A Project Called Love just dropped the new single "Chance Encounter," and I’ve been letting its surprisingly anxious rhythm bounce around my skull all afternoon. Jay Hope, the musician handling songwriting, vocals, guitar, and bass for this solo venture, splits his life between the sun-bleached shores of Venice, California, and the concrete lines of Cologne, Germany. Usually deeply rooted in the punk and grunge...

Kamila Csenge and Band share their conceptually expansive debut album, "Behind the Universe." Csenge, a Czech guitarist, composer, and Berklee summa cum laude graduate, clearly takes a profoundly adventurous approach to modern instrumental jazz. Pulling heavy inspiration from the sonic curiosity of Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, the Kamila Csenge Project dives headfirst into themes mapping the vastness of the cosmos alongside our most...