Emerging Indie Pop Sensation Alexa Perez Delivers a Deeply Personal EP That Captures the Essence of Young Adulthood In "Dear Future Me" An important chapter of Alexa Perez's musical career is her recent EP "Dear Future Me", which mixes diary-like introspection with indie pop. The EP is evidence of Alexa Perez's maturity as an artist and a person. In the last four years, Alexa Perez has become...

The Madrid-based singer-songwriter Elif Coskun turns a soft, cinematic alt-pop single into a clear-eyed hit of memory, forgiveness, and emotional honesty. Some songs hit because they say the messy thing before you are ready to admit it. Elif Coskun's "The Hardest Part" does exactly that, then lets the feeling hang there. This cinematic single from the Madrid-based singer-songwriter, shocks through care, not anger. That may sound...