Aphty Khea – “Onyx Glitz” (video) (premiere)
Menacingly spacious and elegantly caustic, "Onyx Glitz" shows there’s yet life in the bassy half-time world.
Will Rivitz
Will Rivitz is a student at Princeton University in New Jersey who plans to major in computer science. He's written for various Internet publications since 2012, and his ramblings can be found on Sputnikmusic (under the last name Robinson), The 405, The Daily Princetonian, and the Nassau Literary Review. He's still shedding the last vestiges of his teenage/post-teenage angst, and asks that those who roll their eyes at any that makes it into his writing kindly hold their tongues.
Chaos Emeralds – “Untied” (audio) (premiere)
"Untied" is a delectable slice of hyper-sugary cake, white-boy R&B if the genre had injected approximately seven liters of Pepsi intravenously before performing.
Money Chicha – ‘Echo en Mexico’ (album stream) (premiere)
If you’re looking for a psychedelic trip to top off your end of week, look no further than Money Chicha's new album.
The Dead Ships – “First Mistakes” (video) (premiere)
Expect rock on “First Mistakes,” because rock is what you’ll get.
Chris Robley – “1973” (video) (premiere)
It might be a fictionalized portrait of the year it attempts to illustrate, but that fiction is a genuine joy — if a slightly depressing one — nonetheless.
Beware of Darkness – “Dope” (video) (premiere)
“Dope” is all spunk and quick-licking riffs, starry and sharp guitars cutting through with gale force after a quietly powerful chorus.
Madeleine Peyroux – “Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky (From Now On)” (audio) (premiere)
No matter what disparate elements are thrown into the pot, the output is certainly, if counterintuitively, “funky".
High Dive Heart – “Misfit” (video) (premiere)
If “Misfit” is any indication, poptimism is thankfully alive and well.
So Much Light – “Justin Bieber at the Gates of Hell” (audio) (premiere)
It’s alt-pop in the same world as Flume or How to Dress Well, morose and triumphant and serene all at once.
NYVES – “Just Give Up” (video) (premiere)
"Just Give Up" takes a couple key elements from NYVES’ past -- eardrum-crushing snares, rippling bass -- and gives them a futuristic sheen, plating smooth chrome over the frenzied metal spirit thrashing within.
DYAN – “Looking For Knives” (audio) (premiere)
It’s synthpop in its most toned-down sense, the kind of music that reminds you that taking off the accelerator can provide a sumptuous result too.