The arrival of Seann Medicina's "As without So Within" EP feels less like a new record dropping and more like someone’s carefully tended, slightly wild garden gate has swung open. This five-song collection, crafted by Medicina alongside Kristina Mira and Whitney Toogood, weaves a curious tapestry – threads of North American rock and folk get wonderfully tangled with South American rhythms, all under a...

Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...