The Horrors - Something To Remember Me By

A: The Horrors
S: Something To Remember Me By

There’s always a moment where special bands open your eyes to the pure unstoppable force they’ve been promising for years. For The Horrors, it was clear for a while how special they are, unravelling another layer to their coated talents on each and every album, never stopping in one place and always taking things to a different location at every step in their career. Yet there always seemed like there was something, more. We couldn’t put our finger on it, but there was always that sensation that The Horrors had yet to unveil their moment in the sun. Then, there was Something To Remember Me By - a star-studded swoon of electro beats, glorious pop hooks and unravelling majesty that soaked us in a realisation that The Horrors were entering their golden phase.

... nothing left to lose when there's nothing left to find.

unperfect - I am A Dreamer

A: Unperfect
S: I am A Dreamer

Rising girlband unperfect are back with their new feel-good single, I’m A Dreamer. The empowering anthem is a vibrant and confident offering from the girlband which encourages listeners to dream big beyond their wildest imagination. Not only will this track inspire you, but thanks to its infectious energy, it’s the perfect bop for the coming summer months.

... you gotta dream big for what you want.

Hayden James & NAATIONS - Nowhere To Go

A: Hayden James & NAATIONS
S: Nowhere To Go

As if to prove its absolute dominance, Australia gives us another groove that's love at first play. It's called Nowhere to Go and it's from Future Classic's Hayden James in collaboration with electronic duo Naations. It follows James' Just Friends with Boy Matthews, another funky sing-along. TGIF below.

... I know ya, like nobody's ever known ya.

Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down

A: Taylor Swift
S: You Need To Calm Down

Happy Pride y'all. I'm posting this as late as possible since I first took the time to listen to all the pro and con opinions and decided to agree and disagree with both equally. After all, if Pride isn't about equality, we'd really not need it. In the meantime, I'm GLAAD for lyrics that say shade never made anybody less gay.

... just makin' that sign must've taken all night.

Tove Lo - Glad He's Gone

A: Tove Lo
S: Glad He's Gone

Tove Lo inadvertently embarks on a dangerous globetrotting adventure in her hilarious Glad He’s Gone video. In a statement, Lo said the video might be the best she’s ever done. It tells the story of the song SO WELL while being a bizarre mini action movie,” she said. Relate below.

... he's a bitch with some expectations.

Say Yes Dog - Feel Better

A: Say Yes Dog
S: Feel Better

German-Luxembourgish underrated electro-pop trio Say Yes Dog have shared a new and 3rd single taken from their now out album Voyage. Feel Better, another proof of their catching electronic sound and 80’s aesthetics, is accompanied by a video directed by Adam Sait. Feel Better sums up the core message of their album once again: Say Yes Dog have travelled far, come far, and are now exactly where they should be – in their own galaxy of artful, heart-warming electro-pop.

... it's difficult, but still it's us.

Cassius - Calliope

A: Cassius
S: Calliope

Friends, family and fans of Cassius have endured traumatic days with the news of Philippe Zdar's shock passing last week, at aged 50. The French electronic act’s co-founder reportedly fell through a window in Paris, leaving behind a consummate catalogue of French Touch works with Cassius, Motorbass and the many acts he and bandmate Boom Bass produced and recorded with down the years. Out of tragedy, comes a new, final Cassius album Dreems, which was release last Friday. 

... 

Flume Feat. London Grammar - Let You Know

A: Flume Feat. London Grammar
S: Let You Know

Following the release of his Hi This Is Flume mixtape and single Friends, the new song from Flume aka Harley Streten was written together with London Grammar’s Hannah Reid. Reid revealed that the pair had been trying to work together for years but it just never worked out due to each others’ busy schedules. Lucky us, they finally found managed to meet up.

... you’ll just keep on coming back.

Sarah Connor - Vincent

A: Sarah Connor
S: Vincent

If one of the biggest German pop stars decides to write a song about homophobia and the hypocrisy of it and the most popular radio stations of the country cut the first line out of the song in the year 2019, it's good enough for this blog to applaud la Connor once again for moral compass which also led her to take in a Syrian refugee mother with her four kids in 2015. And if this is news for you, you know her motivation wasn't publicity.

... Vincent kriegt keinen hoch, wenn er an Mädchen denkt.

