Cinematic Giants

Zachary Mason: Melancholy Guitar Rock With an 80s Spine Zachary Mason is a Guildford, UK artist who records at home and releases music at a steady clip. He’s built a big backlog of demos since getting a recording kit from a relative, and he’s already we…

Zachary Mason (Guildford, UK) links up with drummer Nate Barnes (Rose Hill Drive), bassist John Thomasson (Little Big Town), and mix, master by Derrick Lin on “Sweetheart”, a melancholic love-track with distorted guitars and an 80s rock weight. cinematicgiants.com/2026/03/05/z...

Schau.Schou: Winter Melancholy With Teeth Schau.Schou is a new Norwegian duo pairing Kristopher Schau and Christoffer Schou. It started as a namesake link-up: Kristopher realized Christoffer was also an active musician, sent over rough son…

chau.Schou, the new Norwegian duo of Kristopher Schau and Christoffer Schou, land a five-track EP, January (Cafe Superstar Recordings): slow-burn winter pop with a blunt edge.... cinematicgiants.com/2026/03/05/s...

Michael Servus Mariae: Organ Hymn With a Wide Screen Michael Servus Mariae is a religious songwriter and author who also publishes daily gospel prayer journals. “Unity” starts from an online prayer text that he says hit him instantly, the kind of wor…

Michael Servus Mariae, “Unity”, three takes on the same hymn idea: the original organ version, a full orchestral performance by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, plus the alternate cut “unity but you’re alone in an empty cathedral at 3 a.m.” cinematicgiants.com/2026/03/05/m...

William Kalmer – Graceland William Kalmer is a Johannesburg artist who made “Graceland” as a real collaboration with Audrey Karrasch and producer Edward George King. Karrasch, a Los Angeles singer-songwriter who previously a…

William Kalmer is a Johannesburg artist who made “Graceland” as a real collaboration with Audrey Karrasch and producer Edward George King. cinematicgiants.com/2026/03/02/w...

Pat Piperni – Quiet Storm Pat Piperni is a Montreal musician making solo piano music he writes, performs, records, and masters himself in a home studio. He points to a wide range of listening, and names Debussy and Chopin a…

Pat Piperni is a Montreal musician making solo piano music he writes, performs, records, and masters himself in a home studio. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/28/p...

Adam Wedd – for u i’ll cross the sea Adam Wedd is a London songwriter working in acoustic folk and country, writing in a direct, story-first mode. For this single he brought in Georgina Leach for the string arrangements and performanc…

Adam Wedd is a London songwriter working in acoustic folk and country, writing in a direct, story-first mode. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/28/a...

Charli XCX – Wuthering Heights (Soundtrack) Charli xcx’s Wuthering Heights plays like a soundtrack that refuses to act like wallpaper. It’s built around strings that grind, drones that sit under everything, and production choices that keep i…

Charli’s Wuthering Heights sounds like a soundtrack that won’t behave: ugly strings, heavy drones, constant tension. “House” with John Cale is ice-cold. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/26/c...

Rellyo Bambini – Cloned and Upgraded, Insert Soul Here Rellyo Bambini is an artist from Knoxville, Tennessee, building a full album around identity, technology, and what “humanity” looks like in a world obsessed with replication. The title, Cloned &amp…

Rellyo Bambini is an artist from Knoxville, Tennessee, building a full album around identity, technology, and what “humanity” looks like in a world obsessed with replication. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/25/r...

Ivelisse del Carmen – Illusion Ivelisse del Carmen is a Puerto Rican songwriter and trained singer based in London. She frames “Illusion” through bolero and jazz, with Sylvia Rexach named as a lyrical reference point and Billie …

Ivelisse del Carmen is a Puerto Rican songwriter and trained singer based in London. She frames “Illusion” through bolero and jazz,... cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/22/i...

Patti Zlaket – Second Chance at Love Patti Zlaket is a Tucson, Arizona songwriter and pianist with a long résumé outside the usual album cycle. She started playing piano young, wrote songs as a teenager, studied theatre at USC, and re…

Patti Zlaket is a Tucson, Arizona songwriter and pianist with a long résumé outside the usual album cycle. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/21/p...

