Grimes: Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream

In perfect Halloween timing, Grimes channels multiple characters—from Marie Antoinette behind sunglasses to a radiant cowboy angel to a dancing high roller—for her two-part music video, “Flesh Without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream” (written, directed, edited, colored and art-directed by Grimes herself). This rock-pop jam is the first sampling of her long-awaited album Art Angels, and the taste is oh-so-good. .

Weezer: Thank God For Girls

Bizarre, refreshing and entirely catchy are the three best ways to describe Weezer’s latest single, “Thank God For Girls.” More than 20 years after they stormed the world with accessible eccentricity (before capturing mainstream consciousness shortly thereafter), the band offers up a track and video that hark back to the early days of off-beat lyricism and sing-a-long choruses. And with cannoli as a theme, the …

Babe Field: Z-Clip

When you’re recording at the historic Bob Marley-founded Tuff Gong studio in Kingston, Jamaica, it’s hard not to be inspired by the Caribbean surroundings. The young women of DIY rap collective Barf Troop (who met via Tumblr) got to travel there courtesy of Converse Rubber Tracks, and one of the songs to emerge from the session is member Babe Field’s tropicana “Z-Clip.” Her breezy demeanor …