Listening to the opening of Michellar’s "Truth Over Lies" is like being dropped mid-sentence into a conversation you desperately need to hear. This track, which features Frankie El, doesn't ease you in; it puts you on the "shaky ground" it sings about, a state of profound vertigo that reminds me of the low, anxious hum an old CRT television used to make just before...

Emerging Indie Pop Sensation Alexa Perez Delivers a Deeply Personal EP That Captures the Essence of Young Adulthood In "Dear Future Me" An important chapter of Alexa Perez's musical career is her recent EP "Dear Future Me", which mixes diary-like introspection with indie pop. The EP is evidence of Alexa Perez's maturity as an artist and a person. In the last four years, Alexa Perez has become...