The Italian producer turns emotional collapse into the most compelling dancefloor therapy of the year. Some records hit you like a sudden change in air pressure right before a thunderstorm. You feel the shift in your chest before you even process the sound. That is exactly the energy Benedetta Gaggioli brings to her latest project. Operating as Beta Libre, the Italian artist has delivered a 14-track...

NYRE, a name that might conjure up images of a misplaced Scrabble tile, delivers something far more resonant than random letters with their new EP, "Avoidant." It’s a four-track dive into the deep end of heartbreak, the kind that leaves you feeling like you’ve accidentally swallowed a handful of gravel and regret. I can’t help but think of those old grainy black and white...