Badtaste, the creative vehicle of Czech-German artist Anna Kristina, has dropped a conceptual diptych titled "Hedonism, Sobriety." Now operating out of Paris, the singer, songwriter, and dancer has constructed a release that thrives on friction. It is a project that looks directly at the messy, often contradictory nature of human desire and refuses to tidy it up for easy consumption. The music operates in the...

Shape of Water drops their single "Last Goodbye," and it hits like walking into a brightly lit kitchen the morning after a furious argument – everything’s superficially tidy, the chrome gleaming, but the air itself feels bruised, humming with absence. This electronic art rock outfit from Manchester, featuring Rossano Capriotti handling vocals, bass, and keys with Luca De Falco on guitar/backing vocals and Tom...