San Francisco’s queer honky-tonk institution Country Risqué returns to announce their forthcoming sophomore album "As the Crow Flies", leading the charge with an irresistibly bouncy single called "Motorcycle Johnny". https://open.spotify.com/track/09mrnJCwv6Rf3ZNjlEazVv?si=b3b7ec5d8e08487a There is a strange, captivating alchemy to this band. The vocal friction alone is brilliant: Miles Gordon provides a rich, formally trained warmth, while Daniel Bromfield leans hard into a languid, almost defiant deadpan. Supported by...

With 2 Divide’s new single, “Don’t Stop the Love” Reworked, one doesn’t simply listen; one is dropped into a running conversation between panic and salvation. The track begins with an oppressive sense of pressure, but it’s the dominant synth motif—a clear and glorious nod to the architectural strangeness of Kate Bush—that truly defines the space. It’s a sound that feels less like a melody...