Roger Knox's voice carries the weight of archaeology—layers of sediment, weathered by decades of singing stories that demand to be heard. Known across Australia as the "Black Elvis" and "Koori King of Country," Knox arrives at "Buluunarbi & The Old North Star" as both household name and cultural custodian. On his first collection of original compositions, the Gomeroi Elder delivers each song with the unhurried authority of someone who has spent a lifetime earning the right to speak slowly and be heard completely.

Social Gravy's latest offering, "These Are The Times," arrives as a deliciously anachronistic slice of romantic rock, like a telegram from a simpler era delivered to our sun-drenched present. In an age where indie bands seem perpetually locked in a race to out-obscure each other, Brad Kohn and Vee Bordukov have committed the radical act of writing an actual song—one with hooks, heart, and the audacity to sound like it might actually trouble the upper reaches of daytime radio.