There is a peculiar kind of engine at the heart of "Half Evil" by Tomato Soup, and it runs not on gasoline but on disorientation. The Denver six-piece calls their sound "Motor-Folk," and it fits. The track has the chugging, forward-moving momentum of a vehicle, yet it seems to be driving through a landscape seen in a fever dream, where the signposts are all...

Boston-based indie electronic producer MOMARZ just dropped his new EP, "THE THEORY", delivering a fiercely human reaction to an increasingly automated musical landscape. He explicitly rejects AI. Instead, he burrows into his home studio with GarageBand and a curated setup of gear specifically a Yamaha P-125, KORG microKEY, and an M-VAVE MIDI piano. By operating this way, he effectively bleeds the natural, analog resonance...