I spent a solid hour this morning watching dust motes suspended in a single shaft of sunlight, my entire nervous system held absolutely captive by Magdi Aboul-Kheir and his devastatingly immersive new album, "Slow Heat". The Germany-based journalist and classically trained pianist usually writes across a massive spectrum of genres, pivoting wildly from trance to late romanticism. Today, he has dropped an ambient, contemporary...

Misfit24th has a talent that only a few other rappers have: the ability to experiment with words and produce smart wordplay. The album "All Is Fair In Love & War" by the UK-based rapper is currently available, and the song "Indecisive Person" serves as the album's lead single. He freely acknowledges his indecision and refuses to censor himself. That's exactly what he does, and he also...