Arn-Identified Flying Objects Alien Friend caught me entirely off guard with his single, "John in Roses' Deep". Since setting off on his own in 2020, the Swedish solo artist and former REDMOON singer and guitarist has frequently stirred acoustic Americana and electric power pop together. Here, though, he unearths a pitch-black, traditional murder ballad. https://open.spotify.com/track/0t1vuoXfweiH62utynIwEt?si=aIBBxd2ESI-DrcivYHMIrg The track revolves around a rhythmic, stubbornly cyclical melody that sets...

Roizys’ “All-night-alone” feels made for the moment when a bad day has run out of arguments. The independent artist from Busto Arsizio, Italy, takes a home-built electronic instrumental and gives it a steady forward push, turning solitude into a practical kind of release. It is a short record, but it knows its job: make room, set a pulse, and keep moving. Roizys, whose birth name is Ioana...