Dropping the act can be harder than playing the part. Edison makes that decision the subject of 'Spread My Wings'. The pop single addresses a turning point and the choice of honesty. Behind the name is London-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mike Evans. Here, piano, strings and stacked harmonies surround a personal concern: how to stop hiding and live more openly. Silverstar Records released the single on...

Alli Brown's "Undeniable"… Hmm, where to even begin with this kaleidoscope of sound from Salt Lake City? It's like someone took the earnestness of a diary entry, crumpled it up, threw it at a dartboard of genres – pop, folk, country, rock – and then decided to set the whole thing to music. Did the dartboard land on "genius" or "glorious mess"? I'm still...