Chicago-based roots-rock outfit Trickshooter Social Club have returned with their new EP, "Porchlight Pie", a raw, whiskey-soaked collection of songs that grapples with the messy, beautiful experiment of modern America. Led by frontman Steve Simoncic and guitarist Larry Liss, the band crafts a grit-flecked style of garage rock with a conscience, steering their music through a sonic landscape defined by low-slung guitars, country fiddles,...

Annika Bellamy just dropped her original single "Palm Tree," and it instantly triggers an odd but deeply compelling sense of sunny existential whiplash. Based in Southern California with a vibrant mix of Dutch, Indonesian, and European Spanish heritage, Bellamy delivers electronic pop that vibrates with fascinatingly opposed energies. https://open.spotify.com/album/6ivAZ1C2GnRlXzS2F1NPVr It feels like a beach vacation booked mid-crisis. The track is built on a clear invitation to...