To take on a song so woven into the cultural fabric requires a certain nerve, but Annika Bellamy’s new single, a remake of "Come and Get Your Love," feels less like a cover and more like an inheritance. With her uncle, T-Bone Bellamy, having been the lightning-rod guitarist for Redbone, and founding member Pat Vegas sanctioning this version, the track arrives with a heavy,...

Mike Stewart Theory’s new single, “It Reaches Us,” feels less like a piece of music and more like a strange meteorological event happening inside your head. You’re immediately dropped into a groove that has the smooth, shoulder-rolling confidence of 80s soul, but something is off in the atmosphere. The air is thick with a psychedelic haze, a sense of temporal displacement that is both...