Listening to “Panic Buttons,” the new single from the resurrected rave act Joe Average, feels like finding a party invitation tucked inside a government-issued emergency broadcast. It arrives with a grin, not a grimace. Thirty-four years is a long time to be quiet, and the Brighton trio of Rich, Mad Mick, and Prof have clearly spent their time away pondering the best way to...

Dub Colossus has re-entered our turbulent reality with the vibrant album "Dub Will Keep Us Together". Founded back in 2008 by the late Nick Page, aka Count Dubulah, this dynamic global fusion project continues to thrive on dissolving borders. Operating as a defiant counter-movement against wars, climate chaos, and corruption, the music feels intensely vital, beautifully blurring Amharic, Spanish, French, and English over sturdy...