Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself suggests a kind of modern, knowing self-delusion, the balm we apply just to get by. Yet, the music crafted by Huntington Beach’s Brian Kassan is far too sincere for pure cynicism. This isn’t the sound of giving up; it’s the...

Okay, so picture a flamingo trying to tap-dance. That's the kind of delightful weirdness Rosie Belvie’s "CRUSH" embodies. This isn't your run-of-the-mill heart-flutter track. It's like someone took the fizzy feeling of first crush and poured it over a polyrhythmic, funk-splattered canvas. We’re talking the kind of sonic paint that makes you want to move, even if your body doesn't quite know how yet. https://open.spotify.com/track/21ue10Fq3pZVztZzjda63b?si=946be35785984231 There's...