New Music
Listen to Adele’s New Song ‘Easy on Me’
About 10 days after announcing its existence, Adele has released “Easy on Me,” her first new song in six years. The song comes from Adele’s new album, 30, which is out next month. The video for the song was directed by Xavier Dolan, who also helmed the clip for “Hello.” [embedded content] This is Adele’s first album since 2015. Outside of hosting Saturday Night Live this time last year (where she did say that she had new music on the way that’s obviously arriving next month), she’s maintained a pretty low profile. “I’ve learned a lot of blistering home truths about myself along the way,” she said in a statement about the album. “I’ve shed many layers but also wrapped myself in new ones. Discovered genuinely useful and wholesome mentalities to lead with, and I feel like I’ve final...
DJ Snake Teases Upcoming Collab With Ozuna, Megan Thee Stallion and Lisa of BLACKPINK: Listen
It’s been nearly one month since Ozuna announced that a collaboration was on the way with DJ Snake, Megan Thee Stallion and Lisa of K-pop powerhouse group BLACKPINK. Now, with an official teaser out in the world, it appears the time has finally come for this hit-in-waiting. The artists took to social media this week with a short, 30-second clip featuring a preview of the crossover song’s audio, which features seductive horns and a hypnotic reggaeton rhythm. While the video doesn’t reveal a title or release date, it does tease the song’s initials, “SG,” and hints at the phrase “sexy girl.” Only time will tell if this creative endeavor proves as wildly successful as “Taki Taki,” which saw Snak...
Delerium and Sarah McLachlan’s Trance Classic “Silence” Receives Massive Hardstyle Remixes
Delerium and Sarah McLachlan‘s 1999 trance classic “Silence” has received the remix treatment from Brennan Heart and Dailucia. The remixes were released on the I AM HARDSTYLE label, an imprint of Nettwerk Music Group. Heart begins the slow transcendence into the abyss with deep pads underneath McLachlan’s timeless vocals. As the energy picks up and the silence dissipates, he quickly flings into a ferocious sound with pitched kicks and a heavily sidechained synth. Heart knows how to break up the continuation, though, as the second build-up and drop are quite a bit different than the first one. The supersaw synth melody he implements for the second drop takes us entirely out of the silence as the melody plays the main vocal line. The hard mixes ...
Johnny Marr Reveals Release Date for New Double Album and Livestream Performance
It’s a good day to be a fan of the non-terrible members of The Smiths. Johnny Marr just revealed the official release date for the full release of his upcoming Fever Dreams project after unveiling back in August that the first of its four parts would be out this Friday (October 15). “There’s a set of influences and a very broad sound that I’ve been developing – really since getting out of The Smiths until now, and I hear it in this record,” Marr said in a statement. “There are so many strands of music in it. We didn’t do that consciously, but I think I’ve got a vocabulary of sound. And I feel very satisfied that I’ve been able to harness it.” The 16-track double album is due out on February 25 via BMG and will be available in a number of collectible formats, including limited edition ...
Elderbrook Explores Life, Love and Longing on New EP, “Innerlight”: Listen
“You want to dance. I want to lead,” croons dance-electronica virtuoso Elderbrook at the top of his new EP, Innerlight. The lyric couldn’t be more fitting. Out October 9th via Big Beat Records, Innerlight is a four-track whirlwind of hypnotic synths, house-adjacent ballads and atmospheric dance breaks. At its best, it’s a refined level-up from Elderbrook’s signature brand of euphoric dance-pop, leaning into layered song structures that move beyond his leading vocal lines. The project’s titular single with Bob Moses, for example, twists and turns with anticipative piano builds and weighty bass beats across its moody soundscape. “Dominoes” (with Louis the Child) glows with muted synth tones and a textured percussion line while &#...
Bon Iver Share Previously Unreleased Version of ‘Beth/Rest’
Bon Iver have shared a previously unreleased version of “Beth/Rest.” “Beth/Rest (AIR Studios – 4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)” is the closing track on the upcoming 10th anniversary reissue of their Grammy-winning sophomore album Bon Iver, Bon Iver. Listen to it below. The physical release of Bon Iver, Bon Iver (10th Anniversary Edition) will feature a blind embossed version of the original cover art and a personal essay from Phoebe Bridgers, who describes the album as “massive, sprawling, unbelievably complex.” The reissue includes the album’s original tracklist, along with five songs from the band’s AIR Studios session. In addition to the re-release, Bon Iver also plans to celebrate the milestone with a set of performances at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater on Oct. 22nd and 23rd. Get tick...
