The National - Guilty Party

A: The National
S: Guilty Party

Berlin may be sinking, but The National are flying higher than ever. Last week, the band debuted several new songs from their upcoming album, Sleep Well Beast, during a concert in Paris. Included among those new tracks was Guilty Party, which the Brooklyn indie rockers have now released as the second single from the record, along with its accompanying music video.

... it's nobody's fault.

Kendrick Lamar - ELEMENT

A: Kendrick Lamar
S: ELEMENT

The mantra behind the production of ELEMENT., Lamar's new music video, seems to have been taken from the song itself: If I gotta slap a pussy-ass nigga, I'ma make it look sexy. The clip, directed by Jonas Lindstroem, is yet another incredible visual in the run of music videos from DAMN., Lamar's excellent new album.

... I done cried for this shit.

Frank Ocean - Dust

A: Frank Ocean
S: Dust

Oldie but goldie, and not on Spotify, so make sure you hit that repeat button real good while you take a well deserved trip down memory lane to Nostalgia, Ultra, the 2011 debut mixtape that launched the stunning start of Frank Ocean's career.

... I quit writing, I kept living, I kept loving.

UNKLE Feat. Elliott Power, Mïnk & Ysée - Cowboys Or Indians

A: UNKLE Feat. Elliott Power, Mïnk & Ysée
S: Cowboys Or Indians

Perpetually-shifting UK collective UNKLE are returning with their first new full-length since 2010’s Where Did The Night Fall. The project, which is led by James Lavelle, released a new song called Cowboys Or Indians, a skittering, steadily-creeping six-minute compisition that which features guest spots from Elliott Power, YSÉE, and Mïnk.

... met with the Devil and bet it I lost.

PArk Hotel - Going West

A: PArk Hotel
S: Going West

Park Hotel are a post-electronic dance band based in London, UK. Centred on the creative duo of Tim Abbey and Rebeca Marcos-Roca, they explore the mirrorball-noir territory between alternative arena electronica and wired downtown songwriting. Happy Monday.

... we're out of luck.

Radiohead - Man Of War

A: Radiohead
S: Man Of War

Radiohead shared another OK Computer-era rarity, and a video to go along with it. Man of War appears on OKNOTOK, the 20th-anniversary reissue of Radiohead’s seminal 1997 album that arrives Friday and is one of three previously unreleased — at least, officially — tracks that’ll appear on the set. 

... it all comes flooding back.

DJ Khaled Feat. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller - Wild Thoughts

A: DJ Khaled Feat. Rihanna, Bryson Tiller
S: Wild Thoughts

Ready, steady, steam. DJ Khaled’s latest all-star single Wild Thoughts doesn't only feature Rihanna and Bryson Tiller but also samples Santana's 1997 hit Maria Maria, making sure you're summer is a couple of degrees hotter.

... you know this cookie is for the baking.

Artists for Grenfell - Bridge Over Troubled Water

A: Artists for Grenfell
S: Bridge Over Troubled Water

The music video for Simon Cowell's Grenfell Tower charity single has now been released. The all-star collaboration, a cover of the Simon & Garfunkel classic, has already reached number one in the British iTunes charts. The recording studio footage is interspersed with moving photos from the Grenfell relief operation.

... I just hope that you rest and you're free up there.

Monarchy - Hula Hoop 8000

A: Monarchy
S: Hula Hoop 8000

Get ready to hit the dancefloor because Aussies Ra Black and Andrew Armstrong - better known as UK-based Monarchy - have dropped a new disco banger that’ll have you swivelling your hips in no time. Prepare to get hypnotised.

... my time I'd give it all to you.

Hercules & Love Affair Feat. Sharon Van Etten - Omnion

A: Hercules & Love Affair Feat. Sharon Van Etten
S: Omnion

Andy Butler's dance music project has shared a new song featuring Sharon Van Etten. Omnion is the title track from Hercules and Love Affair’s upcoming album. The new song follows Controller, which features the Horrors’ Faris Badwan and will also appear on the new album.

... can you help from beyond.

Arcade Fire - Creature Comfort

A: Arcade Fire
S: Creature Comfort

After teasing the single in an Adbusters-esque mock commercial and distributing cereal boxes with the single throughout Dublin, Arcade Fire have finally shared their new single “Creature Comfort” in full. The track follows the ABBA-infused single “Everything Now” from their forthcoming album Everything Now, which drops this July 28. Check out “Creature Comfort” below.

... God make me famous.

