HUMANS - Ennio

A: HUMANS
S: Ennio

Noontide, the debut LP from Vancouver duo Humans, promotes a more lyrical approach to electronic music. A strong mixture of synths and heavy percussion lays a solid foundation on which the vocals can build and then escalate to towering levels of effected heaviness. Enioy.

... you just keep me waiting.

The Golden Filter - End Of Times

A: The Golden Filter
S: End Of Times

The Golden Filter released a new EP earlier this month. End Of Times follows the electro duo's Still // Alone album which came out on the same label earlier this year. According to the band, the EP is very Buddhist in its ideas, as it relates to mindfulness and impermanence. Enjoy.

... show me the way.

Nico Vega - Bang Bang (He Shot Me Down)

A: Nico Vega
S: Bang Bang (He Shot Me Down)

Yes, the trailer for the fairly new Netflix show Godless brought me here and it is where it should take you to right after you grooved away to Nancy Sinatra's smash hit classis. To put this simply: the cover is as hot as the show is gripping.

... he would always win the fight.

NIIA - Nobody

A: NIIA
S: Nobody

In case your summer playlist was missing Niaa's sultry single Nobody, make sure you include it on your winter one. Because, quite frankly, why should summer be the only season getting in on a steamy session or two. That bear rug in front of the fireplace has seen nothing yet.

... I don't even care what time it is.

DYGL - Let It Out

A: DYGL
S: Let It Out

Meet DYGL, the Tokyo band who’ve been produced by The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. After releasing their debut album earlier this year, Tokyo’s hottest new band are making their way over for their first Europe shows next week. Catch them live or on any streaming service near you.

... look for the silence in all these crazy feelings.

OK Go - Obsession

A: OK Go
S: Obsession

Print is dead, long live the printer. OK Go just transformed a wall of printers into a kaleidoscopic backdrop in the music video extraordinaires' new visual for Obsession.The innovative video, a collaboration between the band and paper company Double A, utilizes stop-motion imagery, precise choreography and 567 printers to create the world's first paper mapping project.

... there's only one way out.

ionnalee - NOT HUMAN

A: ionnalee
S: NOT HUMAN

ionnalee is the solo project of Jonna Lee, who has spent the past decade making enigmatic and alluring pop music as part of iamamiwhoami. Currently going it alone, the Swedish artist released what she calls her first audiovisual single SAMARITAN in March. Today, her follow-up GONE is out.

... your hungry eyes glow with fire.

Snail Mail - Thinning

A: Snail Mail
S: Thinning

This Snail Mail song recalls the suburban malaise of 2010: lo-fi dream-pop/garage, flat affect carried by fuzzy guitars, indie-pop melodies. For a song written from a place of being sick and bored, Thinning feels lush, like the momentary satisfaction of crawling back into bed when the outside world is too much.

... I wanna spend the entire year just face down.

Chromatics - Looking For Love (Extended Disco Version)

A: Chromatics
S: Looking For Love (Extended Disco Version)

It's only Wednesday so this funky fresh fifteen minutes long disco version of Looking For Love is probably the exact thing you need to get you through the day - and the rest of the week. If that isn't enough, make sure to check out Johnny Jewel's INTO THE BLACK playlist over on Spotify.

... I'm still, still looking.

Angèle - La Loi de Murphy

A: Angèle
S: La Loi de Murphy

First there was Christine And The Queens, mixing both French and English lyrics in order to take Europe by storm, not stopping at the border control in Calais. Now a new princess has emerged on the coast of pop heaven, claiming her territory. 

... I should have stayed in bed.

Vince Staples - Big Fish

A: Vince Staples
S: Big Fish

Vince Staples has plenty to say, and he isn’t shy. Having taken on the entire world and become an internet talking head, he’s now ready to figure out where, exactly, he fits into rap, and how rap fits into society at large. His sophomore album, Big Fish Theory, peers into the fishbowl of the fragile rap ecosystem and considers how “rappers are perceived and perceive themselves,” as he puts it.

... you can get anything you want.

Sia - Santa's Coming For Us

A: Sia
S: Santa's Coming For Us

Are you ready for this? Sia unwraps her joyous new holiday song Santa Is Coming For Us, which is the first single off her new album Everything Is Christmas. And if this isn't enough to get you into the holiday season, Sia is also selling giant bow Christmas tree toppers.

... you're the angel on the top of my tree.

Yaeji - Drink I'm Sippin On

A: Yaeji
S: Drink I'm Sippin On

According to Yaeji, Drink I’m Sippin On is non-alcoholic though its effects are similar to getting drunk: knowingly being misunderstood by others, forgetting what I did yesterday, and feeling comfortable being me. I sip on it as a reminder that I can feel fine if I just let myself.

... making up for what you can't see.

Björk - Blissing Me

A: Björk
S: Blissing Me

Björk has shared a new song off her forthcoming album Utopia. Earlier this year, Björk interviewed herself, and admitted the album’s utopian theme “was never to fanatically pollyanna forth some ideal perfection but rather a speculation of what our fantasies are and what the reality is and where can they help each other.”

... he reminds me of the love in me.

Lewis OfMan - Un Amour au Super U

A: Lewis OfMan
S: Un Amour au Super U

With tints of youth and at the same time hints of 70’s Italian film soundtracks, Lewis OfMan's music creates a shivering atmosphere where melancholia meets elevation and joy - enjoy.

... ne cherche pas de sense.