Mathematician Creates Music Synthesized From Black Holes 14 Billion Miles Away: Listen
Electronic music artists and enthusiasts tend to have a fascination with showcasing the darkest elements in the universe. We’ve seen everything from Vantablack-covered stage setups to beats made from NASA X-rays to… music generated from a black hole? You may be thinking to yourself, “How does one create music from space where there is no sound?” Well, that little limitation wasn’t going to stop Belgian mathematician Valery Vermeulen, who thought outside the box to create a three-track project called Mikromedas SrgA+. Vermeulen leveraged data gathered by Voyager Satellite, a space probe located over 14 billion miles away, to synthesize electromagnetic radiation waves being emitted from black holes and turn them into musical composition...
Wooli and Trivecta Tap Creed Frontman Scott Stapp for Anthemic Single “Light Up The Sky”: Listen
Scott Stapp has formally been welcomed—with arms wide open—into the bass music community. Wooli and Trivecta have tapped the Creed frontman for an anthemic collaboration called “Light Up The Sky.” “Light Up The Sky” is a story of growth and how change comes from within. The triumphant feel of the tune helps convey this message as soaring melodies and explosive synths lead the charge. Stapp’s distinct timbre adds to the commanding feel of the arrangement, helping cultivate an inspirational atmosphere. In his first foray into electronic music, everything felt natural for Stapp. “When I first heard the track, I instantly started recording melodies and lyrics. The piano, builds, crescendos, drops, and overall vibes just connect...
Trifecta: Martin Garrix, Julian Jordan, and Tinie Tempah Drop Long-Awaited Club Banger “Diamonds”
Does Martin Garrix ever sleep? It’s been a busy year for the young dance music titan, who has now teamed up with Dutch compatriot Julian Jordan and famed hip-hop artist Tinie Tempah for “Diamonds,” a new single released under Garrix’s STMPD RCRDS banner. The track is an electro house banger designed for the hedonistic festival nights we’ve all longed for since the onset of the pandemic. According to Jordan, the record was finished in one night after Garrix had an o-dark-thirty epiphany one night. “While working on ‘Diamonds’ I got a call from Martijn in the middle of the night; he had the idea of putting Tinie on the track, Jordan said in a press release. “I rushed to his house and we finished the demo together that night. A f...
Of The Trees Unveils Hypnotic Single “Windhorse” Ahead of New EP: Listen
Of The Trees has unveiled his latest single “Windhorse,” marking the visceral bass storyteller’s first chapter of his forthcoming EP, Tale of Elegos, due out October 27th. Spun in a natural and hypnotic ethos, Tale Of Elegos will showcase a collection of five tracks of ambient, downtempo electronic records. In addition to “Windhorse” collaborator Sophie Marks, the EP will feature Kala and Mary Coso, expanding the Denver-based beatsmith’s unique sound. Opening with elements of biomusic like rustling leaves and chirping bird samples, a gentle flute melody chimes in and eventually builds into a tribal beat drop, where fuzzy basslines underscore Marks’ sultry lyrics. Rhythmic percussion and warm, distorted synths ebb and flow throughout before the arrangement fades into a coda inspi...
George Clanton Unveils New Single, ‘Fucking Up My Life,’ with Negative Gemini
Ahead of his headlining tour that kicks off tomorrow (October 8) in Brooklyn, vaporwave legend and 100% Electronica founder George Clanton has released a brand new single, “Fucking Up My Life.” The track from his long-awaited upcoming album features rising artist (and Clanton’s frequent copilot) Negative Gemini and details Clanton’s love-hate relationship with touring — as in he loves it, and touring hates him back. “I’ve been working on my new album for the past two years,” Clanton told SPIN via email. “It was hard to choose which song to release ahead of this tour, but it had to be ‘Fucking Up My Life,’ because the song was written to go off live. The lyrics are a love letter to performing live. I’ve only ever had a rough time on tour, from losing money to sleeping on floors to breaking ...
Of The Trees Unveils Hypnotic Single “Windhorse” Ahead of New EP and Label Launch
Of The Trees has unveiled his latest single “Windhorse,” marking the visceral bass storyteller’s first chapter of his forthcoming EP, Tale of Elegos, due out October 27th. Spun in a natural and hypnotic ethos, Tale Of Elegos will showcase a collection of five tracks of ambient, downtempo electronic records. In addition to “Windhorse” collaborator Sophie Marks, the EP will feature Kala and Mary Coso, expanding the Denver-based beatsmith’s unique sound. Opening with elements of biomusic like rustling leaves and chirping bird samples, a gentle flute melody chimes in and eventually builds into a tribal beat drop, where fuzzy basslines underscore Marks’ sultry lyrics. Rhythmic percussion and warm, distorted synths ebb and flow throughout before the arrangement fades into a coda inspi...
