Released on October 9, “Snowflakes” adds a brief, reflective single to a catalogue that has moved between orchestral performance, electronic experiments and intimate songwriting.

Co-written with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket, “Passenger Princess” opens her album “Kinda Sorta Country” with a relationship argument that gives its breezy country-pop…

Her musical theatre training provides a background for a song with a dramatic trajectory: irritation accumulates, the stakes rise, and the final stretch gives that pressure…

“Retribution” finds its strength in the meeting of rhythmic pleasure and emotional strain, giving Powell’s personal songwriting an inviting, expressive shape.

Aberson’s collaborative approach provides a persuasive setting for Taylor’s storytelling, allowing the rhythm to carry some of the emotional conversation. The result has the makings of…

“Miles From Home” offers a compelling portrait of adulthood as something built with other people still firmly in mind.

Vampirism becomes a useful way of discussing estrangement, the exhausting business of moving among people while carrying a private crisis.

“Tu Calor” makes an inviting introduction to a project with an established appetite for crossing borders.

Nexxus 604, a Los Angeles producer and DJ, draws from trance, progressive electronics, and Goa’s psychedelic culture. His track “Heartbeat,” released via Interplay Global, emphasizes the…

“Pink Lemon” suits this treatment: an intimate vocal, an absorbing rhythm, and enough detail to make another play worthwhile once the track finishes.