Listening to Arnold J.’s new single, "Muddy Waters," isn't quite like anything else swirling around right now. It arrives with the gentle insistence of incoming tide, pulling you into its specific gravity. Arnold J., Ghanaian-born and now Canada-based, weaves a sound tagged as alt-country and folk, but those labels feel thin, like trying to contain smoke. There’s earthiness, sure, but his soulful vocal lines...

Right then, let’s talk about MYLEZ and the new single "Open Your Eyes". This track landed like a late-night text message you know you shouldn’t read but absolutely will – a compulsive throb of House music underpinning a familiar, aching plea. MYLEZ, apparently shaping sounds since the tender age of 13 up in Ter Apelkanaal, lays out a narrative here that’s raw around the...