I’m With Her: Game to Lose

In a collaboration that began as an impromptu performance in Telluride in 2014, I’m With Her has just released their first full-length studio album. When the folk trio of Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan and Sara Watkins combine the power of their considerable musical prowess, the results are quite entrancing. “Game to Lose” from See You Around features rich harmonies and layered instrumentation.

Garden City Movement: Bitter Moon

From their just-released album Appollonia, Tel Aviv-based electronic trio Garden City Movement’s “Bitter Moon” was inspired by the 1992 movie of the same name. The group (made up of Roi Avital, Joe Saar and Johnny Sharoni) first made a splash in 2014 with “Move On” and its accompanying video, but this tune is more groovy, with psychedelic undertones and a lithe bass line.

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Frank Ocean covers "Moon River," Dita Von Teese sings with Sébastien Tellier and more

Frank Ocean: Moon River (cover) There have been hundreds of covers of “Moon River” since the original (performed by Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”) but Frank Ocean’s surprise version—released today—is certainly one of the most beautiful. Pared-back and relying mostly on Ocean’s divine vocals, the track is (in Ocean’s style) both celestial and haunting. This serene cover is more evidence that seemingly everything Ocean …