Vela Jones returns with her sleek new single “Frequency (Turn Me Up),” a laser-guided slice of futuristic dance-pop beamed from her ongoing sci-fi narrative, VelaWorld 2099. Stationed conceptually on the distant colony of Proxima b, Jones uses the neon mechanics of club music to tether herself to the emotional gravity of the world she left behind. https://open.spotify.com/album/7wbQv6AaiU1gt4aRUM4M0T?si=8biAqCr9TliG_hppRYBUrQ The track wastes no time finding its stride. Anchored...

Dryadic opens the door on their new single "Ghosts," and you immediately feel a change in the room’s pressure. The piano chords that introduce the piece, played by frontwoman Zora McDonald, don’t twinkle; they place stones, one by one, creating a path through a grey landscape. Her voice follows, not as a guide trying to cheer you on, but as a determined companion walking...