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...

Lynney Williamson has delivered a pulse-quickening embrace with her remix single, "I See You." There is something inherently charming about a Glasgow artist crafting polished electronic pop within the confines of a walk-in cupboard; it suggests that the most expansive emotions don’t actually need much physical space to breathe. https://open.spotify.com/track/0iNErAKfaPIiQ4OaezZVHZ?si=104e7e6cb01c4405 The track is a shimmering collision of 80s-inspired synth-pop and modern urgency. It hits with a...