Katie Noir drops a wildly entertaining dose of affectionate satire on her new single, "I Prefer Jason". The 21-year-old student, songwriter, and producer constructs an excessively glamorous, fictionalized celebrity wedding here. Our narrator ignores the glossy, high-profile mega-star groom completely. Her attention drifts sideways instead, locking onto the best man: the groom’s relaxed, beautifully unpretentious brother, Jason. https://open.spotify.com/track/4UT6n18SpY9I0e1xPFprVY?si=b879f9126c574414 The sheer absurdity of this misdirected crush dictates...

The first notes of "Paralysed" sound like they came from another world. The Melbourne-based indie rock group Satellite Train has always been at the centre of raw feeling and sound discovery. With their newest song, they have found a frequency that speaks to something very human: the feeling of being mentally stuck while the world spins out of control. This isn't just another rock ballad. The...