Jennifer Silva faces down the machinery of societal exploitation on her searing new single, "Surrounded by Monsters". Known across Brooklyn and Beacon for her powerhouse vocals and her gothic storytelling podcast Through the Forest: Haunting Tales & Ballads, Silva is well acquainted with the horrors that lurk in the dark. Here, though, the predators aren’t hidden away in ancient woods; they are the corporate...

Tony Frissore takes a deeply personal turn on his new single "Stolen Valor," teaming up with fellow veteran and spoken-word artist AXIOM to excavate the quiet wreckage of institutional disillusionment. Rather than aiming outward at civilian posers, the track radically upends the military concept from the inside out. Here, the valor feels stripped away by the very system that demanded it hollowed out by...