Cat Mayel's "FREE" arrived, not on a silver platter, but more like a rogue pigeon delivering a very important message – a crumpled napkin with profound scribbles. This Nigerian producer, composer, arranger, and all-around sonic sorceress has served up a single dose of alternative neo-soul that feels… well, free. As free as a shopping cart with a wonky wheel, anyway. It goes where it...

Some songs arrive like warnings from streets that have already learned the smell of rain on hot concrete. Before the first shout fully settles, there is a sense that bodies are gathering, feet are refusing to move, and some private fear has been pushed into daylight. Total Reverends build that pressure into 'The Revolution Is Inevitable', a single that treats rock music as a public...