Denitia: Waiting

Vibrant, soulful and teeming with optimism, “Waiting” marks the solo debut of NYC-based singer Denitia Odigie (formerly of Denitia and Sene). The upbeat instrumentation supporting her vocals incorporates everything from synths to sax but the percussion binds it tightly together. Denitia’s album Ceilings, featuring this track, releases 21 July.

Dirty Nice: Zero Summer

Relatively unknown outfit Dirty Nice appeared last month with “Keeping it Together,” which garnered plenty of attention in the form of some 500,000 listens on Spotify. Now a darker and more somber release has been unveiled. The murky bur lush “Zero Summer” incorporates a cloudy bass-line thudding along. It’s lifted by gentle vocals countered by sharp drum machine beats. It’s a hazy, slow-burning track worth …

Premiere: TV Baby’s “Beware the Holy Whore”

A colorful, surrealist dance party set to synth-driven pop rock

As a nun dances across the rainbow-painted Salvation Mountain in TV Baby‘s brand new music video for their track “Beware The Holy Whore,” directed by Stephanie Cerini, the song provides a gyration-worthy soundtrack to the surrealist visuals. The NYC-based duo, comprised of former A.R.E. Weapons members Matt McAuley and Brian McPeck, refers to the track as a “late Velvet Underground guitar jam on a bed …