There is a peculiar friction to the digital textures of Skylarka and her new album, "Somnorine". It’s supposed to be chiptune-influenced synthwave, but listening to it feels less like browsing the internet and more like chewing on aluminum foil while watching Blade Runner on a CRT monitor that’s slowly degaussing. It’s a sensory contradiction bright, crystalline pop hooks wrestling with the deep, existential dread...

The new EP "Live at the Outlier Inn" by Shane Rennison who is an American born singer-songwriter with roots from upstate New York in the middle of the Catskills. He rejuvenates his vigour in the indie rocks and contemporary pop genres with this. The recording of this ep took place at Outlier Inn Studio in Mountaindale, New York, and was the biggest change in his...