Devendra Banhart: Kantori Ongaku

A tribute to Japanese pop act Yellow Magic Orchestra’s Haruomi Hosono, Devendra Banhart’s new single “Kantori Ongaku” taps into the singer/songwriter’s specific vein of clever, eccentric folk. The track, whose title translates to “country music,” releases with an absurdist, surreal and theatrical video directed by Giraffe Studios. “Kantori Ongaku” is from Banhart’s newly announced album, Ma, his first full-length in three years.

KT Tunstall: Little Red Thread

A sweeping orchestral remix of KT Tunstall’s most recent single “Little Red Thread” finds the original track’s guitar work replaced with a Matthew Sheeran composition performed by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra. The crisp acoustic string work accents Tunstall’s captivating voice—enhancing its dramatic highs. A video, directed and edited by Mark Haldane, pairs live footage from the vocal and orchestral recording sessions to great effect.

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Bat For Lashes: Kids In The Dark From her new album Lost Girls—the follow-up to 2016’s The Bride—comes  “Kids in the Dark” by Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan). Immediately recognizable as Khan’s mesmerizing, haunting style of dream-pop, “Kids in the Dark” is luminous, and ’80s-inflected. The record (out 6 September on AWAL Recordings) is said to be inspired by and an homage to Los …