Five songs. Seventeen minutes. A decade’s worth of emotional receipts. Vanessa Moussa’s self-titled debut EP finds the Sydney vocalist placing her own name on the cover after years of work alongside other artists. This compact indie folk and alternative blues release traces new love, heartbreak, hope, regret, then the choice to move on. Moussa enters this chapter with experience. ABC’s triple j Unearthed identifies her as...

Andy Smith confronts the massive, suffocating scale of global displacement on his gripping new single, "No Way Home." Originally from Bristol and now based in South Australia, the multi-award-winning producer and multi-instrumentalist usually exercises complete control over his piano, bass, drums, and guitar. Yet, this alternative rock track chronicles a terrifying moment of total powerlessness. It draws from a real-life travel nightmare, capturing Smith...