Listening to Shotgun Driver’s new EP, “Jester Privileges”, is like finding a glitter bomb in a padded cell. The four songs present a disorienting, strangely compelling contradiction. On the surface, the alt-pop framework pulses with an upbeat, almost defiant energy; this is the slick, rock-tinged anxiety of a Machine Gun Kelly track built for open-road brooding. But beneath it, the narrative, carried by those...

North London-based producer Jonas Wang is a full-time music enthusiast who diligently balances his passion for production with his studies. While he spent his university years composing electronic dance music (EDM), pop, and various other genres, chill-hop always accompanied him during study sessions and paper writing. Now, with his latest four-track release, Jonas delves into the warm and dreamy world of chill-hop. "Imaginary Farm" is an...