Shane Revers opens the heavy door to "Inside Room 17", and you immediately realize you are stepping into an incredibly private emotional space. This debut EP builds its architecture entirely out of heavy memories and the agonizing passage of time. He notes influences like the Jonas Brothers, John Mayer, and James Bay, yet he manages to spin these stripped-down acoustic pop inspirations into a...

The Chicago duo Two Whatevers drops a genre-smashing, high-energy protest album 'Punk Deluxe' that makes fighting hyper-capitalism sound like the best party of the year. You know that feeling when you have fifty tabs open, your phone is buzzing with notifications, and you just want to scream? Two Whatevers took that exact sensation, plugged it into a massive pedalboard, and turned it into a ten-track...