Senior Dunce's new single, "Bestial," has arrived, feeling less like a typical release and more like an urgent, slightly baffling philosophical tract wrapped in a day-glo dance floor invitation. It’s a funky house dance track, make no mistake. Yet, this isn't solely an invitation to shuffle your feet; it's a dispatch from the messy, gloriously imperfect front lines of human existence. https://open.spotify.com/album/0lzz1FMqXuBpGzuK1YKlWc?si=w1CEDHE7S7W1AkudlyVFAw Dunce, a self-proclaimed eccentric...

Amara-Fe has definitively shifted from the messy business of becoming into the absolute certainty of claiming with her new album, "A Queen’s Ambition". The rising solo artist, tethered to deep musical roots extending through Mission and Dallas, Texas, arrives fully formed here. There is a palpable weight to her cinematic R&B and electropop arrangements. You can almost feel her surveying her territory, setting borders,...