Shelby Lock and the Venezuela Strings Recording Ensemble have joined forces on "A Matter of Time: Perseverancia," a sweeping modern classical single that turns physical gravity into something buoyant. https://open.spotify.com/track/58D1KqkKhCXBnjNEc91JKD?si=Dx9X2tW9Qs-Uwmo_fuLNWA Lock, a conservatory-trained pianist who runs Silver Moon Sound in Santa Cruz, spent years bedridden by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, literally clawing her way back to the keyboard. Across the hemisphere, the San Cristóbal orchestra guided by conductors...

THE HYBRIS, a masked virtual trio—Ringo Rabbit, Beanie Bison, and Malcolm Mandrill—posing as superhero wannabes, drop their new album "t h r e e." They claim a mission to save the world with tunes. It's alt-rock, doused with punk sneer, a splash of 80s neon, and enough stadium-rock ambition to make Bono blush. But does it soar? https://open.spotify.com/album/77fXBjseRJRoWbGrHSGAwB?si=HVX0tqQlRTCswO0HaDxAgQ Well. This record digs its claws deep, like...