Philadelphia’s practicing attorney and EDM producer DJ Cards takes a massive, unexpected detour into the dark on his new single, "No Way Out." Usually known for crafting uplifting, cinematic progressive house under his "Lawyer Who Drops Beats" moniker, he traded the bright neon mainstage for a dimly lit, suffocating underground bunker here. https://open.spotify.com/track/0bjN8SWSTpx8Q16edUzpPC?si=d4e0d6817d3c469c The shift is violently jarring in the best way. The track ditches traditional melodic...

Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...