New Music From Swara Modi, Cece Benz, Asmi Aderay, SARIKA, Gracie Modean, and Olga Prepis

"is it over yet?" - by Swara Modi

Release Date: March 14, 2025

What You Should Know: "this song means so so much for me because it’s the first song I produced by myself along with the incredible help of @iam_lkfmusic in mixing and mastering. and a big thank you to @warman__music as well for helping me out with some awesome guitar riffs! this song is also a really personal song to me which was, at first, very difficult to share with others publicly but i’m so glad i decided to release it now because of the love and support I’ve received from it! thank you so much to everyone that has been there for me through everything. go stream! this song is now yours!"

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's 2025 in Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Swara Modi Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Just Pretend" - by Cece Benz

Release Date: March 14, 2025

What You Should Know: "i’ve been waiting a long time to share this one - as you can see on the voice memo from the day that i wrote it. from sitting down on my dorm room bed and writing this song to sitting down in the studio with @collinpastore and @jakelfish, this song has been so fun to bring to life. i can’t thank the both of you enough for taking such great care of this one!! and thank you to @p_coch for putting on the final touches with the mastering.
as always, thank you to @viewsbyterry for working with me to see my visions through - this was a fun one!! i hope you enjoy this song as much as i enjoyed creating it"

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's 2025 in Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Cece Benz Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"My Version of You" - by Asmi Aderay

Release Date: March 14, 2025

What You Should Know: "LISTEN TO THE LYRICS - This is a sign that he’s not real and you’re wasting your youth on someone who doesn’t exist."

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's 2025 in Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Asmi Aderay Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Paper Mind" - by SARIKA

Release Date: March 14, 2025

What You Should Know: You know you enjoy the rest of her music. You'll love this song too!

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's 2025 in Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "SARIKA Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Who's Crying Now?" - by Gracie Modean

Release Date: March 7, 2025

What You Should Know: You won't want to miss this one!

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's 2025 in Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Gracie Modean Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Sober" - by Olga Prepis

Release Date: March 14, 2025

What You Should Know: Continuing the string of amazing releases from this talented artist.

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

New Music From Elle Sera, Liya, Kiara Skyler, Olivia C. Dacal, Kimaya Diggs, and Cece Benz

"White Christmas" - by Elle Sera 

Release Date: November 22, 2024

What You Should Know: "I love when a last minute idea for sharing some holiday vibes come through - I got this together about a month ago to help the holiday spirit take shape this ‘24 and if you love holiday music I know you’ll want to add this to your listening playlist + pleasure."

Find It: Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's Christmas in Section 36", "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Elle Sera Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Naughty n' Nice" - by Liya

Release Date - November 22, 2024

What You Should Know: "were you naughty or nice this season? either way, get ready for a festive treat!"

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple and Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "It's Christmas in Section 36", "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Liya Visits Section 36 Music!", "Liya's Thrift Store Creation!"

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"Collision" - by Kiara Skyler

Release Date: November 22, 2024

What You Should Know: "recorded this in one session with @kayla.pichichero. super stoked to share this one with you guys :) ”

Find It: Spotify or Apple

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Kiara Skyler Visits Section 36 Music!" 

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"I AM" - by Olivia Dacal

Release Date: November 19, 2024

What You Should Know: "This album has helped me heal and learn about myself. it’s filled with love, hurt, frustration, forgiveness, longing and my heart. I have so so much love to give and I am so grateful I get to give it all to you.”

Find It: Spotify or Apple

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Olivia C. Dacal Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"I'm Sad Again" - by Kimaya Diggs

Release Date: November 22, 2024

What You Should Know: Another fantastic song from this talented artist.

Find It: Everywhere, like Spotify and Apple

Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Kimaya Diggs Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"We're Over Now" - by Cece Benz

Release Date: November 22, 2024

What You Should Know: "I first started writing this song back in the fall of last year, but didn’t finish it until this summer. I texted @luke11giles asking if he’d want to produce it and when we got back to Boston this fall, we got to work. With life and busy schedules, we actually ended up doing most of the recording and tracking within a week. This meant back to back studio sessions, mainly between the hours of 12am - 4am. I’m so proud of the way this song turned out and can’t thank @luke11giles enough for helping me bring my vision to life and putting up with me while I figured out what I wanted to do with the song."

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Cece Benz Visits Section 36 Music!"

