You just got to love it when EPs are named exactly like how it sounds. THROES NYC’s The Wires Out is pretty much that—everything is exposed, buzzing, sparking, and maybe one bad decision away from catching fire. THROES NYC is the brainchild of Queens, NY natives Michael Bozzo and Courtney Leo, who have been making
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Some pop songs are made to be danced to. Other songs are made to be contemplated. Stefanie Michaela achieves a perfect synthesis with ‘Carefree’. Its ultimate success is a sense of liberation found not at the end of impossible striving for perfection but through recognizing the value of simply being present. It could hardly be
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Late night quiet brings a specific clarity that Alexa Kate transforms into brilliant emotional art on her stunning release The Aftermath. The track opens on a delicate strumming pattern in a sleepy New York City apartment setting that feels like eavesdropping on a secret confession spoken under hushed breath. She handles the weight of emotional self-sabotage with
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The scent of cheap cologne and the weight of a heavy silence usually define the end of a bad romance but Angele Lapp decides to torch that entire cliché with her new single Toxic Boyfriend. Instead of retreating into the usual muted acoustic heartbreak she opts for a high-voltage reclamation of space that feels like
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Streaming has birthed an odd kind of musical inflation. Albums are deluxe editions. Deluxe editions become “complete” editions. Singles include five mixes that are only discernibly different if you possess the hearing of a bat or the patience of a saint. Somewhere along the line, we became conditioned to believe that quantity was an acceptable