Andrew Moore and Hooch do not tiptoe into "Mountain". The Kentucky five-piece arrives with a live-room pulse, a headline-grabbing guest spot, and a title built for a raised fist. This Americana album turns a sophomore moment into a full-band statement. For listeners hunting new music with country grit, blues heat, and rock-and-soul muscle, "Mountain" wants the crowd in the room, not behind glass. Andrew Moore and...

Five songs. Seventeen minutes. A decade’s worth of emotional receipts. Vanessa Moussa’s self-titled debut EP finds the Sydney vocalist placing her own name on the cover after years of work alongside other artists. This compact indie folk and alternative blues release traces new love, heartbreak, hope, regret, then the choice to move on. Moussa enters this chapter with experience. ABC’s triple j Unearthed identifies her as...