There is a peculiar alchemy happening with Jimmy Eff and the Sundogs on their new single, "Better Like Before". It sits in the air like the smell of ozone right after a lightning strike charged, crisp, and signifying a sudden shift in the atmosphere. You listen to it, and you sort of expect the industrial gray of their Birmingham home base, yet the sound...

The Patra band’s self-titled debut album "Timeless Afternoon" hits with prog rock patience, psych rock colour, blues grit and a collector’s vinyl pulse. Some albums feel like a group chat that finally stopped buffering. Timeless Afternoon’s self-titled debut album comes packed with songs that waited decades to reach listeners, but there is nothing sleepy about it. This is Greek progressive rock with stained fingers, warm tubes,...