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Gabrielle Current: Make It Right The opening track on Gabrielle Current’s recently released debut EP Virgo, “Make It Right,” is a silky, lush tune tinged with elements of ’90s and early 2000s R&B. The five-track release carries on the theme, blending neo-soul with R&B and jazz for a gossamer sound that’s buoyed by the LA-based artist’s honeyed vocals. quickly, quickly: Everything is Different (To Me) …

Radley O’Brien: Playing House in the Woods

From recording artist Radley O’Brien’s forthcoming debut EP, When Your Father Couldn’t Dance, the Luke Temple-produced “Playing House in the Woods” harks back to the emotive undercurrent of alt singer-songwriter music from the ’70s. A bleak but beautiful black and white video accompanies the release, punctuated by architecturally profound moments of decay that marry with the track’s tone. It’s been directed, photographed and edited by Haoyan of America. …

Buzzy Lee: Strange Town (Julia Holter Edit)

Singer, songwriter and producer Julia Holter remixes “Strange Town,” a single from Spoiled Love, the debut album of fellow LA-based musician Buzzy Lee (aka Sasha Spielberg). Spielberg’s captivating debut released in January 2021, with production collaboration from Nicolas Jaar. As with the original track, Spielberg’s vocals entrance; Holter, however, enhances the entire enveloping and ethereal nature.