Charlie Bereal and India Shawn’s “So Cold” Is Soul Music Reduced to Its Most Haunting Essentials There is nowhere for a bad note to hide on “So Cold,” the new collaboration between guitarist and producer Charlie Bereal and vocalist India Shawn. The arrangement is...
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There are love songs that chase the rush of romance, and then there are love songs that understand what happens after the honeymoon. “We’ve Got It All” belongs firmly in the second category. Created by longtime married couple Jerry Lynn Givens Sr. and Cherrylean...
Kiss Tishka’s Hiss sounds like two friends disappearing into a basement with a stack of synthesizers, a guitar, a drum machine, a few classic records and several questionable ideas, and then emerging six songs later with something unexpectedly coherent. The Minneapolis duo of Andrew...
There is something startling about how calm Bernard Shay Gomez sounds on “Drought.” The Los Angeles-based songwriter builds the song around emotional devastation, yet his delivery rarely breaks a sweat. That restraint makes the song hit harder. Beneath its controlled surface is a relationship...
Danny Silvertone Turns Desire Into Devotion on “The Altar” There’s something inherently dangerous about music made for after midnight. The rules loosen, the shadows get longer, and feelings that seemed manageable in daylight suddenly demand to be reckoned with. Danny Silvertone understands that territory...
There’s no mistaking Emme Rain’s intentions on “How I Pull Up.” This isn’t a song interested in subtle introductions or carefully measured confidence—it’s a declaration of arrival. Built on pounding production from KloudNine Music and sharpened by Ferocious Productions’ crisp engineering, the single is...
solomaria’s Debut EP Is the Kind of Beautiful Secret Music Fans Dream of Discovering 1. Dry Your Eyes2. The Fall3. Pink Elephant4. Crumbled5. Willow 6. 222 There are records that demand your attention with sheer volume, and then there are records that quietly pull...
For an artist whose résumé includes collaborations with heavyweights like DMX, Jadakiss, Spice 1, and Raekwon, Derange Da Messiah has never seemed interested in proving he can rap. That chapter was written years ago. On the lean, two-minute single “Everything Brand New,” he instead...
Hound’s “Can’t Sue Yourself” feels like the kind of song that sneaks into your life on an ordinary afternoon and somehow ends up becoming the soundtrack to memories you haven’t even made yet. With its jangling guitars, lived-in vocals, and effortlessly melodic charm, the...
Hello and welcome to College Radio Charts! For readers who are just discovering you, can you introduce yourselves and tell us a little about IOCBYSTWBAD?We’re “I only came cause you said there would be a dog.” or IOCBYSTWBAD for short. We’re a three piece...