Listening to Shani Weiss's new single, "What's Left," feels a bit like stumbling upon someone’s deeply personal, slightly crumpled packing list before a monumental journey. Weiss, a Melbourne-based folk-rock songwriter and host of Indie Spotlight Melbourne, bottles a very specific kind of pressure here – the internal kind that feels less like a weight and more like a rising tide inside your own chest. https://open.spotify.com/album/56VjWTwzCr3bafDHSlUpN4?si=SWijn37SREeVVhxTs26DsQ There's...

ESTRADA Music Project’s new single, "We Are Not God," presents a fascinating study in contrasts, much like its creator, Dr. Alejandro Estrada. When not navigating the complex corridors of NHS Scotland urology, he’s here, a multi-instrumentalist weaving the intensity of that world into these evocative soundscapes. And "evocative" barely scratches the surface; this track certainly pinged some unexpected bells in this old mind. https://open.spotify.com/track/0pyP1Nd4wxDXx8lHJmkywK?si=ry3i0edRSYWg61cDpIWQ9A The song...