The New York City violinist and singer-songwriter Nevler packs Sequoia, Unfair, Sunshine, and Velvet with moonlit drama, bedroom closeness, and situationship fallout "A Handful Of Moons". Press play and the room changes size. "A Handful Of Moons" may only run for about thirteen and a half minutes, but Nevler knows how to make a short EP feel packed with messy texts, late trains, soft light,...

J Terrell's "Stardom" isn't a song asking for your belief; it's a receipt for a future that has already been purchased. Presented as a dispatch from "Dream Radio," the track functions as an audible incantation, a funky, propulsive spell designed to bend reality to its will. The confidence here isn't boastful; it’s procedural, as if we’re listening to someone calmly read the minutes from...