South African-born, London-based pop artist Lola Audreys has condensed the fleeting magic of youthful spontaneity into her new single, "Summer On A Sunday." Her childhood spent on a rural farm clearly lends a grounded, almost unsettlingly raw emotional honesty to an immaculate piece of modern synth-pop. https://open.spotify.com/track/4sPRSaHTIRtsHLqT5KEQwQ?si=kClwhH4aRP68qg4yS94Mqg The track operates on a steady, driving pulse beneath bright, highly rhythmic sequences. Those shimmering, bubbly melodic lines bounce...

Listening to “Panic Buttons,” the new single from the resurrected rave act Joe Average, feels like finding a party invitation tucked inside a government-issued emergency broadcast. It arrives with a grin, not a grimace. Thirty-four years is a long time to be quiet, and the Brighton trio of Rich, Mad Mick, and Prof have clearly spent their time away pondering the best way to...