Val Hernández

"Nobody Else" arrives October 2nd as the latest single from Lo Renz, the indie synth-pop artist whose debut EP dropped back in June.

There is a specific kind of album that arrives without a PR campaign. Most artists, especially those signed to major labels, don't make this choice. The industry prefers controlled introduction, it wants you primed before you press play. Joshua Bassett doesn't seem to care what the industry prefers. On Friday, August 14th, 2026, he dropped Easier,— his sophomore album — with essentially zero announcement, zero promotional push, and seemingly zero blessing from Plush Records, the Warner...

The lounge was packed before either artist touched a microphone. Hotel W's Live Sessions — the weekly Thursday series powered by Symphonic Latino — had pulled a crowd so thick that, by the time things got going, you couldn't have slipped a needle through the room. When I arrived, the night was still assembling itself in pieces. Mari Angarita was finishing the visuals for the screen behind the stage. Her special guest for the night, Rodri Zorro, was filming a clip for his own socials. The rest...