Sound Liberation’s “Elegy” isn’t so much an album as it is an unbolting of several sonic cages, letting the inhabitants mingle, argue, and eventually, find a strange, compelling harmony. Gene Pritsker and his rotating ensemble are, as ever, on a crusade against the "segregation of sound vibration," and here, their weapon of choice is grief, remembrance, and an absolutely defiant refusal to sit still...

TWOFEW’s new single, “Let It Go,” lands with the resonant thud of a heartfelt admission, the kind you only make when the room’s too loud to be properly heard. This Phoenix, Arizona quartet – Michael Lazar leading on vocals and keys, David Lazar wrestling with guitar, John Sebring on drums laying down a defiant pulse, and Danielle Lazar anchoring the low end on bass...