Houston-based psych-rock duo The Shrubs return with "Let Us In", a frantically catchy single that basically sugarcoats a societal breakdown in layers of infectious fuzz. https://open.spotify.com/album/4DHZnz49JHoaX6Ce0uAdd6?si=xvATg3GHRyS6lHn1pLjiNw Miguel and Sophie have a fascinating knack for dragging fifty-year-old analog reel-to-reels and gritty cassettes into modern digital landscapes. Here, they have engineered a massive, heavily distorted wall of sound that races forward with a sweaty, desperate urgency. You catch...

The moment we heard it, we were so enthralled that we couldn't help but return it to you in the same condition that it was sent. By any measure, it's a solid tune! The new single "Kites" by Maya Jupiter and Nova Emad is further proof that the two artists couldn't be more perfect for one another. You will eventually own up to this. As they...