Jockstrap, the tweaked dance pop offshoot of the sprawling Black Country, New Road collective, fuses delicate pop with passages of seismic, EDM-tinged intensity. On the other side of the coin, Jane Remover basks in the dense waters of maximalist, digitally-saturated cloud rap and hyperpop. Kenny Mason is a leading light of modern southern rap. Coming off the strength of 2024’s “Angel Eyes,” Mason’s expansive approach veers between woozy undertow and explosive energy. HiTech are some of the most effective party starters in the world today. Tracks like “TAKE YO PANTIES OFF” speak to their no-fucks-given, brazen charisma. dazegxd and Kassie Krut offer opposite perspectives on the same thing: each group brings a ruptured, concussive approach to the pop song. dazegxd channels chiming house music, frenetic liquid dnb and more, while Kassie Krut submerges their songs in the muck and mire of our overloaded audio/media landscape. But both traffic is exceptional hooks that stay with you.