Amara-Fe has definitively shifted from the messy business of becoming into the absolute certainty of claiming with her new album, "A Queen’s Ambition". The rising solo artist, tethered to deep musical roots extending through Mission and Dallas, Texas, arrives fully formed here. There is a palpable weight to her cinematic R&B and electropop arrangements. You can almost feel her surveying her territory, setting borders,...

Honey VHS has delivered their debut record, "With Pulp," and I have to confess, listening to it feels entirely like having your internal temperature abruptly recalibrated. Formed just last year in 2025, this Brooklyn-based independent alternative and folk-rock crew bypassed modern, glossy studio wizardry entirely. Cameron Roberts, Luca Moneti Schliemann, Lucas Saur, Alex Harwood and Pele Greenberg chose instead to record these songs live...