Faint Halos smash headlong into our digitally fragmented reality with "I Don't Want to Know," an urgent, anxiety-laced blast of alt-rock. The Philadelphia band steered by founder and songwriter Paul Hashemi alongside Miguel Padro, Bill Hallinan, and Matt Cieljka has explicitly declared war on the modern crisis of engagement. Following their 2024 album "I can see a million lights", they continue to completely bypass sterile,...

Angelo Ceriani's new album, "Lofi Weather," arrives not with a bang, but like a slow-moving front rolling in off Lake Maggiore, where I imagine his Somma Lombardo studio might catch the changing light. These ten instrumental pieces, curated from two decades of Ceriani simply making music (1995-2015, no less!), feel less like a planned collection and more like leafing through someone’s sonic sketchbook, found...