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...

Salzburg-based Armenian artist GOHAR, a self-producing, opera-trained purveyor of Alt R&B/Pop, has just released a new single, "Zero Sense." Signed to the UK label Minimal Surface, GOHAR brings a certain vocal polish, let’s just cut to the chase shall we? https://open.spotify.com/track/1qLgd0nbJo4OSQS9fsEdCx?si=NNHWbAGkRNW9TnrGy1_Cfg "Zero Sense" plunges headfirst into the maddening whirlpool of one-sided relationships. Ever felt like you’re explaining quantum physics to a goldfish? That's the vibe. The...