indignant Swines’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/koalras-clouds-still-hang-on-you-will-arrest-you-in-its-transcendence monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a2668e8b-201d-4b19-88d9-0b7ef64781c2/2.jpg Music Reviews - Koalra’s ‘Clouds Still Hang on You’ Will Arrest You in Its Transcendence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lauren-glick-astounds-with-bluesy-rock-single-set-me-free monthly 0.5 2023-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c992fc0f-dd32-46c8-a0b5-92d5df66e8e3/1.jpg Music Reviews - Lauren Glick Astounds with Bluesy Rock Single ‘Set Me Free’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/rhein-celebrates-fluidity-with-dreamy-post-rock-in-moe monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/35f6ba38-64e4-4c08-9d6c-67e45ddab221/8.jpg Music Reviews - RHEIN Celebrates Fluidity With Dreamy Post-Rock in ‘Moe’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/eddy-mann-delivers-an-evocative-vocal-performance-with-hallelujah monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/dd5bc0c6-82f6-4745-8a27-92c3fc292cc7/7.jpg Music Reviews - Eddy Mann Delivers an Evocative Vocal Performance with ‘Hallelujah’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/scotty-hollywood-band-human-to-human monthly 0.5 2023-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5b1b6e3a-94b9-46a7-81b5-2f494417f243/6.jpg Music Reviews - Scotty Hollywood Band : ‘Human to Human’ - Scotty Hollywood Band is a music veteran who has been writing and recording music his whole life! The singer-songwriter and country artist is the best and most charismatic at the craft, performing with heart in the ways of John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, and James Taylor. Scotty Hollywood has just released his full length debut album titled, ‘Wondervu’ in which he spins the weariness of the world with positive and touching melodic swirls; always leaving space for redemption. Taken from this collection is the track ‘Human to Human’. Speaking to its central theme, lead singer, Scott Argiro states “it is a reminder of the power of human connection and the importance of physical presence in a digitally-dominant world”. With big and bright melodic gestures, the soundscape gracefully drives the theme to the forefront. Detailed with Scott’s warm baritones and lilting falsettos, it resonates with an innate sentiment as humans. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ludlow-creeks-this-baby-boy-gives-us-an-evocative-nativity-scene-this-christmas monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cf6fabc5-79fd-4336-b2e4-beadbf92da87/14.jpg Music Reviews - Ludlow Creek’s ‘This Baby Boy’ Gives us an Evocative Nativity Scene This Christmas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/trickshooter-social-club-present-a-delightful-mesh-of-rock-amp-its-subcultures-in-truck-stop-dangerous monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/15cf7b2e-791b-4cfd-859a-495b45bb4964/13.jpg Music Reviews - Trickshooter Social Club Present a Delightful Mesh of Rock &amp; its Subcultures in ‘Truck Stop Dangerous’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/polyvodas-evolving-post-rock-structures-in-bonfire-are-spectacular monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bcf89d55-289b-46e8-a584-018379f7cc39/12.jpg Music Reviews - Polyvoda’s Evolving Post-Rock Structures in ‘Bonfire’ are Spectacular - POLYVODA is an experimental and exploratory outfit hailing from the Ukraine. The trio bank on concept, feeding it with an evolving ambience to distill a sublime thematic gradient. In this latest single, titled ‘Bonfire’, they infuse post rock textures into funk structures and neo-soul vocals. Using trap beats, they score the soundscape to unravel expansively. The track is cued in with tinsel synths and splintering beats and gradually evolves into funk pop and hip-hop frames. Reminiscent of Tame Impala, Pond, and SZA, the track features fantastic transitions, psychedelic sensibilities, and cerebral grooves. Listen Now! Polyvoda is Instrumentalists Denis Levchenko (bass), Kyrylo Chykhradze (keys), and Mykhailo Birchenko (drums). Formed in 2022, they debuted with ‘Never Ending’, a colorful mellow anthem bound in a dream. They have since released ‘Sirens’ , an enticing lo-fi hip-hop track. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ik591825rcrg1qxwcyatlh49izoljo monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5b040d6c-75bb-44a7-b013-c3c7a7013a33/11.jpg Music Reviews - Get Grub Ready With Dirty Mitts to ‘Ride the Storm’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/poppy-roscoe-the-concept-behind-sea-fortune-and-the-desert-rats monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0c7257dd-476e-41dc-99eb-fdc3b4804e93/10.jpg Music Reviews - Poppy Roscoe: The Concept Behind ‘Sea Fortune and the Desert Rats’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/a-review-tanya-goltzs-ep-pieces-of-me monthly 0.5 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/76dfeeb3-698b-41ff-aaf5-1e83c7cdbde4/72.jpg Music Reviews - A Review : Tanya Goltz’s EP ‘Pieces of Me’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dame-zine-present-experimental-folktronica-with-latest-fairytales monthly 0.5 2023-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d58154a2-8f77-4475-8d1f-eae4ee4365a2/6.jpg Music Reviews - Dame Zine Present Experimental Folktronica with Latest ‘Fairytales’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/etaoin-i-wish-it-could-be-christmas-everyday monthly 0.5 2023-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/af640dbb-0ae8-46a9-9215-b51454945d6a/5.jpg Music Reviews - ETAOIN : ‘I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/9-o-clock-nasty-fuse-vintage-garage-rock-with-hip-hop-funk-in-unkle-natur monthly 0.5 2023-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/62c928b3-b5e7-42b4-b6d8-ff7869c588f8/4.jpg Music Reviews - 9 ‘o’ clock Nasty Fuse Vintage Garage Rock with Hip-Hop Funk in ‘Unkle Natur’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/heldritch-form-a-unique-folk-rock-sediment-with-latest-innocent-sinner monthly 0.5 2023-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4ef63716-c504-4813-89dc-7acba7124f53/10.jpg Music Reviews - H.Eldritch Form a Unique Folk Rock Sediment With Latest ‘Innocent Sinner’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lauren-minear-astounds-with-grace-of-womanhood-in-the-way-it-was monthly 0.5 2023-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/fa8ce5ef-1092-4696-9b1c-a2670fa8ace6/9.jpg Music Reviews - Lauren Minear Astounds with Grace of Womanhood in ‘The Way it Was’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bakis-les-boites-forms-on-the-fringe-of-exciting-rock-and-edgy-punk monthly 0.5 2023-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ee305b56-3374-474b-b225-38771b67e4ee/8.jpg Music Reviews - Baïki’s ‘Les Boites’ Forms on the Fringe of Exciting Rock and Edgy Punk - Baïki lingers on the fringe of adventure and excitement. And his soundscapes are molded in the same spirit. With unexpected twists and turns, they tell stories in languages ranging from folk to rock and punk. Their latest release, ‘Les Boites’ or The Boxes is an anthemic alt rock track. Filling with gritty riffs, punching punk beats, and launching vocals, the track is a flash of rock that is reminiscent of artists like Ramones, Sex Pistols and Green Day! The track has a lot of interesting rhythm designs that are all reconciled with delightful chaos. Sometimes overlaid or sometimes lined up, one after the other, they bring so much character to the track. Opening with funky tropical lines, it evolves out of its breezy textures to a full-on punk drive. The vocals are relentless, pressing on the punk pulses to make the listening experience more entertaining. