When d'Z & Bernadette Dengler (featuring Chris Korzec) unleashed "Shout!", it hit me less like a typical single and more like a sudden, necessary nervous system reset. The track, a collaboration spanning the Netherlands and Austria, carries the dense, sophisticated DNA of Steely Dan but decides to wear it to a raucous block party hosted by The Brand New Heavies. https://open.spotify.com/album/58VJ9SBgyY7Mr1vHP69juG?si=gnsjycqTRkKz57cAMDwRwg d'Z anchors the vessel with...

“Reavolution” arrives with a clear instruction: look inward, then move. Reaven’s new 11-song Modern Rock album takes a personal idea of change and gives it real public force. The 40-minute, 29-second record presents the band at a bigger, louder and more intense point. Raw energy drives the record, but so does purpose. Reaven wants freedom and transformation to feel active, not distant. Romeo Bassi, Vincent Fernandes,...