The worst person to deliver bad news helped create it. Lyons Lane makes that ugly truth the calling card for “You’ll Talk About It!”, its debut EP. The Detroit five-piece places love, loss, obsession and ego at the record’s centre, but opener “Don’t Shoot The Messenger” gives those ideas a proper complication: a man tells another man that his girlfriend cheated on him, yet he...

Jake Vera’s “Purgatory”: A Raw Ode to the Afterlife and Beyond Putting out a first song called "Purgatory" seems almost radical. Even though it is not exactly roses, Jake Vera is not here to play it safe. Coming from Dallas, Texas, this self-made artist has made a song that hits you hard emotionally and sounds rough. Working with producer AfwulDrama, Vera crafts an introspective exploration of...