Matthew Phillips, the two-time San Diego Music Award-winning independent artist, takes up arms against our modern era's disposable romance on his new single, "Battlefield of Love." We live in an age where discarding people is terrifyingly easy. Phillips rejects that entirely. Writing, playing guitar, and performing with a fierce sense of defiance, he blends alternative rock urgency with sprawling cinematic textures to build a...

Some realizations hit you like a sudden drop in cabin pressure, leaving you gasping for air while trying to figure out what went wrong. That specific, suffocating moment of clarity is exactly what Northern Irish rock duo Rumour Den have captured on their new single, "Part of the Problem". Rather than pointing fingers at a failing partner, vocalist AJ Gilmore and guitarist Steve Simms turn the...