The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...

The Polish vocalist LiMaVii and producer LAIOUNG capture the exact moment when someone else's energy changes your entire trajectory. Some tracks do not ask for your attention; they simply shift the atmosphere the second you press play. We spend so much time curating our individual lives, optimizing our routines, and focusing on self-improvement that we sometimes forget the absolute rush of colliding with someone else's...