The Austin-based songwriter Alex Winters turns the terrifying act of emotional surrender into a towering alt-rock confession. There is a specific kind of silence that occupies a room right before a heavy truth is spoken aloud. It is thick, suffocating, and entirely self-imposed. We build fortresses out of our past traumas, stacking bricks of deflection and mortar of avoidance to guarantee nothing can ever hurt us...

ESTRADA Music Project’s new single, "We Are Not God," presents a fascinating study in contrasts, much like its creator, Dr. Alejandro Estrada. When not navigating the complex corridors of NHS Scotland urology, he’s here, a multi-instrumentalist weaving the intensity of that world into these evocative soundscapes. And "evocative" barely scratches the surface; this track certainly pinged some unexpected bells in this old mind. https://open.spotify.com/track/0pyP1Nd4wxDXx8lHJmkywK?si=ry3i0edRSYWg61cDpIWQ9A The song...