Stars Go Dim’s new album, “Roses,” has a peculiar effect; it settles into a room less like music and more like a change in the atmospheric pressure. There’s a plush, amber-toned sound here, a vibe so authentically steeped in 1970s groove that you can almost feel the corduroy under your fingertips. https://open.spotify.com/album/1KS8wbOx2wWw1ce0VdcMgV?si=VRrFtLJDQi-8gD8p8t1BlQ Chris Cleveland’s vocals, smooth and seasoned like worn-in denim, glide over bass lines that...

With their third single, "The Gods That You Pray To," Lee Feather and The Night Movers have crafted a song that doesn’t knock; it just walks into the room, sits you down, and stares into your soul. The track is built on a contradiction that absolutely works: a hypnotic, circling synth hook that feels like watching a coin spin on a bar top, endlessly...