ALT RECESS

Cass Cardelle has lived enough different lives to fill more than one record. There was the small coastal town outside Boston, the move to Los Angeles, years spent traveling, a chapter in Japan, an appearance on a CMT dating show, experiments with electronic music, and eventually Nashville. Somewhere in all of that, music never really stopped being part of the picture. Now, those years have found their way into I'm Changing, Cass's debut project and a collection of heartfelt country-pop...

Simone Feroci does not exactly ease into “BassQuakes.” The second solo single from the Italian-born, Los Angeles-based bassist comes in with a much more aggressive attitude, putting slap bass right at the center of an instrumental funk-rock collision. There are no vocals to guide the way here. Instead, the bass carries the personality, pushing through the track with groovy hooks and hard-edged basslines while distorted guitars, synthesizers and relentless drums build up the rest of the chaos....

Sighmon has taken a rather different route into his latest chapter. After years of making music, building his craft through the DIY circuit and eventually relocating from Florida to Los Angeles, he has arrived at ‘REPTILE’, a project that brings his past and present together. The album has been described by Sighmon as the most personal expression of himself he has put onto a record so far, with Florida playing a particularly important role in its identity. That feels significant considering...