Maraad’s new album, “BUFF”, is a strange and beautiful paradox, an object forged in the very fire it’s meant to protect you from. Each track is presented as a "buff," a bit of protective magic for the spirit, but the energy humming underneath feels less like a polished shield and more like the faint, determined glow around a figure in a centuries-old altarpiece—somehow both...

Naomi Jane has gone big with her latest single, "Pretty Boys", which promises artistic maturity going higher proportionally to the pace of her growing stardom. The fifteen-year-old girl's voice travels beyond her age to convey a message about the love of self and beating any superficial ruse. The story of the one, with its explicit and underlined feel of independence and self-worth, captures the hearts...