Violet Love has offered up an EP titled "Destined to Fail," and it arrives less like a prediction and more like a pre-existing condition, a medical chart for a soul that’s been diagnosed with itself. The DIY recording quality doesn’t feel lo-fi for aesthetics; it feels necessary, like these songs could only have been born in a sealed-off room where the air was getting...

The Nigerian Afrobeat artist Froshdada turns vintage rhythm, street confidence, and club heat into a single that hits fast and stays loud. "GAGA" comes in with the kind of confidence that makes you check your speakers first, then your shoulders second. Froshdada is not easing anyone into the groove. He arrives with Lagos energy already switched on, the bass moving like a crowded Friday night, the...