Zoot Woman - Ordinary Face

A: Zoot Woman
S: Ordinary Face

Your favourite British electronic band has returned with new single, video and album called Ordinary Face. The video’s concept was #nomakeup, and shows diverse faces of their fans rather than the done up faces of glamorous models. Almost an anti-glitz campaign that ends up being pretty engaging.

... people might leave their heads.

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Tenderness

A: Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
S: Tenderness

Put some tenderness in your Sunday! The latest work from electric romantic Jefre Cantu-Ledesma is out. On the Echoing Green, the album not to miss, features nine dreamy shoegaze tracks, two of which are notably elevated by Argentinian vocalist Sobrenadar. Happy drifting!
...

Beth Ditto - Fire

A: Beth Ditto
S: Fire

Former Gossip singer Beth Ditto has shared her new and debut solo album Fake Sugar with the world yesterday and it is as great as candy. Ditto said that she wrote “65 to 80 songs” for her album, which had been two years in the making and results in an all killer no filler record.

.... ain't gotta an honest feeling in my bones.

The War On Drugs - Holding On

A: The War On Drugs
S: Holding On

TWOD recently released Holding On, and have now shared the music video for that track. It was directed by Brett Haley and stars The Wire’s Frankie Faison along with frontman Adam Granduciel. Holding On marks the first single off The War On Drugs' forthcoming album, A Deeper Understanding, which arrives August 25.

... did I let go too fast?

The Killers - The Man

A: The Killers
S: The Man

The Killers have shared the first song from their upcoming fifth album in the form of new single The Man. The Las Vegas band’s new album - titled Wonderful Wonderful - will follow on from 2012’s Battle Born as well as Brandon Flowers’ 2015 solo LP The Desired Effect.

... they kiss on the ring, I carry the crown.

Ariel Pink - Another Weekend

A: Ariel Pink
S: Another Weekend

Ariel Pink sets a serene but complicated scene for the next chapter in his curious career with Another Weekend, his first solo material heard since the prog-pop opus pom pom. Encapsulating the lingering euphoria of a regrettable weekend over the edge, the song speaks in morose volumes while whispering sweetly, the dichotomy of Pink’s pathos once again on display.

... I think of all that went wrong.

Busy P Feat. Mayer Hawthorne - Genie

A: Busy P Feat. Mayer Hawthorne
S: Genie

Reliable sources tell me that this needs to be on every and your summer playlist, while being a strong candidate for this summer's smash hit. So turn the volume up, and the heating if you're not affected by global warming and ride that retro wave to the shore.


... talk with your body.

Sheryl Lee Ralph - In The Evening

A: Sheryl Lee Ralph
S: In The Evening

Starting the week foxy as can be might not be an obvious choice, but I dare say, or write, it's a risk worth taking. Sometimes the best way of hanging on to the weekend is just not letting go. So here to soundtrack that theory, is a cherry challed Sheryl.

... I light up the night and live like a star.

Katy Perry Feat. Campy - Bon Appetit

A: Katy Perry Feat. Campy
S: Bon Appetit

Let's welcome back La Katy who has released her new and fifty album Witness last Friday - and let's also welcome back Taylor Swish Swift who has re-released all her music on all streaming services, three years after pulling it, and on the exact same day Witness was released. Fight on, ladies.

... eat with your hands, fine.

Elton John - Tiny Dancer

A: Elton John
S: Tiny Dancer

My favourite Elton John song finally, finally has a music video. Tiny Dancer was first released in 1971. But this is the first video Elton has ever released for this song, and it was pretty kind of him to make us wait 46 years. Enjoy.

... you'll marry a music man.

Björk - Notget

A: Björk
S: Notget

Björk has released a second music video for her Vulnicura track Notget. Following on from the virtual reality video released back in April, the latest version sees her emerge from a throbbing, monochrome cocoon, morphing into a multi-coloured lifeform.

... for our love kept me safe from death.

Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog

A: Mac DeMarco
S: This Old Dog

Mac DeMarco has always been a class of his own and a fine provider of perfect summer vibe tracks. Not fresh off the press anymore, but one of the freshest releases so far this year, make sure to give This Old Dog, his latest album, a proper spin.

... sometimes my love may be put on hold.

Selena Gomez - Bad Liar

A: Selena Gomez
S: Bad Liar

Two weeks ago Selena dropped her new single  Bad Liar and from a quick internet search I can gather that the tabloids haven't stopped wondering who it is about. Maybe Justin Bieber, or The Weeknd. Either way, it is a decent pop song, which is the most shoking headline you'll read from this little writer.

