If hesitation had a beat, it might sound like “Too Late.” Melinda Joy and JT Martin’s new single "Too Late" arrives with guitars, steady drums, a moving bassline, and a chorus that keeps pushing you toward the door. This soulful pop-rock cut is about living before the opportunity disappears, but it also catches two lovers hovering at the edge of a decision. That gives the track...

There is a peculiar kind of engine at the heart of "Half Evil" by Tomato Soup, and it runs not on gasoline but on disorientation. The Denver six-piece calls their sound "Motor-Folk," and it fits. The track has the chugging, forward-moving momentum of a vehicle, yet it seems to be driving through a landscape seen in a fever dream, where the signposts are all...