Manchester's own Joize throws us headfirst into a Friday night fever dream with his new single, "Nasty." And, boy, is it appropriately named. Not nasty as in, ew, gross. No. This is that electric slide-across-the-dancefloor-because-the-bass-just-possessed-you kind of nasty. Afro RnB, sure, but there are flickers of something a little…unexpected. https://open.spotify.com/track/01f7F7WKS6v8KAbEcBBJ3t The theme? Unabashed, unapologetic desire. The song unfolds in a single electrifying night. It's a brief...

Listening to Bloomfield Machine's new seventeen-track instrumental album, “Copium,” feels a bit like stepping into a terrarium during a quiet downpour. The title itself suggests a kind of modern, knowing self-delusion, the balm we apply just to get by. Yet, the music crafted by Huntington Beach’s Brian Kassan is far too sincere for pure cynicism. This isn’t the sound of giving up; it’s the...