In recent years, social media has become an integral part of our society as a whole, and it's becoming increasingly clear that this development will continue for a while to come. People's need to feel accepted by their online social circles often leads them to act in irrational and foolish ways. The effects of this are negative across the board. The goal of JmNPR's new track...

Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...