Clockwise from top left: Maddie Jay, BANNERS, Remo Drive, Geographer, Video Age and Maceo Parker. Every week, there’s a plethora of new music at our fingertips. Artists on platforms like Spotify and Bandcamp are plentiful, and the radio offers a steady deluge of new singles, but who has time…

Are you getting excited about the return of American Idol to TV even if you’ve never watched a single full episode before? The music of U.K. singer-songwriter Banners could be the reason why. Catch Banners on tour this spring, with a West Coast swing in the works for April or…