Vocalist BLANKTS and producer Tülpa recently collaborated on a delicate indie electronic track, “GNATS.” Gentle vocals over a nostalgic instrumental make for tune that promises to keep you cozy as we get into Fall. Stream it here and if you like what you here get excited for the duo’s upcoming EP, “Storytales”, dropping later this season. Reviewed by Selena Shaw.
New from Roll Call Records is “Simple Love”, the new track from New Yorkers The Dig. The hooky, subtly psychedelic track is preview below from The Dig’s forthcoming Bloodshot Tokyo LP.
Moody new ostensibly UK act North Downs fire off strong debut in form of modern pop version of Townes Van Zandt’s “Nothin”.
Nilüfer Yanya will make her headline debut at London’s Slaughtered Lamb on November 17. “Keep On Calling” is the second track online from the buzzed about singer (following August’s great “Small Crimes”). “Keep On Calling” excels on its cool jazzy melodic phrases and A+ command and setting of mood and tone.
“Palo Alto” is new from Australian songwriter Holly Rankin a/k/a Jack River. Wound around a Nirvana-esque groove (“About a Girl”), “Palo Alto” blends elements of West Coast US indie with that aforementioned grunge feel. The result is differentially cool blend of styles made great by Rankin’s strong sense of melody. Listen below.
We’re digging the cool blend of A+ pop songwriting and spare forward-thinking production from newcomer HARLŒ on “All In My Feelings”. The L.A.-based HARLŒ (whose writing credits include work with Charli XCX and Britney Spears, is on to a refreshing sound (buoyed by airtight melodic writing) that is unlike pretty much anything else out right now.
“I Would” is the second track online for Gueorgui Linev’s KAN WAKAN project. “I Would”, which follows the blogger favorite “Molasses”, is as an arresting statement of formidable artistic skill. Wow.
Foreign Air will tour North America this fall (dates below) behind their new (out now) “Free the Light” EP. Ruddering the new release from the duo of Jacob Michael and Jesse Clasen is perhaps out favorite track to date from the twosome, the piano-driven but Kanye-influenced in its instrumentation “Better For It”. Built on some frankly heart-wrenching melodic writing (nearly every time the verse heads into falsetto is pretty much soul crushing), “Better For It” deserves/will grab on to your attention immediately. Listen below.
*w/ The Strumbellas
^w/ Aurora
10/24: Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe*
10/25: Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall* (SOLD OUT)
10/27: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall* (SOLD OUT)
10/28: Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts*
10/29: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom* (SOLD OUT)
10/30: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club*
11/25: San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore^
11/27: Los Angeles, CA @ Red Bull Sound Select Presents, The Fonda Theatre^
11/28: Los Angeles, CA @ Red Bull Sound Select Presents, The Fonda Theatre^
12/2: Seattle, WA @ The Showbox*
12/3: Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre^
If only everyday could sound like Hope Sandoval.
“Read My Lips”, new from NY-based King Deco, is 3 minutes 46 seconds of all accelerator, pedal to the floor perfect pop. Sat in a frame of hook after hook after hook after hook (etc), “Read My Lips” is a big track and a big step forward for King Deco.
Propelled by a potent megaton alto vocal and 90’s British pop production nods, “Damn” the latest from L.A.’s Red Rosamond is a sleek and cool sounding ton of visceral bricks. We like it. Listen to “Damn” from Red Rosamond below.
Like something cast forward from a different, much more advanced, dimension, “Lonely World”, the new track from Moses Sumney sounds nothing like most and run circles around just about everything else out. Look for “Lonely World” appearing on Sumney’s “Lamentations” EP, out Friday.
