Megan Wheeler’s new single, "Now That I'm Gone," arrived. Not via carrier pigeon, thankfully, though wouldn't that be a marketing strategy? No, it arrived in the usual, utterly un-magical digital way, yet somehow, managed to feel like a little explosion of confetti made of pure, defiant self-respect. https://open.spotify.com/track/2m3tz4bSNELxdIbTjRWc92?si=546c28793c4443bc This isn't your typical "woe-is-me" breakup ballad. Wheeler, often drawing favorable comparisons to the songwriting queens, that Holy...

West Yorkshire’s Lomens have arrived with their striking debut EP, "Surely Not?", immediately derailing the standard expectations for a band formed as recently as August 2024. Handling everything from writing to mastering inside their personal studio, they have crafted a release that sounds dangerously volatile. They broadly bill it as alternative rock, but it frequently weaponizes drum-and-bass textures, creeping electronic noise, and surprisingly agile...