Premiere: “Lover Knows” by Steady Sun

A tender song of escape from the Brooklyn band's self-produced album, Flora

Brooklyn band Steady Sun is made up of quite a few passionate music nerds. Frontman Dylan Nowik met drummer Andrew Emge at NYU while they both pursued music studies, while fellow NYU alum and bassist Danny Rose owns his own recording studio in Greenpoint. Add Slack Barrett on keys and Pete Victor-Gasper on guitar, and you’ve got a rock band that’s more self-sufficient than most. …

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New music from The Big Moon and Boulevards, while Beyonce teams up with Naughty Boy and more in this week's musical round-up

Boulevards: Sanity Boulevards (aka Jamil Rashad) brings the ’70s back in a big and catchy way with “Sanity,” a full-energy track that celebrates the best clichés of the era—like hand claps, glittery riffs, groovy bass lines and smoother-than-caramel vocals—while remaining distinctly contemporary. This is the second single to appear from Boulevards’ debut self-titled EP (set for release 25 September 2015)—expect it to dominate dance floors …

Naughty Boy feat. Beyoncé, Arrow Benjamin: Runnin’ (Lose It All)

British-Pakistani producer Naughty Boy’s newest single “Runnin’ (Lose It All)” features a duet between mysterious emerging singer Arrow Benjamin and a name everyone knows: Beyoncé. Her vocals shine with power and tenderness that we haven’t really heard since her “Halo”/”If I Were a Boy” days. Setting the bar for future dance music videos to come, French world champion free-diver Guillaume Nery and fellow diver Alice …