Brits in Hot Weather features five of the best new British songs. In this edition, we have trap-infused indie from 13XL, the compelling electronics of Le Module, anthemic indie from the Polarity, barrelling post-hardcore from Cagework, and sunshine filled house from Disciples.
Among today's most prolific film composers and a two-time Academy Award nominee, Carter Burwell ventures into animated fare with the Chris Butler's Missing Link.
With their second album, DAD IS BAD, the experimental electronic duo Budokan Boys continue to build a soundtrack for a broken world.
As Koaosaeme, Ryu Yoshizawa releases his second album of baffling, futuristic sound design that's bold, intense, and unpredictable.
Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young collaborator, Nils Lofgren's Blue With Lou is a career high that frequently recalls his early work with Grin, while rising to new, majestic heights.
On tour in support of On the Line, Jenny Lewis fills her personal songs with grief, heartache and sadness while searching for ways to see the light.
Jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin tackles the Miles Davis songbook across four decades, using a wide swath of styles, all inventive, in concert on Remembering Miles.
Psychedelic rockers Teeth of the Sea lead a fantastic show in support of their latest full-length, Wraith. Alongside them Slow Knife and Trianglecuts fill out the bill in wonderful fashion.
Canadian folk duo the Small Glories deliver their latest single "Alberta" ahead of place-centered LP, Assiniboine & The Red.
Global bass pioneer Thornato teams up with Grupo Taribo's BenjamÃn Vanegas for a summery single based on food and folklore.
North Carolina quartet Irata owes as much to the classic era of grunge as it does to cannabis-infused sounds of contemporary stoner rock. Tower never offers up a dull moment.
Surrounded by a blend of strings and synths, singer-songwriter Anna Volpe soars in the resplendence of her new single, "Burn".
Accompanied by a string quintet, folk singer-songwriter Lydia Luce revamps the melancholy "Sausalito" in a new live rendition.
If you didn't know our current era was rife with referential genre stylings used in pursuit of a genre-less pop sensibility, listen to Faye Webster's Atlanta Millionaires Club.
The new album from the L.A.-based psych-rock trio Dommengang is a pummeling – yet smartly executed – riff-fest.
With the release of their second record, folk duo Ordinary Elephant have become a full-time entity, and this exceptional release promises a long career worth following ahead.
Veteran electronic artist Stubbleman uses piano, bass, and synths to document America on Mountains and Plains. It's an exceptionally well-realized album.
Masters of drone Earth return with their more minimal record to date, Full of Hell continue their rampage through power electronics and No Negative carry on bouncing around garage, punk and post-punk. Newer acts Vale, Suspiral, Onkos, and Verwoed take the next step and sound like veterans of the scene.
Finland's Bobby Oroza croons his heartfelt, smooth soul music in a deliciously high tenor voice that adds a dreaminess to his slick, Motown-influenced sound on "Lonely Girl".
"Feel It" is a full-on EDM banger that highlights DJ Brooke Evers' tacit understanding of how to wring every last bit of perspiration from a frenzied club crowd.
Heartbreak and agony conspire in Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters' tale from the road about a wandering mind and wandering lover, "18 Wheels".
Rising Americana band the Get Ahead get crafty with the ethereal lights of their home-shot and edited video for their latest single, "Faint Outline".
Members of the Ponys, Ted Leo, Don Caballero, and Titus Andronicus regroup as Acquaintances for a hard-charging second album that explores mortality and an increasingly uncertain future. Hear the new single "Flooded Candle Flickering Flame".
Mavis Staples has witnessed the great transformations that have been made in terms of race relations in American life. But she is not satisfied on We Get By.
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