Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...

The moment the beat drops, you feel it in your chest. It is a heavy, mechanical thud that immediately grabs your attention and refuses to let go. Lakeside X is back, and they are not messing around. After a three year break, the Prague based alternative electronic rock band has returned with "Factory Flowers", a single that hits like a jolt of electricity. It is...