Jack White // Freedom at 21

For Freedom At 21's tale of addictive, violent love, Hype Williams has made Jack White even cooler thanks to a lime green muscle car, a fine selection of jewellery, the essence of Johnny Depp's Edward Scissorhands and Raoul Duke, and a rap exploitation femme fatale, all in White's new blue hue. And a Josh Homme to finish.



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How To Dress Well // Cold Nites

How To Dress Well has been slowly unveiling new tracks from his forthcoming new record 'Total Loss', and this latest, Cold Nites, is a sexual, emotional, fluid exercise in modern pop. You can also stream and download another track from the album, Ocean Floor For Everything, below.


 

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Gem Club // I Heard The Party

I Heard The Party from Massachusetts trio Gem Club is a deeply affecting, immersive piece of music, and while the video initially reminds us of the closing scenes of E.T., this is turned on its head by what comes later. Hardly Art's output is second to none right now.

 

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Deep Time // Clouds

Hints of Cat Power and nods to new wave royalty Orange Juice and Elvis Costello abound on this simply brilliant pop song from Austin duo Deep Time, formerly Yellow Fever. Their eponymous debut record is out now on Hardly Art. I suggest you get some.

 

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Greenwood Sharps feat. Py // Crowns

London based vocalist Py, who has worked with Breton and Lapalux among others, provides the child-like, haunting backdrop to this recent track from Greenwood Sharps, a delicate, dense piece of laid back two-step, which really kicks in at the 1.42 mark. Listen below, and download the track here.
 

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Dinner Party // Swinging

Members of Manchester's lo-fi royalty Former Bullies, Irma Vep and Sex Hands have come together for Dinner Party, a scuzzy pop supergroup within an ear for a tune and an eye for an 80s-middle-England referencing band name and album title.

Have a listen in full below, and make it your own for a fiver at the Life Dunk International bandcamp.

 

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Tomas Barford // November Skies (feat. Nina Kinert)

 Tomas Barfod, one leg in the Whomadewho tripod, is the man behind this bounding, dreamy electro-pop track. While this might sound awful close to Yeasayer in its basslines and smooth synths, it's Nina Kinert's gorgeous vocal that differentiates and lifts it above the ever-rising chillwave tide. Listen and download below.

 

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Jessie Ware // Wildest Moments (Star Slinger Remix)

Jessie Ware's latest Wildest Moments could well be the track to fire her into Radio 1 listerners' consciousness, but it's Star Slinger's remix that really gets our juices flowing.

Jessie's collabs have been second to none in the past year or so, and the Manchester producer continues this happy trend, accenting Ware's soulful vocal with garage beats. Jessie's debut record 'Devotion' is out in August, but in the meantime, listen below.
 

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Dinosaur Jr. // Watch The Corners

Dinosaur Jr. are back, and back in a big, sludgy riff kind of way. The best kind of way. The guitars are expansive and crisp, the solos careeringly spontaneous, while Mascis' voice purrs as cooly aloof as ever.



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Death Grips // Double Helix

Who needs a video camera when you have a mobile phone web cam CCTV footage fish-eye lens of a Toyota Prius? Such may have been the thinking behind this brilliant, intense video for Death Grips' Double Helix, one of the more melodic but no less visceral for it tracks from their 'The Money Store' record.



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