Blondes
Wine
Heady transcendental dance bursting with minimal loops. An ideal soundtrack to those vaunted "lost weekends".
Frank Ocean
Voodoo
Despite his 1990s "slow jam" influences, the Odd Future balladeer sounds fresh and (relatively) cliché-free.
MIA
Bad Girls
MIA recites simplistic lines over Eastern instrumentation, while Danja provides a snappy beat on which the song rests.
Roxy Music
Avalon (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas Version)
Released earlier this week, this gloomy remix manages to retain the jazzy, romantic feel of Roxy's original ballad.
Shabazz Palaces
Are You... Can You... Were You?
Soulful hip-hop centred around a sharp off-beat piano hook and subtle funk horns.
Primitive Weapons
Quitters Anthem
Gothic hardcore mixing the theatrics of Marilyn Manson's 'Antichrist Superstar' with mystical Eastern chants.
Jack White
Love Interruption
The first offering from the former White Stripes man's debut solo LP is a raw, acoustic rocker that, White claims, is so personal it "could only be presented under my name".
War
Somme, Maggio
Another new demo track from Denmark's lowest-fidelity, electro-punk supergroup.
Frankie Rose
Know Me
Brooklyn's indie ace-face returns as a sultry, C86-referencing, electro-pop princess.
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