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mick-j-clarks-christmas-party-time-dispels-festive-pop-cheer monthly 0.5 2023-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/167dd3e6-32d5-47a8-8727-d7fc0a731a06/4.jpg Music Reviews - Mick J Clark’s ‘Christmas Party Time’ Dispels Festive Pop Cheer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ripsime-creates-experimental-sonic-portraits-with-capsule-i-wicked-amp-wise monthly 0.5 2023-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/7a97a7a5-d0c3-4c29-a844-621a53f15ebf/3.jpg Music Reviews - Ripsime Creates Experimental Sonic Portraits With ‘Capsule I : Wicked &amp; Wise’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/dh08i3u8fm8efimhz4me5frkww0ygs monthly 0.5 2023-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f5ce3cc3-83c9-4cad-b5ff-8692167b419b/2.jpg Music Reviews - Skar de Line Distills the Idea of Happiness in ‘The One’ - Skar de Line is a London-based artist, born and raised in Sweden. His sonic lenses are critically charged and detail-oriented. The result is a complex and layered soundscape that is conceptually powerful and creative. In his latest release, ‘The One, the artist turns to explore the idea of individual happiness. Through canals of reason, reflection, and emotion, he navigates this abstraction. We all hear about happiness, crave for it and constantly seek it out. But nobody knows what it means until they find it themselves. Skar drives at this notion with mercurial pulses of energy, texture, rhythm, and melody. It is a disorienting and evasive vehicle that leads us, through darkness and luminescence, to realize the power of our inner strength and sense of self. And harness it, you’ll come out of this roller coaster feeling exhilarated and content. Listen Now! Skar’s genius is contained in his fierce experimentation and imagination. All his tracks have a strong sense of artistic integrity. He debuted in 2019 and has since released nine singles, including this one. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kelsie-kimberlins-turn-back-is-an-ethereal-vocal-sphere monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/024720cb-b804-4446-8f6b-1cf5c51f1df6/7.jpg Music Reviews - Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘Turn Back’ is an Ethereal Vocal Sphere - Kelsie Kimberlin is back with yet another evocative composition titled ‘Turn Back’. With this track, the artist discovers a parent’s voice, calling their child back to the softness and warmth of home. It is beautifully written to edge between the dark and light spheres of parental sentiment. Worry and overprotectiveness, care and curtailment, wisdom and vice, etc. Kelsie’s versatility and range have been on display through his wide discography, featuring her contemplative compositions in ‘Another Chance to Live Again’, commercial flair in ‘Cosmopolitan Girl’ and Latin pop in ‘Fruit Basket’. This track combines her reflective lyricism with choral blooms and neoclassical resonance. Its luminescent textures and tones are swirled into an ethereal sonic cocktail. Swayed by lofty vocal design, it sets out emotions vividly and immersively. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/carson-adays-fade-away-is-a-retro-synth-pop-track monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f8358db1-4ffc-4218-92f4-bd97fe5feb8e/6.jpg Music Reviews - Carson Aday’s ‘Fade Away’ is a Stellar Retro Synth Pop Track - Carson Aday is an American singer-songwriter and indie artist known for his versatility and diversity. His sonic craft knows no bounds, indulging intentionally in a plethora of styles from rock n roll and acoustic performances to 60s pop and contemporary pop-rock. In his latest single, ‘Fade Away’, the artist beautifully brings to life the mantra of an isolated mind, struggling to retain connections with the world. The track is a mellow synth-pop track that glazes through the mind. In concept, the artist has eliminated emphatic and hard textures to capture the loosening grip of the protagonist on the world. Combining it with an expanding rhythm design, the soundscape delivers the urgency and terror a spaceman, drifting away from everything he knows and loves. The melodies and beats are excited with subtle hues and tones. Infused into a darting tempo, they wink with an engaging hyperactivity that is reminiscent of Daft Punk compositions. 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The British singer-songwriter is known for his heartwarming renditions that carry messages of love, hope, kindness and joy across the globe. In this track, the generosity and harmony of the Christmas spirit bubbles up, leaving the listener with a humbled sense of self. Listen Now! Mick J Clark is a vintage musician. His tracks carry the simplistic imprints of 70s and 80s. And this song is no different. It is a fluid acoustic track with glinting guitars, tolling bells and silky baritones spilling into an undulating violin frame. The melodies dote and encircle the feel-good lyrics, enriching them with sentiment, fellowship, and brotherhood. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/glass-cabin-presents-rustic-americana-with-album-glass-cabin-2 monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/29ec71eb-16be-4433-bfa2-c8d972fc088e/1.jpg Music Reviews - Glass Cabin Presents Rustic Americana with Album, ‘Glass Cabin 2’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shawn-cutts-delivers-cerebral-post-rock-with-the-wind-up monthly 0.5 2023-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/10ea578d-459f-447a-a3e4-e209b4f5a029/4.jpg Music Reviews - Shawn Cutts Delivers Cerebral Post Rock with ‘The Wind Up’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/thy-veils-present-a-electric-swirl-of-textures-amp-tones-with-here-we-are-sidereal-galactic-tick-day monthly 0.5 2023-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d95c0677-53a1-4d29-8942-005b3dd4c2e2/3.jpg Music Reviews - Thy Veils Present a Electric Swirl of Textures &amp; 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One can instantly spot the late 90s and early 2010s influences in the melody structures and vocals. Listeners of The 1975, The NBDB, and even Coldplay are sure to enjoy the colorful melodies of this artist. In his latest release, ‘If You Don’t Want Me’, the artist impresses his signature warm baritones on the electric pop and resonant rock soundscape. It is overlaid with glinting riffs and punching pop beats. His vocals loop into memorable hooks and storytelling moments that you can’t help but engage with. With this track, Zack explores themes like cheating, falling out of love, and the resulting heartache. Tinged with molten melancholy and a youthful optimism, it is both evocative and lilting to the listener. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/lee-switzer-woolf-shapes-melancholy-with-folktronica-in-ototoxin monthly 0.5 2023-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/8b24c3ec-3bfa-4704-930b-fc6ed0d7397c/6.jpg Music Reviews - Lee Switzer-Woolf Shapes Melancholy with Folktronica in ‘Ototoxin’ - Lee Switzer-Woolf is a UK-based singer-songwriter and folktronica artist. His tracks convey his love for uniting the bare and earthy acoustics of folk with the playful and dynamic energy of electronic music. And this duality brings such beautiful dimensions to Lee’s storytelling. In this latest track, ‘Ototoxin’ the artist explores the dark melancholy of being terminally ill and chronically medicated, through the condition of ototoxicity (to develop hearing/balance problems due to medicine). Blending the acoustic storytelling style of Nick Drake and John Mayer with stray lines of whimsical electronica, he tempers this thematic morbidity with elating melody cycles. Forming in simultaneity, the glinting strings intuitively connect into the circuit of clicking percussion, warm baritones, and resonant riffs. Despite the variations in texture and tonality, he skillfully orchestrates them to unravel as crisp and minimalistic sonic structures. This not only credits him as a gifted songwriter but also as one with clear and elegant artistic vision. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/check-out-the-official-video-of-grace-amp-mojis-funk-pop-single-sad-times monthly 0.5 2023-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/977e86a5-ec44-4260-a67c-dc0b8d70a04c/5.jpg Music Reviews - Check Out the Official Video of Grace &amp; Moji’s Funk Pop Single, ‘Sad Times’ - Grace & Moji have put out the official music video of their latest single, ‘Sad Times’. If you’re a regular reader, this indie-pop duo needs no introduction. Since debuting earlier this year, they have made waves with high-end sonic productions and novelty. If there ever was a video that perfectly fit into the vibe of the song, it is this one. The funk-pop seamlessly flows into the warping camera angles and perspectives in the video. It is whimsical and delightfully insane. The dynamic frames change and stay as busy as the beats. However, this movement is underscored by the inaction of sadness. Even as Moji drives around in the car, sadness personified is driving it. All this ever-changing imagery and coalescence of diverse aesthetics are illusionary projections; manifestations of a drugged and foggy mind. It is vintage and contemporary, glamorous and profoundly indie. The use of trippy prints, swirling patterns, drastic shifts, and pop of colors orient the viewer to the track through disorientation. 