Tobias Jesso Jr: Without You

Vancouver’s Tobias Jesso Jr has seen the music business from varied perspectives. After a stint in LA as a bassist for a short-lived pop starlet and attempting to sell songs to other artists, a bike accident and family crisis brought the 29-year-old home, discouraged and dejected. When he rediscovered his sister’s piano however, he found his creative voice. “Without You” is the type of simple, …

Nosaj Thing: Cold Stares ft. Chance The Rapper and The O’My’s

Nosaj Thing and Chance the Rapper continue their collaboration run with “Cold Stares“—a quiet, slow-burning track that also features The O’My’s frontman Maceo Haymes. The song is the first single from Nosaj Thing’s upcoming LP Fated, which is set for a 5 May release and it’s a melancholy, down-tempo number with provocative lyrics that allude to being possessed by the devil.

Cuushe: Tie

Tokyo’s Cuushe (aka Mayuko Hitotsuyanagi) continues delivering saccharine dream-pop with “Tie,” off her upcoming EP Night Lines—which is a collaborative release from indie labels Cascine (New York/London) and flau (Japan). The song progresses gently and sounds like an outer-space late-late-night jam mixed with a soundtrack to a children’s fantasy film. The EP (on limited 10″) is due for release in early April.