After the calls stop, the hardest part of a breakup is rarely being alone. It is the administrative problem of feeling: how does someone proceed after an old future disappears? Astian’s new single “How” holds that question there. It does not rush to fill it with a lesson, confession, or the sort of gleaming finality pop often prefers. Astian approaches the aftermath through a playful, stripped-back...

London-based sonic architect Antoin Gibson throws us a jagged anchor in a sea of engineered algorithms with her ferocious new single, "Diss Tribute". The track hooks you immediately with a hollow, descending loop that cycles endlessly. It’s an eerily perfect sound, replicating the exact numbing repetition of staring blankly at an infinite, algorithmic feed. Soon, a heavy, staccato rhythm drops in, locking you tight...