Your new Weekly Tune-Up is filled to the brim with a slew of fresh music that's just dying to be discovered. Let's go over a few of the highlights…
Aussie psych-rockers Jagwar Ma have returned with a brand new cut, "O B 1," off just-announced LP Every Now & Then – which drops in October. "O B 1" is a sonic rhythm-driven track with loads of percussion and Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa on drums.
Indie-rock faves Wilco just treated us with a surprise new song titled "Locator," to commemorate the release of their last LP Star Wars, which happened exactly one year ago. The gifted tune is classic Wilco; jangly and full of guitar, but it only clocks in at a mere 2:18. Just enough to wet your palette, and I guess that will have to do.
French electronic duo Justice has been on hiatus for the past five years … that is, of course, until they just slapped us across the face with a funky new track "Safe and Sound." Driving bass and a familiar children's choir that serves the hook are the main standouts of this disco-infused offering. No word on a new LP as of yet, but stay tuned.
When I first read about the musicians who make up Banks & Steelz, I did a double take. I've always been a huge Interpol fan and my ears always perk-up when I hear Paul Banks venturing out of its confines. He's certainly done that in this collab with longtime famed producer and Wu-Tang member RZA. Yes, it's the oddest match-up that I can remember, but who the hell cares!? "Speedway Sonora" is the third single off forthcoming album, Anything But Words, the first of what I hope to be many albums. It's a busy and moody track that showcases RZA's furious flow as Banks handes chorus duties. I'm eagerly waiting Anything But Words, which comes out August 26.
1. Jagwar Ma, "O B 1"
2. Goldroom, "Silhouette"
3. LEISURE, "Control Myself"
4. Banks, "Fuck With Myself"
5. Wilco, "Locator"
6. Autograf, "Don't Worry"
7. Kakou, "Live in This Moment"
8. Cool Sounds, "Overgate"
9. Islands, "Right To Be Misbegotten"
10. Justice, "Safe and Sound"
11. The Pills, "Marmalade"
12. Tourist, "Run" (The Range Remix)
13. Twist, "Can't Wait"
14. The Avalanches, "If I Was A Folkstar"
15. Banks & Steelz, "Speedway Sonora"
This article appears in Jul 14-21, 2016.
