Janet Devlin releases "Candy", and she sounds like she’s wearing a smirk that could stop traffic. This track doesn't tiptoe; it struts. From the jump, we are met with a rhythmic, plucking string vibration a gritty, staccato backbone that acts like the nervous system of the song. It’s propelled by a heavy, stomping beat that feels authoritative, the kind of pulse that makes you...

There is a specific kind of sweat you only generate in a dive bar after midnight, and DownTown Mystic seems intent on bottling that exact humidity with "Hard Enough (Remix)". It hits you immediately a sonic shove to the chest that feels like a double shot of something brown, burning, and absolutely necessary. Robert Allen, the engine behind the moniker, isn't interested in polishing...