Jay Som – “Past Lives (feat. Hayley Williams)” [Video]
Jay Som & Hayley Williams Reconnect Through “Past Lives” — A Spin Through Memory & Motion Jay Som is back — and she didn’t come … Read more
Jay Som: Belong [Album Review]
Jay SomBelongPolyvinyl Records [2025] “Belong proves growth doesn’t mean starting over—it means sounding more like yourself than ever.” Album Overview: Jay Som began as the … Read more
Jay Som – Float [Video]
JAY SOM IS BACK. After six long years, Melina Duterte returns with Belong — a bold, wide-ranging new record dropping October 10 via Polyvinyl. It’s … Read more
Bachelor – “Stay In The Car” [Video]
Bachelor—the collaborative project of Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner—will release its debut album Doomin’ Sun on May 28th via Polyvinyl Record Co., … Read more
The Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2019
#50 Steve Gunn The Unseen In Between Matador Records [2019] Steve Gunn is a well-known industry talent that really took a step forward in 2016 … Read more
Jay Som: Anak Ko [Album Review]
Jay Som Anak Ko Polyvinyl Records [2019] TFN Album Review: If you have been a fan of Jay Som, aka Melina Duterte, since her early … Read more
The Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2017
#50 Old 97’s Graveyard Whistling ATO Records [2017] Drinkin’, whiskey, cars, trouble, women, God and Texas – Dallas, Texas that is. That has been the … Read more
Jay Som: Everybody Works [Album Review]
Jay Som Everybody Works Polyvinyl Records [2017] Fire Note Says: Jay Som is doing her own thing that results in a fresh proper debut. Album … Read more
The Friday Fire Track: Jay Som – “The Bus Song”
Last year, Jay Som – a.k.a. Bay Area-based singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte – released her early collection of songs entitled Turn Into. Now it is time … Read more
Jay Som: Turn Into [Album Review]
Jay Som Turn Into Polyvinyl Records [2016] Who: Jay Som is the moniker for Bay Area-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Melina Duterte. She decided to … Read more