Afternoon Sister’s “Reset E.P.” starts with a clear promise: heavy guitars can sit beside a laid-back melodic pull. That push and release gives the Boise-area band’s debut its immediate hook. The five-song EP arrives through North Corona Records, with 14-year-old singer and songwriter Alice Esquibel at the front. Indie rock and dream pop form the coordinates, but the point is the movement between them. Each song...

Koala Bar's EP, “The Antelope,” arrived not like a soothing balm, but more like finding a beautifully weathered rock in your shoe – unexpectedly present, slightly uncomfortable, yet demanding attention. This collection from the Malmö collective wraps you in atmospheric soundscapes that feel both vast and claustrophobic, a sonic representation of staring at the ceiling in the dead of night, mind buzzing with everything...