There is a peculiar friction to the digital textures of Skylarka and her new album, "Somnorine". It’s supposed to be chiptune-influenced synthwave, but listening to it feels less like browsing the internet and more like chewing on aluminum foil while watching Blade Runner on a CRT monitor that’s slowly degaussing. It’s a sensory contradiction bright, crystalline pop hooks wrestling with the deep, existential dread...

Award-winning artist Rehya Stevens beckons listeners to peel off the soundtrack of Christmas as Christmas sets in with her new single entitled “Be My Baby By Christmas Night,” which is released from her original Christmas album “Santa’s Takin’ Over the Town.” Music runs in the veins of Rehya Stevens, and she was born into an already-established musical family. Her father, Peter Martin, was a world-renowned pianist...