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Can anybody hear them, crying out for freedom? We need someone to save us, all the brothers and neighbors, As the bombs keep dropping Can there be no stopping?’ https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/connor-desais-forever-is-a-contemplative-folk-pop-performance monthly 0.5 2023-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3a4e1a9f-e87d-461b-af65-ee29d2c1c50b/3.jpg Music Reviews - Connor Desai’s ‘Forever’ is a Contemplative Folk Pop Performance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jsdavani-unpacks-the-transience-of-human-life-in-ftchrs monthly 0.5 2023-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/941b6280-c729-4b75-a915-2f801cf531f6/2.jpg Music Reviews - JSDAVANI Unpacks the Transience of Human Life in ‘FTCHRS’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c45c845d-5be6-4c22-883c-ef5daa21ff33/1.jpeg Music Reviews - JSDAVANI Unpacks the Transience of Human Life in ‘FTCHRS’ - Make it stand out Eric Barnes https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mvis-debut-album-in-the-rain-shadow-is-a-world-folk-masterpiece monthly 0.5 2023-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/de46778e-cfe4-4385-9947-e78dfaaad808/5.jpg Music Reviews - MVI’s Debut Album, ‘In The Rain Shadow’ is a World Folk Masterpiece - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kepa-lehtinen-discovers-the-intrinsic-value-of-grief-with-latest-instrumental-suru monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/708e638e-4e98-4d9e-b21e-4ece0e74838b/7.jpg Music Reviews - Kepa Lehtinen Discovers the Intrinsic Value of Grief with Latest Instrumental ‘Suru’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/eric-alexandrakis-delivers-ruminative-acoustics-in-the-same-mistakes-again monthly 0.5 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/64a972ca-9170-441e-9037-a1258957cbb8/6.jpg Music Reviews - Eric Alexandrakis Delivers Ruminative Acoustics in ‘The Same Mistakes Again’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/live-in-color-delivers-a-colorful-pop-rock-carnival-with-letter-to-my-future-lover monthly 0.5 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/cf4aad94-469f-4248-9436-149e6c08f79b/5.jpg Music Reviews - Live in Color Delivers a Colorful Pop-Rock Carnival with ‘Letter to my Future Lover’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/teenatowns-holy-victor-displays-fantastic-pop-punk monthly 0.5 2023-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b725e84b-400c-40d4-92df-e847493c5fb9/4.jpg Music Reviews - Teenatown’s ‘holy victor’ Displays Fantastic Pop-Punk Sound - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/subterranean-street-societys-focus-on-the-melody-is-a-boisterous-garage-rock-track monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/2d28627a-fc85-4845-bd6a-d915bbcd4ed2/10.jpg Music Reviews - Subterranean Street Society’s ‘Focus on the Melody’ is a Boisterous Garage Rock Track - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-margaret-hooligans-revenge-of-the-scarjo-is-an-alt-rock-tapestry-of-distortion-amp-melody monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/4a4278a0-5e61-4988-81fe-975fd05f40c8/9.jpg Music Reviews - The Margaret Hooligans’ ‘Revenge of the ScarJo’ is an Alt-Rock Tapestry of Distortion &amp; Melody - The Margaret Hooligans is an experimental alt-rock band. Focused on fathoming a plane of transcendence, the duo combine disjointed frames and sonic cultures. In their latest track, ‘Revenge of the ScarJo’ they feature post-punk explorations alongside garage rock, and blues vocals. It comes together to create a tapestry of distortion and melody, darkness and drama. This duo treads the creative paths of artists like The Who, Miles Davis, Fiona Apple, and Grateful Dead, to find their own sound. The track opens with brush strokes of electric ukulele that break up the pieces of blues verses. With small percussive accents and unpredictable melody tangents, they use rhythmic ambiguity to drive the theme forward. The more we listen, the more we learn that the soundscape features a lot of storytelling elements, that fall through the cracks only to erupt again with the periodic flush of the ukulele. 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The fiery textures and arduous despondency details a powerful 60s revival that you can’t get enough of. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jerusha-delivers-a-rampb-charged-pop-track-with-mediocrity monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/86e55c3b-9087-4f97-bc84-402bf02ac049/7.jpg Music Reviews - Jerusha Delivers a R&amp;B Charged Pop Track with ‘Mediocrity’ - Jerusha is an American singer-songwriter, performer, and actress. The artist brings her theatrical flair to her soundscapes with expressive vocals and flamboyant builds. In her latest single, ‘Mediocrity’ she collaborates with producer Devin Lewis to deliver a R&B-charged pop track. Listen Now! The track’s sonic textures are correlated and juxtaposed to infuse dance and emotion all at the same time. Jerusha’s vocals are sultry and smokey, bringing a dark dimension within a universe of red and gold. Within this miasma of emotion, movement, and rising beats, you can catch influences of artists like Billie Eilish, SZA, Rihanna, and Doja Cat. Jerush debuted in 2021 with the track, ‘Ready to be Loved’ and has since released five tracks including this one. She has also been part of acclaimed shows like Atlanta and on Broadway. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/mark-vennis-amp-different-place-revive-old-school-soul-blues-with-small-town-vampire monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0deb1b28-d523-4e47-8621-90ef0ff69987/6.jpg Music Reviews - ‘Mark Vennis &amp; Different Place’ Revive Old School Soul-Blues with ‘Small Town Vampire’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/goodcry-weaves-a-dark-electro-funk-satire-about-the-medical-system monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a2794163-93ae-4efd-92f0-fd34002bf308/5.jpg Music Reviews - goodcry Weaves a Dark Electro-Funk Satire With Latest Single, ‘Operate’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-ruby-tears-revive-the-magic-amp-nostalgia-of-the-60s-and-70s-rock-with-learn-to-fly monthly 0.5 2023-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/26b7de1d-2a71-4c86-8200-a2ec5c0011ce/8.jpg Music Reviews - The Ruby Tears Revive The Magic &amp; Nostalgia of the 70s Rock with ‘Learn to Fly’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/thistle-sifters-forgotten-man-portrays-an-ethereal-post-rock-melancholy monthly 0.5 2023-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1f024d4d-b92b-4ece-9e9f-4811f8cbeb64/7.jpg Music Reviews - Thistle Sifter’s ‘Forgotten Man’ Portrays an Ethereal Post-Rock Melancholy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/matt-deangelis-all-good-things-is-feel-good-soul-rock-at-its-best monthly 0.5 2023-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f3a3d112-380f-4b78-80fa-190e9bd12160/6.jpg Music Reviews - Matt Deangelis’ ‘All Good Things’ is Feel-Good Soul Rock At Its Best - MMatt Deangelis is an American singer-songwriter and acoustic rock artist who blends contemplative positivity with rich soundscapes. His tracks represent his gratitude and appreciation for the time bounded existence that we all have in this world. They are exercises in spreading the joy he finds in the wake of this realization. In his latest track, ‘All Good Things’, Matt Deangelis presents a consolatory letter to his listeners. Regarding us as his friends, he sings to us, warm words of wisdom to overcome pain and look forward to tomorrow. His vocals, full of inflections deliver emotion and sentiment the way Freddy Mercury used to. Drawn out of a space of experience, it is buoyant with real emotion that stays with you. And the instrumentation is an extension of his baritones. Simple and elegant, the guitar melodies resound and enlarge the listening experience. 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The instrumentation are faint accents in the backdrop and the essence is contained wholly in their baritones. Arresting in its desperate fervor, the track is produced minimalistically to cast a spotlight on the truth and earnestness of the theme. