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...

British house luminary Alison Limerick has returned with “Right Here,” a sun-drenched, buoyant single that treats dancefloor euphoria as an emotional sanctuary. Decades after shaping 1990s club culture with her classic anthem “Where Love Lives,” Limerick channels over thirty-five years of fluid genre-hopping spanning theatrical stages, soul, house, and jazz into a track that bounces with unabashed generosity. https://open.spotify.com/track/2v43NTkOozOScDWm6rdZL5?si=cnQ7AQonSZm3auwKmJxHRw Anchored in a bright, syncopated melody that...