                                             

New Music from Cece Benz, Allison Leah, Sarah King, NIKOLE, and Sabrina Ponte

 

"Growing Pains" - EP by Cece Benz

Release Date: March 29, 2024

What You Should Know: "there are no words to describe how excited i am to have this project out in the world. it’s been a long time coming, a goal i’ve had for years. these 5 songs mean the world to me and each give a little glimpse into my life over the last 4 years in which they were written.

none of this would have been possible without @brunjomusic!! not only did they help bring these songs to life, but they created such a fun and safe environment to be able to experiment so freely with each of these songs. their knowledge is unmatched and they are just the coolest people i’ve ever met. thank you thank you thank you for taking on this project and working with me until everything felt right. there will never be enough thank you’s!

i hope these songs can find a place in your life like they have in mine. thank you for listening"

Find It: Everywhere, like Apple or Spotify

Previous Noteworthy Releases: "End Us", "Growing Pains"

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previously on Section 36: "Cece Benz Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Sunsets" - by Allison Leah

Release Date: March 29, 2024

What You Should Know: "I wrote "Sunsets" years ago and it has grown and evolved into the song it is now.  
 
I’ve played this song for audiences in Chicago, Indianapolis, Nashville, New York, Connecticut, DC, Austin, Houston, Arizona, and more. 
 
It is one of the most vulnerable songs I have ever written and I am so happy to release it into the world.  
 
I often say that I write songs to make sense of what I’m going through, and I release them in hopes that they will reach the person that needs it most. "

Find It: Spotify, and Apple

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previous Noteworthy Releases: "What I'm Missing", "24 Years Down", "Sorry For Myself", "i gave u my number"

Previously on Section 36: "Allison Leah Visits Section 36 Music!", "Allison Leah's 36 Favorite Things"

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"When It All Goes Down" - by Sarah King 

Release Date: March 29, 2024

What You Should Know: "It’s been a long journey to get here - one of the songs was even originally written in 2020 for my 2021 EP! - and sometimes along the way it’s easy to forget why you started. Playing live is my fave thing in the world. All the “behind the scenes” work offstage is not my fave, and I’ve been working hard behind the scenes for the last 6 months to make sure this is my best release yet."

Find It: Everywhere, like  Apple or Spotify

Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previous Noteworthy Releases: "War Pigs", "Nightstand"

Previously on Section 36: "Sarah King Visits Section 36 Music!"

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"Ode to Goob" - EP by NIKOLE

Release Date: March 29, 2024

What You Should Know: "February of last year I went to Boston for a week to finish up the project with @coldspringmotel . It was a crazy beautiful emotional week, working on songs that I wrote 2-4 years ago and having to revisit feelings I hadn’t even thought about up until that point. These songs truly feel like diary entries and it was a lil scary to think that anybody at some point could hear these and I’d feel so vulnerable, but I do think that’s the beauty in creating art. There were moments where I didn’t wanna continue working on them or felt like they’d never get released because the process felt so long and draining sometimes. What’s funny is.. that week we finished all the songs, we had even mixed and mastered them and I got back home and they still didn’t feel ready. I felt that pressure even more so then, like “oh yeah these are never gonna be ready”. Finally, I got my stuff together, pulled through and we got it to its full potential. This project taught me so much as an artist and I feel like I’ve grown so much ever since. Patience was what I really learned and trusting my intuition and ideas and learning that art takes time and even if I just spent a whole week finishing up this EP and then coming back and still not feeling satisfied, it was going to be OK. No one is rushing you but yourself when it comes to art.
It almost feels weird releasing these songs now because they’re so old but it’s time they see the light of day, they’re so special and mean so much to me."

Find It: Apple or Spotify

Previous Noteworthy Singles: "Love After Death", "90 Days"

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"Mascara Stains" - EP by Sabrina Ponte 

Release Date: March 30, 2024

What You Should Know: As a fan of all of Sabrina's previous work, I could not be more excited about this song. It's one you won't want to miss.

Find It: Spotify or Apple

Her Spotify Playlist Inclusions: "What 2024 Sounds Like From Section 36", "Women Going Places, from Section 36"

Previous Noteworthy Releases: "January", "Gaslight", "The Good Guy", "Rodeo Heart", "Head Over Heels", "Chance of Whiskey", "Black Roses", "U-Turn"

Previously on Section 36: "Sabrina Ponte Visits Section 36 Music!"