Swiss duo LOB confront the quiet, slow erosion of shared ground on their arresting new single, "Rosarot Donkelschwarz." Operating from an artistic haven high on Switzerland’s Brünig Pass, Liliane Bürli and Bujar Berisha channel alternative pop and dark electropop into an incisive study of ideological drift and fading intimacy. The track examines what happens when stubborn convictions ossify into rigid armor, splintering two people...

Rusty Reid is such an artist that his indie work is based on the folk-country rock tapestry element to emphasize protest and passion narrative. However, his most recent work “ American Villain ” stands as an alarm bell, reminiscent of the infusion between the sixties and today’s political constituency. After a short tenure with the University of Houston, he was under Nashville’s bright lights at 19....