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/chandra-is-back-bigger-amp-bolder-with-latest-pop-single-smile-no-fox-gibbon monthly 0.5 2023-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6f3ac747-6c8d-4afb-adfd-4a9d31755e04/4.jpg Music Reviews - Chandra is Back Bigger &amp; Bolder with Latest Pop Single, ‘Smile (No Fox Gibbon)’ - CHANDRA is a bold and colorful artist. From his vocal delivery to soundscape design, he is known for being proudly and authentically himself. Based in the United Kingdom, he is a singer-songwriter and a pop-rock artist who is inspired and influenced by the complexities of the human condition. His strong vocal style and melody driven soundscapes are often reminiscent of artists like A Great Big World, Fun, James Arthur, and Rachel Platten. Chandra has released his latest single titled ‘Smile (No Fox Gibbon)’. The track is rhythmized by guitar riff breaks and emphatic vocals, before launching into a choral burst on the heels of an ascending beat line. His warm baritones are loaded with so much emotion and energy that they are able to drive the track to the heights of positivity that the theme demands. It is his expressive powerhouse. It generates and transforms emotional journeys with gusto and passion. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/david-e-finck-brings-sensational-jazz-with-gentle-journey monthly 0.5 2023-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ffec0f76-456e-4d00-9f23-858adb92b3a8/3.jpg Music Reviews - David E Finck Brings Sensational Jazz with ‘Gentle Journey’ - Composer and bassist, David E Finck has put out a bluesy-jazz sensation with this latest single, ‘Gentle Journey’. In collaboration with vocalist, Catherine Russell and saxophonist, Andy Snitzer. The track is adorned with the soulful blues and seasoned with colorful miasmas of instrumentation that is reminiscent of the 80s. It sucks the listener into the dreamy spheres and nostalgia of that era, making you think of artists like Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, and Ray Charles. Listen Now! The artist has written a lot of funk and soul into the track. Groovy beats and basslines texture the sweeping synths and catch their glassy ambiance. Springing saxophone melodies elevate the soundscape with its plush tonalities. It’s all a seamless mix with great production value and sonic quality. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nadine-randle-revives-00s-pop-with-k9-wide-awake monthly 0.5 2023-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/147a082b-72cd-4b00-a0f6-9f907d29f047/2.jpg Music Reviews - Nadine Randle Revives 00’s Pop With ‘K9 (Wide Awake)’ - Nadine Randle has a bold and exciting sonic personality and it instantly comes through in her compositions. Vocally driven, her tracks are instantly charged with energy, emotion and charisma. With her latest track, ‘K9 (Wide Awake)’ Nadine Randle throws it back to the pop music cultures of the 00s. Placing powerful R&B vocals in the center of groovy hip-hop beats and hooky harmonies, this track is reminiscent of artists like Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. Listen Now! Listening to the track, your mind is drawn to the gusto and richness in the vocals. It is loud, proud and powerful. The inflections are emotionally motivated and its intensity is tempered by the buoyant and upping percussive presence. With just these two sonic forces and few harmonies / melodies, she molds this track spectacularly. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/jw-pariss-youve-got-me-is-emboldened-with-spectacular-bluesy-grunge monthly 0.5 2023-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/368b1c79-3265-40b7-81d1-46112cdeb873/1.jpg Music Reviews - JW Paris’s ‘You’ve Got Me’ is Emboldened with Spectacular Bluesy-Grunge - JW Paris is a three piece alt-rock band from the UK. Inspired by 90s grunge, in all its grit and dazing charm, this group pays homage to it with legendary style. In their latest single, ‘You’ve Got Me’ their artistic vision is emboldened with drawling and melodramatic blues. And listening to it will take you back to artists like Screaming Trees, Mad Season, and Temple of the Dog. Listen Now! Flush with a pounding and vibrant bass, they already do right by the genre. With well-timed riff breaks and smoky blues, the soundscape comes together like a fever dream. The vocals are arresting, especially as they pour over the fuzzy riff boom in the chorus. With progression, we also see psychedelic sensibilities infused into the grunge makeup, and it is the icing on the cake. Their quality song design and progressed artistic vision sparks with the glory of vintage bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. JW Paris is Gemma Clarke, Danny Collins and Aaron Forde. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/59-perlens-the-worst-thing-to-live-without-conceptual-electronica-at-its-best monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/92e1f558-a0ee-490b-8347-1e40d440a174/5.jpg Music Reviews - 59 Perlen’s ‘The Worst Thing to Live Without’ : Conceptual Electronica at its Best - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-art-of-the-sun-brings-contemporary-surrealism-with-i-saw-you-in-my-dream monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/0c7ac5f4-9f93-4063-aaaa-7733b924f40e/4.jpg Music Reviews - The Art of the Sun Brings Contemporary Surrealism with ‘I Saw You in My Dream’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/joe-traxlers-pheromones-spectacular-lo-fi-pop-agenda monthly 0.5 2023-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1b16e3f1-70a6-4c84-b342-acab9f526002/3.jpg Music Reviews - Joe Traxler’s ‘Pheromones’ : Spectacular Lo-Fi Pop Agenda - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/whtrbbtobjs-no-rainbows-in-indiana-is-a-bluesy-rock-bloom monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f89d8b54-6587-4f6a-9000-d39fd6efd459/7.jpg Music Reviews - wht.rbbt.obj’s ‘No Rainbows in Indiana’ is a Bluesy Rock Bloom - wht.rbbt.obj aka White Rabbit Object is a femme-fatale, alt rock band. Their sound revolves around the evasive constructs of the rock genre, filled with evocation and sentiment that melts directly into the soul. You guessed it! It is a smoky, bluesy, and sultry rock bloom. They see the value of convention and also in stark individuality. In their latest track, ‘No Rainbows in Indiana’ we see a groovy blue room that is reminiscent of soundscapes from the 60s and 70s. Names like Janis Joplin, The Velvet Underground, and Amy Winehouse come to mind. Listen Now! Founded as a secret side project by married couple, Frank and River Rabbitte, the duo have now grown into a four-piece band that canvasses the beauty of blues on their own terms. Each melodic suave and vocal curve is dictated by beautiful musical intuition and deep human emotion. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bryanna-rain-takes-whimsy-to-a-new-level-with-experimental-album-petrichor monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/58dc627e-73f4-40fc-851a-22c4e9a65f0e/6.jpg Music Reviews - Bryanna Rain Takes Whimsy to a New Level with Experimental Album ‘Petrichor’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/luna-keller-sweetens-folk-pop-with-mystical-storytelling-in-ocean-inside-of-me monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/eabb764c-2ae5-4e04-b5f3-092e078d10d7/5.jpg Music Reviews - Luna Keller Sweetens Folk-Pop With Mystical Storytelling in ‘Ocean Inside of Me’ - Luna Keller is a mystical storyteller who uses rustic folk-pop soundscapes as her medium. Her lyricism and vocal quality form a unique blend of imagination and sentiment. This latest release, ‘Ocean Inside of Me’ extrapolates the theme of mental health with beautiful frames of imagery and autobiography. The best way to immerse yourself in the essence of it is to curve, bend and flow with the poetry and song in her words. Listen Now! Using naturalistic metaphors, she grasps at the experience of a deep blue state of mind. Each word is delivered with a deep personal resonance that sounds and lingers within the listener. Weaving in and out of this linguistic tapestry are minimalistic acoustics that dwindle and dawn on the vocals to embellish and deepen the listening experience. The track leads up to the artist’s next album of the same name which is all set to come out next year (2024). https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/love-ghost-amp-whiplash-spearhead-with-emo-pop-punk-with-left-on-read monthly 0.5 2023-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/423a752c-bba7-43e4-a0d8-911a5d5d933e/13.jpg Music Reviews - Love Ghost &amp; Whiplash Spearhead with Emo Pop-Punk with ‘Left on Read’ - Love Ghost is back with their brand of emo-rock with latest release ‘Left on Read’. But this time, sharing in their excitable performances is the driving punk sound of Mexican rock group, Wiplash. The track is relatively buoyant, when compared with their other recent releases. Spearheaded by Finnegan Bell’s distinctive vocals, the soundscape is pieced together with pop-punk structures in a way that is reminiscent of ‘Panic! At The Disco’, ‘Green Day’ and ‘Fall Out Boy’. Listen Now! Opening with mellow acoustics, the soundscape grows visceral progressively. Bell’s vocals have a memorable melodic resonance to them as they go through the changing curves of the soundscape. Matching the slapping punk energy in the beats, we see rap verses seeping into the composition before being absorbed into the luminescent vocal highs of the climax. