Amara-Fe has definitively shifted from the messy business of becoming into the absolute certainty of claiming with her new album, "A Queen’s Ambition". The rising solo artist, tethered to deep musical roots extending through Mission and Dallas, Texas, arrives fully formed here. There is a palpable weight to her cinematic R&B and electropop arrangements. You can almost feel her surveying her territory, setting borders,...

UK-based songwriting duo Bradby Sings capture the wildly unhinged chaos of an obsessive new crush on their newest single, “Sing Out Loud”. Usually operating away from the spotlight to create poignant, guitar-led pop strictly for film, television, and internet creators, the pair currently refrain from performing live. Here, though, they enthusiastically demand your undivided attention. https://open.spotify.com/album/4rKKxoQ3Jk7uRMwCz8jwfL?si=1B2eX_kDQruMmnzjkfRqJw The arrangement leans deeply into their theatrical pop-rock sensibilities, cautiously...