Robin James Hurt’s “A Song, A Story Told” arrives with a sound you can almost run a thumb over, like worn corduroy. In an age of sterile, diamond-polished productions, this album is a defiantly handmade thing, tracked onto vintage cassette machines. The result is not a flaw, but an ingredient. A faint, persistent hiss breathes alongside the instruments, a ghost in the machine who...

Jamythyst has released her new single "Skyline," a frantic burst of hyperpop that forcefully injects the dizziness of new romance straight into your bloodstream. Operating entirely out of her Jersey City apartment, this self-described '90s girl writes, records, and produces with a brilliantly unapologetic pop vision. The track captures the exact sensation of falling in love in New York City during those first few...