“U Wish” understands the pull of a text you promised yourself you would not check again. Tracy Pham’s EP stays close to attraction’s small after-effects, then lets them carry the drama. The original project holds onto clothes left behind, remembered touch and the choice to keep someone near. This is a melody-led EP that treats hesitation as information, rather than a flaw. Pham comes to that...

The Sven Curth Trio pushes back against our increasingly artificial landscape with their new album, "live at your local Waterhole". Serving as a deliberate defense of organic, human art, the release documents the trio doing exactly what algorithms cannot: sweating it out, improvising, and finding communal joy in a crowded room. https://open.spotify.com/album/3AN1GZsmhBUtD3j4yEZr4c?si=je3S2Y-NTYm73O_NV4LqHw The lineup is tightly woven. Sven Curth anchors the band on vocals, guitar, and...