ANGELICA, the Colombian-born, New Yorker— wait, wasn't she a dancer? Yes, was. Now, she's singing, and her latest single, "Lincoln Pl," produced by Marrick Smith and Ian Kimmel, dropped. And my first thought, unbidden, was: Why do pigeons always bob their heads? https://open.spotify.com/album/3O23i4F0TvXtrIp8I6o9jl?si=t1MLgaIyQfWeU1UIobZ1iQ Anyway, "Lincoln Pl." It's a pop/R&B concoction, with a dreamy synth that makes you think you're floating, until ANGELICA's voice, all grounded and...

Anthony Quaid’s newest single, "Do I Scare You?", opens like a thunderstorm in slow motion—the kind where the brewing tension isn’t just in the clouds but between people, between selves. This isn’t just a track for weekend playlists or post-brunch car rides. This is a clenched fist of a song, daring the listener to flinch. Baton Rouge may lie in Quaid’s rearview mirror, but...