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...

DayEyez crashes ashore with "Cast Away," a single that feels less like a planned arrival and more like waking up amidst personal wreckage you vaguely remember building. Helmed by Shaun Dayman from Richmond, New Zealand, this AI-driven alt-rock project tackles profound regret with a sound both cinematically huge and intimately crushing. Forget grand catastrophes; the narrative here is the slow, insidious rot of relationship...