It takes a certain kind of ideological whiplash to shift from navigating corporate property deals to aggressively narrating the downfall of humanity, but at 74, Stephen Wicks introduces his single "The Doomsday Clock" with the blazing clarity of someone watching civilization slip off the edge. https://open.spotify.com/track/70JffY8Y63JRdjn98A1fMB?si=xK17Z-ERQO-o2he9oKPX-g The Hertford-based entrepreneur-turned-songwriter channels his late-in-life reinvention to confront a cocktail of existential horrors: geopolitical collapse, climate crisis, unchecked AI,...

Some EPs ask you to sit with your feelings. 'Dancing On The Event Horizon' grabs those feelings by the collar, turns the amps up, and tells them to move. Tár, the alternative rock band from Szczecin, Poland, have built a four-track release that feels heavy without getting stuck, emotional without dragging its feet, and nostalgic without sounding trapped in someone else’s record collection. The band calls...