Songs We Love: This Is The Kit, 'Moonshine Freeze'
Inspired by its time at an experimental Berlin festival, this single offers a cool, cryptic introduction to the Bristol-Paris folk band's kaleidoscopic new phase.
Music Reviews
Dance Yourself Ecstatic To Danish Post-Punks Lød's 'Folder'
The eight-minute "Folder" finds the nook between Joy Division and NEU!, Søren Gade howling over a frenetic, repetitive riff that can shake the bones out of your body.
Songs We Love: Bedouine, 'Solitary Daughter'
Los Angeles-based folk singer Azniv Korkejian says her new song, with its melancholic, orchestrated arrangement, is "a rejection of conventional romance; it's not something that I needed."
Songs We Love: Patrice Baumel, 'Engage'
The Amsterdam DJ/producer believes in the narrative power of electronic music, which he illustrates here with a transitory deep cut from his new EP.
First Listen: 'Hello, Dolly!' New Broadway Cast Recording
Bette Midler shines on the soundtrack to this Tony-nominated Broadway revival.
First Listen: Marco Pavé, 'Welcome To Grc Lnd'
The debut full-length from this Memphis MC gives voice to a side of town long overburdened by its own buried legacy.
Songs We Love: Lila Downs, 'Peligrosa'
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican-American singer celebrates a revolutionary spirit in her new single.
Songs We Love: The Stevens, 'Chancer'
The Melbourne indie-pop band knows that darkness is best served deceptively, through happy sounds and complicated sentiment.
Songs We Love: Allison Pierce, 'Fool Him'
Known for her work in The Pierces, the singer goes solo with a song about broken trust.
First Listen: PWR BTTM, 'Pageant'
Pageant is a soundtrack for outsiders on the way to loving themselves — queer and complicated as that process may be.