D.D.R. (Divorced Dad Rock) hits the pavement running on "Blinded By the Blonde: Chapter One", turning the jagged debris of romantic wreckage into pure kinetic energy. The seven-song collection marks the latest outing from Indiana-based novelist and songwriter Stephen Paul, whose philosophy of "universal specificity" treats private heartbreaks as open-source emotional blueprints. Rather than wallowing quietly behind closed doors, Paul channels the soaring melodies...

DJ Aquana confronts grief with a pounding, club-ready surrender on his latest release, "Piece Of My Heart". The Netherlands-based electronic producer reimagines a classic by the ’90s group Intermission the precise song to which he proposed to his late wife, who passed away from cancer in 2017. What results is an intricate Slap House eulogy drenched in euphoric Eurodance nostalgia. https://open.spotify.com/track/3eveJIKzLY6ILgtZcHIoJo?si=oMNkcj6ARSyzGz3L4bVthQ Aquana approaches his production with...