Guess Pre's "Clarity." The name itself feels like a punchline missing its joke, or maybe the setup to a philosophical riddle I'm not equipped to solve. Gregory Stanton, the Wisconsin-based artist behind the moniker, has served up a nine-track album that's… well, it's trying to be a lot of things, and surprisingly, mostly succeeding. https://open.spotify.com/album/2hV27eRxEJp08kML02uRW1 This isn't background music for folding laundry. It's more like the...

London-based sonic architect Antoin Gibson throws us a jagged anchor in a sea of engineered algorithms with her ferocious new single, "Diss Tribute". The track hooks you immediately with a hollow, descending loop that cycles endlessly. It’s an eerily perfect sound, replicating the exact numbing repetition of staring blankly at an infinite, algorithmic feed. Soon, a heavy, staccato rhythm drops in, locking you tight...