Houston-based psych-rock duo The Shrubs return with "Let Us In", a frantically catchy single that basically sugarcoats a societal breakdown in layers of infectious fuzz. https://open.spotify.com/album/4DHZnz49JHoaX6Ce0uAdd6?si=xvATg3GHRyS6lHn1pLjiNw Miguel and Sophie have a fascinating knack for dragging fifty-year-old analog reel-to-reels and gritty cassettes into modern digital landscapes. Here, they have engineered a massive, heavily distorted wall of sound that races forward with a sweaty, desperate urgency. You catch...

Manchester neo-soul and hip hop artist SYLL dismantles our collective addiction to yesterday on his latest single, "Used to be". Nostalgia is a brilliant liar. We drape our memories in a protective, sentimental hue, stubbornly convinced that life was infinitely better before. SYLL, harnessing the golden-era DNA of influences like D'Angelo and Common, confronts this rosy retrospective head-on. https://open.spotify.com/album/5U1VXaRgCnXYf4x3ilmDkS?si=fMAAVeH_SZGmPYEfR1PwAQ The release offers two distinct sonic mirrors....