alt-J - In Cold Blood

A: alt-J
S: In Cold Blood

Alt-J's new album doesn't come out until June, but the British rockers just released their second single off of the upcoming Relaxer. In Cold Blood features an intense percussion track with powerful guitars that lead to the song's satisfying climax. Enjoy.

... we're sinking like a bleeding stone.

London Grammar - Big Picture

A: London Grammar
S: Big Picture

Taking a four years break between your groundbreaking debut and the much expected sophomore album might not be the most popular choice a band can make, but in the case of London Grammar it will pay off, bigly. June 9 can't come quickly enough.

... don't say you ever loved me.

Cigarettes After Sex - Affection

A: Cigarettes After Sex
S: Affection

Can we just agree that this is the greatest bandname ever? Maybe today they coul even call it Cigarettes After Brexit. Anyway, Cigs After Sex is a pop group founded in El Paso, TX. Released in late 2012, their latest EP, recorded in a stairway over the course of a night, draws upon the influences of the Trinity Session, Julee Cruise, Red House Painters & Cocteau Twins.

... even if it's not what you need.

Eurythmics - Sex Crime

A: Eurythmics
S: Sex Crime

Let's take another stroll down memory lane. Sex Crime was released as the first single from the 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) record, which served as the soundtrack to the film Nineteen Eighty-Four, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by George Orwell.

... leave a big hole in the wall.

James Blake - My Willing Heart

A: James Blake
S: My Willing Heart

James Blake has dropped the new video for his track My Willing Heart, which is taken from his third album The Colour In Anything. Starring a heavily pregnant Natalie Portman, the black and white video sees her both reclining on a bed and swimming gracefully underwater and was filmed just days before the actor gave birth to her daughter Amalia.

... it's a strange spell that we lust for.

Gorillaz - Saturnz Bars (Spirit House)

A: Gorillaz
S: Saturnz Bars (Spirit House)


Gorillaz have announced their new album, Humanz. The 14-track record will reach record stores on the 28 April and Features artists including the likes of De La Soul, Pusha T, D.R.A.M., Grace Jones, Danny Brown, Popcaan and Vince Staples.

... and I'm just a heartbreaker.

Todd Rundgren Feat. Robyn - That Could Have Been Me

A: Robyn
S: That Could Have Been Me

Following the surprise preview of a new song Honey Girls, which is apparently from an upcoming album. As if that weren't enough, we have been blessed with another new Robyn track this week - a collaboration with Todd Rundgren. The song finds the Swedish singer trading in her typical dancehall beat for a softer, more emotional ballad.

... I will swallow my pride.

Joakim - Samurai

A: Joakim
S: Samurai

The eclectic new album from French DJ and producer Joakim is unified only in its consistent oddity. He avoids conventional song structures, drawing inspiration from new age, funk, and krautrock.

... why don't you let me be.

Blondie - Long Time

A: Blondie
S: Long Time

Blondie’s new album Pollinator arrives on May 5, featuring collaborations with more musicians than songs, including the Smiths’ Johnny Marr, Laurie Anderson, Charli XCX, Sia, Joan Jett, TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, and the Strokes’ Nick Valensi. They’ve just released Long Time, a track written by Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes.

... take me, then lose me, then tell them I'm yours.

Perfume Genius - Slip Away

A: Perfume Genius
S: Slip Away

How do you create a sound that's both skeletal and giant? That dichotomy is at the heart of Slip Away, the lead single from Perfume Genius’ upcoming album, No Shape. The song takes the significant sonic upgrade Mike Hadreas made with 2014’s Too Bright and blows it out of the water. And rightfully so!

... let all them voices slip away.

Bruce Willis - Respect Yourself

A: Bruce Willis
S: Respect Yourself

I'm just going to leave this here for you. You can use it for a trip down memory lane to a time when Bruce was married to Demi and the most upsetting thing a president did was getting a BJ. Those were the days. If that is too upsetting, just put this on as a substitude for porn.

... take the sheet off your face boy.

Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

A: Chuck Berry
S: Johnny B. Goode

Thanks for the funk, now rest in peace - or keep on rolling.

... he could play a guitar just like a ringing a bell.

Tove Lo - True Disaster

A: Tove Lo
S: True Disaster

Give it up for Sweden and Tove Lo who embraces true romantic destruction on this video of hers. The track channels 1980s pop touchstones like the Miami Vice soundtrack with an imperious, slow-rolling beat, heavily armored synthesizers and a gummy, battering ram hook. What's not to love!

... give zero fucks about it.

Feist - Pleasure

A: Feist
S: Pleasure

When Feist came out with 2011’s Metals, she made it clear that she was not interested in playing the quirky pop singer seen in the 1234 video for the rest of her days. Nearly six years later, Leslie Feist picks up where she left off with Pleasure, the title track and lead single off her forthcoming fifth album.

... we know enough to admit.

Francis and the Lights - See Her Out

A: Francis and the Lights
S: See Her Out

Candy for your ears. Francis and the Lights' track See Her Out was produced by Francis Starlite with additional production from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and BJ Burton, who has worked on records by Iver, Low, Lizzo, and the Tallest Man on Earth).

... whole damn world is a cage.

Snoop Dogg Feat. Badbadnotgood - Lavender

A: SNOOP DOGG
S: BADBADNOTGOOD

Snoop Dogg joins the ranks of SNL and the Meryl Streep, which have been highly critical of President Klump and become targets of his displeasure - and media criticism - on social media. Personally I hope this will be the most streamed music video of the year. Let's start it right here.

