Listening to Shotgun Driver’s new EP, “Jester Privileges”, is like finding a glitter bomb in a padded cell. The four songs present a disorienting, strangely compelling contradiction. On the surface, the alt-pop framework pulses with an upbeat, almost defiant energy; this is the slick, rock-tinged anxiety of a Machine Gun Kelly track built for open-road brooding. But beneath it, the narrative, carried by those...

Nagoya, Japan-based rock band Chai. Mana, Kana, Yuuki, and Yuna are the four members of the group. Pink, the band's first studio album, was released in 2017. https://soundcloud.com/subpop/chai-surprise "SURPRISE," the band's latest song, has been released as an official music video. In Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in 2012, twins Mana and Kana, together with sisters Yuna and Yuuki, created the band, Chai. Mana, Kana, and Yuna all...