San Francisco’s queer honky-tonk institution Country Risqué returns to announce their forthcoming sophomore album "As the Crow Flies", leading the charge with an irresistibly bouncy single called "Motorcycle Johnny". https://open.spotify.com/track/09mrnJCwv6Rf3ZNjlEazVv?si=b3b7ec5d8e08487a There is a strange, captivating alchemy to this band. The vocal friction alone is brilliant: Miles Gordon provides a rich, formally trained warmth, while Daniel Bromfield leans hard into a languid, almost defiant deadpan. Supported by...

Some EPs ask you to sit with your feelings. 'Dancing On The Event Horizon' grabs those feelings by the collar, turns the amps up, and tells them to move. Tár, the alternative rock band from Szczecin, Poland, have built a four-track release that feels heavy without getting stuck, emotional without dragging its feet, and nostalgic without sounding trapped in someone else’s record collection. The band calls...