The Fine Chairs have officially released their new album, "Wait To Be Seated", stepping out of their Hamburg headquarters to drop a dense, cathartic reflection on our era's worst contradictions. Operating out of their own Hell’s Kitchen studio, Sebastian Teufel (lead singer, guitarist, songwriter, and occasionally drums/bass) and Christian Urban (guitarist) tap directly into the melodic swagger of Oasis and late-era Beatles. But instead...

Nothing Concrete’s new album, “The Imperfectionist”, is less a collection of songs and more a vessel that’s been around the world a few times, collecting scuffs and stories. It’s a beautifully unsteady thing, this record from the duo of Fergus McKay and Gaia Miato. They’ve crafted a dusty, globetrotting shuffle where bluesy resignation and the dramatic posture of tango are held together by the...