All the Good Songs Go to ‘Heaven 2’ on Lala Lala’s 5th Studio Album
The ability to write as an empathetic, detached witness while clearly grappling with personal experience makes Lala Lala’s newest album,Continue Reading
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The Best Songs Released in January 2026
Happy 2026 (I guess?) it’s crazy that we’re already at the start of a new year and it honestly feelsContinue Reading
Staged Haze’s 15 Artists to Watch in 2026
It’s always hard to narrow down our list of artists to watch (check out last year’s here) once we’ve begunContinue Reading
Q&A: Searows Relinquishes Control on Sophomore Album ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’
Searows, a.k.a. Oregon-based singer/songwriter Alec Duckart, has come a long way from his first uploads on Soundcloud and Bandcamp inContinue Reading
Staged Haze’s Most Anticipated Albums of 2026—So Far
We’re only 12 days into the new year and my list of anticipated releases is way longer than I expected:Continue Reading
A Night of Music, Community, and Pizza: a Collaboration between St. Lucia, The Wild Honey Pie, and Paulie Gee’s in Brooklyn
It’s December in New York City, a time of year when its residents are famously known to hibernate. We oftenContinue Reading
Staged Haze Presents: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
It’s the most wonderful time of year, AKA when all of the music publications start publishing their “best of theContinue Reading
The Best Songs Released in November 2025
And just like that, we’ve hit the last New Music Round-Up post of the year! Lots of releases slow downContinue Reading
The Best Songs Released in October 2025
Happy November and to my SoCal readers, go Dodgers! I watched that entire baseball game last night and I neverContinue Reading
The Best Songs Released in September 2025
September was a crazy month for new music, including major releases from artists like Cardi B. (her first since theContinue Reading