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Ela Minus – “UPWARDS”
The Brooklyn-based producer syncopates a self-care mantra into an ecstatic electro-pop stimulant that overpowers any and all distraction.
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André 3000 – “Moving Day”
From an accompanying short film on the recording of ‘New Blue Soon’, the title track off André 3000’s new EP is evolving work in motion.
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Kendrick Lamar – “squabble up”
It’s playtime for Kendrick as he let’s the wolves out on his haters with the hivemind highlight off his new album, ‘GNX’.
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Lifeguard – “Ministry / Energie”
Intensifying friction that ensures the heat stays right at its surface on the latest single from the noisy Chicago post-punk pile-ons.
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Recommended Album: Spiral XP – ‘I Wish I Was a Rat’
Existential overcast and partly sunny skies coexists within the same woozy atmosphere and the loud pop of the Seattle rockers’ debut album.
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Horsegirl – “2468”
The math checks out no matter which way you add, subtract, divide or multiply it on the lead single from the New York-by-way-of-Chicago indie rockers’ sophomore LP, ‘Phonetics On and On’.
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Recommended Album: High Vis – ‘Guided Tour’
On their third album, the London melodic hardcore and post-punk band gleams through the greyscale and sounds more ready than ever to face strife head-on.
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Knifeplay – “Spirit Echo”
You may not be able physically see the physical outlines of the Philly experimental alternative rockers, but you feel their presence all around you.
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Superheaven – “Long Gone”
The second coming of the seminal grungy post-hardcore band isn’t promising salvation, but it’s good to have them back to burn with the rest of the world.
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Poppy Jean Crawford – “Glamorous”
All Hell hath no fury howl and squalor from the Los Angeles grunge goth-pop songwriter in her contribution to the Angel Olsen-curated compilation, ‘Cosmic Waves Volume 1’.
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Recommended Album: The Cure – ‘Songs of a Lost World’
Following a period of creative dormancy, the goth rock pioneers return to swallow the world whole all over again with their 16th studio album.
