American pop artist Katie Belle has unleashed "People Pleaser", the standout single and title track of her latest 5-song EP, released on December 12, 2025. It sounds exactly like watching someone finally snap in the best possible way. The Atlanta and Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, actor, and model uses this release to fiercely shed her own suffocating need for external validation. https://open.spotify.com/track/0XsIaVlnO8JwOJrKbzVuXp?si=2d6ec5a36729484c Lyrically, the track functions as...

Sound Liberation’s “Elegy” isn’t so much an album as it is an unbolting of several sonic cages, letting the inhabitants mingle, argue, and eventually, find a strange, compelling harmony. Gene Pritsker and his rotating ensemble are, as ever, on a crusade against the "segregation of sound vibration," and here, their weapon of choice is grief, remembrance, and an absolutely defiant refusal to sit still...