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ruiz-salvages-the-treasures-of-vintage-rock-in-stupid-old-git monthly 0.5 2023-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c31dd8d2-819c-4fe8-9d5d-ee6e0a4ae87d/11.jpg Music Reviews - Ruiz! Salvages the Treasures of Vintage Rock in ‘Stupid Old Git’ - Ruiz! is an indie rock band that salvages the treasures of vintage rock and revives them alongside contemporary styles and blooms. Listening to their tracks, you will invariably be elated by the resonance and richness that they pack into it. In their latest track, ‘Stupid Old Git’, RUIZ! blends the sunny-blues of The Beach Boys and The Beatles with progressive strokes reminiscent of Queen and David Bowie. Listen Now! The track opens with molten/glassy melody lines and delightfully phases into radiant blues with middle eastern pallets. It is spectacularly luminescent and complex with mellow psychedelia. You can’t help but be engrossed by the seamless transitions of sound and texture throughout the song. The low-tonal baritones ring with wry melancholia, a contrast to the bejeweled wetness of the instrumentals. But it all works, tied in with spectacular guitar interludes and tangents. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/draumr-fathoms-fountains-of-synth-pop-in-some-other-night monthly 0.5 2023-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/696d8859-fa0f-4747-9b69-0e61db31f738/10.jpg Music Reviews - Draumr Fathoms Fountains of Synth-Pop in ‘Some Other Night’ - Draumr is a dream sonic banner of French musician, producer, and director, Gabriel Cheurfa. The term ‘Draumr’, quite literally translates to ‘dream’ in ancient Norse. And with every track, he reinforces, if not transforms the significance behind the word. The artist is all about creating an immersive listening experience with modern and retro synth waves, visual melodies, and mesmerizing sound patterns. More than being conceptual, he strives for visceral blooms of energy and emotion. In his latest track, ‘Some Other Night’, DRAUMR crafts a fantastic production of electro-pop hyperactivity. Listen Now! The track is driven by dance, glam, power, and pop. Through fountains of synths and technicolor radiance, Gabriel’s vocals form with potent sentimentality. Tapping into the evocative beats is a sure way for the listener to completely launch into this plane of passionate and momentous consciousness. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/alan-dwecks-walking-french-pop-and-mesmerizing-blues monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d445c2af-546b-4427-b88b-b45ca80d5c36/6.jpg Music Reviews - Alan Dweck’s ‘Walking’: French Pop and Mesmerizing Blues - Alan Dweck is a London-based singer-songwriter. His work is populated with many sonic sensibilities ranging from neo-classicals and alt-folk to blues, neo-jazz, funk, and rock. In his latest track, ‘Walking (Mon Boulet)’, Alan Dweck opens with contemporary French blues, gradually taking us through funk grooves, soulful vocals, and blues rock interludes. It has such a sophisticated pallet and is sure to be enjoyed by retro music lovers and contemporary fans alike. Listen Now! The track has a very distinctive sonic makeup. It is a sublime blend of sunny and sorrowful. While the soundscape is active with upscaling beats and luminous guitar melodies, it all culminates in the melancholic and soulful swirl in Alan’s baritones. Midway through the track, the artist bestows a lavish sentimentality, with velvet blues guitar, reminiscent of Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, and Jimi Hendrix. Alan Dweck debuted in 2019 with his visual series/album, ‘Entangled Moments’ and has since explored an array of styles with ‘Melting Icicles’, ‘Before’ and ‘The Lockdown Song’. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/josh-tepper-beguiles-with-soul-pop-in-built-me monthly 0.5 2023-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1b43504a-59b8-41a8-942a-8c68a680083f/5.jpg Music Reviews - Josh Tepper Beguiles with Soul Pop in ‘Built Me’ - Josh Tepper’s stylistic charm and vocal allure began with this debut release, ‘Built Me’. Released in early 2022, the singer-songwriter and artist claimed his fanbase with this track. With his trademark candor and simplicity, the soul-pop single is radiant with heartache and melancholia. Listeners of Charlie Puth, Zayn Malik, and Troye Sivan, are sure to enjoy Tepper’s brand of upbeat sentimentality and groovy storytelling. Listen Now! In a couple of months after the release of this track, the artist released a duet version with fellow artist, Madisyn Shipman. Together, they revitalized the composition, with beautiful vocal textures and camaraderie. Since this release, Josh Tepper has gone on to release a lot of hits like ‘Poison Apple’, ‘Guide Me Meron’ and his latest, ‘Eyes of Jezebel’. However, ‘Built Me’ the track that got him started still remains a fan favorite. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/arn-identified-flying-objects-and-alien-friends-about-love-is-a-vintage-folk-rock-bloom monthly 0.5 2023-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/476d18e3-cfbf-4ed7-a272-9afbb671ade9/5.jpg Music Reviews - Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends’ ‘About Love’ is a Vintage Folk-Rock Bloom - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/paul-bibbins-builds-up-a-stellar-blues-rock-charisma-with-disenchantment-at-a-distance monthly 0.5 2023-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/64f9cd2a-be3a-44b6-9311-0038ca596556/4.jpg Music Reviews - Paul Bibbins Builds Up a Stellar Blues Rock Charisma with ‘Disenchantment at a Distance’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/stuart-lawrences-debut-album-one-stipulates-a-spectacular-indie-resonance monthly 0.5 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/556ace45-d7f7-43b7-b5f9-d385ac599c2d/5.jpg Music Reviews - Stuart Lawrence’s Debut Album ‘One’ Stipulates a Spectacular Indie Resonance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/pam-rosss-cornflakes-and-beer-paints-a-tale-of-heartache-with-acoustic-strokes monthly 0.5 2023-10-28 https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/massimo-de-simone-present-celestial-classical-pop-in-quasar-viola monthly 0.5 2023-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1cf476a5-4e2c-439f-a9bb-0dc4a11aec73/2.jpg Music Reviews - Massimo De Simone Present Celestial Classical-Pop in ‘Quasar Viola’ - Massimo De Simone’s brilliance lies in his ability to fathom sonic histrionics with the force of human emotion. His tracks, a sublime blend of classical and contemporary styles, are known for their rich instrumentals and rushing thematic arcs. For his track, ‘Quasar Viola’ or ‘Celestial Violins’ the Italian composer and artist pairs up with Cinzia D’Astola Perroni. The track juxtaposes opera acts and orchestral violins with mellow acoustics and vocals. It is very well written and directed to reach the loftiness in its title and take the listener with it. The track was released in July 2021. It was one of Massimo’s earlier compositions and it stands with the same sophistication artistry as his later tracks like ‘Danza Aliens’ and ‘Spogliati l’anima’. Its soundscape swells with engaging dramatics and sensational outbursts that have the listener returning for more. