SoCal disco-edit heavyweight LUXXURY steps into a beachside late-summer-tipped new original track in the form of the breezy “What Do Ya Really Want”. LUXXURY is gearing up for a new EP release later in the year titled “How to Be Good”.
SoCal disco-edit heavyweight LUXXURY steps into a beachside late-summer-tipped new original track in the form of the breezy “What Do Ya Really Want”. LUXXURY is gearing up for a new EP release later in the year titled “How to Be Good”.
Hypem hit man Tom Misch gets a saxophone-led a assist from sister Laura on the surreal jazz pop of “Follow”.
Reading UK quartet Palm Honey blend neo-psychedelia and 60’s West Coast pop with great singable melodies on new one “Bones”, the follow-up to last month’s “You Stole My Blackout”.
The jazzy, exploring the impressionistic, “Paused Parade” D.C.-based Young Summer is one of our favorite tracks of the year. A++++++++.
We’re into the funky yacht rock stylings of Portland band Minden and their breezy new “Love is Bad” single for Hit City Records.
Indie rock longevity story Sleigh Bells stream appropriately called “Hyper Dark” ahead of forthcoming fall tour. The track’s minor-keyed chorus section, heavy with reverbed guitars and 808-esque beats, is a cool stylistic deviation for the band. Check the track (and tour dates) below.
8/31/16 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
9/1/16 Detroit, MI @ El Club
9/2/16 Chicago, IL @ North Coast Music Festival
9/3/16 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
9/4/16 Denver, CO @ Riot Fest
9/7/16 Washington, DC @ U Street
9/8/16 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
9/10/16 Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents
9/12/16 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
9/13/16 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
11/11/16 San Diego, CA @ North Park
11/15/16 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/18/16 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
11/19/16 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
The darling of the blogosphere ZHU fires forward into somewhat more deep house-inspired climes with A+ new one “Palm Of My Hand”
UK duo Fine Print dial into a soulful set of funky syncopations on kinetic return track “Matter”.
Glaswegian Lucia Fontaine debuts online with the strong grunge-y big beat toe-tapper “Lose My Mind”. “Lose My Mind” is a component part of Lucia Fontaine’s “Best Boy” EP out this fall on Dead Beet Records.
German artist Agnes Obel renews her impressive streak of strong tracks on the sublime, sweeping, acoustic pop of “Familiar”.
“Life Is But a Dream” is the reverb-swept latest track from equally dreamy Portland quartet Genders. A+.
Melancholy but sweet and even soothing, “Under Pressure”‘s (new from L.A. artist DENM) vocal hook sticks deep into your headspace. Working within a deep house-esque idiom instrumentally, “Under Pressure” coolly juxtaposes its wistful vocal to the rhythm track’s rapid head-noddin pulse. Good track.
