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...

Dan Webb flips the script with his exhilarating new single, "Thai Basil", ditching existential dread for unabashed celebration. As the third preview of his upcoming fifth studio album, "Lion Dance", the track stands apart from that record’s looming contemplations of Taoist philosophy, displacement, and loss. Instead of wrestling with cosmic grief, Webb throws a straight-up party. https://open.spotify.com/track/04Ey67MP4SvGYkDqXD5CEA?si=a9d8adf312c8461a Without a single vocal line to steer the room,...