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nry-launch-into-a-spectrum-of-rock-with-debut-album-onoff monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1d034e68-7890-43af-b635-de3db528f534/7.jpg Music Reviews - ‘nry’ launch into a spectrum of rock with debut album ‘on/off’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/grace-amp-moji-dance-to-the-beat-of-funk-pop-in-sad-times monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/f357185a-ce33-4e50-95e0-d1f19c3de4f2/5.jpg Music Reviews - Grace &amp; Moji Dance to the Beat of Funk-Pop in ‘Sad Times’ - Grace & Moji break out a new sonic persona with their latest single, ‘Sad Times’. The track is shifting disks of upbeat pop and quirky funk, accessorized with neo-soul and electronica. Despite the drastic stylistic difference, the composition still carries the creativity and originality of this duo. It instantly stands out with great vocals, production value, and sonic design. There’s a lot of novel and innovative fixtures throughout the track but it is presented with such effortless charisma and artistic ownership that it gains instant admiration. The track opens with piano keys, progressively layered with fun beats and catchy pop-rap verses. Each sonic tier is infused with its own unique rhythm that strings into others to form an enjoyable asymmetrical flow. 90s reminiscent funky sound effects are also scattered across the track. In the bridge, the artists dip into their ethereal soul-pop spheres before shooting out into the fun and funk again. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/carson-ferris-talkin-to-you-is-pop-at-its-most-colorful-amp-fun monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9d04bf79-6ef1-4f69-ab3a-4530e1fe4c94/6.jpg Music Reviews - Carson Ferris’ ‘Talkin’ to You’ is Pop at its Most Colorful &amp; Fun - Carson Ferris has released his latest single, ‘Talkin’ to You’. The track follows the string of singles that the artist has released this year (2023). Each one dilates diverse pop variants, from contemporary and synth-pop to punk and dance pop. In this latest release, he blends colorful melodies and fun beats with his vocals. It is incredibly reminiscent of early Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, and Ed Sheeran. Listen Now! The track has a very memorable rhythm. With heavy indents and emphatic chords, it drives both sentiment and dance simultaneously. And it’s the best kind of pop, one that involves the listener in its emotional journey with sublime sonic elevations. The artist and singer-songwriter hails from Provo, Utah. He began making waves with his debut single, ‘Can’t Be Without You’ and has reinforced his youthful style and charm with each subsequent release. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/the-frst-amp-kellin-quinn-drive-a-hard-punk-bargain-with-youre-on-your-own-kid monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/9d824df1-9bdd-4650-9beb-6ec5fcbdfde1/5.jpg Music Reviews - The Frst &amp; Kellin Quinn Drive a Hard Punk Bargain with ‘You’re on Your Own Kid’ - The Frst and Kellin Quinn have just released a fiery cover of Taylor Swift’s ‘You’re on Your Own Kid’. They transform the pop star’s soft pop song into a bold and burgeoning prog rock track. With influences of hard rock, punk-pop, emo, and nu metal, it launches into a tearing sonic attitude. While they retain the melody line from the original version, they extrapolate the emotion. And with this collaboration, you better expect the soundscape to pack a punch. Kellin Quinn and Sleeping with the Sirens bring their distinctive rock imprint, ripping through with raining riffs and beat pellets. Infused with The Frst’s electric and potent synth-rock sound, it gains a sort of infinite momentum. With true grit and snot, the punk blooms with hard riffs and blasting vocals. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/daxs-life-is-a-pulsing-hip-hoprampb-hybrid monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/d455917e-9c98-4327-ad0c-9275e6e72a1b/4.jpg Music Reviews - DAX’s ‘Life’ is a Pulsing Hip-Hop/R&amp;B Hybrid - Dax has a rapper’s integrity like no one else. His tracks are hard and honest, with verses wrenched from the abyss of pain and despair. His flows carry the affectations of his personal experiences, real with inflection and passion. In his latest EP, ‘What is Life?’ DAX explores the human experience through his eyes. Each track is crafted to compel compassion and harmony in the listener. Taken from this collection is the track, ‘Life’. The artist finds the essence of life in faith; in the belief that we’re not given more than what we can handle. He encourages us to find the insurmountable strength within ourselves and choose to be happy. The track is a hip-hop- R&B hybrid. Each verse pulses with value and valor. Paired with a compelling rhythm and an inspiring passion, the song is incredibly powerful. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/bite-the-boxer-plunges-into-an-experimental-fog-of-sound-with-we-cant-just-fly monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3fb49017-f361-4807-8e6e-bae1f1f93b73/6.jpg Music Reviews - Bite the Boxer Plunges Into An Experimental Fog of Sound with ‘We Can’t Just Fly’ - Bite the Boxer is an experimental and innovative electronic music artist and producer. His sonic explorations are a grand orchestration of intention and intuition. With atmospheric films of resonance, abstract ambiences, and industrial accents, he molds his craft to widen sonic horizons, transform old concepts, and deliver novelty. Bite the Boxer has just released his latest single, ‘We Can’t Just Fly’. Created on a foundation of distortions, the track is an odyssey into the unknown. Imagine yourself in a ship moving through a fog of sound. Right off the bat, it plunges you in a strange container and takes away your sense of control. He impels the listener to immerse and look for patterns instilled. To learn about a new world. Emotional and spatial dimensions come in the form of burgeoning riffs and zooming basslines. Momentum blooms with the beats. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/herds-just-the-rain-a-dazing-splatter-of-psychedelic-americana monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a4370966-10fb-4301-a9c6-0acf92626214/7.jpg Music Reviews - HERDS’ ‘Just the Rain’ : A Dazing Splatter of Psychedelic-Americana - HERDS is a Nottingham UK based alt rock band formed out of the former psych rock band, ‘Amber Herd’. The gang has always been an imaginative bunch, exploring cerebral spaces to present them with visceral candor. After a revamp and a stylistic tweak, the band widened their sonic horizon as HERDS. Rolling rustic americana textures with brimming psychedelic sensibilities and abstractness of prog rock, they have claimed a sound that is distinctively theirs. Their debut album, ‘Falling Wide Awake’ introduces this incredible range with powerful sonic themes and fixtures. Taken from this collection is ‘Just the Rain’. It brings buoyancy to melancholy. The dazing splatter of melodies, fuzzy riffs, and sublime vocal miasma are energized with layered rhythms and dynamic beats. This set up juxtaposes a sense of idyllic staticity with alt rock momentum. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/anjalts-crafts-a-cerebral-electronic-experience-in-are-u-ok monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ff6291f7-c8bd-4038-8590-0d892b9dceb7/5.jpg Music Reviews - Anjalts Crafts a Cerebral Electronic Experience in ‘Are U Ok?’ - Anjalts’ compositions have an incredible cerebral drive. Her work oriented to pursue a nuanced thematic consciousness. With exploratory rhythms and ever-forming contextual spheres, her tracks are always seeking out the unknown, unexpected, and undiscovered. Anjalts music is best experienced with an open mind. Just when the dust is about to settle, she invokes a whole new spectrum of ideas and emotions, that whisk you away to a new energy. In her latest track, ‘Are U Ok’ the artist creates a mercurial plane of swirling textures. Listen Now! The track is an expansive globe of intuition and experimentation. Films of shoegaze intersect with loquacious riffs and emphatic beats in a way that balances out organic sonic chemistry with driving intention, divergence with solidarity, and dynamism with leveled blooms. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/austin-carr-lavishes-pop-with-heartfelt-soul-in-tame-me monthly 0.5 2023-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6ee1826c-9bdd-4f7c-9947-732996fe96c9/4.jpg Music Reviews - Austin Carr Lavishes Pop With Heartfelt Soul in ‘Tame Me?’ - Austin Carr is his own brand of musician. The artist lavishes his pop tracks with intimate soul details to create a heartfelt sound. It is about the emotion, the experience, and the story. In his latest track, ‘Tame Me?’ Austin Carr defies the urge of people who try to fix their partners in relationships. With smooth weaves of mellow pop and plush soul, he fathoms an atmosphere of indie bliss, reminiscent of artists like Zayn Malik, Troye Sivan, and Nick Jonas. Listen Now! The track is very simply composed to convey the contents of a thought-filled mind. It is textured with fuzzy riffs and pops of synths to showcase emotional lows and rises. They emulate the tides of Austin’s baritones. The bare soundscape and vocal candor strikes at the heart of the experience and shapes a real and honest narrative. