Decades of Experience and Influence Collide in 'I'm With You,' A New Chapter in Lark's Pop Legacy. Lark is a well-known pop singer hailing from Sydney, Australia, and she is an Australian pop provocateur. During Lark's formative years, the music of Madonna, KISS, and ABBA was played often in the family home. She was attracted to the fierceness of Madonna's 1984 performance, the glitter and sass...

With Oli Ng and his latest release, "Steadfast," I found myself suddenly transported away from my cluttered desk and into a passenger seat, watching telephone wires loop and dip against a setting sun. You know that specific physical sensation when you stop checking the speedometer because you trust the driver with your life? This track bottles that. It’s the sonic equivalent of finally unclenched...