ListenUp

A music video that knows no gender to new danceable tracks from Grimes, Young Fathers, Kero Kero Bonito and more

Grimes: REALiTi This week, Grimes shared the previously unheard track “REALiTi,” complete with a music video shot on location, traversing Singapore, Shanghai, Tokyo and elsewhere. What’s unbelievable is that it was a demo recorded in early 2013 for an album that was later scrapped because Grimes wasn’t satisfied with the material. Though it’s not mixed, mastered nor even finished, “REALiTi” sounds more than radio-ready: lush, …

ListenUp

Kelela as an anime character, Nosaj Thing's second collab with Chance the Rapper, a song about Berlin and more in this week's look at music

Kelela: A Message Rising singer/songwriter Kelela released a slow-burning but spectacular track from her upcoming EP Hallucinogen, called “A Message,” which was co-written with Venezuelan producer Arca (who also co-produced Björk’s Vulnicura). The music video depicts a darkly lit Kelela cutting off her dreadlocks before eventually turning into an anime character. Cuushe: Tie Tokyo’s Cuushe (aka Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi) continues delivering saccharine dream-pop with “Tie,” off …

ListenUp

Fashion Week cameos galore in A$AP Ferg's video to outer-space songs in memory of Leonard Nimoy in this week's look at music

The Tallest Man on Earth: Sagres Reminiscent of the early American folk of Bob Dylan and Woodie Guthrie, The Tallest Man on Earth’s previous albums featured analog recordings of his voice, a guitar or banjo and little else. “Sagres” from Kristian Matsson’s forthcoming Dark Bird is Home—due out 12 May 2015 on Dead Oceans—is a step in a new direction. The Swede’s heartfelt, often nature-heavy …