The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...

We all know the feeling of wanting something so badly it keeps you awake at night, only to freeze the second you actually have to reach for it. That specific, stomach-dropping panic is exactly what London indie pop artist Luke Martin bottles up and sets on fire in his debut single, 'Superstar'. It is the kind of track that hits you immediately in the chest before...