Listening to gnomes’ new EP, “Microclimbs,” feels less like hearing songs and more like stumbling upon a meticulously catalogued collection of internal weather systems. The Berlin artist has shed an acoustic skin, emerging with a sound that’s electric, nervy, and complex. This is music for feeling overwhelmed in a way that’s almost, dare I say it, cozy. https://open.spotify.com/album/6a9jnB0IcQDdP6BHLaHpdJ?si=1zS3355CRwe4oaDcdouNeA The warm, watery warble of a Wurli synth...

A Multidimensional Artist Milo Kobayashi Rewriting the Hip-Hop Narrative. Milo Kobayashi's music is hard to put into a single category because it mixes styles and influences in a way that is both new and interesting. This rapper, singer, and artist was born in Osaka, Japan, and grew up in North Augusta, SC. His hip-hop music shows both of his cultures. Tracks pulse with the accuracy of a...