![Matt Maltese, Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow [📷: Tonight Matthew / The Orchard]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/matt-maltese-anytime-anyplace-anyhow.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
London alternative singer/songwriter Matt Maltese ‘puts his foot into’ his honest, relatable, and vulnerable single, “Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow.”
![Djo, The Crux [📷: Djo Music / AWAL Recordings America, Inc.]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/djo-the-crux.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Djo (actor and musician Joe Keery) delivers a fun, well-rounded alternative single with “Basic Being Basic.” Nothing ‘basic’ here!
![Lucy Dacus, Forever Is A Feeling [📷: Lucy Dacus / Geffen]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lucy-dacus-forever-is-a-feeling.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
On “Ankles,” the third track from her fourth LP, Forever Is A Feeling, Lucy Dacus continues to prove she is among the best singer/songwriters of the 21st century.
![NLE Choppa & Imagine Dragons, Dare U [📷: NLE Choppa Entertainment Inc. / Warner]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nle-choppa-imagine-dragons-dare-u.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Memphis rapper NLE Choppa and alternative rock/pop collective Imagine Dragons join forces for the short but entertaining single, “Dare U.”
![Perfume Genius, Glory [📷: Perfume Genius / Matador]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/perfume-genius-glory.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The ever-consistent Perfume Genius wows again with his authentic, emotional, and engaging single, “It’s a Mirror.”
![The Lumineers, Automatic [📷: Dualtone Music Group]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/the-lumineers-automatic.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
The Lumineers bring it on “Same Old Song,” the promo single from their fifth studio album, Automatic.
![Japanese Breakfast, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) [📷: Dead Ocean]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/japanese-breakfast-for-melancholy-brunettes-sad-women.jpeg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Michelle Zauner & Japanese Breakfast warm up 2025 with the classy & enigmatic “Orlando in Love,” the promo single from For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
![Julien Baker & TORRES, Sugar in the Tank [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Julien Baker & TORRES / Matador; OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/julien-baker-torres-sugar-in-the-tank-song-review-2024.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Julien Baker & TORRES make a formidable duo on their enjoyable, well-rounded debut single, “Sugar in the Tank.”
![Sam Fender, People Watching [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Sam Fender / Universal Music Operations Limited; OpenClipart-Vectors, from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sam-fender-people-watching-song-review-2024.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
English singer/songwriter Sam Fender makes a marvelous return with the authentic “People Watching,” the promo single from his third album, People Watching.
![Bon Iver, S P E Y S I D E [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Jagjaguwar; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/bon-iver-speyside-song-review-2024.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Justin Vernon and Bon Iver shine on the minimal, apologetic “S P E Y S I D E,” the promo single from the collective’s 2024 EP, SABLE,.
![Halsey, Ego [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Columbia; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/halsey-ego-song-review-2024.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Halsey delivers another intriguing song with “Ego,” the fourth advanced single from their fifth LP, The Great Impersonator.
![Linkin Park, The Emptiness Machine [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Linkin Park, LLC; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/linkin-park-the-emptiness-machine-song-review-2024.jpg?resize=360%2C240&ssl=1)
Linkin Park makes its comeback with a new co-vocalist and drummer on “The Emptiness Machine,” the promo single from their eighth LP, From Zero.