... stay black, payback from way back.

Electric Youth - Good Blood

A: Electric Youth
S: Good Blood

Electric Youth just shared Good Blood from Nicolas Winding Refn’s new Neon Demon-inspired compilation. It will be called The Wicked Die Young and is out April 14. Refn's talent for movies like Drive and Bronson is as big as the soundtracks he compiles for them.

... you will die young.

Valerie June - Shakedown

A: Valerie June
S: Shakedown

Get familiar with the name, Valerie June, mainstream world. The electric dynamo has come right in the nick of time with a strong batch of original songs. One of which, Shakedown, made its music video debut earlier this year.  A highly anticipated offering from her second full-length solo album, The Order of Time.

... need you to need me.

JMSN - Drinkin'

A: JMSN
S: Drinkin'

Longtime fans know that JMSN perfected the craft of creating singles that don't quite feel like just a single. Instead, JMSN welcomes his listeners into the recording studio with him—making each release feel like a short and intimate live performance. Here to help you through Monday is Drinkin'.

... but this is just my daily life.

Ariana Grande & John Legend - Beauty And The Beast

A: Ariana Grande & John Legend
S: Beauty And The Beast

Of all the Disney movies I watched growing up, Beauty and the Beast was my favourite. So here we are again, with Ariana Grande and John Legend remaining faithful to the 1991 Dion/Bryson duet version. Angela Lansbury originally performed the track as a solo while in character as Mrs. Potts in the film.

... finding you can change, learning you were wrong.

Vök - Waiting

A: Vök
S: Waiting

You hear Iceland, you already know this is going to be good. Described as dream-pop/indie-electro band their sound consists of dreamy electronics with melodic vocals, distant saxophones and clean reverberated guitars. Vök is easily placed in the realm of indie-electro, thus resulting in everyone from The Knife and The xx to Poliça and Phantogram, but their music is distinctly their own.

... I'm waiting for you to find me.

The xx - Say Something Loving

A: The xx
S: Say Something Loving

The xx have shared the video for Say Something Loving from their third LP I See You. It features the band performing the track in a blue room while scenes from London interspersed throughout. The band said they wanted to celebrate our home town and revisit some of the places that reminds us of our friendship.


... could have been anyone's kiss.

Fleet Foxes - Third of May / Ōdaigahara

A: Fleet Foxes
S: Third of May / Ōdaigahara

It's been a hot minute, or six years, since Robin Pecknold and his band of emotionally charged folksters released a record, but behold! Here is one long, softly spun, nimbly plucked folk-pop, along with news that FF's third album, Crack-Up, will hit the shelves on June 16th.

... but the song remained.

alt-J - 3WW

A: alt-J
S: 3WW


What a wonderful world! A group of guys with names like Gus Unger-Hamilton and Gwil Sainsbury make legitimately sexy music. Their songs seem to get more Dionysian with each record, and 3WW, the first single from their upcoming new album Relaxer, out 9 June, is their most sensual yet.

... I just want to love you in my own language.

The Blaze - Territory

A: The Blaze
S: Territory

French duo The Blaze - that's Jonathan Alric and Guillaume Alric – direct a layered and cinematic homecoming for their song Territory, the follow-up to the MVA-award winning video for Virile. Tuesday's suddenly looking up.

... these people are my heros.

WatchTheDuck - Poppin' Off

A: WatchTheDuck
S: Poppin' Off

Most of the time, I don’t like DJ tracks that are just beats with a few random vocal snippets thrown on top. But Poppin’ Off is an exception to that rule. The track keeps changing, slowing down and speeding up and dropping in random keyboard sounds. It’s as dynamic as a listening experience gets.

... somethin’ pissed me off.

Robert Tepper - No Easy Way Out

A: Robert Tepper
S: No Easy Way Out

Put some retro in your Sunday and some Rocky in your workout. Here to help you pull some punches is the greatest fighter of them all. So I've learned that Rocky is basically the same story line structure as Aladdin. Which means it's a copy, by the way.

... some things are worth fighting for.

Jeppe Kjellberg - One Day

A: Jeppe Kjellberg
S: One Day

Good morning. One Day is the video for the first single of Jeppe Kjellberg's coming solo album Circles. If you find yourself asking Jeppe who, you are almost half way there, as he's one third of Danish supertrio WhoMadeWho. Inner demons are unleashed and the paranoia of the afterparty unfolds. Enjoy.

... one day I'll come around.

Lorde - Green Light

A: Lorde
S: Green Light

Ready, steady, Friday! Lorde’s new single finds her confronting a former romantic partner. The narrator of the song, Lorde explains, is that drunk girl at the party dancing around crying about her ex-boyfriend who everyone thinks is a mess. That’s her tonight and tomorrow she starts to rebuild.

... but you're not in love no more.

The Cardigans - Hanging Around

A: The Cardigans
S: Hanging Around

Remember when pop music was as effortlessly cool as the Cardigans? Gran Turismo was released 20 years ago next year, so maybe it is just me getting older, or maybe they really don't make them like this anymore. Probably both, actually.

... I love it but it's not for me.

Rex The Dog - Do You Feel What I Feel

A: Rex The Dog
S: Do You Feel What I Feel

London based artist Jake Williams AKA Rex The Dog has been something of a creative enigma since bursting on the scene nearly a decade ago. He joined the Southern Fried stable for his stunning vocal anthem Do You Feel What I Feel, backed with remixes from Rex himself as well as Tiger & Woods.

... when passion takes hold of me.