A’shon Galaxy – More Than Only Friends A’shon Galaxy is an R&B and soul songwriter from Vallejo, California, releasing his own music and building toward a larger project. “More Than Only Friends” is written from the angle of someone…

A’shon Galaxy is an R&B and soul songwriter from Vallejo, California, releasing his own music and building toward a larger project. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/19/a...

BLOCK – Over And Over Block has been around long enough that his catalog is getting the full resurrection treatment while a new wave of listeners finds him through playlists. Meridian’s four-part deluxe reissues have pu…

Block has been around long enough that his catalog is getting the full resurrection treatment while a new wave of listeners finds him through playlists. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/19/b...

Carla Patullo – FLY UNDER Two-time Grammy–winning composer Carla Patullo is in the rare position of watching the same record open up twice. Last year Nomadica introduced itself as a dense, grief-struck collage for strings, …

Two-time Grammy winner Carla Patullo revisits Nomadica: a grief-driven tribute to her mother, now reintroduced through “Fly Under” after its Grammy win for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album.
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Cazzjezter – Woman I Don’t Know Yet Cazzjezter makes quiet, interior pop from a very small space: a kitchen at 2 a.m., everything played, recorded, mixed, and mastered alone while muted Kyrie Irving highlights roll on a screen. His s…

Cazzjezter makes quiet, interior pop from a very small space: a kitchen at 2 a.m., everything played, recorded, mixed, and mastered alone while muted Kyrie Irving highlights roll on a screen. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/17/c...

Sometimes Julie – Transition Sometimes Julie have spent five records working as a full band, folding classic and alternative rock into a tight live setup. On Transition, singer-songwriter duo Monica Sorenson and Rick Walker zo…

Sometimes Julie have spent five records working as a full band, folding classic and alternative rock into a tight live setup. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/17/s...

Giardini Oort – Zero Point Giardini Oort is a solo project out of Ravenna, built around one person doing everything himself: modular patches, guitars, bass, voice, production. Zero Point is the latest slice from that world, …

Giardini Oort is a solo project out of Ravenna, built around one person doing everything himself: modular patches, guitars, bass, voice, production.

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Bog Witch – Dream Birds Dream Birds leans into quiet storytelling from the first line. Released under the Bog Witch name out of Decatur, Georgia, it stays close and small on purpose: voice up front, gentle backing, and a …

Dream Birds leans into quiet storytelling from the first line. Released under the Bog Witch name out of Decatur, Georgia, it stays close and small on purpose: voice up front, gentle backing, and a scene you can picture as it unfolds. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/10/b...

JD Hinton – Ways of Seeing JD Hinton’s new EP Ways of Seeing feels like it comes from someone who has moved through a few different chapters already: Texas kid, film-and-TV actor, songwriter with credits in Gloria, Tick-Tock…

JD Hinton’s new EP Ways of Seeing feels like it comes from someone who has moved through a few different chapters already: Texas kid, film-and-TV actor, songwriter,...
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Robbie Rapids – Class 2 Rapids Robbie Rapids is a Gen X guitar guy who treats classic rock as the base but pulls in pop, folk, alt-country, and metal ideas under the Class 2 Rapids name. He writes with a rotating crew of co-writ…

Robbie Rapids is a Gen X guitar guy who treats classic rock as the base but pulls in pop, folk, alt-country, and metal ideas under the Class 2 Rapids name. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/08/r...

Annstiina – field Annstiina is mostly known for art pop, the kind of carefully built songs that live in synths and vocal layers, not bare keys. On field, she drops all of that and sits alone at a piano in Järvenpää …

Annstiina is mostly known for art pop, the kind of carefully built songs that live in synths and vocal layers, not bare keys. On field, she drops all of that and sits alone at a piano in Järvenpää on a grey December day,... cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/03/a...

Ashot Danielyan – On the Station Ashot Danielyan is a pianist and improviser who treats the instrument like his home base, even while his catalogue moves through classical, ambient, new age and experimental corners. Awards from so…

Ashot Danielyan is a pianist and improviser who treats the instrument like his home base, even while his catalogue moves through classical, ambient, new age and experimental corners. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/03/a...

