Bucharest electronic project SLAPPER has returned with “Look at Me,” a runaway dance track that channels raw personal isolation directly into the strobe lights. Founded in 1998 by producer Claudiu-Gabriel Tache, the project has long toyed with the friction between retro-futuristic textures and sweeping club energy, but this single wastes zero time cutting to the nerve. https://open.spotify.com/track/7aqVhuv6UussfosToEmLO9?si=1lgQCA75SQCoJ-OsQdTFvg Musically, it charges forward with breathless speed. Relentless, heavy...

The Chilean musician Stefan Elbl's eighth album 'Chungungo' hits with sharp riffs, Spanish-language urgency, and a fearless sense of movement between Quilpué and San Francisco. Some albums walk in politely. 'Chungungo' kicks the amp, fixes the cable, and starts moving before the room has settled. Stefan Elbl's eighth studio album comes loaded with guitars that bite, basslines that march like they have rent due, and...