Drake: Nice For What

Drake’s new track (featuring Big Freedia and Letitia Wright on the bridge) “Nice For What” is a sheer celebration of women—specifically independent women—despite heavily sampling Lauryn Hill’s “Ex-Factor” which is about distrust of a lover. (Hill’s song samples Wu-Tang’s “Can It Be All So Simple,” which itself samples Gladys Knight + the Pips’ cover of Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were”—just for some serious song …

Dr. Dog: Heart Killer

Dr. Dog returns with “Heart Killer,” taking their signature vocals and guitar-driven grooves to a new level. A true demonstration of their musical talents, the song was recorded to a 16-track analogue tape during production, as were the other tunes on the their forthcoming album Critical Equation. It will be released on 27 April.

Eels: Bone Dry

Playfully macabre and unsurprisingly catchy, “Bone Dry” hails from the Eels’ first new album since 2014, The Destruction, out now. With its release came the aforementioned track’s captivating stop-motion animation music video. Directed by Sofia Astrom, the graveyard mood, narrative and environment matches Mark Oliver Everett’s vocals and dark lyricism perfectly.