Keogea navigates the crushing weight of expected betrayal on his bleak new single "BROKEN PROMISES". The New York City artist combines alternative hip-hop and emo rap into an atmosphere that feels brutally, intensely isolating. https://open.spotify.com/track/1MdCkCvhslCrdlrkAopLFw?si=465d2fd6778247b5 He anchors the track with a somber, plucked melodic loop. It repeats endlessly, mirroring a mind stuck on a painful, inescapable thought. Underneath, a massive, rhythmic bass pulse hits like an...

Nothing Concrete’s new album, “The Imperfectionist”, is less a collection of songs and more a vessel that’s been around the world a few times, collecting scuffs and stories. It’s a beautifully unsteady thing, this record from the duo of Fergus McKay and Gaia Miato. They’ve crafted a dusty, globetrotting shuffle where bluesy resignation and the dramatic posture of tango are held together by the...