Portico: Bright Luck (feat. Jono McCleery)

Portico Quartet has reduced themselves to a trio and now makes music under the moniker Portico, but the allure of their jazz-inspired sound (which mostly revolved around an instrument called the hang) certainly hasn’t dwindled any. For “Bright Luck“—a new song off their Ninja Tune-produced LP Living Fields—they brought it back to a foursome by enlisting English label mate Jono McCleery. Together they have created …

Beyonce: 7/11

It’s all in a day’s work for Beyoncé. In her new video for “7/11,” the female pop star demonstrates how with real talent and creative choreography, all you really need are a few backup dancers, a sense of humor and a GoPro camera to make a music video that will get the world watching. The GIF-worthy vid shows Bey in an unusually candid mode, in …

Son Lux: Tundra Visitation Rentals

Pusha T's "Lunch Money," the music from "Transparent," Japan's love for Soul Train and more in the music we tweeted this week

A music festival with a dedicated couch-surfing program may seemingly be pointed at young indie hipsters, but the Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht—a quaint town about an hour south of Amsterdam—is a serious music fan’s affair. Founded in 2007, the annual four-day event has seen the likes of Caribou, Swans, Wild Beasts, Deer Tick, Bill Callahan, Ty Segall and more grace its stages. This …