Near Death Experience's single, "Shake," arrived not so much as music, but as a sudden, urgent insistence. It’s London psych-rock-soul alright, but brewed with something fiercely immediate, demanding attention like a ringing telephone in an empty room. The core quartet – Ian Whiteling guiding the trip with vocals and guitar fuzz, Joshua Van Ness laying down a heartbeat that feels both frantic and locked-in,...

Conor Maradona’s new single "Snowball" hits with the bracing impact of a slushy projectile hurled directly at your jaw. As the reigning black sheep of pop music and the reliably dry-witted host of The Conor Maradona Podcast, Maradona is using this catchy pop rock sprint to clear a path for his upcoming debut album, "AN APOLOGY LETTER TO ALL MY EX GIRLFRIENDS" and "BLUE...