Fresh off landing her first major award nomination, Tower is back with new music. The Ghanaian alternative R&B singer has released "FALLIN," her third single of the year and a clear signal that her breakout run is far from slowing down. The song arrives on the heels of her AFRIMMA “Rising Star” nomination. For an artist barely a year into her recording career, the timing...

Violet Love has offered up an EP titled "Destined to Fail," and it arrives less like a prediction and more like a pre-existing condition, a medical chart for a soul that’s been diagnosed with itself. The DIY recording quality doesn’t feel lo-fi for aesthetics; it feels necessary, like these songs could only have been born in a sealed-off room where the air was getting...