When Blond Jesus released the breathless new single "Karma Buddy," he perfectly bottled the sheer, stomach-dropping terror of blowing up a perfectly safe friendship. There is an agonizing electricity in realizing you want something entirely different from someone you've known forever, and this track sprints headfirst into that exact moment of anxiety. https://open.spotify.com/album/3JwfBy3lewo48u7UloyjsN?si=iLL1viyySWKKoS8KHjNBwg Sonically, the guitars utterly refuse to sit still. Rooted deeply in the massive,...

It looks like the issue of love is something that comes naturally to Knii Lante. It strikes me how the love theme runs through almost all his songs. Talk of “Baby Take Good Care”, “Baby be Mine”, “You”, “When You Love Someone” and “Humanity” which pays homage to frontline health workers. All his songs ooze with love. Then comes the latest one “I Just Want...