When Atlantic Canada blues duo Aging Disgracefully released their EP "Vintage Love", it immediately became obvious that pop culture's youth obsession is misplacing its bets. Comprised of Karen on vocals alongside Mike on guitar and vocals, the pair actively refuses to fade quietly into the societal background. https://open.spotify.com/album/1AmIbw8t0C2GfgpOZZS2qd?si=szV3RJ_uTuOOgeRA2Oul7g The record opens hot. "Blues Get Better With Age" serves as a stomping, heavily distorted manifesto. Getting older...

The new single from Quentin Moore, “Kiss Your Lips,” doesn’t so much start as it seeps into the room, lowering the lights and raising the temperature by a degree or two. Moore is at the piano, his vocals draping over the notes with the patient weight of heavy silk. The entire thing feels excavated from some lost '70s studio session, a slow jam built...