Mike Stewart Theory’s new single, “It Reaches Us,” feels less like a piece of music and more like a strange meteorological event happening inside your head. You’re immediately dropped into a groove that has the smooth, shoulder-rolling confidence of 80s soul, but something is off in the atmosphere. The air is thick with a psychedelic haze, a sense of temporal displacement that is both...

Southern New Jersey singer-songwriter Matt DeAngelis tackles the immovable weight of modern existence on his striking new single, "Helpless To The Fire." An active storm chaser who intimately navigates the internal weather of an anxiety and OCD disorder, DeAngelis has long focused on transmuting dread into tangible hope. This latest track arrives as a sweeping classic rock ballad heavily informed by early David Bowie,...