The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...

Conor Maradona’s new single "Snowball" hits with the bracing impact of a slushy projectile hurled directly at your jaw. As the reigning black sheep of pop music and the reliably dry-witted host of The Conor Maradona Podcast, Maradona is using this catchy pop rock sprint to clear a path for his upcoming debut album, "AN APOLOGY LETTER TO ALL MY EX GIRLFRIENDS" and "BLUE...