Wet Leg, Vince Staples, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien

Our latest picks for the best new tracks of the week include a raging, dancefloor remix of Wet Leg’s “Catch These Fists,” a touch of vintage soul from rapper and singer Vince Staples, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien channels Kentucky poet Wendell Berry who says, “to know the dark, go dark,” and more.

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Featured artists and songs:

(00:00) Intro

(01:03) Wet Leg: “catch these fists (FDC DJs remix)” from moisturizer deluxe

(07:05) Katie & Marielle Labèque: “The Somnambulist”  (Phillip Glass) from 55

(15:23) Balming Tiger: “Home” from Gongbu

(22:42) Wild Up: “No. 8, Always Making New Inversions” from Julius Eastman Vol. 5: Gay Guerrilla

(31:00) Vince Staples: “White Flag” from Cry Baby

(36:06) Ed O’Brien: “Blue Morpho” from Blue Morpho


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