Motihari Brigade have dropped a massive, heavily distorted wrench into our algorithmically curated lives with their biting new single, "The Great Refusal." Preceding their upcoming full-length album, "Problematic," the track delivers exactly the brand of defiant "Rock-n-Roll Thoughtcrime" the band uses to shake independent minds awake. Deriving their name from George Orwell’s Indian birthplace, the group zeroes in on a very specific modern sickness:...

South African-born, London-based pop artist Lola Audreys has condensed the fleeting magic of youthful spontaneity into her new single, "Summer On A Sunday." Her childhood spent on a rural farm clearly lends a grounded, almost unsettlingly raw emotional honesty to an immaculate piece of modern synth-pop. https://open.spotify.com/track/4sPRSaHTIRtsHLqT5KEQwQ?si=kClwhH4aRP68qg4yS94Mqg The track operates on a steady, driving pulse beneath bright, highly rhythmic sequences. Those shimmering, bubbly melodic lines bounce...