Animal Collective: Mountain Game

Originally recorded (but never used) for 2010’s Red Dead Redemption video game, Animal Collective’s “Mountain Game” throws back to their Merriweather Post Pavilion-style pop artistry. Bearing all the musical nuances we’ve come to love from the band, the track’s greatest surprise happens to be its pure beauty; it’s gentler than their more chaotic (but organized) works and incorporates soothing harmonies. We can all be grateful …

Gordi: 00000 Million (Bon Iver Cover)

With nothing but the sound of her voice and some reverb, Gordi—Australian singer/songwriter and Jagjaguwar-signee Sophie Payten—takes Bon Iver’s already minimalist “00000 Million” one step further in her cover version. Gordi’s husky, lower range a capella enhances Justin Vernon’s otherworldly poetry and offers some much-needed, grounded reflection within these chaotic times—a modern-day hymn.

Cashmere Cat feat. Tory Lanez + Selena Gomez: Trust Nobody

Norwegian musician Cashmere Cat already released a banger track with The Weeknd, and now his second powerhouse collaboration gets a simple, enrapturing video. While Selena Gomez and Tory Lanez provide guest vocals, there’s no cameo in the video for “Trust Nobody“—not to forget, Gomez is resting up from her ongoing battle with lupus and depression. But the five dancers against the backdrop of a setting …