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Model 500, Rosie Lowe, Her Habits and more in our condensed look at the music we featured this week in Listen

Lobster Theremin for NTS Radio Freshly founded London imprint Lobster Theremin mixed it up for NTS Radio with live sets from Hungarian producer Imre Kiss and the enigmatic white noise-loving artist Snowbone. Rosie Lowe: How’d You Like It South London singer/songwriter Rosie Lowe released a kindred video for her deeply emotive tune “How’d You Like It,” utilizing the effects of reflective yarn to punctuate her …

Her Habits: Fast Than Sound

A promising first release from Brooklyn-based Her Habits—aka Joanie Wolkoff—”Faster Than Sound” is low-fi dance pop at its best. Decidedly pared down and simple, the vocal-forward track relies on an instantly catchy melodic hook rather than dense production. Think Little Dragon’s carefully proportioned electro indie meets a touch of Hot Chip’s nerdy geometric synths. Wolkoff’s Northerner EP is due 27 January 2015, just in time …

Re/ly: Hold On, We’re Going Home (Drake cover)

The debut album Bilateral from modern jazz duo Re/ly demonstrates not only the technical skills of keyboardist and vocalist Bryn Bliska and drummer Jamie Fried, but their ear for original composition. The two met while playing in various jazz combos, funk bands and the school jazz band in college—and surprisingly, they also shared a love of unlocking the brain’s mysteries, and both ended up pursuing …