Listening to Amara Fe’s new album, "SHIFT," is a bit like finding a perfectly preserved suit of medieval armor that’s been custom-tailored by a high-fashion house. It is formidable, gleaming, and entirely without apology. Across the sprawling landscape of its 24 tracks, Fe builds a monument to self-belief so solid it could probably withstand a siege. There is no room for doubt in this...

Midnite Radio just dropped their soaring new single "Fear No Stars", offering a luminous glimpse into the euphoric ecosystem of their debut EP, "Auntie". The group a geographic collision of friends between Tennessee and Los Angeles composed of Lee Coram, Beak Wing, Ken Christianson, Miles Martin, and Jon Shearer excels at a peculiar sort of theatrical world-building. You press play, and suddenly the gravity...