Listening to The Gilhoolys’ new single, "Bad Routine," is to feel the pressure of a low, grey sky just before it breaks. There’s a muscular, unapologetic rock energy here, the kind of sound forged in rooms with sticky floors and loud histories. It moves with a bruised swagger, the ghost of Thin Lizzy hanging around the edges of a decidedly modern indie rock angst,...

J Edna Mae has returned with a piece of music that demands your full attention, and she earns every second of it. Her latest single, "White Noise", arrives as a deliberate counter-argument to the frantic speed of contemporary life. We exist in an environment where constant connectivity often feels mandatory. The pressure to remain constantly engaged can easily drown out our own internal monologue. The...