The room stays in the take. That is the first pull of Hurb Jephasun’s "In The End", a four-track EP that puts raw texture ahead of a cosmetic finish. The Perth-based Australian outsider artist leaves breath audible, lets the voice crack and gives the keys real weight. There is no gloss and no studio trickery trying to make the work behave. Instead, the release brings its...

Riding a torrential creative hot streak, San Francisco solo artist Michellar delivers a sprawling exploration of uncontrollable yearning on her newest release, "Can't get you out of my mind". Having been writing songs since the age of fifteen, she’s currently in the middle of a staggering run of output dropping an incredible 22 singles in a furious nine-month stretch. https://open.spotify.com/album/1eCYsckAtR9dx4d7kJsqpi?si=mYcUdvdhQW2yA-yD6OJJ0Q This original single cuts especially deep....