There is a distinctive friction when you listen to Pimpin Change and his upcoming album, “Luxury Pimpin”, something like the satisfying drag of a high-quality fountain pen across textured paper. You expect the ink to bleed, but the lines remain sharp. Jeremy Hill, the man behind the moniker and the Country Dreams Ent. label, operates in a space that feels surprisingly vacant in modern...

With “I’m Still Standing,” Frankie Muriel isn't just releasing nine songs; he’s excavating a life lived in the key of rock and roll. The glam-metal swagger of KINGOFTHEHILL and the dance-floor pulse of Dr. Zhivegas are here, but only as ghosts in the machine—ancestral echoes beneath a sound that is grittier, warmer, and stained with the wisdom of survival. This is the sound of...