A glow-up hits differently when the hard years are still visible. Noëlle Rose builds “Born Lucky” around that exact tension. The 12-track soul-pop album takes the phrase “born lucky” and pushes against its easy meaning, putting love, bruises, recovery, and self-belief in the same frame. “In or Out” is part of that larger picture, a chapter about uncertainty in a record that asks what strength looks...

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,...