Sometimes you just need to hear guitars that sound like they are trying to break through the speakers. 'Rise', the new single from Australian alternative rock four-piece The Broken Rich, is exactly that kind of track. It grabs you by the collar immediately and refuses to let go until the final note rings out. There is no slow build or gentle introduction here. The band kicks...

Hearing Max Mayer’s single “Someday I’ll Fly” feels a bit like eavesdropping on a very specific, very modern kind of prayer whispered over a crackling phone line. Here we have this London-based musician, grappling with the magnetic pull of ambition against the equally strong tether of a heart miles away. The song lives squarely in that awkward, stretching space between here and there. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Gupo1O4sJok4Ku6qcTQOz?si=4Eu-s9UUTZiZH4Qo8piuUQ It’s country-inspired...