Fiona Amaka – Desert Flower Fiona Amaka has been carving out her own corner of London’s indie scene with a mix of “rock’n’soul,” bluesy vocals, and guitars that lean either into crunch or folk warmth depending on the song. Ac…

Fiona Amaka has been carving out her own corner of London’s indie scene with a mix of “rock’n’soul,” bluesy vocals, and guitars that lean either into crunch or folk warmth depending on the song. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/03/f...

Stephani Ezatoff – Precious Lord Take My Hand Stephani Ezatoff comes out of the Pittsburgh gospel world with a voice shaped by church music and old hymns, but this version of “Precious Lord Take My Hand” plants her right inside the classic Nas…

Stephani Ezatoff comes out of the Pittsburgh gospel world with a voice shaped by church music and old hymns, but this version of “Precious Lord Take My Hand” plants her right inside the classic Nashville tradition. cinematicgiants.com/2026/02/03/s...

Tulegon – All the world’s dreams Tulegon is an Italian musician, producer, and songwriter from Puglia who treats pop structure like a container for poetry experiments. His concept album Pessoa pulls directly from Fernando Pessoa’s…

Tulegon is an Italian musician, producer, and songwriter from Puglia who treats pop structure like a container for poetry experiments.

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Andy Smythe – Leviathan Andy Smythe is one of those long-haul British songwriters who never really left the circuit. Based in London, he’s eight albums deep, still writing politically loaded folk-rock in small studios and…

Andy Smythe is one of those long-haul British songwriters who never really left the circuit. Based in London, he’s eight albums deep, still writing politically loaded folk-rock... cinematicgiants.com/2026/01/31/a...

Thickshake – Through the Daylight Thickshake is a one-person pop project out of Rockhampton, a multi-instrumentalist who decided to stop waiting for the “right time” and just make the songs himself. He writes, records, mixes, and m…

Thickshake is a one-person pop project out of Rockhampton, a multi-instrumentalist who decided to stop waiting for the “right time” and just make the songs himself. He writes, records, mixes, and masters in a downstairs music room,... cinematicgiants.com/2026/01/28/t...

John Lebanon – Disco Boi Beirut John Lebanon is a Boston-based project built on split geography: New York apartments, Providence studios, Beirut shows, and a head full of Lebanese pop, disco and indie guitar music. “Disco Boi” st…

John Lebanon is a Boston-based project built on split geography: New York apartments, Providence studios, Beirut shows, and a head full of Lebanese pop, disco and indie guitar music. cinematicgiants.com/2026/01/28/j...

Adam Wedd – Figure it out Adam Wedd is a British songwriter with a classic rock heart and a habit of turning everyday chaos into hooks. For “FIGURE IT OUT,” he literally wrote the topline in a car queue on the way to Metrop…

Adam Wedd is a British songwriter with a classic rock heart and a habit of turning everyday chaos into hooks. For “FIGURE IT OUT,” he literally wrote the topline in a car queue on the way to Metropolis Studios,...
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Koeve – Antes de ser yo Koeve is a teenage urbano artist from Murcia, Spain, working in that space where reggaeton, pop rap and moody synth stuff all bleed into each other. He’s young, but Antes de ser yo already feels li…

Koeve is a teenage urbano artist from Murcia, Spain, working in that space where reggaeton, pop rap and moody synth stuff all bleed into each other. He’s young, but Antes de ser yo already feels like he knows exactly what he wants this project to be... cinematicgiants.com/2026/01/27/k...

A VIOLET IN YOUTH – Lost My Way Home A Violet In Youth are a Los Angeles band who treat songs like collages: guitar loops, stacked vocals, and pockets of space stitched together by guitarist-songwriter Daniella Lollie with bandmates L…

A Violet In Youth are a Los Angeles band who treat songs like collages: guitar loops, stacked vocals, and pockets of space stitched together by guitarist-songwriter Daniella Lollie with bandmates Lisa Yan, Amanda Erwin, Kelly Kuhn and Garrett Zeile. cinematicgiants.com/2026/01/25/a...