Janelle Monáe: Hell You Talmbout

Janelle Monáe—a day after leading a Black Lives Matter march in Philadelphia—has released a new version of “Hell You Talmbout“—a bonus track from her most recent album The Electric Lady. A heartbreaking and powerful protest song, it is six minutes of military-style tattoo percussion with chants of “Say his/her name!” as the performers list victims of police brutality. Monáe—along with Deep Cotton, George 2.0, St …

Love Ssega: Minds

One of the founders of the electronic-meets-classical outfit Clean Bandit—who left to pursue his PhD in laser sensing—British-Ugandan singer Love Ssega returns to the music scene with the single “Minds.” From an upcoming EP (due to release in October) of the same name, “Minds” blends elements of funk, disco and pop together for something that’s bubbly and summery—with Love Ssega bouncing between spoken word, rap …

Hot Chip: Started Right

“Started Right“—the endearing single from Hot Chip’s recently released sixth full-length album, Why Make Sense?—has been given video treatment in the form of a beautiful woman singing solo karaoke in a dimly lit bar. It’s much more low key than Hot Chip’s alternate universe post-breakup music video for “Need You Now,” but its subtle enough to let the reliable British electronic outfit’s trademark quaint but …