The latest from Jacob and the Starry Eyed Shadows, “Racing on the Back Straight,” performs a fantastic trick: it dresses up a full-blown existential crisis in its summer best and sends it to the beach. This Glasgow solo architect, Jacob, has constructed a Trojan horse of a track, all propulsive indie rock guitars and a pop-punk chorus so immediate it feels like you’ve known...

If loneliness had a sound but craved a dance floor, it might be what Twice Dark has conjured in their latest single, “Invisible Man.” This isn’t just a track—it’s a séance, a pulsating ceremony that summons the ghost of every time you’ve felt like a silhouette in someone else’s overcrowded room. Born out of Josh Kreuzman’s spectral vision in Bloomington’s shadows, “Invisible Man” grips...