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...

Serbian-Chinese Artist Realma Interweaves PTSD Struggles with Synthpop Sounds in 'Down the Railway Spine'. Feeling the pain of battle and PTSD with an incredibly touching art, Realma conveys in her new single 'Down the Railway Spine' that she is also experiencing the stormy seas of trauma. Hailing as an emotional pick from Bor, Serbia, Realma's experimental singing is intensified with its rising music landscape, which marks...