Clockwise from top left: Sleep Waker, Heartless Bastards, Gang of Youths, Dessa, Ida Mae, Diana DeMuth and Skott. Whether you’re in the mood for a summer love pop-anthem from Dessa, an upbeat jazz-rock bop from Heartless Bastards that makes you rethink the state of the world, or even a…

Pauline Skott. Courtesy: Peter St. James. From the time Swedish singer-songwriter and producer Pauline Skott, who performs as Skott, was just a kid, music always drew her deepest fascination. By the time she was 13, she was already experimenting with production, one day hoping to compose tracks for video game. “Then…