The best new music sometimes shows up quietly, in a song that catches you totally off guard. Right now, listeners want mood, personality, and a strong point of view – songs that feel lived-in, with powerful vocals, and an emotional atmosphere.  The kind of music tends to stay with you. And it’s exactly where Betty […]

Gary Marks today has shared his new single, the title track from his unreleased album The Real World. The buoyant track is today seeing the light of day for the first time. Listen to the embedded video below. Today’s single follows the release of his recent LP Crossroads and the single “I Guess It Never Stops,” which were released this year via […]

Troy Cartwright has a knack for writing songs that feel easy and unforced, and his new single “Thinkin’ Bout You” is a great example. The track doesn’t go after any huge, dramatic moments or tidy endings. Instead, it just captures that real, familiar feeling of someone slowly finding their way into your everyday thoughts. Today’s […]

These days there are a lot of online websites that are very clever about knowing what it is you like. They are designed to change slightly based on how you use them, instead of providing the same experience. This is a neat way to make the experience of each visit thrilling, pleasant and personalized. Regardless […]

I’ve slept on the same mattress for the past 8 years and was in desperate need of an upgrade. So I researched the top choices online, with a laser focus on quality materials, and stumbled upon Avocado. Their mattresses are sustainable, within my budget, and voted “Best Organic Mattress of 2025.” Even though Avocado’s site […]

There’s something quietly devastating about the way Natalie Del Carmen approaches heartbreak. She doesn’t oversell it or dramatize it for effect. Instead, she lets the emotion sit where it naturally belongs: in the spaces between longing and resignation, freedom and grief, memory and acceptance. On her newest release, a reimagined version of The Shins’ “Gone […]

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This article includes affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you make a purchase, with no extra cost to you. I like the idea of a bedtime routine. I hate the part where I actually have to do it. The internet makes sleep sound so simple. Turn off your phone. Dim the lights. Read. […]

New superfood. New diet. New influencer with a code for 20% off a program that won’t work. It’s exhausting just keeping up, let alone actually giving them a try. I wasn’t looking for a massive transformation. All I wanted was to zip up my jeans without holding my breath, feel good in a photo, and […]

Some songs ask us to look inward. Others invite them to look up. On her latest single, “We Could Be Stardust,” JES does both. The Grammy-nominated artist continues unveiling the world of her forthcoming album Dreamer with a track that shifts the focus away from everyday anxieties and toward something infinitely larger. Equal parts philosophical […]