Alien Weaponry, courtesy. This is a rock-heavy week with Alien Weaponry’s Māori metal, James and the Cold Gun and Lucie Sue with songs that evoke the ’90s, Air Drawn Dagger defying genres, Madison Violett making a sterling debut and The Velveteers bringing the good parts of disco back. Lucie…

Clockwise from top left: The Velveteers, Good Morning, Greer, The F16s, Jackson+Sellers and Rêve. The sonic explorations of Indian alt-pop band The F16s, quiet climate change protest of Good Morning, a lullaby by Jackson+Sellers, self-reflection of Greer, a moody number by The Velveteers and ’90s club banger by Rêve…