Okay, here we go. Buckle up, buttercups, because Yksopretty's "IT IS WHAT IT IS" just body-slammed my expectations. This Detroit native, apparently a herald of Michigan's new wave (whatever that sonic sorcery is), dropped an album that’s… well, it is what it is. Six tracks of futuristic trap colliding head-on with… the existential dread of having too many gold chains? Seriously, that's the vibe. https://open.spotify.com/album/1bka60jvXUj0dK5BGDSP9K This isn't...

Marjorie Huot, a talented artist originally from San Diego who now lives and works in Los Angeles and is known to her expanding legion of fans simply as Kanitha. Kanitha is a musical prodigy from the West Coast whose life story illustrates the importance of perseverance, self-reflection, and the transformational power of art. While the rest of the world was quarantined, she made the conscious...