I confess, my first encounter with MAAME’s new single, “Daydreaming,” was one of deceptive serenity. Here is a track that slides into your awareness with such poise, a self-assured piece of modern R&B that knows its way around a groove. It’s only on the second pass that you realize the serene space it creates is filled with a low, anxious hum—the sound of a...

The indie pop artist delivers a seven-track album that feels exactly like the emotional whiplash of your twenties You know that feeling when you are walking home late at night, the streetlights are flickering, and your brain is cycling through every mistake you have ever made, only to suddenly feel completely invincible? That is exactly the energy Lana Crow captures on her third studio album. "In...