Blessings (Single) features Drake spitting the second verse plus a leaned out hook. Listen for the remix, featuring special guest Kanye West sneaking in a final verse. Boi-1da and Vinylz create a spooky soundscape on the production with trapped out bass drops and pitched out hi hats.
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CURATOR’S CHOICE
Sleater-Kinney are back with No Cities To Love!
They have grown in the last few years in projects like Quasi, Wild Flag and Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – but they still have one foot in their punk roots. The songs remain angular, the vocals remain intense; but the guitars are crunchy and full and the compositions more layered than before.
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More melancholy musings from the son of Steve Earle.
Justin Townes Earle’s sixth studio album Absent Fathers is the companion piece to his preceding long-player, Single Mothers from 2014. In a somewhat similar style to that of his godfather, Townes Van Zandt, JTE has a knack for writing about people’s hardscrabble lives and dysfunctional relationships with beautifully contrasting melodies.
“Real Love” finds Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne building on the success of their hit “Rather Be” with a dash of vibrant soul.
Deep house goes chamber pop with Jess Glynne’s vocals soaring over Clean Bandits’ classically informed EDM beats. Fans of Sam Smith, Kiesza, and Duke Dumont step up and get some “Real Love.”
Kenny G expertly reimagines bossa nova.
Borrowing a page from jazz notables like Stan Getz and Cannonball Adderley, Kenny G sets his sights on the bossa nova songbook, marrying the genre’s laid-back grooves to his trademark melismatic saxophone style. With beautiful piano and gentle strings, Brazilian Nights will transport you to sunnier climes.
Hitmaker Marina & The Diamonds debuts another buzz track from her upcoming album.
With her forthcoming third studio album Froot dropping on April 6, the Welsh electro-pop songstress presents her latest stunning single “I’m A Ruin.” The atmospheric, mid-tempo track has her lamenting about playing with a fragile lover’s heart. She brings drama into pop like no one else can.
You might not recognize her name, but you know her voice.
Guitars And Microphones is the debut solo album from Kate Pierson, the founding member of The B-52’s. Mixing rock, psych and punk; the album features songs co-written by Sia and an appearance by guitarist Nick Valensi of The Strokes. The video for the single “Mister Sister” stars Fred Armisen.