Sometimes the most honest music comes from the spaces between certainty and doubt. Blake Kelly knows this territory well. The Charlotte-based artist has spent his time moving between basketball courts, college classrooms, and recording studios, collecting experiences that fuel his latest EP, Guidance. "Left or Right" serves as the centrepiece of this four-track collection, and it arrives with the kind of laid-back confidence that suggests Kelly...

From the heartbeat of Austin's eclectic music scene emerges Sasha Ortiz, a singer-songwriter with a gift for crafting melodies that linger long after the final note fades. Drawing inspiration from iconic artists such as Little Dragon and Sade, Ortiz has managed to carve a niche for herself that's unmistakably her own. It's not just the versatility across genres that sets her apart the palpable emotion infused...