... my feelings on fire.

Girlpool - It Gets More Blue

A: Girlpool
S: It Gets More Blue

Ta-daah. Girlpool's video for It Gets More Blue. It’s from their album Powerplant. Directed by Amalia Irons from a concept by Harmony Tividad, the lo-fi clip features Tividad and Cleo Tucker posing as a couple, going on idyllic outings and attending bizarre tarot card parties. Enjoy.

... I faked global warming just to get close to you.

Noga Erez - Off The Radar

A: Noga Erez
S: Off The Radar

Introducing Noga Erez: an Israeli musician, singer-songwriter, keyboardist and producer. Born and living just outside Tel Aviv, multi-instrumentalist Erez’s grainy textures and potent atmospheres forged with her synths and ingenious beats bravely straddle genres, energized further by the environment in which she’s grown up. Discover her debut album now.

... hear me, no one sees me, no one.

TESS ROBY - BALLAD 5

A: TESS ROBY
S: BALLAD 5

Introducing Tess Roby, a 23 year old songstress from Montreal. The pensive, dreamily swaying Ballad 5 will also appear on Roby’s new record, coming later this year, which is a song of love & loss in the humid Montreal summer. The sound of Parc Avenue in the blue light of dawn, and it manages to elegantly and mysteriously skirt the fine line between icy and warm, depending on your mood.

The pensive, dreamily swaying “Ballad 5” will also appear on Roby’s new record, coming later this year on Italians. According to the label, it’s “a song of love & loss in the humid Montreal summer. The sound of Parc Avenue in the blue light of dawn…“, and it manages to elegantly and mysteriously skirt the fine line between icy and warm, depending on your mood.

Read More: premiere: Montreal’s Tess Roby releases gorgeous Ballad 5 single on Italians Do It Better | http://www.gorillavsbear.net/premiere-montreals-tess-roby-releases-gorgeous-ballad-5-single-on-italians-do-it-better/?trackback=tsmclip

The pensive, dreamily swaying “Ballad 5” will also appear on Roby’s new record, coming later this year on Italians. According to the label, it’s “a song of love & loss in the humid Montreal summer. The sound of Parc Avenue in the blue light of dawn…“, and it manages to elegantly and mysteriously skirt the fine line between icy and warm, depending on your mood.

Read More: premiere: Montreal’s Tess Roby releases gorgeous Ballad 5 single on Italians Do It Better | http://www.gorillavsbear.net/premiere-montreals-tess-roby-releases-gorgeous-ballad-5-single-on-italians-do-it-better/?trackback=tsmclip

... you’ve fallen down again.

The pensive, dreamily swaying “Ballad 5” will also appear on Roby’s new record, coming later this year on Italians. According to the label, it’s “a song of love & loss in the humid Montreal summer. The sound of Parc Avenue in the blue light of dawn…“, and it manages to elegantly and mysteriously skirt the fine line between icy and warm, depending on your mood.

Read More: premiere: Montreal’s Tess Roby releases gorgeous Ballad 5 single on Italians Do It Better | http://www.gorillavsbear.net/premiere-montreals-tess-roby-releases-gorgeous-ballad-5-single-on-italians-do-it-better/?trackback=tsmclip

Liam Gallagher - Wall Of Glass

A: Liam Gallagher
S: Wall Of Glass

Gallagher has shared a video for his debut solo single, Wall Of Glass. The former Oasis frontman made his solo live debut at a show in Manchester, premiering new songs, performing Oasis hits and teaming up with his former Britpop bandmate Bonehead. Now he has unveiled his first solo song Wall Of Glass. Introducing the track on air, Liam said: This is Wall Of Glass, turn it up.

... I believe the resurrection's on.

Arcade Fire - Everything Now

A: Arcade Fire
S: Everything Now

Have you seen Magnolia? Do you believe that 'things just happen'? Or is it no coincidence that Arcade Fire release their new single and possibly best song of the year on the exact day President Covfefe pulls out of the Paris climate agreement? Maybe, but maybe not.

... every time you smile it's a fake.

2RAUMWOHNUNG - Hotel Sunshine

A: 2RAUMWOHNUNG
S: Hotel Sunshine

Not a many band's can drop a single and turn the clock back, efortlessly, ten to fifteen years. But the band that created the soundtrack to Berlin's transformation from ashes to phoenix certainly can. Album number eight is called „Nacht und Tag" and out June 16.

... ich halt die Sonne in der Hand.