To begin, Mahuna's new single “Far-Off Summer’s Night” does not fill the room with sound so much as it hollows out a small, reverent space within it. This is a song that arrives like a fog from the fields of Monaghan, a gentle haunting born of a Belfast past and a Berlin present, carrying with it the DNA of quiet sorcerers like Nick Drake...

The Glasgow rock outfit Delta Fire drops a high-voltage anthem 'Love Stops First' that dares you to stop caring about what other people think. Some tracks politely ask for your attention, while others kick the door open and demand you listen. When you are tired of hearing that your passions are just a phase or a hobby, you need a song that hits back with...