Midnite Radio just dropped their soaring new single "Fear No Stars", offering a luminous glimpse into the euphoric ecosystem of their debut EP, "Auntie". The group a geographic collision of friends between Tennessee and Los Angeles composed of Lee Coram, Beak Wing, Ken Christianson, Miles Martin, and Jon Shearer excels at a peculiar sort of theatrical world-building. You press play, and suddenly the gravity...

Listening to Violet Whimsey’s new EP, “PERSEPHONE,” is a bit like finding an antique music box that only plays minor chords. You wind it up, expecting a delicate tune, but what emerges is something far more shadowed, intricate, and possessed of a strange, chilling beauty. This is dark pop that doesn’t just brood; it excavates. https://open.spotify.com/album/0mrzzMpWVM7kKEWam6vTQP?si=D4ysByaOQCOEwElRdWm0Bg The collection is a descent, a guided tour through various...