The single from Syracuse’s ORWAX, “Everything's Addictive,” doesn’t so much ask a question as it does state a grim, unblinking diagnosis for the modern soul. From its first notes, the track establishes itself not as a party anthem for self-destruction, but as the sound of the machine humming underneath our choices. The trio—a self-contained unit of Ryan and Jim Moran, with Jason Randall on...

Mark Cee maps the quiet devastation of outgrowing love on his melancholic new single, "Missed Connection". Ahead of his forthcoming record, "It's Me, Mark Cee", the Long Island ambient indie-folk songwriter delivers a staunchly analog meditation on the weird, heavy stillness that settles into a room once somebody walks out for good. https://open.spotify.com/album/0SBHNHPARhjLh7xOANXSID?si=cFAY88x7TmSDD5WgKip5vA Defiantly rejecting artificial polish, Cee relies entirely on the unvarnished grit and honest...