Pete Christianson
CALIFORNIA GOLD turns All of Me into the kind of song.
Guitars flash in the corners while the mix stays clean and bright.
Michael Marcagi’s “Midwest Kid” lands like a fresh arrival.
Guitars blur with clean edge and the rhythm section keeps a tight.
The mix opens clean and then stacks grit over glow: bright guitars.
Guitars ring with a clean edge and the drums keep a tight forward push.
Guitars hit with clean edge and the drums keep a tight pulse.
The groove lands like a countdown to trouble.
The Manatees turn "Without You" into the kind of discovery.
The production keeps things crisp and slightly jagged: tight drums.
Guitars shimmer with a vintage-edge bite.
Matt Hansen lands FIRST TIME like a fresh hit with bruised edges.
Kids That Fly hit a nerve with “Feel it Love”.
The hook lands fast, the title feels lived-in, and the whole thing.
My favorite Mellow genre songs from the past year.
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Bon Iver turns "S P E Y S I D E" into a right-now essential: a quiet.
