Del'Noire, the solo act of Matyascorvinus, isn't handing you a neatly wrapped package of sounds with "Tyler Down." Instead, it's more like finding a worn map tucked inside a book you forgot you owned. This single, a purely instrumental affair, wrestles with the echoes of trauma. Not your kind of predictable musical trauma either. No cheesy lightning strikes. No predictable sad violin. Here it...

"Rudiment," Dewar's new album from Britain, has a big impact. They take you on an exciting trip through current pop rock with a funky twist that makes you feel good. For more than ten years, she's been writing songs. From the first note, her smooth voice and smooth delivery, which can be heard on every single track, take people by surprise. From the first idea for a...