An empty bedroom can feel louder than a packed bar, and Joe Caruso builds “Waiting on the Wind” around that exact jolt. The Washington, DC singer-songwriter’s 2026 Folk/Pop single takes the familiar college send-off and gives it a close, human centre: a father looking at the room his only child has left behind, waiting for the next break to bring him home. It is a sharp...

Anacy's “Frosty” just landed, and honestly, it's like finding a lone, slightly melted candy cane in the back of the cupboard – a bit melancholic, oddly sweet, and intensely…there. This isn’t your standard jingle-bell affair. Anacy, who carves out these sonic spaces somewhere between indie-pop and, what? Festive electronica? It’s like wrapping Christmas lights around a synthesizer, I guess. They’re South African, too, which...