SFV Acid // SFV Acid #2

LA's Zane Reynolds (AKA SFV Acid) has pulled a stellar second record out of the bag in 'SFV Acid #2', full of fractured electronic beats that despite their destructive, discordant nature manage to come together as a realistic whole. It's even soulful at times, as on Chaco Love Steve+Happy Acid Kinesinte and Summers Vage Cloud. Take a listen to the full album below, courtesy of PPM Records.



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Frank Ocean // Pyramids

Man of the moment Frank Ocean has just released a video for standout 'Channel Orange' track Pyramids, an 8 minute short full of gun shots and strip clubs to accompany Ocean's modern soul vocal. Check it out below.



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Ombre // Believe You Me

Juliana Barwick and Roberto Carlos Lange are doing pretty exciting things on their own right now, but as a team they form Ombre, and have just released and album packed with electronic eccentricity, meditative loops and haunted house vocals. Not least on Dawning and Weight The World. Take a listen to the whole of 'Believe You Me' below, which you can own for your own at their Bandcamp.



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King Krule // Rock Bottom

King Krule's self titled debut EP from last year saw him carry the soulful surf melodies of his Zoo Kid days and bulk them out with full band backing and tight melodies.

This latest single Rock Bottom, released in September on Rinse, is further evidence that the combination of Spectrals, 60s rock & roll sound and realist, cockney-punk vocals work a charm. Have a listen below, and to a video sample of his set at Pitchfork fest.

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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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