Marston and Baldi open “Outside” with a contradiction I keep tripping over: a song about wanting to hide indoors that sounds built for sprinting down a sunlit street. The title track is brisk, rhythmic, all soaring hooks and power pop muscle, while its narrator quietly plots an escape from the cheerful crowd. It’s an anthem for anyone who has smiled through a party while...

Since making her professional debut in 2019, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and composer Marc Rangel has been making waves in the music world. But at the early age of 12, she started her path as a creative when she developed a liking for composing music. To her legion of devoted followers, she is just known as Marc Rangel, yet she is one of the most...