Dianne Forte has somehow built a bizarre, joyous bridge between Sunday morning devotion and a vintage arcade console with the instrumental version of her latest single, "Hallelujah Just Keep Your Heads Up Now". I anticipated the gentle cadence of her North Carolina gospel roots. Instead, the self-taught organist handed me a soundtrack for a sun-drenched, high-speed drive down a pixelated coastline. https://open.spotify.com/album/6GStrr1WiKEWJaAkuWYX5K?si=AOhyiEbXR1iGjVkwFtTIVQ The sheer, unrestrained energy...

Heartbreak hits harder when it refuses to slam the door. Reetoxa's "Love Keeps Burning Still," takes that feeling and gives it piano, strings, and two voices circling the same emotional bruise. Led by Melbourne songwriter and vocalist Jason McKee, the single carries the ache of a marriage that ended, but left warmth behind. It is soft in pace, big in feeling, and built for late-night...