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...

Buckle up, because SHAB's "One Suitcase" just dropped, and it's... a lot. Twenty-one tracks of pure, unadulterated pop – it's like being force-fed a rainbow-flavored cake while riding a rollercoaster through a hall of mirrors. https://open.spotify.com/album/0btRgc5uotO4qb46RSBQF1?si=JCmGr4-VR6OrAN5KE2sF9Q The core message? Desire. Raw, messy, sometimes confusing, sometimes gloriously straightforward desire. SHAB, a global pop sensation and advocate, apparently decided to unpack every single facet of romantic connection, from...