There is a specific, fleeting hue of orange that only seems to hit the underside of clouds in late October, and listening to Kazu Osumi and her new single "Times of Love" feels exactly like watching that color fade into gray. It is an acoustic embrace that somehow feels both incredibly heavy and lighter than air. https://open.spotify.com/track/2dUYxf7zEiLxRX8bTs3emW?si=39081e63a0b94c7c The track situates itself in an Alternative Pop-Rock landscape,...

Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...