When I pressed play on the latest release from Shelita, titled "Sailors", I wasn't expecting the floor to drop out from under me. You see, "pop" is often a safe word, a designation for the palatable. But this? This is something else entirely. It’s as if someone took a tender ballad and threw it into a particle accelerator to see what sub-atomic emotions would...

TWOFEW’s new single, “Let It Go,” lands with the resonant thud of a heartfelt admission, the kind you only make when the room’s too loud to be properly heard. This Phoenix, Arizona quartet – Michael Lazar leading on vocals and keys, David Lazar wrestling with guitar, John Sebring on drums laying down a defiant pulse, and Danielle Lazar anchoring the low end on bass...