Listening to RIOT SON’s new single, “Loneliest at Best,” is a curious exercise in emotional time-travel. The sound pulls you back to the early 2000s, to a time of angular guitars and heartfelt, frayed-collar vocals. It has that nervous, shimmering energy of indie rock that always sounded best on a pair of wired headphones, the beat prodding you forward even as the lyrics confess...

In the vast auditory expanse that is the world of music, every once in a while, a collaboration will arise that will serve to remind us of the unpredictability of the beauty that may occur when different pathways converge. Enter British music producer Pyrosion, whose name has long been connected with musical expertise, and his newest tune, which includes Smhylie, who is known for her...