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Grimes releases song written for Rihanna, 'Go'

Grimes' breakthrough album, Visons, was a left-field pop masterpiece founded on introverted soundscapes and subtle melodies. While it wasn't explicitly a pop record, the Canadian singer has never shied away from her admiration for the genre. In her Top 10 LP's of 2012 she listed Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber with no shame. Last night on Radio 1 she debuted, 'Go', which was originally written for Rihanna. The news emerged a number of weeks ago after she performed it at the Governors Balls in NYC. We can now replace that fan recording with this polished, recorded version. What it tells us is that Rihanna made a terrible mistake. Go is a trap-inspired banger that is actually hard to hear anyone but Grimes on. She's done it with friend and often-producer, Blood Diamonds.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/actuallygrimes/go-1/[/soundcloud]

Billie Black releases yet another stunning track, ‘I Don’t Need Another Lover’

London artist, Billie Black doesn’t muck around. Last week she gave us the captivating debut, I Waited For You and now she’s already followed it up with, I Don’t Need Another Lover. The new track takes a similar, minimal formula to I Waited For You, but it kicks the pace up a notch with a gentle beat. It works the song into a subtle yet welcome groove showing that Black can be more than a Sade-like balladeer. This makes it two from two for the young songstress. Lets hope an EP is in the works.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/billie-black/i-dont-need-another-lover[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/26/2014

Vic Mensa samples MC Hammer on ‘Major Payne’

Vic Mensa is one of the biggest hopes in rap for 2014. His track, Down On My Luck, found a masterful balance between effortless flow and commercial likeability and has slowly crept its way onto Australian radio. His latest track, Major Payne, has been made available for free download today and will be featured on his Street Lights EP. Major Payne takes a harder, hip-hop line than Down on my Luck but his personality is still undeniable. He also continues to take slight cues from electronic music with crescendoing beats and twinkling synths. MC Hammer is also sampled for a perfect millisecond.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/fuck-vic-mensa/major-payne[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/26/2014

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Rebecca Clements follows-up 'Wildlife' with 'Coma Boy'

British singer-songwriter Rebecca Clements made such a stark introduction with her debut track Wildlife, that we've been clamouring for a follow-up ever since. For her second second she's delivered Coma Boy, which follows in a similar vein as Wildlife in the way of just Clements voice alongside a swelling guitar. Such is the strength of her songwriting that she can tug at the heartstrings with most minimal of productions. She has an effortless nature to her music reminiscent of female songwriters like Feist, Cat Power or Fiona Apple. I'm interested to see what Clements would do with a full-length LP. So far what she's serving up is stunning.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/rebeccaclements/comaboy[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/25/2014

Bondax channel the tropics on 'All I See'

UK duo Bondax have been producing some of the finest deep house music for the better part of two years. And with a trip down-under in September for Listen Out, they're surely going to make a name for themselves in Australia in no time. Their new single, All I See, will aid that no doubt aid that. It sounds like it's been made for the European Summer and while we're dealing with chilly winds there's no denying that the Caribbean percussion and deep synths are warming. We haven't been told who the vocalist is but she does a valiant job as host of this tropical affair. Only five months until Summer...

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/bondax/all-i-see[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/25/2014

Jhene Aiko shares first single from album, 'To Love & Die'

Jhene Aiko is part of a new wave of female RnB artists (including Tinashe) that are making slick, bass-heavy tunes. The first single off her new album, Souled Out, is called To Love and Die and it's a mid-tempo, banger. It's almost as if Jessie Ware's Tough Love was given a stronger back-bone and directed more towards hip-hop than pop. Her voice takes cues from Aaliyah, as it slinks through a pretty bare backing track. Without an album out, she's already seriously hot property and this should find a comfortable home on Urban radio in the US. It's refreshing to see the girls taking on a style that was once typified by artists like The Weeknd. The only difference- Aiko does it with so much more class.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/jumpoffhiphop/jhene-aiko-to-love-die-feat-cocaine-80s[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/25/2014

