Allyson Whitmell's "Crack in My Window" arrived in my inbox, and honestly, my first thought was, "Is this the soundtrack to a particularly poignant cat food commercial?" But then, of course – because life loves a good plot twist – it wasn't. https://open.spotify.com/album/7lNXzGxooWZNRYKxSusY3q?si=isdinrQoRwi-yVmYTMH4fA It is, in reality, Whitmell taking a swan dive into the murky waters of nostalgia, grief, and that weird feeling you get when...

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...