The Glasgow rock outfit Delta Fire drops a high-voltage anthem 'Love Stops First' that dares you to stop caring about what other people think. Some tracks politely ask for your attention, while others kick the door open and demand you listen. When you are tired of hearing that your passions are just a phase or a hobby, you need a song that hits back with...

Some doors do not close with a slam. They remain half-open, daring a person to walk back through them after the room behind them has grown small and airless. The past can be persuasive that way. It offers familiar furniture, old names, a version of comfort that asks too much in return. "Backwards, Baby," the latest single from Caitlin Kent-Halliday, begins from that human pressure...