Listening to RIOT SON’s new single, “Loneliest at Best,” is a curious exercise in emotional time-travel. The sound pulls you back to the early 2000s, to a time of angular guitars and heartfelt, frayed-collar vocals. It has that nervous, shimmering energy of indie rock that always sounded best on a pair of wired headphones, the beat prodding you forward even as the lyrics confess...

Ghanaian sensation AratheJay has firmly established his commercial dominance after his debut LP, "The Odyssey", recorded over 10 million streams on Spotify. This feat is achieved less than a month after the project's release. This digital milestone is also complemented by the visual success of the lead single, "Put Am On God," whose official music video has surpassed a million views on YouTube. The exponential...