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Jeffery Straker Brings Prairie Charm to the Holidays with A Very Prairie Christmas
Saskatchewan-born singer-songwriter Jeffery Straker has released A Very Prairie Christmas, a 12-song collection shaped by nearly a decade of his annual holiday shows. The album blends nostalgic classics, intimate arrangements, and Straker’s signature piano-driven storytelling, capturing the way Christmas memories evolve while still holding their magic.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Lance Marwood and "The Cherale" Exploring Family Folklore Trauma and the Dark Spaces Between Memory and Myth
Lance Marwood has built a reputation on instinct honesty and a refusal to smooth over the rough edges while The Cherale exists in a space where story atmosphere and emotional weight collide. Across writing revision and world-building Marwood approaches his craft with a clarity that is both deliberate and deeply human while the story of The Cherale balances folklore horror and psychological depth in ways that feel immediate and immersive. In this interview he opens up about navigating the challenges of creative momentum exploring the evolution of the story and the ideas that continue to shape its unsettling and layered world. He reflects on the importance of truth memory and inherited trauma in the narrative and how staying grounded in these themes allows the story to resonate with both emotional authenticity and literary tension.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi Steps Into the Light With "Undertow"
With her debut album Undertow, out today, London-based composer and singer-songwriter Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi unveils a world where stark vulnerability meets a brooding, cinematic darkness. Built on the intertwined voices of cello and breath, the record carries an almost tactile sensitivity, drawing the listener into a space where memory and emotion live close to the surface. Undertow emerged from a period of confronting trauma and rediscovering sensuality, a time in which Hansen-Knarhoi allowed herself to sift through the tangled weight of love, loss, and the difficult clarity that comes with healing.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Arlie Finds New Freedom and Emotional Depth on "Someone You Can Believe In"
Arlie’s Someone You Can Believe In is an album shaped by transition. It emerges from a period of introspection, creative rebuilding, and a decisive shift away from the machinery of the major label world. The record plays like an inward journey documented in real time. It is a concept album with a narrative spine, complete with spoken interludes, yet it feels strikingly personal.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Jeremy Voltz Confronts Distance and Devotion on New Single “Feel It All”
Burned-out mathematician turned indie soul artist Jeremy Voltz returns with “Feel It All,” a track shaped by the uneasy tension between wanting to protect yourself and wanting to stay connected to someone who matters. As part of his 2025 music campaign, the single studies the ways anger fades, how distance shifts, and why certain bonds hold on even when we wish they wouldn’t. Voltz leans into those contradictions with clear-eyed honesty, creating a song that sits in the fragile space where frustration and tenderness overlap.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Dylan White Steps Into His Own Voice With "Fronds"
Ontario-based multi-instrumentalist and composer Dylan White makes his solo debut with Fronds, a lush and groove-driven EP that examines the repeating patterns of love and fear that move through people, families, and entire generations. Drawing from jazz, soul, and funk, the project mirrors both the structure of nature and the resolve of those who push against cycles that were handed to them. White frames these ideas through arrangements full of warmth and movement, weaving them with an emotional clarity that makes the EP feel grounded and expansive at the same time.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Esther Anaya Fuses Classical Training and Dancefloor Energy in New Single "Push Play"
Esther Anaya has long stood out as an artist who refuses to separate the conservatory from the club. Born in Colombia and trained as a classical violinist, she has steadily built a global reputation for the way she carries her instrument into high-energy electronic spaces. Her newest release, the vibrant house single “Push Play” featuring Parker Matthews, is the latest example of how she mixes melody, movement and musicianship into something fully her own.
By Chris Adams2 months ago in Beat
Lisa SQ Reflects, Reels, and Unravels on Debut Album “Reel Me In”
Montreal-born, Hamilton-based multidisciplinary artist Lisa SQ unveils her debut full-length album, Reel Me In, a kaleidoscopic reflection of her late 20s and early 30s. The album is filled with snapshots of introspection, growth, and playful sonic experimentation, released alongside the brooding, atmospheric lead single “Teeth.” The project captures Lisa SQ’s knack for turning life’s sticky moments into artful indie-pop catharsis.
By Chris Adams3 months ago in Beat
Julian Loida Crafts a Winter Reverie With “December Dreams (Radio Edit)”
With his signature blend of cinematic texture and emotional depth, Boston-bred, LA-based composer, percussionist, and producer Julian Loida unveils “December Dreams (Radio Edit)” – a lush, genre-defying winter ballad merging folk, neo-classical, and ambient elements into something wholly unique. Featuring Don Mitchell of Darlingside, the song captures the liminal beauty of longing, reflection, and the hazy calm of winter nights.
By Chris Adams3 months ago in Beat
Allegories Push Forward With A Stark, Spacey New Chapter
Experimental indie electronic duo Allegories return with “Mid-Century Nothing,” a spacey, obstinate, and quietly confrontational fusion of shoegaze and electronic rock that leans into the rawness of imperfection. It marks one of the most decisive steps in their evolution, a track that sits in the push and pull between inner reflection and outward force. The result feels like an unguarded transmission from a project that rarely surfaces in public, let alone in a live setting.
By Chris Adams3 months ago in Beat
Above the Moon Embraces Uneasy Growth on "There Is No Arrival Vol. 2"
There Is No Arrival Vol. 2 reveals a version of Above the Moon that feels sharpened by time rather than softened by it. At ten years in, the New Jersey band resists the instinct to romanticize their past and instead turns their focus toward the present, confronting what it means to evolve without abandoning the emotional core that shaped them. This is not an EP driven by nostalgia or self-congratulation. It is an intentional exploration of where they stand now and how they continue to move through uncertainty.
By Chris Adams3 months ago in Beat
Last Relapse Finds New Light on a Self-Titled EP That Feels Restorative and Fearlessly Alive
When Last Relapse steps back into view, it is not with hesitation or nostalgia, but with a sense of quiet certainty. Their self-titled EP does not feel like a return designed to revisit old glory. Instead, it sounds like a rediscovery, a moment where past and present meet without friction, creating a sound that feels spacious, assured, and unexpectedly hopeful.
By Chris Adams3 months ago in Beat
