Brother Dolly tunes into a beautifully bizarre frequency on their new synth-pop single, "Transmission Number 5". Working as an enigmatic trio separated by entirely different time zones, Dan Whitehouse, Jason Tarver, and Tom Greenwood piece their music together across oceans. They fold the audio residue of everyday life—the rhythmic rush of a Tokyo subway, the hollow whir of spinning bicycle wheels—into an intensely hypnotic,...

Beauty can stop feeling personal when pleasing others becomes its goal. A choice becomes a duty. But who gets to decide when someone has done enough? That question offers a way into “Plastic Angels”, the single The Cunning Linguists. The Sydney trio addresses modern beauty standards and the pressures they place on women. Instead of praising an ideal, they question the demands behind it. The single directs...