"Avalon" hits like someone opening the car window at midnight and turning the volume up before anyone asks permission. Red Light Factory have built a single that moves fast and knows where its hook is hiding. This is Manchester alternative music with a pulse you can feel in the chest: electronic drums snapping forward, guitar attitude cutting through the smoke, and a chorus-ready spirit made...

You should never give up on yourself, no matter how bad things become. It's not worth it to lose who you are, so don't do it. Not for anything on Earth, no. In that case, you'll find common ground with American singer and songwriter Emily Nicole Green, whose new single "Thief" focuses on just such a situation. "Thief" is a song about being ignored or deserted...