The Italian-British quartet known as MAUSI (and authors of one 2013’s best singles “Move”) make a return today with a cocktails at the poolside cover of one of 2014 indie’s biggest breakouts Canadian singer Kiesza‘s “Hideaway”. P.S. Don’t miss the smooth interpolation of J. Lopez‘s “Play” snuck into the choruses!
Mausi 
(Official)
Rating 8.4
Poutine lover and Canadian beat sensation Kaytranada puts some of the creative vitality that over the last eighteen months has boosted his profile exponentially underneath Portland-based Reva DeVito‘s new single for HW&W Reva DeVito. “Friday Night”, while sounding at times like a C&C Music Factory deep cut (this is meant as a compliment), is electric as the dynamic between Kaytranada’s fast-motion glossy dance&b and Reva’s propulsive sultry tone is quite special. Listen.
The Internet, who put out one of our favorite records of last year with Feel Good, take on remix duties for another site favorite Raleigh Ritchie‘s new “Stronger Than Ever” single. Team Internet styles “Stronger” in a manner that’d be at home as much on 90’s quiet storm radio as it would on your alt R&B friend’s new Spotify “chillers” playlist. We’re pretty with that, you should be too. “The world is at my feet and I’m standing on the ceiling”
Raleigh Ritchie (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.2
The big GDNA turns in an excellent, cooled out, vibe-y new mix of the Alicia Keys‘ Diary joint “Feeling You, Feeling Me”. With his mix, GDNA selects for lush well-layered instrumentation and perfectly tempo’d breaks to give the 2003 track a fuller more updated body.
GDNA 
(Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
“Serbia” is the latest track from London upstart singer TĀLĀ and wow. “Serbia”‘s synth-jab-aided stop-start choruses are close to flawless. While the whole of the track is a bit more atmospheric and obtuse in its instrumentation, “Serbia’s” main hook is electric and instantly attention demanding. “Aesop”, the debut EP from TĀLĀ, is released June 2nd.
TĀLĀ 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
The talented Ms. Grant makes her return to the blogosphere today with the stylistic change-up “West Coast”. While a bit of a departure from the expressed hip hop affect of the Born To Die record’s tracks, “West Coast”‘s guts are still of the rap breed; with Lana sing-speaking the track’s vocal lines – all while gliding wistfully off the top of each subdivided one. Ultraviolence is the new LP upcoming from Lana.
Lana Del Rey 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
The perfectly paced, infinitely soulful, melodic lines of “Reds” catalyze the debut track of Brooklyn-based singer Kidepo. On “Reds”, a spare introductory instrumental gives way bit-by-bit dynamically to successive tracking and flourishes which all focus through the lens of Kidepo’s soothing and engaging vocal performance. “Reds” is stunning and not to be missed. (HD)
Kidepo Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.3
Harvest Records labelmates connect on Young & Sick’s soul-driven digitized treatment of Norwegian songstress Mr. Little Jeans’ “Good Mistake”. Mr. Little Jeans is doing a slate of North American dates with SOHN next month, details of which you can sample below.
Tour Dates (w/SOHN):
May 7th – Washington DC / Rock & Roll Hotel
May 8th – Philadelphia PA / Johnny Brenda’s
May 9th – New York NY / Bowery Ballroom
May10th – Brooklyn NY / Rough Trade
May 12th – Boston / The Sinclair
May 13th – Montreal Canada / Il Motore
May 14th – Toronto Canada / Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
May 15th – Pontiac MI / Crofoot Ballroom
May 16th – Chicago / Bottom Lounge
May 17th – Minneapolis / First Avenue
May 20th – Vancouver Canada / Fortune Sound Club
May 21st – Seattle WA / The Crocodile
May 22nd – Portland OR / Holocene
May 24th – San Francisco / The Independent
May 25th – San Diego CA / Casbah
UK artist Laura Welsh (and one of our favorite voices currently on the planet) joins up with the hot-handed Gorgon City for the big & Balearic mid-summer sound of “Here For You”. Look for “Here For You” June 15th.
Gorgon City (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
The sweet comforting alto of Bonsai highlights the Brooklyn-based songwriter’s delicate c&w-tinged “I Fashion You a Dreamer”. You can pick-up Bonsai’s s/t Kickstarter-funded EP on May 27th.
Bonsai Soundcloud)
Rating: 8.3
The tighter-shaped, almost-mechanized in character, synth pop that Little Dragon showed off on new LP Nabuma Rubberband‘s first single “Klapp Klapp” is again the frame for second single “Paris”.
Little Dragon 
(Official)
Rating 8.4
Blog champ Goldroom puts a warm summery shine on an impressive new remix for MØ’s “Don’t Wanna Dance” single . MØ’s No Mythologies To Follow is out now.
MØ 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.6
