When Desperate Electric unleashed their new single "I Control The Vibe," they handed us an exact sonic blueprint for walking into a room and instantly rearranging its molecular structure. The Montana power disco duo Kayti Korte and Ben Morris specialize in brewing up something incredibly intoxicating. Their musical world is famously described as a late-night lounge where Marvin Gaye buys Daft Punk a cocktail,...

Matthew Phillips, the two-time San Diego Music Award-winning independent artist, takes up arms against our modern era's disposable romance on his new single, "Battlefield of Love." We live in an age where discarding people is terrifyingly easy. Phillips rejects that entirely. Writing, playing guitar, and performing with a fierce sense of defiance, he blends alternative rock urgency with sprawling cinematic textures to build a...