Katie Noir drops a wildly entertaining dose of affectionate satire on her new single, "I Prefer Jason". The 21-year-old student, songwriter, and producer constructs an excessively glamorous, fictionalized celebrity wedding here. Our narrator ignores the glossy, high-profile mega-star groom completely. Her attention drifts sideways instead, locking onto the best man: the groom’s relaxed, beautifully unpretentious brother, Jason. https://open.spotify.com/track/4UT6n18SpY9I0e1xPFprVY?si=b879f9126c574414 The sheer absurdity of this misdirected crush dictates...

With their fiery new melodic rock single “When Love Walks In,” the Jimi Bennett Band make a brazen case for emotional surrender. There is a stubborn kind of pride in nursing private wounds, stacking up defensive barriers until we mistake a bunker for a home. Here, the seasoned trio stages a joyful breach of that isolation. https://open.spotify.com/album/1gJtVCNQ9rxAUTzXw34UCW?si=4fcef9e3d18c4b41 The track establishes a steady, controlled rhythmic foundation before...