There is a specific kind of quiet you find in the Midwest, and listening to Derby Hill and his self-titled release, "Derby Hill", feels like stumbling into that quiet after a long, noisy shift. It’s not the silence of emptiness; it’s the silence of after. After the argument, after the paycheck clears, after the sun goes down over the Detroit skyline or a Chicago...

Independent Los Angeles artist Fiore has dropped her new single "Baccarat Rouge", a seductive arrival ahead of her upcoming debut EP, "Heart on Fire". Originally from Dana Point, Fiore specializes in dragging our deeply internalized emotions out into the open, mapping the quiet things we feel while merely surviving the day. https://open.spotify.com/track/2Vjb2MrEoEwwYYeFEMLy0b?si=ngbV4UBkQjSbPlAtyPuMWQ She leans heavily into alternative pop and dark R&B on this outing. A thick,...