Ultan’s single, "The Tempest," erupts not so much into the room as it does through the floorboards, dragging with it the scent of wet wool and imminent confrontation. This Dublin solo musician, a cartographer of past agonies, presents an energetic rock piece that feels less like a song about history and more like a fragment of it, throbbing and urgent. The main riff careers...

Hong Kong Singer-Songwriter Reanne Crafts an Intimate Pop Gem "this body” That Celebrates the Evolution of Body Image. These days, self-love songs sound like warmed leftovers. But Reanne's new single, "this body," is actually something completely different. It is not here to teach or fix the flaws in your life; it is here to sit with you in them. The track is a lesson in subtlety,...