Emily AF, the brains behind Rockstar & Elise—a solo project that sounds like an 80s jukebox exploded and then reassembled itself with bluegrass banjos and industrial-strength glue—has dropped a new single. What do we make of Emily, a veteran sound engineer moonlighting as a nostalgia pop siren? Fascinating, no? https://open.spotify.com/track/0F3jvbRRXTY9pcAaFarsLp?si=NVgBtC4eQ12KlOj6nEkXGw "Cruel Summer - Emily AF Version," explores a sizzling, dangerous liaison. A clandestine connection where the...

"Eyes of Izzy" has the feel of a song that waited until the room got quiet enough to speak. Mark Moule, the Busselton-based singer-songwriter originally from Birmingham, brings forward an original single and the hook is instantly different. This is not a casual name-drop from history. It is a Mark Moule "Eyes of Izzy" single review about a track that takes Abraham "Izzy" Orloff, the...