Sam Ostler’s new single, “Lights,” then. It unfolds less like a sudden, intrusive glare and more like the slow, determined burn of a really good stage light finally finding its mark after a prolonged blackout. It’s pop, yes, vibrant and undeniably contemporary as advertised – clean lines, clear intentions. Yet, there’s a certain satisfying heft beneath the melodic uplift, a feeling that these notes...

Melbourne-based alternative rock outfit Reetoxa captures the dizzying heat of a serendipitous encounter on their highly energetic new single, "The Lisa Song." Frontman, composer, and lyric writer Jason McKee formally launched the project assembling a lineup featuring Kit Riley, Peter Marin, James Ryan, Jessica McPherson-Riley, and Terry Hart shortly after a life-altering night at the Forum Theatre. https://open.spotify.com/album/1ByKek4UnnfZ1CtcuqK7Da?si=afyDoW4eT1-m7rLxeZ391A During a Spiderbait concert, a radiant stranger stepped...