With the release of her most recent single, "All About You," Cristina Movileanu has gifted us with a delightful summer experience. This song is all about capturing those warm and fuzzy feelings and encasing them in an infectiously memorable melody, and it's obvious from the very first notes that this is its primary focus. But Cristina Movileanu is more than simply a singer, songwriter, and composer;...

Maraad’s new album, “BUFF”, is a strange and beautiful paradox, an object forged in the very fire it’s meant to protect you from. Each track is presented as a "buff," a bit of protective magic for the spirit, but the energy humming underneath feels less like a polished shield and more like the faint, determined glow around a figure in a centuries-old altarpiece—somehow both...