Earl Patrick pivots sharply away from his usual indie-folk and guitar-driven comfort zones for his newest release, the wildly inventive album "Conditioned By Machines". The Portland, Oregon-based composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has spent over two decades building a dense, eight-album catalog. Here, however, he entirely flips the script. Feeling that classical flute music too often prioritizes gesture over pure melody, he set out...

Cindy B, the East London prodigy, who has been painting the music industry with her vibrant palette of influences, has returned to the scene with her pulsating summer anthem "Like The Water". Being a mere twenty years old doesn't hold back this gifted singer-songwriter, whose music presents a sonic tapestry woven with threads borrowed from Aaliyah's sultry R&B, Bowie's eccentric rock, Taylor Swift's narrative lyrics,...