Fred Again.. + Brian Eno – Secret Life
Listen to the new record Four Tet calls “ the most beautiful album of 2023” below in its entirety… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

the first convincing Grimes AI song is here and it’s a banger
“Grimes is now open source and self-replicating…” Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

claire rousay + Helena Deland – Deceiver
claire rousay + Helena Deland hook up on the glowingly tender and lucid “plea for kindness” “ Deceiver”, out today as part of Mexican Summer’s Looking Glass singles series… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Jam City x Empress Of – Wild n Sweet
Jam City Presents EFM is out May 25th. Video directed by Jouri David Hoepfner… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Alan Palomo – Nudista Mundial ’89
Alan Palomo and Mac DeMarco hook up for some Leisure Suit Larry-inspired 8-bit hijinks in Ibiza in the video for new electro-funk banger “ Nudista Mundial ‘89”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Mindy Meng Wang & Tim Shiel – Mirror Flower
We already knew what kind of entrancing, dreamlike magic collaborators Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Tim Shiel were capable of making together, and this new one from the duo doesn’t disappoint… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Julie Byrne – Summer Glass
Julie Byrne shares the glowing lead single from her new album The Greater Wings, coming in July on Ghostly International… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Alaska Reid – She Wonders
Alaska Reid shares another dazzling, A. G. Cook co-produced gem from her magical debut album Disenchanter… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

bar italia – punkt
London group bar italia share a track from their just-announced new album Tracey Denim, coming May 19th… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Hayden Pedigo – Elsewhere
Amarillo’s own Hayden Pedigo shares a soothing, gorgeously meditative low-key stunner from his new album The Happiest Times I Ever Ignored, coming June 30th on Mexican Summer. Fittingly cinematic and transportive video direction / Wim Wenders vibes courtesy of **Matt … ⌘ Read more

King Krule – Seaforth
King Krule’s Space Heavy is coming in June. Vid directed by Jocelyn Anquetil… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

listen to Magdalena Bay’s mini mix vol. 3
Mag Bay goes ahead and drops a full mini-mix on us – complete with some of the sickest tracks they’ve ever made AND a return to their legendary DIY video steez – in advance of their Coachella debut tomorrow… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

billy woods x kenny segal – FaceTime
Shout outs to Blood Meridian, Playboi Carti, mezcal negronis, and “dudes who order everbody’s drink”? Must be a mind-bending new gem from prolific god-tier rapper billy woods… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Lavarr the Starr – Mind Glow Rodeo
Illusions Ago is out today… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Snow Strippers – Under Your Spell
Detroit duo Snow Strippers unleash two more unrelenting, trance-inducing club pop bangers… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

George Clanton – I Been Young
George Clanton is back with one of his best tracks to date, which he says is “stylistically indebted to 90s adult oriented artists like Savage Garden and Seal”, with a spot-on ‘90s nostalgia trip/time capsule of a video… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Le Pain – Rachel Veut Danser
A gloriously giddy French disco-pop groove from Le Pain, and an instant add to our best songs of 2023 playlist… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Jayda G – Blue Lights
Taken from Jayda G’s new album Guy, coming this June. Video by Damien Roach… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Two Shell – ✨mum is calling✨
First heard on last year’s incredible eternal seed mix, London duo Two Shell officially release “✨mum is calling✨” with a new video… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Lavarr the Star – I’m Down
Immaculate blissed-out vibes from Ish Butler + Lavarr the Starr… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Abra – FKA MESS
A sprawling, intoxicating new one from the Darkwave Duchess aka Abra… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

hear two new tracks from Detroit duo Snow Strippers
My favorite record of 2022 that I didn’t find out about until 2023 was mysterious Detroit duo Snow Strippers’ stellar LP The Snow Strippers, a massive, relentlessly throbbing (and frankly a little unsettling) collection of haunted rave anthems that garnered the group comparisons to early Crystal Castles and SALEM… … ⌘ Read more