Freddie Mercury - Time Waits For No One

A: Freddie Mercury
S: Time Waits For No One

Dave Clark, of the Dave Clark Five, helped write this song for a musical and has now stripped it down to just the Queen singer’s stunning voice and piano. When Mercury’s recording of Time came out on the soundtrack for the musical, it was schmaltzy and heavily produced with thick layers of backing vocals and heavy drums. It was also a big hit, making it to Number 32 on the U.K. chart. But now Clark has stripped the song down to the way he originally heard it for a special release out Thursday.

... it seems we've all got our backs against the wall.

Shura - religion (u can lay your hands on me)

A: Shura
S: religion (u can lay your hands on me)

British synth-pop musician and Artist To Watch Shura has finally announced the follow-up to her 2016 debut Nothing’s Real. forevher is out in August. We heard the lead single, BKLYNLDN, a few months ago. With today’s announcement comes a video for the new track “religion (u can lay your hands on me).” 

... I know you're thinking about kissing too.

Metronomy - Salted Caramel Ice Cream

A: Metronomy
S: Salted Caramel Ice Cream

Metronomy have released a light-hearted video for their new, dancefloor-ready single Salted Caramel Ice Cream. Lick it out below. There’s no doubt about which flavour of ice cream emerges superior in this comedic video, which centres on a stand-off between two competing businesses. The visual stars Metronomy’s members and was directed by frontman Joseph Mount, who described it as a right lolathon.

... she's the splash in my water.

Robyn - Ever Again

A: Robyn
S: Ever Again

Robyn has released the new music video for her Honey album closer Ever Again  and if you ever wondered what making out with a microphone stand feels like you finally got your answer. The video, directed by Colin Solal Cardo, takes place in a dreamy place, somewhere undefined, somewhere in my unconsciousness, according to the singer. Get horny below.


... that shit's out the door.

Bat For Lashes - Kids in the Dark

A: Bat For Lashes
S: Kids in the Dark

Bat For Lashes, the British artist Natasha Khan, has announced a new album titled Lost Girls. The follow-up to 2016's The Bride, Lost Girls will be Khan's fifth album. Along with the announcement, the musician has released Kids in the Dark, the record's first single. Enjoy to the song below.

... let's take it down to where the loving starts.

Madonna - God Control

A: Madonna
S: God Control

Think of Madame X what you like, don't like or don't think about it, but I for myself will happily accept that it gave us God Control and therefore it will forever need no further justification. As for the rest of the album, it beats the last three by miles, but I will stick to everything up until Confession for now and probably forever.

... the only gun is in my brain.

Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars

A: Bruce Springsteen
S: Western Stars

Everybody agrees Bruce Springsteen didn't just return with elegiac and wise songwriting conjuring the golden expanse of the American West. With Western Stars, he released his best studio album in years. Boss the album title track's video below.

... Ride me down easy, friend.

Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy

A: Bronski Beat
S: Smalltown Boy

HAPPY PRIDE Y'ALL. It's been 50 years since Stonewall so let's make sure, as we gargle Listerine from a rainbow-striped bottle and and dance shirtless on a Budweiser float, we own it all to fed-up drag queens & trans sisters of colour who literally started throwing bricks at cops.

... the answers you seek will never be found at home.

Roisin Murphy - Incapable

A: Roisin Murphy
S: Incapable

Many of Murphy’s best songs hinge upon a single word - Jealousy, Simulation, Overpowered - terse incantations wrung for every iota of their potency. On Incapable, the Irish singer invokes a particularly loaded term, singing from the perspective of a woman estranged from the very ability to love. Relate below.

... I'm gonna leave 'em out of breath.

Bon Iver - Hey Ma

A: Bon Iver
S: Hey Ma

The sound of Bon Iver’s last album, 2016’s pioneering 22, A Million, was a monument to the strengths of singer-songwriter Justin Vernon: orchestral folk fed into an old motherboard, unwieldy lyrics sourced from the well of his subconscious, old-timey terms for smoking weed. The newest single, Hey Ma pulls a little weaker. It’s less of a step forward and more of an amalgam of everything Vernon has done with this project since its inception. But he sings, “I was toking on dope” so he’s still got that going for him.

... you're back and forth with light.

Edith Piaf - L'Hymne à l'Amour

A: Edith Piaf
S: L'Hymne à l'Amour

I know this is an ad, but it is beautiful, maybe the most beautiful ad ever, just like Lacoste polo shirts might just be the nicest polos. And no this is no ad so I won't classify the post like one. Either way, it comes with Edith Piaf's stunning power ballad so enjoy that below.

... dieu réunit ceux qui s'aiment.

