Dan Wilkie’s sixteen-song album, "MelodyBox," arrives not with a neat bow but feeling more like an overstuffed cabinet of curiosities flung open by its Shefford-based creator. Wilkie, working solo as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, wrangles virtual instruments and real vulnerability into something uniquely his own, steeped in the melodic hooks of 60s/70s pop but often taking sharp turns down less-travelled, sometimes shadowed paths. https://open.spotify.com/album/0EX2aW7d7JSQ2xonrFDGvZ?si=XRwACPuoRW2vG_PAITRfyg The album...

I don’t know who the people behind OpCritical actually are, but their furious debut single "Not My America" hits with the blinding, aggressive clarity of a panic attack on a collapsing bridge. They’ve intentionally kept their identities hidden, claiming the members don't matter, only the message. And that message is absolutely dripping with exhaustion. https://open.spotify.com/album/3oSp8znP2ZplaOlGWAd8XR?si=47c49b602c7c4680 The track is a blistering, skate-punk barrage. Fast-paced, heavily distorted sonic...