There is a specific kind of caffeine-jitter energy driving the new collaboration from Doctor Noize, titled "Diversity". It hits you immediately a bright, bouncing sequence of notes played with the frantic urgency of a silent film chase scene, yet anchored by a stride-style rhythm that feels surprisingly sturdy. It’s the musical equivalent of a golden retriever that has just realized you are holding a...

San Francisco singer-songwriter and producer Jacob Barrett just released a new single, "Maybe", diving headfirst into the agonizing loop of an unanswered call. You know that specific, isolating brand of mental purgatory? The one where you pace around your living room having frantic, phantom arguments with someone who already walked away, hopelessly convinced that turning the situation over in your head will somehow retroactively...