Listening to 37 Houses and their new EP "Strangers" feels entirely like stumbling into an intensely intimate therapy session that miraculously transforms into a sweat-soaked 90s indie rock show. https://open.spotify.com/album/62NSIkN8J6ijONhErDTwtA?si=izu4NevqSeyI1vEjS9eAxg The San Francisco quartet operates as an open diary for lead singer Erin Sydney and guitarist Jeremy Rosenblum. Trapped in lockdown a mere four months after their wedding, their music processes the bewildering grief, angst, and...

When Albuquerque solo artist blue pablo dropped "baby, mess me entirely," a deeply unsettling question crawled into the room: why do we so eagerly swallow the very things that tear us apart? https://open.spotify.com/track/0cOvUVf1g8cTeMo07fBSiU?si=qI6PBuP4RGG2LmBMh384fA Working alongside producer Mateo Gutierrez, blue pablo has crafted a hypnotic cut of alternative R&B and dark pop. It begins with a severely visceral sequence chewing glass, slicing gums, digesting, throwing up. That...