The first notes of "Paralysed" sound like they came from another world. The Melbourne-based indie rock group Satellite Train has always been at the centre of raw feeling and sound discovery. With their newest song, they have found a frequency that speaks to something very human: the feeling of being mentally stuck while the world spins out of control. This isn't just another rock ballad. The...

There are songs that arrive carrying a room with them: the studio air, the private impulse, the public ache outside the door. In the case of Black November's 'Burning Desire', that room appears to be Mix Sound Studio in Thessaloniki, but it also holds the heavier air of Greece after the Tempi train tragedy. The cover single, does not treat admiration for an older composition as...