TRAX OF THE DAY
Swet Shop Boys – T5
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Swet Shop Boys – T5 “Do you always get a random check when you rock...
Raiza Biza – Get By (ft Bianca Paulus)
“Enter MC Raiza Biza, a linguistic painter of words from New Zealand that’s producing some of the freshest in the...
Bad Wave – 3AM
“Only the crazy beautiful things happen around 3AM. I’m not going to even pretend I know anything about L.A. nights as a life long New Yorker, but the boys in Bad Wave make me feel like they’re pretty fun to...
Raccoon Fighter – LVLR
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Raccoon Fighter – LVLR “Leave it to a Queens band to bring out the best...
Noisebody – Between Two Stones
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Noisebody – Between Two Stones “With the release of a new single “Condition” and an...
Toy Cities – Basement
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Toy Cities – Basement “Basement” by Toy Cities is my pick for the song of the summer – that is, in a reclusive anti-summer sort of way. It’s the most upbeat song about withdrawing from...
Sharkmuffin – Chartreuse
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Sharkmuffin – Chartreuse “Sharkmuffin wastes no time getting down to business in this high energy...
Space Captain – Landing / Up In The Hills
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Space Captain – Landing / Up In The Hills “Self described as psych-soul, Space Captain...
Local Natives – Fountain Of Youth
“Ever know something’s over before it ends? That’s how I felt standing in T5 at JFK Airport, the pale glare of flight screens illuminating my jawline as I stared stupidly. By pure luck I was given a CMJ pass by...
Zula – Getting Warm
ElevtrTrax – Zula – Getting Warm “I’ve always said this about Zula: they’re making smart music for people that like...
Riz MC – Englistan
Muslim Rapper Riz Ahmed has a track that amplifies a very loud silenced majority through his latest “Englistan.” A time complacency keeps...
J&L Defer – Hard Fiction Road
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – J&L Defer – Hard Fiction Road “Zurich based J&L Defer offer the most languid bedroom-jangle song. From the off the wall lead guitar triangulations riffing out of nowhere, to an inevitable kick & snare pattern,...
BadBadNotGood – Time Moves Slow (Feat. Sam Herring)
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – BadBadNotGood – Time Moves Slow (Feat. Sam Herring) This Ontario based quartet are some of...
My Morning Jacket – Magic Bullet
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – My Morning Jacket – Magic Bullet “My Morning Jacket attempt to reflect the demand of...
Oddisee – No Reservations
ElevtrTrax – Oddisee – No Reservations Sudanese-American hip hop artist Oddisee’s EP, “AlWasta,” takes its title from the Arabic colloquial term used to mean “the plug.” The term “wasta” comes from the Arabic word “wasat,” meaning “middle” or “middleman,” and...
Big Thief – Paul
“Last night I had this dream. I was hanging onto on a dandelion seed blown away by the love of my...
Anohni – Drone Bomb Me
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Anohni – Drone Bomb Me “As the world spins and artists entertain the masses, real...
The Stages Of Sleep – Cebu Flower
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – The Stages Of Sleep – Cebu Flower “Here comes something that’ll perplex your ears: desert sounds by a gang of San Fran kids with wild-eyed revel in Latin instrumentation, and an infinity for the innumerable alliterations...
BXHXLD – This Way
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – BXHXLD – This Way Possibly the hook of the summer, “This Way” pleads in an...
Drakkar Nowhere – Higher Now
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Drakkar Nowhere – Higher Now “Doesn’t the beat of the synapse have a bass line...
TOO MANY ZOOZ – Warriors
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – TOO MANY ZOOZ – Warriors “Giving brass-house a shot in the arm, comes Too Many Zooz with “Warriors.” Some of the cleanest trumpeting i’ve heard in this context and a ranging saxophone player clearly not...
Told Slant – Tsunami
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Told Slant – Tsunami Hard to think the portals to Illinois or Wisconsin couldn’t be...
Fayaway – Pretty Crazy
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Fayaway – Pretty Crazy What getting out of a can feels like. What peeling off...
Caveman – Life Or Just Living
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Caveman – Life Or Just Living “One of the instant best records of 2016, Caveman crawls back from the ice age of time with Otero War. An album that’ll hold onto the human elements in...
Teen Commandments – Big Old Brains
ElevtrTrax – Teen Commandments – Big Old Brains “A freak funkadelic storm is about to hit the club and it’s...
The Midnight Hollow – Easy Village
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – The Midnight Hollow – Easy Village What does the pulse of a nightclub sound like?...
Belle Mare – How Much Longer
ElevtrTrax Of The Day – Belle Mare – How Much Longer Just the idea of a band creating something just as inspiring since their inception is remarkable. Brooklyn-based Belle Mare work in that magic each time they try on a...