There is a specific kind of magic that happens when an artist decides to strip away the noise and focus entirely on the core emotion of a track. Phoebe June, a rising indie pop talent based in Berlin, has managed to capture this elusive quality with her latest single, "Dead Sea". In a musical climate that frequently rewards the loudest voice in the room, she...

A Project Called Love just dropped the new single "Chance Encounter," and I’ve been letting its surprisingly anxious rhythm bounce around my skull all afternoon. Jay Hope, the musician handling songwriting, vocals, guitar, and bass for this solo venture, splits his life between the sun-bleached shores of Venice, California, and the concrete lines of Cologne, Germany. Usually deeply rooted in the punk and grunge...