Bottara did not rush Bit Longer into the feed. She carried the song for years, took it from London to Los Angeles, and kept returning until the record could hold her earlier and present selves in the same frame. That patience gives this Bottara single review its hook. The track is not framed as a glossy debut-day rush. It is a held glance, a groove...

Elliot Minor, those British rock-revivalists, are back from a decade-plus slumber. They've re-emerged, instruments blazing, with their new single "How Does It Feel." You know, the ones who always managed to sneak a cello into a mosh pit? That's them. Five members, still kicking. https://open.spotify.com/track/67pBtCFIlV0yPrkuLJ4FzK?si=EtxH00rOTsiYJ4CYRQQhqg "How Does It Feel" digs into that gloriously messy space where outward success crashes headfirst into inner turmoil. They are painting...