Patrick Hynes’ new single, "Baby’s High Again," doesn't so much arrive as materialize, like a half-remembered scent of bourbon and regret clinging to a velvet curtain. This “Midnight Country” he’s cultivating, it’s less dusty plains, more the blue, flickering light of a motel television at 3 AM, illuminating a room where decisions have been made, then unmade, then made again. Hynes, a Scot with...

Within the first minute of Fedstar's new single "Treat Me Right," it is clear that a great deal of effort was put into the creation of the song. The title of the song suggests that once she is your companion, you are obligated to behave appropriately with her. Who wouldn't want access to the very best treatment? The lyrics of the song appear to be a...