Jon Gold’s new single, "Lullaby for a Dream," is an act of gorgeous disorientation. You see the name—a pianist rooted in the intricate soils of jazz—and you prepare for one thing, but what arrives is a mist-laden skiff drifting from an entirely different shore. Gold, a Delaware musician, has composed a piece of British-Gaelic folk, and the cognitive dissonance is half the immediate magic....

At a time when so much pop music is screaming to be heard over the noise of the algorithm, finding an artist who understands the raw power of restraint is incredibly refreshing. Swiss musician Ana April has achieved exactly that with her latest release 'Revolution'. This fresh indie alt-pop single does not rely on massive beat drops or aggressive vocal runs to make its point. Instead,...