Releasing one great EP is a significant achievement, delivering two in the same year makes Winona Oak something of a superwoman. The Swedish artist began 2020 with the pure-pop of…
Wallows hasn’t put a (collective) foot wrong since debuting with 2018’s Spring EP. That calling card was followed by an equally great, but sonically very different, album called Nothing Happens,…
Teddy Swims already ranks as one of 2020’s breakout stars thanks to his major-label debut “Picky” and a Shania Twain-approved cover of “You’re Still The One.” The 30-year-old now take…
The growth from Carlie Hanson’s 2019 debut EP, Junk, to the just-released DestroyDestroyDestroyDestroy is staggering. In just over a year, the 20-year-old has overhauled her sound (gritty pop/rock is her…
One of the many gems on Toni Braxton’s exceptional 10th album, Spell My Name, is “Gotta Move On” — a soulful collaboration with H.E.R.. “I kinda thought, it feels important,…
Zedd teams up with UK newcomer Griff for a feel-good banger called “Inside Out.” The German producer’s second single of 2020 (justice for “Funny”!) is about the rush you get…
Of the huge outpouring of seasonal offerings to arrive in the last few years, Gwen Stefani’s You Make It Feel Like Christmas is one of my favorites. She now adds…
CLOVES has undergone something of a transformation since releasing One Big Nothing in 2018. For starters, the stripped-back, folk-adjacent sound of her astonishing debut has been replaced with glitchy, nightmarish…
Now, here’s a special treat! Noah Kahan makes a welcome return to New Music Friday with “Pride” featuring fellow singer/songwriter mxmtoon. Produced by Alexander 23, the duet is a very…
Another week, another club banger from Ally Brooke! The 27-year-old, who released her memoir Finding Your Harmony earlier this month, rocked last week’s New Music Friday with the Afrojack-assisted “What…