Dan Wilkie’s sixteen-song album, "MelodyBox," arrives not with a neat bow but feeling more like an overstuffed cabinet of curiosities flung open by its Shefford-based creator. Wilkie, working solo as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, wrangles virtual instruments and real vulnerability into something uniquely his own, steeped in the melodic hooks of 60s/70s pop but often taking sharp turns down less-travelled, sometimes shadowed paths. https://open.spotify.com/album/0EX2aW7d7JSQ2xonrFDGvZ?si=XRwACPuoRW2vG_PAITRfyg The album...

The Berlin dark alternative band Saline Grace turns city loneliness, gothic folk textures, and Ricardo Hoffmann's voice into a gripping late-night listen. Hit play and 'Rooms To Let' feels like stepping into an apartment that still remembers its last tenant. The air is calm, but something is wrong. A chair sits too neatly. A hallway stretches too long. Saline Grace know exactly how to make stillness...