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...

Strumming the Strings of Reminiscence, Kendall Bowser Bares Her Heart on Her Latest EP, "Sober Truths". Melodic echoes of loss and longing have found a new voice in Kendall Bowser, a sensitive and introspective songwriter, who breathes life into the universal experience of yearning for "the one that got away" in her latest EP, "Sober Truths." With the lead single "Got Away," Bowser doesn't just expose...