Mood Valiant (Deluxe Glow in The Dark LP)

Mood Valiant is Australian jazz-funk band Hiatus Kaiyote’s first new record since 2015’s Choose Your Weapon, and it’s available to pre-order as a limited edition glow-in-the-dark vinyl. Officially released 25 June via Brainfeeder/Ninja Tune, the album was made after frontwoman Naomi “Nai Palm” Saalfield’s diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer. She says, “When you think your life is going to be taken away from you, it …

Buzzy Lee: Strange Town (Julia Holter Edit)

Singer, songwriter and producer Julia Holter remixes “Strange Town,” a single from Spoiled Love, the debut album of fellow LA-based musician Buzzy Lee (aka Sasha Spielberg). Spielberg’s captivating debut released in January 2021, with production collaboration from Nicolas Jaar. As with the original track, Spielberg’s vocals entrance; Holter, however, enhances the entire enveloping and ethereal nature.

Janette King: Ooh Yeah

From Montreal-based producer and recording artist Janette King’s forthcoming debut album, What We Lost (out 25 June), the soulful R&B track “Ooh Yeah” aligns thoughtful, self-reflective lyrics with dreamy vocals. King says in a statement, “‘Ooh Yeah’ is about breaking trauma patterns, “killing” your old self in order to be reborn into the greatest version of yourself. This idea of walking into a new sense …