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ludlow-creeks-the-catacombs-is-sprung-with-gritty-grunge-amp-soulful-americana monthly 0.5 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/41717c44-1626-4b21-b067-c2daa8a30968/6.jpg Music Reviews - Ludlow Creek’s ‘The Catacombs’ is Sprung with Gritty Grunge &amp; Soulful Americana - If you’re looking for gritty passion and grungy charisma, the way the old-schoolers did it, Ludlow Creek is the band for you. They are known especially for their classic rock presentations. With stellar compositions and instrumentation like you wouldn’t believe, they bring grunge and blues to americana. In their latest track, ‘The Catacombs’, Ludlow Creek bolster the mind with crunchy riffs, potent vocals, and heartfelt passion. Listen Now! Formed in 2013, the band was originally called ‘Southbound’. Having entertained thousands since, they have fostered a will to play and a camaraderie that immediately revives you. The Catacombs imagine life in ossuaries with affecting imagery and morbid blues. It tackles themes like morality, existentialism, and mortality and in doing that the soundscape shows off influences from The Beatles and The Doodie Brothers to Carlos Santana and Linkin Park. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nicholas-dante-presents-an-avant-garde-laden-electronica-album-with-inferno monthly 0.5 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/c01b767f-29eb-4c75-96a4-e9a5c284e9b5/5.jpg Music Reviews - Nicholas Dante Presents an Avant-Garde Laden Electronica Album with ‘Inferno’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/kelsie-kimberlins-another-chance-to-live-again-is-a-lighthouse-for-all-humanity monthly 0.5 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a401a21e-d7e7-43e6-a829-a42d9843529e/4.jpg Music Reviews - Kelsie Kimberlin’s ‘Another Chance to Live Again’ is a Lighthouse for all Humanity - Kelsie Kimberlin is a versatile pop artist and singer-songwriter. The artist employs her deep understanding of sonic dynamics and music cultures to impel important evocations in her listeners. She tempers her universality with nuanced social themes with insightful sound design and songwriting. In her latest release, ‘Another Chance to Live Again’, Kelsie Kimberlin crafts an Angelican-pop soundscape that beckons for divine wisdom and enlightenment. Listen Now! With arresting neo-classicals, ethereal vocals, and choral raises, the track explores themes like loss and incredible grief. Each line is delivered with excruciating melancholy that comes with losing a loved one. This track gains great relevance in these times with the mindless violence in Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine conflict. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/josh-teppers-eyes-of-jezebel-is-a-stellar-pop-song monthly 0.5 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/ac6b9e43-0dfb-4cf9-9ad0-0d829afcf9b5/4.jpg Music Reviews - Josh Tepper’s ‘Eyes of Jezebel’ is a Stellar-Pop Song - New York City-based singer-songwriter and artist, Josh Tepper reinforces his stellar soul-pop attributes with latest single, ‘Eyes of Jezebel’. Like always, the magic is wholly contained in the vocal fabric. Josh outfits the soundscape with simple melodies and beat cycles. But the swirl of emotions are held and nurtured by the weighted quality of his baritones. It runs deep, into bottomless dimensions of sincerity and vulnerability. The track is the third installment in the cinematic pop string he put out with ‘Poison Apple’ and ‘Guide Me Meron’. These simple compositions are underscored with ethereal sensibilities that claw through Josh’s vocals. Compositionally, we see how he calls for mellow infusions of americana, soul rock, and blues. It’s beautiful how he brings these dramatic spheres with such subtle variations. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/ndge-forms-sublime-loops-of-electro-pop-and-eccentricity-with-sweetest-things monthly 0.5 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/07d2e692-6889-465a-8509-b33eca046722/3.jpg Music Reviews - NDGE Forms Sublime Loops of Electro-Pop and Eccentricity with ‘Sweetest Things’ - ndge stands alone with his brand of electro-pop, both in style and artistry. You can probably pick up on retro and contemporary influences alike while listening to his music. But they’re all a mirage, running into each other to form sublime loops of energy and eccentricity. It is edgy, new, and fresh. NGDE has just released his third single called ‘Sweetest Things’. With vibrant sonic sensibilities, the track showcases sublime moments of disco-pop, funk, contemporary electronica, and a whole lot of good vibes. Listen Now! The track is a flash of color. It thrives on disjointed melodic and asymmetrical beat frames. Within these contemporary rooms of sonic color, we see flushes of artists like Daft Punk, Desire, Tame Impala, The Cranberries, and many others. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/shemona-floats-away-into-shoegaze-pop-oblivion-with-i-drink-underwater monthly 0.5 2023-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e8fb9240-e337-4ddd-9f78-d7f4ab31c8c2/5.jpg Music Reviews - shemona floats away into shoegaze-pop oblivion with ‘i drink underwater’ - shemona is a singer-songwriter and an electro-pop artist. She taps into the loaded vacuousness and infinite abstractness of dream spheres to shape melancholy as she knows it. To listen to her music is to be transported to a nuanced cerebral space that quivers with the mellow sentiments of a longing heart. Shemona has released her double single, ‘iamalittlewhitepillthatuheldonurtongue’. The two tracks are drenched in a glassy melodrama and madness that is reminiscent of artists like Lana Del Rey, Billie Eilish, and Beach House. ‘i drink underwater’ introduces the release. It is wholly crafted with mosaics of effervescing synths that swirl into the melodic film of her vocals. It is soft with vulnerability and resilient in its pain, floating away into shoegaze oblivion, half alive and half asleep. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/explore-coma-beachs-existential-punk-rock-with-another-song monthly 0.5 2023-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e874caa1-acf1-420a-9e93-ef8204b8fdd1/8.jpg Music Reviews - Explore Coma Beach’s Existential Punk-Rock with ‘Another Song’ - Coma Beach is not a band that messes around. They dive headfirst into the shock, chaos, pain, and rage of existence and wrench out a punk rock narrative to go with it. Their latest release is the single version of their track, ‘Another Song’. This track was originally featured in their debut album, ‘The Scapegoat’s Agony’. It drives at the vacuousness of going through life, day after day, doing the same thing. Using satire and sarcasm, they frame a Groundhog Day scenario into a song. Luminous riffs carry on across the track, sprinkled over the disillusioned vocals. The composition is powerful, yet playful in a way that is reminiscent of artists like Sex Pistols, Ramones, Hüsker Dü, and Joy Division. They don’t skimp on the grit and gore but they don’t exploit it either. The charm lies in their casual candor in handling these existential themes. 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The song is a letter to his son, stringing values on how to live, love and laugh through life. At the core of it is the essence of happiness; one that dwells within us all and allowing that to manifest outwardly by doing our best. He infuses his signature pop-rock style with swelling soul and sentiment. Listen Now! The track carries orchestral synth-pop structures that he nurtures and cultivates with beautiful leaves of violin and guitar melodies. It enlarges to envelop the listener with a feel-good, larger than life energy while still retaining a touching humility and simplicity. By the end of it, you will be brimming with joyous evocations. