Ava Valianti represents something increasingly rare in contemporary music: genuine precocity without artifice. This Massachusetts artist, who is only fifteen years old, handles general themes with a level of emotional depth that is shocking. She shows that youth can bring out the best in complicated human experiences, rather than hiding them. "Distant," her sixth single, functions as a sonic archaeology of friendship's dissolution. The track excavates layers...

P0STERGIRL, the Brighton-based purveyor of sardonic art-pop, has dropped a new single, "PARADISE," and, honestly, it's the kind of track that makes you want to simultaneously dance and ponder the heat death of the universe. I think I need new shoes, too. https://open.spotify.com/track/2RM0f0UWF7JumJR9gCxnhI?si=726ed2382cac472e "PARADISE" apparently grapples with optimistic nihilism, which, at first glance, feels like ordering a sugar-free ice cream sundae topped with existential dread. P0STERGIRL,...