Okay, so picture a flamingo trying to tap-dance. That's the kind of delightful weirdness Rosie Belvie’s "CRUSH" embodies. This isn't your run-of-the-mill heart-flutter track. It's like someone took the fizzy feeling of first crush and poured it over a polyrhythmic, funk-splattered canvas. We’re talking the kind of sonic paint that makes you want to move, even if your body doesn't quite know how yet. https://open.spotify.com/track/21ue10Fq3pZVztZzjda63b?si=946be35785984231 There's...

Listening to RIOT SON’s new single, “Loneliest at Best,” is a curious exercise in emotional time-travel. The sound pulls you back to the early 2000s, to a time of angular guitars and heartfelt, frayed-collar vocals. It has that nervous, shimmering energy of indie rock that always sounded best on a pair of wired headphones, the beat prodding you forward even as the lyrics confess...