The moment we heard it, we were so enthralled that we couldn't help but return it to you in the same condition that it was sent. By any measure, it's a solid tune! The new single "Kites" by Maya Jupiter and Nova Emad is further proof that the two artists couldn't be more perfect for one another. You will eventually own up to this. As they...

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...