Kimbra - Top Of The World

A: Kimbra
S: Top Of The World

Top of The World is the second single by New Zealand singer, songwriter and producer Kimbra from her 2018 album Primal Heart. The song is purely about making a massive breakthrough into the limelight. Kimbra has always been known as an artist who has worked with a lot of well-known people, such as John Legend and Gotye.

... all my life turn to dust.

Big Black Delta - Huggin & Kissin

A: Big Black Delta
S: Huggin & Kissin

Yes the new Netflix series The Sinner brought me here and I love it, the song and the series, that is. “I stabbed him with a knife I was using to peel fruit for my son,” Cora Tannetti played by Jessica Biel confesses to police after murdering a complete stranger in broad daylight. Why? “Because they were playing that music and they kept turning it up.”

... you're the best I can do.

Primal Scream - Keep Your Dreams

A: Primal Scream
S: Keep Your Dreams

On a tube called you, everyone always comments about how out of place this is on the album. They're wrong of course because it fits perfectly. Said album was released almost 18 years ago, is called XTRMNTR (pronounced Exterminator) and was the sixth studio album by the band. Enjoy.

... there's no release from nothingness.

Tocotronic - Hey Du

A: Tocotronic
S: Hey Du

Hey Germany, I'm just going to leave this here for you.

... ich bin von Anfang an zu weit gegangen.

Hercules & Love Affair Feat. Rouge Mary - Rejoice

A: Hercules & Love Affair Feat. Rouge Mary
S: Rejoice

This disco-house project led by Andy Butler has a new video out for your pleasure, and here's what Andy had to say about it in Antoine Timmermans' words: We might still have to slay the ten headed dragons, but the future is bright as the sun!

... tears are not needed.

WhoMadeWho - Dynasty

A: WhoMadeWho
S: Dynasty

WhoMadeWho, our favourite Danish trio, are back and still like to experiment sounds inbetween disco, funk, techno, indie rock and pop. They also like to tackle hot topics whilst they’re at it ... including sex. It’s complicated, ever more so with dating apps like Tinder and Bumble, so why not listen to Dynasty, and turn that energy you spend on your phone into something good, like connecting with someone in real life.

... but i'm not going anywhere.

Kelela - Blue Light

A: Kelela
S: Blue Light

Kelela has shared the visually-arresting new video for her song Blue Light. The visual shows Kelela in an icy-looking atmosphere and sporting a yellow zip-up top. The video focuses in on her face as her hair begins to extend in length, wrapping itself around her arms and face before taking over her whole body.

...  my guard is down.

Grimes Feat. Janelle Monáe - Venus Fly

A: Grimes Feat. Janelle Monáe
S: Venus Fly

Directed and edited by Grimes, this collabo with Janelle stars the duo in an incredible futuristic cybergoth fantasy. The video itself is followed by an elaborate, lengthy credit sequence featuring an alternate version of the track. Enjoy.

... feeling my beat like a sniper girl.

Molly Nilsson - Not Today Satan

A: Molly Nilsson
S: Not Today Satan

Molly’s best songs to date have made simple, vague sentiments feel personal and urgent. Over synthesizer lines that float like snowdrifts, she sings about the simple comforts of staring up at a dark sky or the bittersweet nostalgia of vintage technology. Her single Not Today Satan finds her working in a decidedly more direct mode. Enjoy.

... tell all the devils no chance in hell.

Hypnolove - La piscine

A: Hypnolove
S: La piscine

Put some swing in your pool and some swim in your Monday. Summer is gone so what better way to start the new week by treating yourself back to this delicious single and video from French electro-pop trio Hypnolove.

... le coeur et les yeux fermés.

The Sound of Arrows - Don't Worry

A: The Sound of Arrows
S: Don't Worry

In the extreme case that you are not aware after a five-year-long hiatus Swedish synth-pop duo, The Sound Of Arrows released their sophomore album Stay Free last week. Those of us who missed out on the pop-up sound, style and visual extravaganza of last week can now console ourselves by watching the newly released video in support of current single Don’t Worry.

... I would change nothing at all.

Vendredi sur Mer - La Femme à la Peau Bleue

A: Vendredi sur Mer
S: La Femme à la Peau Bleue

Everything sounds better in French and Vendredi sur Mer sure has all the right beats to make French sound even better. Electropop doesn't get much finer than this, so keep your funky calendar for Marée Basse, the band's first EP out later this month. 

... elle m'a suivie.

Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life

A: Spice Girls
S: Spice Up Your Life

Spiceworld came out twenty years ago today! A time when even bad pop music was great, unlike today. Enjoy this ride down memory lane while you shake it, shake it, shake it, haka, arriba aha.

... all you need is positivity.

N.E.R.D & Rihanna - Lemon

A: N.E.R.D & Rihanna
S: Lemon

You were broken, but now you are mended. You were sad, but now you are jubilant. You didn’t have health care, but now - miraculously - you do, because you have just watched Rihanna and N.E.R.D’s video for the band’s first song in seven years, Lemon.

... I live it how I get.

Curtis Harding - Need Your Love

A: Curtis Harding
S: Need Your Love

Atlantan soul singer and multi-instrumentalist Curtis Harding has shared his single Need Your Love and his new album Face Your Fear. The record is Harding's second full-length effort and sees him recruiting the services of Danger Mouse as producer. Take a listen to the new tune below.

... I played a fool just to be cool.