Fernando Nunez

Exzenya’s “B!tch Please” opens with a woman who has already made the calculation and decided she has nothing left to lose. The song begins at the moment the door opens on the woman who slept with her husband, but there…

Stephen Day’s “Mama, I Found Your Guitar” turns a family object into the starting point of a life that does not unfold as simply as its young narrator imagined—connecting to the deep generational and maternal legacy honored in Keesha Blair:…

Valice’s “Planetary Peril!” turns the end of the world into a street party, where an asteroid, collapsing Earth, and escaping billionaires become reasons to dance before the lights go out. The opening announcement is blunt: “You’re all going to fucking…

Nick Gill’s “The Sum Of It” takes the simple realization that nobody can be everything another person needs and builds a song around the sadness that comes with accepting it. Gill says the idea arrived while listening to a podcast…

Cypress Key’s “Hey Sunshine” treats a new morning as the first sign that a difficult period can finally give way to something different. “Waking up on a sunny morning / Let the light shine through the shade” puts that change…

Already Legends’ “1 Of Them Ones” turns group chemistry into a running statement of self-belief. The Detroit hip hop collective, made up of SAVAGESPITFLAMEZ, SAM TATE, SQUAD, and L.O.E BOOG, place themselves in Chicago while trading boasts, references, threats, money…

Bass Envy’s “Not From Around Here” makes unfamiliar territory into a strange little theatre, where the outsider arrives as a “carnival man” and tries to find a place among broken towns, big box stores, and American lore. Jack Skuller wrote…

Priya Ragu’s “FINALLY” returns to the left-field R&B language that has shaped her work, bringing its intricate approach into a new chapter. The track follows damshestamil and SANTHOSAM, projects that established a sound built around Ragu’s distinctive vocal presence and…

Starlight’s “The Last Wolf” gives a voice to an animal whose presence is threatened by poaching, poisoning, and illegal culling in Italy. The song begins with eyes that have “saw a thousand moons” and ancestors whose echoes remain in the…

Pablo Bolivar and FERHE give “Only by Firelight – Space Version” a sense of nocturnal movement rooted in melodic, atmospheric club music. The collaboration brings together Bolivar’s long-running work across hypnotic Techno and FERHE’s focus on atmosphere-led electronic music, sharing…