Empty Pinata – remember LA Rodriguez? – serves up the single "Bonfire," and honestly, the air changes slightly when you play it. It’s less like passively listening and more like discovering a singed diary page fluttering down a quiet street. The music itself is this curious contradiction, wrapping harrowing emotional shrapnel in the comforting gauze of indie-pop, flecked with soft rock warmth. A strangely...

Some EPs ask you to sit with your feelings. 'Dancing On The Event Horizon' grabs those feelings by the collar, turns the amps up, and tells them to move. Tár, the alternative rock band from Szczecin, Poland, have built a four-track release that feels heavy without getting stuck, emotional without dragging its feet, and nostalgic without sounding trapped in someone else’s record collection. The band calls...