Courting - "Famous"

Euphoric rave-up from UK act Courting. It's a track off their debut album Guitar Music. 

Arctic Monkeys - "There'd Better Be A Mirrorball"

Dramatic strings highlight this torch-song ballad from Arctic Monkeys brilliant new record The Car. 

Soft Kill ft. Ruth Radalet - "The Line"

Post-punk act Soft Kill pairs up with Ruth Radalet of The Chromatics for the tender ballad "The Line." It will appear on their upcoming album Canary Yellow. 

Sun Electric/Global Communication/Cylob - "Peanut Butter"

 

Beguiling instrumental track that is majestic in its simplicity.

Carly Rae Jepsen - "Bends"

Gently pulsating synthpop track from Carly's latest record, the exquisite The Loneliest Time. 

Taylor Swift ft. Lana Del Rey - "Snow On The Beach"

Lana Del Rey lends backing vocals on this delicate ballad from Taylor Swift's excellent new album Midnights. 

Winter - "sunday"

Winter's (aka Samira Winter) latest album What Kind of Blue Are You? is chock full of luscious dream pop/shoegaze beauties. "sunday" pairs echoey, Sundays-like guitar with Winter's atmospheric vocals.

Tove Lo - "Kick In The Head"

Off her fantastic new record Dirt Femme, "Kick In The Head" shows off Tove Lo's funky side. 

Blood Orange - "Jesus Freak Lighter"

"Jesus Freak Lighter" is the first single from Blood Orange's (aka Dev Hynes) Four Songs EP. It's a moody, atmospheric song that sounds like Seventeen Seconds-era The Cure with its brittle drum machines, low-end bass, and treated guitars. 

Alvvays - "Tom Verlaine"

Blue Rev is the latest album by power pop band Alvvays and it is a future classic. "Tom Verlaine," named after the legendary frontman for the band Television, is all a swirl of My Bloody Valentine-esque glide guitar, washes of synths, and delicate, yearning vocals.

Cryalot - "Hell Is Here"

Kero Kero Bonito’s Sarah Midori Perry (aka Sarah Bonito) is releasing solo material under the moniker Cryalot. "Hell Is Here" is a song you won't soon forget. Over gritty electronics, Perry sings with an angelic voice that then turns into something demonic. It's on her first EP called Icarus.

Daphni - "Cherry"

Daphni aka Caribou aka Dan Snaith has released a new record called Cherry. The title song is a hyperkinetic dance track with nods to Detroit techno.

Gilla Band - "The Weirds"

From their brilliantly surreal noise rock opus Most Normal, "The Weirds" starts out with around three minutes of ominous washes of scraping guitar. Then picks up the pace with blistering fast drum beats, atonal guitar, and Dara Kiely's dizzying vocals. 

Bush - "May Your Love Be Pure"

Bush's latest album The Art of Survival is one of their best. It's heavy but filled with killer riffs and melodies. "May Your Love Be Pure" lurches along with sinuous bass, NIN-like electronic flourishes, sludgy guitars, and Gavin Rossdale's inimitable croon. 

Alok, Sigala, & Ellie Goulding - "All By Myself"

Killer collaboration between Alok, Sigala, and Ellie Goulding that features a prominent sample of Depeche Mode's classic "Enjoy The Silence." This should keep dance floor's packed. 

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Wolf"

Cinematic, synthpop track from Yeah Yeah Yeahs' new record Cool It Down.  

Fever Ray - "What They Call Us"

The new single from Fever Ray is everything you would expect and more. Pulsing and hypnotic synth lines snake around ominous drum programming. Exquisite.

Shygirl - "Shlut"

UK rapper/singer Shygirl just released her debut album, Nymph, which is a stunner. "Shlut" blends crisp beats with guitar and flute loops to create a sensuous bed for her to rap and sing on top of. 

Nilüfer Yanya - "Rid of Me (PJ Harvey Cover)"

Bold, incendiary cover of the PJ Harvey classic "Rid of Me."