Listening to Shotgun Driver’s new EP, “Jester Privileges”, is like finding a glitter bomb in a padded cell. The four songs present a disorienting, strangely compelling contradiction. On the surface, the alt-pop framework pulses with an upbeat, almost defiant energy; this is the slick, rock-tinged anxiety of a Machine Gun Kelly track built for open-road brooding. But beneath it, the narrative, carried by those...

You have to keep working toward your goals, even if it seems like there is no hope and the world is ending around you and that's what the Olympic snowboarder and singer-songwriter teaches you. Pat Burgener's latest tune is a dedication to staying the course for what you believe in. The song titled "Keep Your Head Up" is an inspiring creation. The quality of the track's...