Roizys’ “All-night-alone” feels made for the moment when a bad day has run out of arguments. The independent artist from Busto Arsizio, Italy, takes a home-built electronic instrumental and gives it a steady forward push, turning solitude into a practical kind of release. It is a short record, but it knows its job: make room, set a pulse, and keep moving. Roizys, whose birth name is Ioana...

Vie Jester’s new EP, ‘Masquerade’, presents itself like a costume box found in an attic that smells faintly of ozone and old, ambitious blueprints. This Los Angeles trio, typically weavers of their own heavy, harmonious rock tapestries laced with esoteric concerns, have opted for a different kind of unveiling: they’re trying on other people's clothes. https://open.spotify.com/album/0grUBCwpcgdKF29lBxWmLR?si=RTUUi7H3SC2oUUHu0TdHig A covers EP can be a curious beast. Here, Vie...