Dirty Projectors: Keep Your Name

After teasing us about new music for the first time in seemingly forever, Dirty Projectors (the project of producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist David Longstreth) has released a new track: the strange and wonderful deep cut “Keep Your Name.” The first track since 2012’’s Swing Lo Magellan, this is an incredibly layered song that is spacey, ghostly and atmospheric all at once.

Tegan and Sara: Stop Desire

Super-boppy “Stop Desire,” from Tegan and Sara’s fantastic Love You to Death is yet another pop gem off the record, that steers clear of being vacuous and formulaic. Rather, it’s an ’80s-tinged treasure (not unlike what we’ve come to expect from Carly Rae Jepsen) with plenty of synths and glitter-bomb moments. The accompanying video is full of vivid colors, sexual innuendo and a cameo from …

Kishi Bashi: Honeybody

After months of sporadic track releases, it’s a real treat to listen to Kishi Bashi’s third LP in its entirety. One standout from Sonderlust (out now via Joyful Noise) is “Honeybody.” With plenty of Kishi Bashi’s trademark coos, romantic strings and gentle glittery touches, it’s a song that really waxes and wanes. There’s a schoolyard sweetness to the track (thanks in part to the handclaps), …