When Albuquerque solo artist blue pablo dropped "baby, mess me entirely," a deeply unsettling question crawled into the room: why do we so eagerly swallow the very things that tear us apart? https://open.spotify.com/track/0cOvUVf1g8cTeMo07fBSiU?si=qI6PBuP4RGG2LmBMh384fA Working alongside producer Mateo Gutierrez, blue pablo has crafted a hypnotic cut of alternative R&B and dark pop. It begins with a severely visceral sequence chewing glass, slicing gums, digesting, throwing up. That...

Stars Go Dim’s new album, “Roses,” has a peculiar effect; it settles into a room less like music and more like a change in the atmospheric pressure. There’s a plush, amber-toned sound here, a vibe so authentically steeped in 1970s groove that you can almost feel the corduroy under your fingertips. https://open.spotify.com/album/1KS8wbOx2wWw1ce0VdcMgV?si=VRrFtLJDQi-8gD8p8t1BlQ Chris Cleveland’s vocals, smooth and seasoned like worn-in denim, glide over bass lines that...