Los Angeles-based BISHOP makes a strong debut on eclectic pop track “Wild Horses”. Set on an axis of a big trap-influenced chorus juxtaposed to a midtempo acoustic instrumental, the disparate styles on “Wild Horses” synch together in a very powerful/head-turning way. Strong track.
BISHOP (Soundcloud)
“Blaise Montoya” is the latest iteration of rising Dutch producer Frits Wentink’s forward thinking dance music. The Loes Jongerling-featured track (who’s vocal is perfectly beautiful) is part of a new three track EP out Monday on Wolf Music.
Frits Wentink (Soundcloud)
Get into the softly-turbulent short and sugary provocatively-stylized dynamic-cheery-toned sax-tickled eye-opener fix from B3-featured artist Toronto-based beatmaker/producer E.DOZA called “Good Morning” which is based on the brief Jamma Dee-beats inspired track from LA songstress Joyce Wrice. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
E.DOZA 
(Soundcloud)
Quite possibly my favorite track of this week is the stunning “Found Someone” from Tasty Treat featuring Tribes. The bit from the start to about 1:30 that’s this crazy melange of jazzy pianos, very subtly trap-tinged beats and Tribes’ heart-shredding vocal is so so good. On repeat 24/7.
Tasty Treat (Soundcloud)
Thousand Oaks, California producer-beatmaker Dan Lopez (also known as Distant.lo) turns in a deeply-profound wonderfully-emotive soft-touch-percussion-laced melodic-piano-centric instrumental Nujabes-tribute aptly entitled “Beauty”. Amazing song. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Distant.lo (Soundcloud)
Zone out to the calm gracefully-poised synth-affected percussion-textured vibrations and choppy-delicate lovely-melodic sample-less male-female vocal melange on “Kafka” a new beauty track from Canadian producer/vocalist and self-professed beat-crusher Four Lore (which features the lovely vocals of talented young songstress Madi Larson). Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Four Lore (Soundcloud)
Communicating Vessels will release on January 25th Hypatia, the sophomore LP from Birmingham UK band WRAY. Lead single “May 23rd” is very gaze-y, yes, but also very potent melodically and constructed in a way where both the track’s shoegaziness and its tunefullness come through the track in a mutualistically effective way. We like it a lot.
WRAY (Facebook)
“Take”, the new collaboration between KHAI and vocalist CYN has the component parts (big anthemic chorus, magnetic vocal boy-girl vocals, instrumentally new/progressive/different arranging) to be a major breakthrough for both artists. Listen below.
KHAI (Soundcloud)
Producer duo Snakehips is accompanied by Chance the Rapper and Tinashe for the first single off of what it appears to be a new Snakehips project. Despite Chance’s busy tour schedule, Snakehips got him to drop a set of his always-solid bars and Tinashe’s hypnotic alto vocals are variably featured throughout the whole song adding into the track its feel good vibe. Reviewed by Jake Goldstein.
SNAKEHIPS (Soundcloud)
Favorite Moon Boots drops off a warm-touch house-y new one called “Red Sky”. The minor-keyed dance number traverses a more obtuse broader region of the Moon Boots sound that inhabits somewhere near the orbit of artists like Darius and Cherokee. We like it. “Red Sky” is out now on Anjunadeep.
Moon Boots 
(Facebook)
We are completely enthralled with the feisty-bizarre straight-shooting vibrantly-underplayed philosophical-bented lyrically-phenomenal guitar-drenched raw-sensed attitude of Cornwall, UK singer-songwriter solo-artist-troubadour Richard Barry also known as Acoustic Growl and his new track “One Of These Days”. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Acoustic Growl (Soundcloud)
We’re digging the sexy-sultry mild-trap-y hip-hop beats-driven r&b-vocals-dipped electro-effects-laced “Back It Up” a beautifully-heated slow-burner tune from LA-based duo THEY who recently released their short yet very impressive bright- guitar-touched Mind of a Genius-rep’d debut EP “NU Religion” (which also includes the insanely-catchy lead single “Motley Crue”). Keep your ears peeled for more from this uniquely fashioned versatile multi-genre-straddling dynamo duo who are one of the best new acts we have heard as of late. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
THEY (Soundcloud)
