Hot Chip: Started Right

“Started Right“—the endearing single from Hot Chip’s recently released sixth full-length album, Why Make Sense?—has been given video treatment in the form of a beautiful woman singing solo karaoke in a dimly lit bar. It’s much more low key than Hot Chip’s alternate universe post-breakup music video for “Need You Now,” but its subtle enough to let the reliable British electronic outfit’s trademark quaint but …

Joanna Newsom: Sapokanikan

There’s no voice quite like that of Joanna Newsom, and once again her signature warbling vocals and acute, whimsical songwriting play their part in track “Sapokanikan.” Supported by a brand new video by film auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, the song is the first off of Newsom’s forthcoming album Divers, due out on 23 October. Tinkling pianos, rich horns and the occasional drum flourish bolster Newsom’s …

Jamie Woon: Sharpness

British singer/songwriter Jamie Woon has made a welcome return with a smooth and sexy new track, “Sharpness.” The song is off Woon’s upcoming album—a follow-up to 2011’s excellent Mirrorwriting—and blends soulful grooves with R&B, with his delicate, yet powerful, falsetto atop the sensual layers.