Rosso Tierney unpacks a profound psychological weight on his new alternative metal single, "This Gun". Honestly, the track immediately pinned me to my chair. Tierney operates as a completely self-contained unit here, handling vocals, piano, guitar, and bass, and he uses that total control to build an impossibly dense, aggressive wall of sound. There is a relentless, heavily distorted thundering down in the low-end...

With "The HeARTist," Dublin's very own Galvo joins the indie-folk community in its ongoing pursuit for true heartbeats among an array of sounds. This 14-track journey relates to an authenticity that is difficult to find these days. Galvo is a phenomenon rather than simply a name or an artist. Every note he sings and every chord he pulls tells of a life submerged in melodies since...