When the Malaga-based duo My State unleashed "Its Whatever", I half-expected my speakers to start smoking—or at least demand an apology for the sudden surge in voltage. It is rare to hear a track that captures the precise auditory frequency of snapping a pencil in half out of sheer frustration, but here we are. This isn't polite radio fodder. It is high-octane pop-rock that forgot...

“Reavolution” arrives with a clear instruction: look inward, then move. Reaven’s new 11-song Modern Rock album takes a personal idea of change and gives it real public force. The 40-minute, 29-second record presents the band at a bigger, louder and more intense point. Raw energy drives the record, but so does purpose. Reaven wants freedom and transformation to feel active, not distant. Romeo Bassi, Vincent Fernandes,...