Take Jack Horton, a Portland-based singer-songwriter whose path to folk-Americana included stops at Japanese law school, Tokyo piano bars, corporate boardrooms, and government offices. His latest EP, "Imperfections," feels like finding someone's private journal set to music. And that someone happens to write really, really well. The five-song collection opens with "Set Me Free," a piano-driven confession that might surprise anyone expecting typical breakup bitterness. Horton...

eRapWMDX: Colorado's alternative music recording artist, eRapWMDX, an innovator combining music, engineering, and apparently, downhill skiing, has dropped a new single, "The Algorythm." https://open.spotify.com/album/51lYCxHyXOuxeWG5p4q4RG "The Algorythm" dives headfirst into the digital abyss. The single paints a bleak, strangely compelling picture of our obsession with online validation. Clicks, likes, shares…the holy trinity of the 21st century. Ever felt that creeping sensation of needing just one more? eRapWMDX...