An example I found this year was Chicago-based producer and composer Norfik’s Escape. A six-track EP that unboundedly explores the sonic characteristics of IDM, ambient, and club-ready jungle music while cohesively piecing these concepts together in a way that can only be described as liberating.
Read MoreDehd’s Blue Skies, released in May 2022, was the ideal soundtrack to a Chicago spring. For 32 minutes, Dehd do what they do best: deliver earworms with punk sensibilities and indie rock execution.
Read MoreIn “Boundaries,” Jamila Woods identifies healthy characteristics when entering new relationships, such as not losing yourself or recognizing when you might be entering a flight-or-fight mode rooted in fear.
Read MoreDave Coresh's debut EP SMOKENMIRRORS struck the deepest chord for me in 2022. Centered on self-healing and shedding old traits, Coresh dives into heavy issues of unequal relationships, heartbreak, and individualism on this project.
Read MoreIn late May of 2022, Andrew Goes To Hell and WASTEDJU dropped their debut single, “Turn It Up !,” under their new electro-pop duo, Girls That.
Read MoreEveryone defines “best” differently. For me, art that creates an uncomfortable feeling makes it to my “best of whatever” lists more often than not. Alga’s “Star” fits into this category for various reasons.
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