The Berlin dark alternative band Saline Grace turns city loneliness, gothic folk textures, and Ricardo Hoffmann's voice into a gripping late-night listen. Hit play and 'Rooms To Let' feels like stepping into an apartment that still remembers its last tenant. The air is calm, but something is wrong. A chair sits too neatly. A hallway stretches too long. Saline Grace know exactly how to make stillness...

Geoff Westen’s album, “Music For My Friends”, thumps onto the scene like a dropped box of heavy disco balls – all shiny potential energy and the slight threat of chaos. It aims for that classic pop song euphoria, the kind designed to rattle car speakers and fuel late-night dance floors, an "aural assault" as Westen puts it. And it does pulse with energy, a...