Badtaste, the creative vehicle of Czech-German artist Anna Kristina, has dropped a conceptual diptych titled "Hedonism, Sobriety." Now operating out of Paris, the singer, songwriter, and dancer has constructed a release that thrives on friction. It is a project that looks directly at the messy, often contradictory nature of human desire and refuses to tidy it up for easy consumption. The music operates in the...

Norwegian-American pop artist Hanna Andréa perfectly captures the frantic urge to outrun your own brain on her sweeping new single, "Pinnacles". Serving as the lead-up to her highly anticipated forthcoming EP, "Braveheart", the track is a brilliantly crafted exercise in translating raw panic into cinematic electropop. https://open.spotify.com/track/1yYATZqcIHZOQsOLKRFH44?si=VS1YexYvSt-2sXhioNCQWw Anxiety usually paralyzes, but here it sprints. The song starts with a deceptively gentle, atmospheric pulse. Then, almost without...