Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...

The Fine Chairs have officially released their new album, "Wait To Be Seated", stepping out of their Hamburg headquarters to drop a dense, cathartic reflection on our era's worst contradictions. Operating out of their own Hell’s Kitchen studio, Sebastian Teufel (lead singer, guitarist, songwriter, and occasionally drums/bass) and Christian Urban (guitarist) tap directly into the melodic swagger of Oasis and late-era Beatles. But instead...