The Malaysian-born, London-based artist Jemerine Chan turns heartbreak, indie pop warmth, and folk-pop honesty into a single "Let Go" that feels private, direct, and ready for repeat plays. Some songs hit because they sound like the exact second you stop arguing with your own heart. Jemerine Chan's "Let Go" has that feeling. It sits down, looks you in the eye, and says the thing you...

A city can teach a person how to carry noise. The Liberties, with its old trade routes and close communal pulse, has long carried dense human music. From that inheritance, Zak Coghlan appears to have taken not only a taste for melody, but a belief that feeling becomes sharper when placed inside a story that can stand up under pressure. “Lead Balloon”, his new single...