Novozero. Anna and Andreas, up there in Tromsø, sending out signals. This single, "To All The Times," arrives sounding less like a postcard from the Arctic Circle and more like a transmission intercepted from a satellite caught between decades. There’s a definite gravity here – fuzz bass anchoring washes of synth that shimmer and pulse, guitars that chime before they roar. It’s big rock...

Afternoon Sister’s “Reset E.P.” starts with a clear promise: heavy guitars can sit beside a laid-back melodic pull. That push and release gives the Boise-area band’s debut its immediate hook. The five-song EP arrives through North Corona Records, with 14-year-old singer and songwriter Alice Esquibel at the front. Indie rock and dream pop form the coordinates, but the point is the movement between them. Each song...