Before listening to a single note of Suris’ new album, “Pertinax”, I spent a few minutes just looking at the word. Pertinax. It has the distinct ring of a Stoic philosopher’s last defiant utterance or maybe a type of beetle known for its unusually stubborn shell. What a curious flag to fly for a collection of songs in an age of fleeting distraction. But...

When Desperate Electric unleashed their new single "I Control The Vibe," they handed us an exact sonic blueprint for walking into a room and instantly rearranging its molecular structure. The Montana power disco duo Kayti Korte and Ben Morris specialize in brewing up something incredibly intoxicating. Their musical world is famously described as a late-night lounge where Marvin Gaye buys Daft Punk a cocktail,...