Wichita native Dax wades straight into the terrifying, hollow quiet of a spiritual crisis on his explosive original single, "God, Can You Hear Me?". Rooted in an existential reckoning he faced at age twenty-five, the Christian rap and alternative hip-hop track intentionally strips away the deafening static of modern life. He wants to clear the room, desperately trying to catch a single divine frequency. https://open.spotify.com/album/4LK1D5Nz0hAzEXyN4G2zMd?si=WemquaSLRWKsq8iz-RlGhQ Listening...

Earl Patrick pivots sharply away from his usual indie-folk and guitar-driven comfort zones for his newest release, the wildly inventive album "Conditioned By Machines". The Portland, Oregon-based composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist has spent over two decades building a dense, eight-album catalog. Here, however, he entirely flips the script. Feeling that classical flute music too often prioritizes gesture over pure melody, he set out...