On the new single “Under the Willow Tree,” 23 Fields the folk-Americana project of solo artist Step confronts the strange, yawning distance between who we were at seventeen and the people we eventually become. The track takes shape around a lively current of bright, resonant strumming and intricate, cyclic plucking. Before long, a gentle, pulsing thud locks into place beneath the intertwining chord patterns,...

Dev London's new single, “Spell On Me,” slid into my listening queue, and frankly, the title felt less like an invitation and more like a diagnosis. This rising Manteca artist crafts a sound here – an R&B/Pop fusion – that's as smooth as it is unsettling, like finding a perfectly polished stone that hums with a faint, troubling energy. https://open.spotify.com/track/73XvCea2NkVBeTPEhqoTvj?si=jXi6lrm_TVukGsDhbjcMfw The track unpacks the exquisite torture...