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From upbeat summer jams by Neon Indian and Samantha Urbani to darker downtempo tracks from Mr Twin Sister and newcomers NAKED, this week's look at music

31 May 201524 August 2018

NAKED: Bubble Experimental trio NAKED are based in Edinburgh but prefer to be free of any geographical labels—and the hypnotic, escapist tracks off their debut EP Youth Mode speak to a generation defined more by their time on the internet than the city they inhabit. The part-epileptic, part-dazed black-and-white music video for their song “Bubble” hints of modern life as tomorrow’s contemporary ruins. Reminiscent of …

Samantha Urbani: Uno Dos Tres

Nara Shin

27 May 201514 August 2018

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We’ve had one longstanding woman crush on Samantha Urbani, the free-spirited force of creativity behind Brooklyn quintet Friends and the sultry vocals you’ve heard on Blood Orange’s Cupid Deluxe. Thus the news that she might be working on a full-length solo album was more than welcome. Sample a taste with “Uno Dos Tres“—which is actually a Spanish translation of her track “1 2 3 4.” …