Toronto soul singer Tara Van navigates the tangled give-and-take of devotion on her buoyant new single, “I'm A Vine.” Also featured on her EP “Miles on It,” the track adopts the stubborn genius of flora the quiet tenacity of green shoots wedging through concrete merely to catch daylight. Here, Van transforms an unbalanced dynamic with an unyielding partner into an uplifting celebration of endurance,...

Mardi Tickle's “Glitter Revolution” EP is like finding a forgotten box of sparklers in the back of your mind, just when you thought all the fizz had gone flat. This Finland-based artist has brewed up something delightfully chaotic – a three-song burst that somehow manages to be both a heartfelt therapy session and a dance-floor riot. It’s a curious concoction, this disco-infused pop-rock, as...