There’s something quietly magnetic about Astruso — the solo project of Giuseppe, a Sardinian artist born in 1999, whose music captures the delicate balance between fragility and strength. His songs feel like late-night confessions whispered through layers of intimate vocals and shimmering guitars, each one carrying the weight of emotions that are too complex for words alone. The name Astruso, which means “complicated” or “hard to understand” in Italian, was one Giuseppe chose

“I’m working on convincing myself that if something I release doesn’t perform as expected, it’s not my fault. I make music because it makes me feel good. After all, I like sharing pieces of myself with others. But expecting too much takes away the spontaneity,” states Ludovica Massidda— or Luvi!, for those who follow her music — as we catch up about her newly released single, ‘Su Tinder’.

It’s extremely difficult to put the London-based, all-female band Friedberg into a musical box. The band blends traditionally dissimilar...