Megan Wheeler’s new single, "Now That I'm Gone," arrived. Not via carrier pigeon, thankfully, though wouldn't that be a marketing strategy? No, it arrived in the usual, utterly un-magical digital way, yet somehow, managed to feel like a little explosion of confetti made of pure, defiant self-respect. https://open.spotify.com/track/2m3tz4bSNELxdIbTjRWc92?si=546c28793c4443bc This isn't your typical "woe-is-me" breakup ballad. Wheeler, often drawing favorable comparisons to the songwriting queens, that Holy...

When the Ukrainian alternative pop singer Janeuary launches into her latest single "Undress My Heart", you immediately feel an involuntary need to check if your own emotional deadbolts are securely fastened. Unzipping a jacket or dropping a shirt to the floor is purely mechanical. It is the easy, predictable choreography of human attraction. Peeling back the ego to let another human actually gaze upon...