Andy Smythe's Piano-Driven Collaboration "The Drought Is Coming" with Violinist Beatrice Limonti Transforms Climate Crisis into Haunting Musical Statement When you listen to music, you feel like the artist is right next to you, telling you secrets that only they can hear. Andy Smythe, on the other hand, does not whisper. He speaks with passion, sings with energy, and writes songs that stay with you...

The arrival of Puck's debut single, "Caricature," feels less like a release and more like a jailbreak. From the opening crackle, this is a song that’s been chewing on its own chains for some time. Galway's five-piece racket-makers have bottled a very specific kind of frenetic energy, the kind you get from too much coffee and staring at a flickering screen until society starts...