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/claudia-balla-explores-immaculate-spheres-of-soul-pop-in-winter-tale monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/5fcbcc98-8969-4819-a52d-668f70e246d1/4.jpg Music Reviews - Claudia Balla Explores Immaculate Spheres of Soul- Pop in ‘Winter Tale’ - Claudia Balla brings ethereal dimensions to soul pop with her latest album, ‘Winter Tale’. Across fifteen tracks, she captures the fairy tale wonder and beauty of the theme with enthralling undernotes of melancholy, tragedy, and transcendence. It is carefully pieced together with contextual intros and interludes to make the listening experience fluid and uninterrupted. With pristine neo-classicals and angelic choral arrangements, the compositions are classic-contemporary hybrids. Listen Now! The album is a timeless loop of immaculate whiteness, detailed with soft acoustics, beautiful harmonies, and swirling echoes. Each track forms across a swelling silence, sprinkled with distilled acoustics and resonant vocals. ‘Winter Tale’ is introduced by Pál Szalóczy in the track ‘Téli éjszaka’. The essence of the spoken verse is reinforced throughout. It is truly magnificent how Claudia reconciles drastic styles like pop and traditional classicals to give the soul genre a whole new sonic rank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e8172d93-7d80-44f6-910a-dacaf78f6451/5.jpg Music Reviews - Claudia Balla Explores Immaculate Spheres of Soul- Pop in ‘Winter Tale’ - ‘Likely’ features the vocals of Sonia Grimm alongside Claudia Balla. The magic is all in the vocal miasmas, as they spill and spread through glinting strings. Sprung from a place of vulnerability and candor, the track is rich in sentiment, that is progressively nurtured by the blooming harmonies. Set up by interludes I to V, tracks like ‘Could I’ ‘If I Were’ and ‘Drive’ reveal a touching sincerity. You can’t help but be swayed into the gentle vocal and melodic oscillations of these multi-curtained soundscapes. ‘White Bird’ is especially powerful. The spreading halos of harmonies put Claudia’s vocals in a luminous place. Her crystal clear voice thrives through octaves and emotions, evolving throughout the whole song. The album features the talent of Bolyki András, Erika Miklósa, Sára Bolyki, and Yvan Franel in addition to those already mentioned previously. ‘Winter Tale’ is the fifth album of Claudia Balla. Sparkling with granular details and gentle evocations, the album is easily one of her best works. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/four-giants-present-absurdist-hip-hop-distortions-in-fantastic-debut-release-ill-intentions monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/bebe767a-8e00-4c5d-9f6a-bdebd7f06ce4/3.jpg Music Reviews - Four Giants Present Absurdist Hip-Hop Distortions in Fantastic Debut Release, ‘ILL INTENTIONS’ - Four Giants is an experimental and contemporary hip-hop banner. With their debut album, ILL INTENTIONS, they explore and delve into the imperfect faculties of the human mind to fathom the essence of life. Four Giants have been leading up to this release since 2020 when they first released the single, ‘Ill Intentions’ and picked up momentum with a few more teasers before giving us this masterpiece of an album. Across the twelve tracks, Four Giants and Ezkiel create a series of distorted narratives. With an incredible use of basslines and beats, they outfit the verses to shatter all semblances of normality and highlight the absurdity of life. In tracks like ‘Mojave’ and ‘4 5’ you see this manifesting phenomenally; with their fractured soundscapes and collapsing trajectories. We also see some R&B and soul features in ‘YSL’ and ‘Ill Intentions Pt. 2’. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/nasmores-do-ya-think-im-sexy-is-a-charismatic-pop-flow monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/a2f157aa-d132-4eb6-86fb-1434a99698ff/2.JPG Music Reviews - nasmore’s ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?’ is a Charismatic Funk-Rap Cover - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/expired-innocence-explore-wakeful-consciousness-with-lucid-dream monthly 0.5 2023-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/b7771852-f2b0-44d9-bec8-755e8683cd96/1.jpg Music Reviews - Expired Innocence Explore Wakeful Consciousness with ‘Lucid Dream’ - Expired Innocence is an exploratory sonic project that dilates the contours of consciousness with insightful weaves. They leverage the cerebral quotients of lo fi electronica to form immersive and incredibly sensory ambiences. Expired Innocence has just released their latest single, Lucid Dream. It is a luminous flush of melodic waves, with transcendental textures and contemplative undertones. The track is laid out with fresh movement patterns that are not only restricted to the beats. We see dazed synth swirls, ethereal rhythm freezes, and emotive melodic lifts. Listening to the song is like bounding through frames of momentous evolutions. Listen Now! Expired Innocence debuted late last year (2022) with the single, ‘Ding’ and has since released four more singles and an album, ‘38000Hz’. Highly conceptual and stimulating, their compositions are nothing short of brilliant. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/pj-aviles-gives-soulful-dimensions-to-soft-pop-in-lp-anything monthly 0.5 2023-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3931a045-c4ab-43ce-8dd0-d712d203c415/11.jpg Music Reviews - PJ Aviles Gives Soulful Dimensions to Soft Pop in LP ‘Anything’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wamala-delves-into-beautiful-gradients-of-melancholy-in-my-whole-life monthly 0.5 2023-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/1305bc43-7996-42a3-9e8a-2b9634ee1076/10.jpg Music Reviews - WAMALA Delves Into Beautiful Gradients of Melancholy in ‘My Whole Life’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/audg-and-molly-albert-meshes-pop-with-parlance-in-sophomore-single-berlin monthly 0.5 2023-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/98b974e5-006b-442d-a714-fc2036613e26/4.jpg Music Reviews - AUDG and Molly Albert Meshes Pop With Parlance in Sophomore Single, ‘Berlin’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/stvn-presents-a-postmodern-electronic-drama-with-latest-spirits monthly 0.5 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/e28bf656-efc4-43a7-9dd7-6c45b130b84e/4.jpg Music Reviews - stvn Presents a Postmodern Electronic Drama with Latest, ‘spirits’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/desmond-parson-delights-with-his-dreamy-brand-of-rampb-in-plans monthly 0.5 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/3e39febf-2ea8-4e0a-ad31-2fc9ce294c68/1.jpg Music Reviews - Desmond Parson Delights With His Dreamy Brand of R&amp;B in ‘Plans’ - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/julien-noma-and-lokka-voxs-m-amore-blooms-with-latin-electronica monthly 0.5 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/553803e9-dff2-46ba-a393-d594f399dde7/7.jpg Music Reviews - Julien Noma and Lokka Vox’s ‘Mì Amore’ Blooms with Latin Electronica - Julien Noma is a Dijon-born DJ and producer. His work is splattered with diverse electronic influences, ranging from ambient and melodic ensembles to EDM, dance music, and melodic techno. The artist has just released his latest single, ‘Mì Amore’ with Lokka Vox. Blending Latin design with electronica, Julien fathoms bliss as known to lovers. The entire composition is made with small pieces of sound, tinsel percussion, earthy beats, pulsing effects, and effervescing vocals. A loop of conjugation and separation ensues: the push and pull rhythm of love. This delightful motion sequence of undulating bass, melody, and beats form intimate spheres of sentiment. And within these spaces, Lokka’s silky voice unravels, its softness beautifully shaping the theme. The listener is enveloped in a dispelled air of romance, sweetened melancholy, and dazed intoxication. Listen Now! https://www.apollosharp.in/blog/wendell-ends-well-releases-his-sophomore-single-carcass monthly 0.5 2023-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/64f2f4cab30f7051bfa3f3a6/6fcded58-a70f-4a86-bef6-479a8ce3bdca/6.jpg Music Reviews - Wendell Ends Well Releases his Sophomore Single, ‘Carcass’ - Wendell Ends Well is a singer-songwriter and pop artist, known for his bare sonic evocations, aimed at being profoundly human. He dresses his songs with vulnerability, melancholy and emo sensibilities in an effort to reveal himself. Even his soundscapes are minimalistically composed and candidly presented to remove all filters between him and his art. It’s an extension of himself, packed with simple layers of complex emotions. In his sophomore single, Carcass, Wendell Ends Well delivers a resonant acoustic performance. The plucked strings and fuzzy baritones form a dual textural canvas. Sparingly used, the melodies are luminous but lonely. The artist beautifully conceptualizes them to catch the loneliness in the vocals. 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