Stereogum — Every Sinkane album is a world unto itself. Mean Love is no different in that it is very different. A conglomeration of everything from Sade to Radiohead to Alvino Rey to Fela Kuti, it marks the latest evolution by one of music’s most fascinating f... more info
XLR8R — Some might argue that there are enough Sade edits already floating around–Soo Wavey duo Vin Sol and Matrixxman, for example, recently put out a couple white label reworks–but now Night Slugs co-head L-Vis 1990 has decided to take a stab at the ic... more info
XLR8R — A lot of the chatter surrounding Matrixxman (a.k.a. Charles McCloud Duff) tends to focus on what he's done in the past, but in all honestly, the San Francisco producer's recent track record has us a lot more excited about his present and fu... more info
XLR8R — The latest edition in patten's Re-Edits series of free EPs has arrived, finding the Warp-signed producer repurposing the likes of Sade, Boards of Canada, Theo Parrish, and others across a set of new tracks.
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Stereogum — Little Dragon, the idiosyncratic and bigger-than-you-realize pop quartet from Gothenburg, Sweden, are coming up on the release of their new album Nabuma Rubberband, and we’ve already gotten to hear the early tracks “Klapp Klapp” and “Paris.... more info
Stereogum — Behold the most straightforward tUnE-yArDs song in recorded history. “Wait For A Minute,” our latest preview of Merrill’s upcoming Nikki Nack, is a smooth, simmering R&B track that could almost pass for a low-key Sade remix of Gwen Stefani’s ... more info
Impose Magazine — You know him from Gayngs and The Rosebuds, and maybe caught Howard Ivans' recent Spacebomb Records 7" (the imprint of Mattew E. White). From those sessions, get an exclusive listen to a spacy take on the flip-side of "Pillows" (version), where Iv... more info
Nialler9 — We’re in the middle of a smoothwave. The proliferation of bands and artists who delve into smoked, jazzy R&B has been noticeable in the last few years. First, Sade came back to remind everyone that sultry R&B pop can have a sustained and revered ca... more info