The Bitter Lemons have officially unleashed "Peel A Little Deeper", a debut album that takes a jagged piece of glass to the glossy veneer of everyday life. Hailing from Birmingham, this rock ’n’ roll and psycho-blues outfit built their reputation on fiercely energetic live shows. They have somehow managed to trap that raw, blood-pumping chaos in the studio, completely bypassing the trap of sounding...

Mike Stewart Theory’s new single, “It Reaches Us,” feels less like a piece of music and more like a strange meteorological event happening inside your head. You’re immediately dropped into a groove that has the smooth, shoulder-rolling confidence of 80s soul, but something is off in the atmosphere. The air is thick with a psychedelic haze, a sense of temporal displacement that is both...