Anxiety gets a body, a corner and a countdown on IamSnap’s "Last Round". The Australian hip-hop artist turns depression and anxiety into a live opponent, then refuses to give that opponent the final word. Featuring Lydia Caesar, this new single runs on friction: blunt rap passages that name procrastination, self-doubt and creative paralysis, followed by a chorus that reaches for daylight without pretending the fight has...

Alright, buckle up, because Nissu's Memories just teleported me… somewhere. Nissu, a Brazilian-born, Dublin-based pop artist, has dropped this six-track EP, and it's like opening a particularly well-organized, yet emotionally chaotic, scrapbook. https://open.spotify.com/album/6Kbr8PFQrTu0J2GmK8o5uz?si=AwyU0he-RWWnjgcxHeMQDw The EP, Memories, supposedly functions as an “open diary,” they say. He tackles love, friendship, that whole pandemic thing, and the general rollercoaster of being a person. But does it achieve being truly...