Lost Lot’s new single, “Waiting,” does a funny thing to the air in the room. It settles it. For three-and-a-half minutes, everything seems to hold its breath, letting a story of profound and stubborn love fill the space. On the surface, it’s a gorgeous slice of widescreen Americana—guitars shimmering with the texture of sun-bleached highway signs, a rhythm section that provides a steady, relentless...

Kamila Csenge and Band share their conceptually expansive debut album, "Behind the Universe." Csenge, a Czech guitarist, composer, and Berklee summa cum laude graduate, clearly takes a profoundly adventurous approach to modern instrumental jazz. Pulling heavy inspiration from the sonic curiosity of Pat Metheny and Chick Corea, the Kamila Csenge Project dives headfirst into themes mapping the vastness of the cosmos alongside our most...