With Deptford Sound Collective dropping "Give Me . Give Me . Give Me, I want it all", I found myself suspended somewhere between a Studio 54 dancefloor and a gritty picket line. It’s a jarring, delightful confusion. You expect the somber acoustic strumming of 1960s activism given the collective’s mission but instead, you are slapped awake by a wall of 1980s synth-pop. https://open.spotify.com/album/6ULaYdVEhxN7eK0w9AmHtL?si=qiJmIM0oR2GlZ7uC8idmyw The track hits...

Christopher Rodriguez, the prolific solo artist from Pueblo, Colorado, challenges our modern distractions head-on with his new single, "Whom Seek Ye". A father of five propelled by sheer biblical conviction, Rodriguez clearly doesn't care about playing nice with pop-music norms. Instead, he occupies an imposing, almost prophetic headspace here to demand we evaluate our deepest spiritual priorities. https://youtu.be/YXJVW5NMRxU When you actually sit with the track, its...