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Track: 1010 Benja SL – Dobby
Out right now on the brilliant Young Turks label is ‘Dobby’, the new single from 1010 Benja SL. His Boofiness single announced him to the world as a man of huge talent, and this was confirmed with follow up ‘Wind Up Space’, and his ‘Two Houses’ EP. Built on this rather beautiful acoustic guitar lick …
Track: Oh My My – Sipping The Bottle
Sydney horror pop duo Oh My My have released a new single, Sipping the Bottle ahead of the release of their debut EP, and a handful of NSW dates. Talking of the track, Sam Thomlinson from the band says, “It’s about drinking wine in the middle of a cricket pitch,” he explains, “under a sleeping bag, at …
Track: Hannah Georgas – That Emotion
Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, the new single from Hannah Georgas is a gorgeous, dreamy pop song that is celestial and majestic: soothing, crystalline guitars and a driving rhythm, with Georgas’s voice the absolute icing on the cake: Georgas says of working with Dessner: Aaron and I agreed the production needed to bring out …
Track: Friendly Fires – Silhouettes, Plus Album News
Friendly Fires have distilled the sounds of summer for new track ‘Silhouettes’ and now share details of their eagerly awaited third album. It’s been eight years since the release of their epic and glorious second album Pala and I had long ago come to terms with the fact that the band I had fallen in …
Track: Cheat Codes – I Feel Ya feat. Ina Wroldsen
Cheat Codes have teamed up with Danny Quest and Ina Wroldsen for a new track, ‘I Feel Ya’, and it comes ahead of the trio’s EP 2, which has seen them collaborate with the likes of Kim Petras, Kaskade, and Afrojack. Of the record the band say “We’ve been looking to collaborate with Ina Wroldsen for a while …
Track: BENE – Evil Spider
19-year-old Aucklander Bene has released her latest single ‘Evil Spider’. “‘Evil Spider’ is about wanting someone that’s already taken. When writing the song, I didn’t wanna make the lyrics too obviously evil, so I thought I’d turn myself into the spider, making it a lil lighter and making the song revolve around me weaving …
Track: Major Lazer – Can’t take it from me, feat. Skip Marley
Diplo’s Major Lazer project, alongside MC Walshy Fire and Trinidadian Jillionaire, is back with a new track ‘Can’t take it from me’, featuring Skip Marley. Billed as a Jamaican commando character who lost an arm (replaced by a Lazer) in the secret zombie wars, Major Lazer is principally concerned with freeing the world using music. What is …
Track: Okaywill – Pretend
South Carolina singer-songwriter Okaywill is about to release his debut EP of charm fulled bedroom pop out 14 June on Majestic Casual Records. From it he,s streaming the track Pretend. Of the track, okaywill says ‘Pretend is an alternate reality for me. It’s what could’ve happened to me but didn’t: My girlfriend had a relationship with me …
Track – Ellie Goulding: 16
On the surface, 16 is a standard pop song, but there are depths here for those with the time to find them. The cheerful, spangling melody is familiar to anyone who has been in a Top Shop on a Saturday. The video is all smoking and tattoos, the suburban rebellion of a girl from the …
Track: Madonna – Medellín
The Queen of Pop is back. On June 14, Madonna launches her 14th album, Madame X, and is trailing the first track Medellín on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and all the usual places now. The album marks another reinvention from a woman who already has more regenerations than Doctor Who. This time Madonna is …