There is a peculiar kind of engine at the heart of "Half Evil" by Tomato Soup, and it runs not on gasoline but on disorientation. The Denver six-piece calls their sound "Motor-Folk," and it fits. The track has the chugging, forward-moving momentum of a vehicle, yet it seems to be driving through a landscape seen in a fever dream, where the signposts are all...

Britney Freud is here to shake up your playlist and your preconceived notions of what it means to be a man. The debut single "Feelings For Violence" hits you immediately with a wall of sound that is as chaotic as it is catchy. Dragut Lugalzagosi, the creative force behind this new solo project, has traded the expansive folk of his previous band, The Great Dictators,...