Ears Wide Open: Elohim
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Electo-pop siren Elohim has been all the rage based on her first four songs and mystery-identity campaign. So who is the woman behind the mask? Oh …
Stream: Moses Sumney, ‘Everlasting Sigh’
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Ahead of his summer tour dates (including June 18 at the Getty), Moses Sumney unveils “the (bedroom) studio version” of live favorite “Everlasting Sigh.”
Premiere: Johnson & McAuley, ‘Heartbeat (Beatin’ You Up)’
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Johnson & McAuley: Not a law firm, but the musical alliance of Alexz Johnson and Bleu McAuley, who find common ground in ’80s New Wave.
Ears Wide Open: THIEF
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Experimental electronic musician THIEF steals from scared chant music, manipulating it into dark tomes for anybody who’s ever “danced and cried in a haunted church.”
Stream: Funeral Club, ‘The Birthmark’
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Funeral Club’s new EP, their first release in three years, finds the husband-and-wife duo of Joseph and Jenny Andreotti as haunting as ever.
Stream: Dios, ‘Life Between the Tides’
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Dios unveils an epic eight-minute jam along with the bulletin that a new album, their first since 2009, is in the works.
Premiere: The Bomb, ‘Teenage Tomb’
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Singer-guitarist Rachel Fannan’s new project is a good ol’ power trio, who let it rip on the riffy first single “Teenage Tomb.”
Stream: T.O.L.D., ‘There’s No Truth’
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T.O.L.D. — aka transplanted Englishman Dan Smith — ponders a larger existential question on his new single, on which he is backed by a gospel choir.
Premiere: The Gifted, ‘The Lost Ones’ (feat. Leah Hayes)
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Songwriting/production duo The Gifted will release a six-song EP featuring the talents of six different vocalists. In the first single, Leah Hayes sings about being wild and lost.
Stream: Fitz & the Tantrums, ‘HandClap’
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Fitz & the Tantrums third album, a self-titled affair and the follow-up to “More Than Just a Dream,” will be out June 10 via Elektra Records.
