Empty Pinata – remember LA Rodriguez? – serves up the single "Bonfire," and honestly, the air changes slightly when you play it. It’s less like passively listening and more like discovering a singed diary page fluttering down a quiet street. The music itself is this curious contradiction, wrapping harrowing emotional shrapnel in the comforting gauze of indie-pop, flecked with soft rock warmth. A strangely...

Since making her professional debut in 2019, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and composer Marc Rangel has been making waves in the music world. But at the early age of 12, she started her path as a creative when she developed a liking for composing music. To her legion of devoted followers, she is just known as Marc Rangel, yet she is one of the most...