The Swedish sextet Villa Rivercat turns hesitation, healing, and synth-lit folk rock into a single built for repeat plays. Some songs feel like the exact second before you send the text you have typed three times and deleted twice. 'Woodchopper', the new single from Villa Rivercat, lives in that nervous little gap. It is about choice, but it does not treat choice like a neat...

Some EPs ask you to sit with your feelings. 'Dancing On The Event Horizon' grabs those feelings by the collar, turns the amps up, and tells them to move. Tár, the alternative rock band from Szczecin, Poland, have built a four-track release that feels heavy without getting stuck, emotional without dragging its feet, and nostalgic without sounding trapped in someone else’s record collection. The band calls...