Introducing...FBi Click

Today at 1pm the tape will be cut on the new digital station from Sydney's FBi radio, FBi Click. The station is set to showcase the best in new electronic and dance music and they've partnered with some of the best dance music pioneers in the country (Purple Sneakers, Astral People, Goodgod small club) to deliver it up. This week the station will feature special mixes from Anna Lunoe, Sinden, Tasker and Zed Bias as well as host a launch party at Goodgod Small Club on Friday. To celebrate we've put together a playlist of some of the artists we see as the best in Australian electronic music right now. It features our Aussie girl Anna Lunoe who's tearing it up overseas as well as newies from LUCIANBLOMKAMP, Guerre and Ara Koufax. So until 1pm dig in below and get moving...

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/the-in-terns/sets/in-celebration-of-fbi-click[/soundcloud]

new music / playlists06/25/2014

Newcomer Ryn Weaver introduced with the Cashmere Cat-produced 'OctaHate'

The only way to make an entrance is to make a noise and American songstress Ryn Weaver has certainly done that. Her debut track, OctaHate, was co-written with Passion Pit frontman Michael Angelakos and produced by a dream-team of Benny Blanco and Cashmere Cat. How you pull together a line-up like that on your debut track is beyond me, but it's bound to work. In 10 hours she's had almost 30,000 streams with the glistening pop tune. Angelakos' euphoric touches are all over the chorus while Cashmere Cat seems to give his two cents in the last minute or so adding a Gameboy-like synth. Weaver herself sings like a ready-made popstar, sitting somewhere in between Katy Perry and Liz. People obviously have a lot of faith in her, and so they should. OctaHate is a triumph.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/rynweaver/ryn-weaver-octahate[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/25/2014

Watch: Foster the People's 'Pseudologia Fantastica'

As the name would suggest, Foster The People's video for their 2014 hit Pseudologia Fantastica takes you on a neon-coloured journey to an animated, faraway land of mythical beasts and creatures. The idea for the third music clip from their album Supermodel came from the mind of Mark Foster himself, with the singer stating:

"The idea for this popped into my head while I was driving through Cuba. Originally I had wanted the music video to be half animation and half performance. I was traveling with a director friend of mine and was picking his brain about some practical film tricks to help merge the two worlds (real life and animated). I ended up deciding that full animation would be a more cohesive world to live in and scrapped the performance part of the video. The imagery came as fast as I could write.

Part of it was inspired by my surroundings. We drove past dilapidated billboards of Che Guevera looking infinite and militant, set to the text of some old communist slogan; swerving to miss pot holes and the occasional cow. I spoke to highly educated locals forced into working menial jobs because they couldn't live off of their monthly allowance provided by the state. At the same time I could feel their hope, passion, and desire to create freely, set against one of the most vibrant and beautiful landscapes I've ever seen. People lived off the land but could barely stand straight - posture buckling under the strong, unrelenting hand of the government. These are some of the images that fueled the video. It was enlightening to see the similarities between our two governments, after only being aware of the differences. Cash is king. "

The clip was animated and co-directed by Hannes/Johannes and can be streamed exclusively here.

Watch Best Friend below.

videos06/24/2014

Zola Jesus introduces new album with 'Dangerous Days'

Zola Jesus’ next album, Taiga, is not due out until October but she’s just dropped the first single, Dangerous Days. Jesus has always been known for being a dark songstress but it seems she’s embraced a more melodic, pop side on Dangerous Days. Taking cues from her work with French producer M83, the new single maintains the brooding synths from Conatus and adds a throbbing beat for a hands-in-the-air chorus, the likes of which we haven’t seen done in such an explicit way before. If Taiga follows the same soundscape as the single, it will likely catapult her to a much wider audience, one that she’s been deserved of for a long time.

Taiga is out 7 October while Dangerous Days is available to download for free now.

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/zolajesus/zola-jesus-dangerous-days-official-audio[/soundcloud]

albums, songs, eps / new music06/24/2014