Jessy Lanza returns with sparkling new single “Don’t Leave Me Now”
The queen Jessy Lanza is back with an infectiously fizzy new banger… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Jess Williamson – Hunter
Jess Williamson shares the beautiful first single from her new album Time Ain’t Accidental, coming in June on Mexican Summer. Video by Rocco Rivetti + Gilles O’Kane… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Hand Habits – Something Wrong
Hand Habits shares the opening track from their new collection of songs Sugar the Bruise, coming in June on Fat Possum. Listen to “ Something Wrong” via the visualizer by Ethan Skaates below… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Wednesday – TV in the Gas Pump
Wednesday’s Rat Saw God is out April 7th. Video directed by Lewis Dahm… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Ouri – Twin
Beautiful, very vibey new one from Montreal’s Ouri, about which she says “feels like the beginning of a new era for me”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

new york – night n day
London based duo Gretchen Lawrence + Coumba Samba aka new york drop an alluring and intoxicating electro anthem that the group says is “made perfectly for making the city your bitch”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

yunè pinku – Sports
yunè pinku shares another one from her forthcoming new EP BABYLON IX, out next month. Check the video for the Jakwob co-produced “Sports”, directed by Les Copains, below:
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JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown – Scaring the Hoes
Peggy and Danny drop another unhinged banger with the title track from their collab LP Scaring the Hoes Vol. 1, coming this Friday… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Mega Bog – Love Is
Mega Bog drops my current favorite track – featuring backing vocals from the great Westerman! -- from her stellar new album End of Everything, coming in May on Mexican Summer… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Patrick Holland – The Leash
Fresh off of killing it at SXSW last week, Montreal’s Patrick Holland shares breezy and introspective new slapper “ The Leash”. Check the song + self-directed video below and cop the shirt here… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown – Lean Beef Patty
The dream duo Peggy + Danny hook up on the frenetic first single from their forthcoming collab album Scaring the Hoes Vol. 1. Listen to “ Lean Beef Patty” below… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

stream Joanne Robertson’s new album Blue Car
UK singer-songwriter and regular Dean Blunt collaborator Joanne Robertson shares her deeply haunting new album Blue Car, an intimate collection of unadorned, softly flickering folk songs from her archive of unreleased solo recordings… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

PYNKIE – Crushed Out
New Jersey songwriter + RN Lindsey Radice aka PYNKIE is back with the dreamy and swooning lead single from her new album Songies, coming this summer… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Fever Ray – Bottom of the Ocean
Fever Ray’s brilliant new album Radical Romantics is out today… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

listen to mandaworld’s new album For Emotional Use Only
Toronto artist Amanda Hicks aka mandaworld’s barrage of undeniable bangers over the last year plus – with an assist from producer Matty Tavares -- culminates in the release of her stellar debut album, For Emotional Use Only, out today on her bandcamp… [Contin … ⌘ Read more

bar italia – Nurse!
London group bar italia follow up one of last year’s best EPs with new track “ Nurse!”, out today on Matador. Video by simon mercer… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Alan Braxe x Annie – Never Coming Back
Alan Braxe’s The Upper Cuts (2023 Edition) is out March 31st. Video by Sophie Koko… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Bodywash – No Repair
Montreal duo Bodywash share an enveloping, gorgeously melancholy ballad from their new album I Held the Shape While I Could, coming April 14 on Light Organ Records… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

stream Skee Mask’s ISS009 EP
German producer Skee Mask comes through with another fire EP of intoxicating and immersive drum & bass-y techno… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Alaska Reid announces debut album Disenchanter + shares dazzling lead single
Thrilled to announce that Luminelle will be releasing Alaska Reid’s incredible, A. G. Cook co-produced debut album Disenchanter on July 14th… [Continue reading…](https://www.gorillavsbear.net/alaska-reid-announces-debut-album-disenchanter-shares-dazzling-lead-single- … ⌘ Read more

Buzzy Lee – Internal Affairs
Sasha Speilberg aka Buzzy Lee gets vulnerable on the lovesick title track from her Gabe Wax-produced new album Internal Affairs, coming March 31st. Video by Siena Zadro… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Fred again.. x The Streets – desert island duvet
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premiere: Patten – In Me
Patten shares the stunning video for hallucinatory ‘90s R&B fever dream “ In Me”, taken from his new LP Mirage FM, “the 1st album fully made from text-to-audio AI samples”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

presenting the Gorilla vs. Bear + Luminelle official SXSW 2023 showcase
We’re back in Austin at Seven Grand + Las Perlas on Thursday night, March 16th, for another incredible official SXSW showcase. Starring… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Olivia Kaplan – American Air
Olivia Kaplan shares a beautifully poignant new track that manages to break your heart and offer a tender beacon of hope, all at once. Video shot + directed by Ali Vanderkruyk… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

TDJ – Save Me
TDJ shares the emotional first single from her new EP BACK TO 123, coming next month on Collection Disques Durs… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Yaeji – Done (Let’s Get It)
Video directed by Yaeji and starring Yaeji + her grandpa as bunnydogs. With A Hammer is out April 7th… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more

Wednesday – Bath County
Wednesday’s new album Rat Saw God is out April 7th. Video directed + edited by Karly Hartzman.
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