Listening to “Small Town Syndrome” by thinking silly is an exercise in delightful contradiction. Dylan Morrison’s project, shaped here by the production hand of collaborator Margot Taylor, builds a sleek, propulsive chassis of dark pop and minimal techno, only to house an engine of pure, grinding ache. It’s the sound of someone forcing a smile so wide their face hurts, a dance track for...

Britney Freud is here to shake up your playlist and your preconceived notions of what it means to be a man. The debut single "Feelings For Violence" hits you immediately with a wall of sound that is as chaotic as it is catchy. Dragut Lugalzagosi, the creative force behind this new solo project, has traded the expansive folk of his previous band, The Great Dictators,...