Innanet James released his new Keep It Clean LP on Friday. The LP is 8 tracks in total and includes features from Pusha T and Rexx Life Raj. Our favorite track is the bass-driven “Memories” (check the double bass in the intro).
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Swimming Tapes are back! The London via Northern Ireland band return with new single “Easy Strand”, Swimming Tapes’ first new music since 2017’s “Soft Sea Blue” EP. We’re pleased to announce the new single on B3SCI Records in collaboration with UK label Hand in Hive! Swimming Tapes, last night in London, supported HAERTS at a gig put on by Line of Best Fit and will play a run of select UK dates in November (details here). The “Easy Strand” single is out now and further details on the release can be obtained at B3SCI Records.
LOVER is the byname of Australian artist Oliver Kirby. The soulful “Eagle to the Prey” is the strong debut track from the talented Aussie and impacts particulary through its cool jazzy guitar textures and fidelity.
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Riz Ahmed collaborator Redinho picks up a big name feature from Kimbra for dark pop heater “Square 1”.
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We’re fans from the online beginning of Donna Missal. Missal propulsive alto has a star quality about it that immediately draws you in. Her reggae-tinged latest “Test My Patience” with its cinema-like dynamics and cool mood is a particularly strong showcase of that breakout/star potential and Missal’s potent voice. Listen below.
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The hazily syncopated “Distant” is new from Brooklyn risers Triathalon. A whirl of low-fi sounds and deep in the PA vocals, “Distant” earns its bread on its strong rhythmic rudder that locks the remaining components of the track to place.
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As the Henry Nowhere hype train rolls out the station, the accumulated tracks continue to be very strong. Latest “Good Thing” is a great iteration of the Nowhere sound, on top the PA vocals riding an instrumental of warm reverb’d guitars and hushed drums. Stream “Good Thing” below.
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Liverpudlian Mary Miller’s debut “I Found Heaven” impressed the hell out of us with its smooth and measured blend of a wide swath of styles. Follow up track “H.D.”, featured here, is very strong and is deserving of your attention below.
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Bash bros. Disclosure are a very talented pair indeed and with seemingly inextinguishable aplomb fire into the September ether, the vocal-heavy house head-nodder “Moonlight”.
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Toronto duo SWANES impress on the breezy and very neatly syncopated “BPD”, the follow-up to “I Hate Summer” from July.
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Mick Jenkins previews Kaytranada-produced “What Am I to Do” from forthcoming Pieces of a Man project. “What Am I to Do” follows the Chicago rapper’s “Bruce Banner” from early last month and wins on its cool juxtaposition of Jenkins’ pointed rhymes to Kaytra’s vocal sample-driven midtempo instrumental.
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