In "Resurrection," Beta Libre's defiant new single from her forthcoming sophomore album, becomes mythology. Through pulsing Moog synthesisers and razor-sharp poetry, the Italian electronic artist turns monthly bleeding into a holy cycle of death and rebirth, which is similar to Christian stories about the resurrection but more feminine. This is feminism as sound magic and the body as religion. Beta Libre, the Tuscan singer, composer, and...

There is a wonderful, almost jarring friction in the fact that Headmaster delivers the soaring indie-pop of "Seasons Vol.4, Spring" while navigating his day job as an Executive Headteacher and CEO in London. Most folks navigating institutional leadership slowly calcify, yet here he is, translating the messy trajectory of human evolution into bright melodic hooks all while raising money for health charities. As the...