The Spinners - I'll Be Around

A: The Spinners
S: I'll Be Around

Big Little Lies is back and bigger than ever with La Streep joining the cast on this already star studessed cast line up. If season two will be even better than the first one remains to be seen but last nights first episode featured the same fantastic soundtrack you already know and love from the show's debut season.

... love can burn once again, but I know you know.

Sufjan Stevens - Love Yourself

A: Sufjan Stevens
S: Love Yourself

Sufjan’s relationship to the LGBTQ community has always been somewhat uneasy. That doesn’t mean Stevens’ measured gestures toward the queer community are half-hearted, or unappreciated. Two weeks ago, Stevens released a four-track EP for Pride Month, with two new songs, along with a reprise version of Love Yourself and a demo of the song from 1996. Enjoy below.

... show me the things that you believe in.

Keane - The Way I Feel

A: Keane
S: The Way I Feel

2012 was seven years ago, and it was the year Keane released its most recent album - but on September 20, the long-running English rock/pop band will return with Cause and Effect, the first bit of music released after the group’s five-year hiatus. The album, the band’s fifth overall, was previewed on Thursday with the premiere of a music video for The Way I Feel, a cut, catchy and powerful anthem that ought to do quite well on the charts.

... it's the voices in your head now.

Madonna - Dark Ballet

A: Madonna
S: Dark Ballet

Madonna has shared the latest offering from her forthcoming album Madame X. It’s called Dark Ballet and it arrives with a Emmanuel Adjei-directed video featuring Mykki Blanco as Joan of Arc. I guess all Madame X songs have one thing in common: twice as much time and money went into the video than the music.

... the storm isn't in the air, it's inside of us.

Metronomy - Lately

A: Metronomy
S: Lately

Metronomy have shared their first new song in three years. The band is gearing up to release a new album this fall. Lately arrives with a Joseph Mount-directed visual that features the band being shrunk down into miniature versions of themselves as an homage to the ’80s film Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Check it out below.

... time isn't my essence and time isn't the line. 

ORION - TIME FOR CRIME

A: ORION
S: TIME FOR CRIME

Orion brings cybernetic noir to the Italians Do It Better family on their debut single Time For Crime. Recorded in a bedroom in Rhode Island & mixed by label head Johnny Jewel, Time For Crime is the first glimpse into Orion’s upcoming LP. Inspired by Cyberpunk & Giallo films, the group explores their love of analog synthesis & italo disco through the lens of a dystopian fantasia.

... lights flash and hearts break.

Hot Chip - Melody of Love

A: Hot Chip
S: Melody of Love

Hot Chip released a new song, Melody of Love, a jubilant pop track from their forthcoming album A Bath Full of Ecstasy, out June 21. According to a band statement, Melody of Love began as a 12-minute instrumental track, built from a music sample by the gospel group The Mighty Clouds of Joy. Worship below.

... have you left space for me.

Electric Youth - The Life

A: Electric Youth
S: The Life

For the first time in half a decade, Toronto electronic duo Electric Youth are releasing a proper new album. They’re best known for A Real Hero, their earworm contribution to the instantly iconic Drive soundtrack. I was also a huge fan of their 2014 debut Innerworld. Follow up Memory Emotion is out 8/9.

... I don't think he can see you.

Yaeji - One More

A: Yaeji
S: One More

Kathy Yaeji Lee’s One More is her first new original song since last year’s EP2, and as encores go, it’s understated but potent. EP2’s standouts like Raingurl and Drink I’m Sippin’ On work so well partly because they contrast the promise of a carefree night out with ever-so-streamlined synths and coolly detached lyrics. One More even more reflects this person at the edge of the dancefloor rather than at the center of it, as clean tones and crisp thumps set a minimalist backdrop for bilingual introspection.

... Ijewaseo sagwahalyeomyeon mwohae.

Mark Ronson Feat. YEBBA - Don't Leave Me Lonely

A: Mark Ronson Feat. YEBBA
S: Don't Leave Me Lonely

Mark Ronson and rising singer YEBBA unveiled this shimmering new anthem, which will appear on Ronson’s upcoming album, Late Night Feelings, out June 21. YEBBA, who hails from West Memphis, Arkansas and has roots in gospel, delivers a classic disco diva turn on Don’t Leave Me Lonely, pushing her vocals over Ronson’s infectious production, which expertly mixes dance drums and synth stabs with clever string flourishes. Funk below.

... I've been wandering around in your dark.