Listening to “Panic Buttons,” the new single from the resurrected rave act Joe Average, feels like finding a party invitation tucked inside a government-issued emergency broadcast. It arrives with a grin, not a grimace. Thirty-four years is a long time to be quiet, and the Brighton trio of Rich, Mad Mick, and Prof have clearly spent their time away pondering the best way to...

Some records do not ask for your attention; they simply demand it by speaking the exact truth you have been avoiding. Debo Ray does exactly that with 'Echoes and Embers', a four-track EP that hits like a sudden realization after a long period of denial. The Grammy-nominated vocalist takes the heavy, often unspoken reality of mental health struggles and spins it into a project that feels...