Happy Tuesday, music fans. This week, I again experienced that moment where I listen to a musician for the first time and wonder where they've been all my life. That musician is Brooklyn-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Ahmed Gallab, aka Sinkane, and he's more than worth checking out. I'm also really digging on British psych-pop twosome Coves, and their new album,
Soft Friday. Also out this week is new stuff from Vermont-based electro/rock outfit Zammuto—fronted by Nick Zammuto, formerly half of The Books—Australian rockers The Vines, and New York dream-pop trio Blonde Redhead. As a sneak peak for next week, NPR First Listen is currently streaming
Justin Townes Earle's
Single Mothers and Robert Plant
Lullaby ... And the Ceaseless Roar.
Coves, Soft Friday
"Cast a Shadow'
Sinkane, Mean Love
"How We Be"
Zammuto, Anchor
"IO"
The Vines, Wicked Nature
"Green Utopia"
Blonde Redhead, Barragan
"Dripping"