Listening to Jean-Philippe Ruelle’s new single, “Switeesoul,” is a peculiar kind of eavesdropping. You’re not hearing a sunrise, exactly, but the slow, internal thought process of one coming into being. The track’s layered electronic pianos don't crash into your morning; they seep under the door, a cool wash of ambient sound that feels both deliberate and entirely accidental. It’s music that seems to have...

The South African indie artist meelu flips the script on mourning, delivering a drum and bass infused folk track that makes letting go feel like a celebration. You know that specific feeling when you are standing in the middle of a crowded room, the bass is vibrating through the floorboards, and suddenly you are hit with a memory so sharp it knocks the wind out...