Jon Gold’s new single, "Lullaby for a Dream," is an act of gorgeous disorientation. You see the name—a pianist rooted in the intricate soils of jazz—and you prepare for one thing, but what arrives is a mist-laden skiff drifting from an entirely different shore. Gold, a Delaware musician, has composed a piece of British-Gaelic folk, and the cognitive dissonance is half the immediate magic....

Alright, buckle up, because Anthony Rausku's "Life is Perfect for Living" isn't your grandma's Sunday afternoon singalong. Unless your grandma was really into dissecting the chewy, sometimes unsettling, bits of existence while headbanging to a '90s-esque soundtrack. This album, this collection of nine sonic explorations, grabs you by the collar and asks, "Are you really living, or just... existing?" https://open.spotify.com/album/18DCkxP7EMLjvXqVwmyD2K?si=57cdEwlyT16BNzO3HaBuqQ The title track itself, "Life Is...