When the Los Angeles teen trio LED dropped their new single "YOUR PERFECT", I was violently thrown back into the absolute, suffocating gravity of toxic high school heartbreak. https://open.spotify.com/track/0rJAWp3Dgyob2Ao0kIbVw3?si=ac87993782c34a0a Edie Yvonne, Layne Olivia, and Lockett Pentz, kids who initially bumped into each other at a film camp have seemingly decided to skip cinematic pursuits in favor of crafting sheer, fuzzy vengeance. They construct the melody over...

Vie Jester’s new EP, ‘Masquerade’, presents itself like a costume box found in an attic that smells faintly of ozone and old, ambitious blueprints. This Los Angeles trio, typically weavers of their own heavy, harmonious rock tapestries laced with esoteric concerns, have opted for a different kind of unveiling: they’re trying on other people's clothes. https://open.spotify.com/album/0grUBCwpcgdKF29lBxWmLR?si=RTUUi7H3SC2oUUHu0TdHig A covers EP can be a curious beast. Here, Vie...