Washington-based psychedelic prog-rock band What Strange Beasts releases their album, Starlight’s Castaways, a lengthy body of music encompassing 26 tracks. According to drummer/vocalist Jonathan Maxwell, “We built this album around a space theme to reflect on feelings of distance, isolation, loss, introspection, and ultimately the relief of interpersonal connection. We wrote that which we felt

“Kaos” (Top Notch Belgium/Universal Music) delivers susceptibility, fervour, and emotional urgency, all conveyed by the crème de la crème voice of Coely.

Riding a low-slung pushing beat, The Magician and The Aston Shuffle’s single, “Differences” (Potion Records/Sony Music), blends modern dance savours with touches of yummy vintage aspects.

Clear-cut and down-to-earth, KILLCODE’s “Let’s Get Back to Rock n Roll” (Mother West) delivers powerful surfaces of raw, elementary rock and roll.

Overflowing with infectious rhythmic beats, polychromatic surfaces, and stylish pop savors, joan’s “nervous” evokes the sensation of a first crush.

Replete with unexpectedly superb vocal harmonies, as well as pungent pop-punk oomph, Get Out’s ‘The Violation of Terms and Conditions’ is splendid.

Hilning’s latest album ‘Råtijinn’ (Suicide Records), conjures up as much shamanistic fervour as it does berserker rage: all in all, an excellent offering and an artist to keep in the crosshairs.

Heaving with potent melodic magnetism and wicked sonic depth, The Hunger’s “Tears To Cry” (Wake Up! Music Rocks) throbs with a sense of dark, weighty imminence.

Completely alluring and vibrant, with “Fading Moon,” Alma Mater delivers tantalizing, gorgeously wrought music.

“Tiger Girl,” the new track from Montreal singer-songwriter TEROUZ, drips with voluptuous sonic leitmotifs, as well as sashaying gloss, inducing cool, feline opulence. Talking about the song, Terouz says, “‘Tiger Girl’ is a testament to resilient women and the empowering effects they have on not just other women, but people altogether.” He adds, “Think of

New York-based avant-garde electronic music artist Chris Ianuzzi recently released the music video for “Lonesome Highway Superstar,” a track from his latest album, Maze. The video, created in collaboration with Ethem Serkan Sökmen and İlke Köse, utilizes cutting-edge Disco Diffusion and Stable Diffusion AI image generation technology. Talking about the song, Ianuzzi shares, “It’s a

Imaginative and stylistically wide-ranging, ‘The Lyre’ (Mint 400 Records) reveals the emotional vulnerability and sprawling song structures of Dana Why.