Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...

Glytsh, which consists of the French singer Jennifer Diehl and the Swiss guitarist Claire Genoud, leaves an everlasting impression on the musical landscape of the whole world with a booming intensity that shatters the stillness and darkness that seeps into the very core of the listener. The Unique Fusion of France and Switzerland Strikes a Chord with Their Metal Melodies and an Underlying Mission of...