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...

There is an unsettling intimacy tucked inside "Standing with a Ghost", the latest release from American duo The Burton D'Agostini Procedure. Jeff Burton and John D’Agostini have built a curious sanctuary out of vintage echoes and modern nervous systems, leaning hard into psych-rock textures and three-dimensional stereo mixes explicitly tailored for late-night headphone listening. As co-producers with Burton handling vocals, lyrics, and mixing alongside...