Watch: The Hood Internet - 1981 [Video Mash-Up]

Words: Saam Das // Photo: Clayton Hauck

Kicking off with 1979, remixers extraordinaire The Hood Internet have been unveiling mash-up versions each week, and they've certainly entered their stride with their '1981' collection that sees fifty tracks from 1981 condensed into this highlights reel of a track. From 'In The Air Tonight' to 'Don't Stop Believing' in just under three minutes.

Watch: How A British Teen On Tik Tok Inspired Blanco Brown's Video For Country Smash 'The Git Up'

Words: Saam Das

Lil Nas X paved the way for a genre-bending country-led smash with his Nine Inch Nails-sampling record-breaking hit, 'Old Town Road', which has dominated US charts in 2019 - topping the Billboard Hot 100 for nineteen weeks. The initial traction that 'Old Town Road' gained was partly due to its prevalence on musical app Tik Tok - a path shared by its country rap contemporary, Blanco Brown's 'The Git Up'. And the artist's new video has leant into its Tik Tok origins, included one of its most famous proponents, British teen Harvey Bass.

Watch: Oh Wonder's One-Shot Won-Derful Video For 'Hallelujah'

Words: Saam Das

'Hallelujah' by name, hallelujah by nature - Josephine Vander Gucht and Anthony West (whose projects Jose Vanders and We The Wild both saw love from these pages in the past) have returned with a deliriously good new single. The first offering from their Oh Wonder team-up since 2017's 'Ultralife' album, watch the 'La La Land'-esque video for 'Hallelujah' below.

Watch: Joyero Announces Debut Album, Appropriately Features Dogs In Video For New Track 'Dogs'

Words: Saam Das

You may know Andy Stack as one half of Wye Oak, or recognise him as a touring musician for Lambchop and EL VY. He's started a new solo path as Joyero, and will be releasing his debut album 'Release The Dogs' later this summer. We've already heard the dazzling 'Salt Mine' from the album, and now we have 'Dogs'. Whose video appropriately features dogs.

Watch: Charli XCX's Weird And Wonderful New Video For Lizzo Collab 'Blame It On Your Love'

Words: Saam Das

"Modern love to me is limitless. And it's cute as fuck too." So says Charli XCX at the end of her weird and wonderful new video for her ace recent collab with Lizzo, 'Blame It On Your Love'. Check out the fertility nymph-filled official music video for the track below.

Watch: Swim Deep Return With The Rousing 'To Feel Good' [Official Music Video]

Words: Saam Das

We ventured to the upper Midlands this past weekend for the excellent Dot To Dot Festival, which followed its Manchester and Bristol events with a successful conclusion in Nottingham. And one of the (many) bands behind that success was Birmingham's Swim Deep. With a new album now in sight, following 2015's 'Mothers', you can watch the striking black and white video for the 'Parklife'-meets-'Songs Of Praise' new track 'To Feel Good' below.

Watch: Sacred Paws - The Conversation [Official Video]

Words: Saam Das

The first few seconds of screeching in Sacred Paws' new track 'The Conversation' don't imbue great confidence, and yet the rest of the track is absolutely chuffing brilliant. Musically uplifting but lyrically fractious, it's arguably the Glaswegian indie-pop duo's most delightful work. Watch the video for 'The Conversation' below, the opening song on upcoming album, 'Run Around The Sun'.

Watch: Georgia - About Work The Dancefloor [Official Music Video]

Words: Saam Das

Georgia Barnes floored us back in 2015 with in-yer-face tracks like 'Be Ache' and the chaotically brilliant 'Move Systems'. Georgia made a return late last year before dropping her latest single, 'About Work The Dancefloor', today. Watch the track's video below.

Watch: CHVRCHES + BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - Miracle [New Video]

Words: Saam Das

We didn't quite take the opportunity to write about CHVRCHES' storming 2018 hit 'Miracle' but this rather unexpected new rendition has presented the perfect chance for redemption, as the band teamed up with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for a specially commissioned film launching the new BBC Scotland channel. Watch the short (entitled 'Beginning') below, alongside the original version of 'Miracle'.

Watch: Lady Leshurr - Horrid [New Freestyle]

Words: Saam Das

In a break from our regular programming, we bring you the latest freestyle from 2016 MOBO Best Female Act Lady Leshurr. Mainly because 'Horrid' appropriates the classic primary school playground phrase "liar, liar, pants on fire". No, really, it does. Having initially shared an unfinished version of the track as a freestyle rap on social media earlier this week, she's impressively managed to bash out an excellent studio version and a video in about 48 hours, which you can check out below.

Watch: True Adventures - Better Tomorrow, Today [Official Music Video]

Words: Saam Das

"They say you can tell a man by his shoes. But what does it mean when the soles are worn through?" Samuel Leonard Keith Leonard aka True Adventures opens reflectively on his new single 'Better Tomorrow, Today', accompanied by an intriguing "u ok, hun?" music video which features footage that's a bit like if you pressed the fast forward and rewind buttons on a VCR together at the same time.

Watch: Troye Sivan And Jonsi - Revelation [From New Drama 'Boy Erased']

Words: Saam Das

There is beauty in simplicity. From the opening bars of understated piano melody and its opening lyrical salvo of "you're a revelation", it's a challenge not to be moved by the emotion-fuelled 'Revelation'. The team up between South African pop sensation Troye Sivan and Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi is for new film 'Boy Erased', which features an incredible cast including Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and indeed, Sivan himself.

Watch: The 1975 - 'Love It If We Made It' [Official Video]

Words: Saam Das

We need look no further than the Brexit and the current US administration or the most recent IPCC report warning of our slide into catastrophic climate change to recognise that the world's doing pretty rubbs these days. And it's something that hasn't escaped The 1975, who have unveiled a thought-provoking (and surprisingly kaleidoscopic) new video for the excellent 'Love It If We Made It'.

Watch: Metric - Now Or Never Now [Official Music Video]

Words: Saam Das

Canadian outfit Metric have returned with their first record, 'Art Of Doubt', since their 2015 album 'Pagans In Vegas', which also follows frontwoman Emily Haines' 2017 solo effort 'Choir Of The Mind'. Listen to and watch the video for the sparkling new single 'Now Or Never Now' below.

Watch: Suede - Life Is Golden [Official Video]

Words: Rajan Lakhani

While 'Life Is Golden' is the first official single from Suede’s upcoming 'The Blue Hour' album, it’s actually the third song released from the record following the orchestral, Morricone-influenced 'The Invisibles' and the rockier 'Don’t Be Afraid If Nobody Loves You'.

Watch: Maggie Rogers - Fallingwater [Official Video]

Words: Saam Das

Maryland musician Maggie Rogers achieved overnight fame when her track 'Alaska' was given a firm stamp of approval by Pharrell Williams during a masterclass at New York University, which you can view (around the 20 min mark) below. She's continued the good work since then, with the spacebar-fearing 'Fallingwater' evoking much of the sense of naturalistic wonder so impeccably delivered to the ears of Pharrell and beyond in 2016.

Watch: Twin Shadow feat. Rainsford - Brace [Official Video]

Words: Saam Das

If you ever wondered what a mash-up between Enya and Lionel Richie might sound like, you now need look no further than Twin Shadow's life-affirming new track 'Brace'. Listen to the track and watch its lyric-laden video below, ahead of the release of new album 'caer' on April 27th.

Watch: Young Fathers - In My View [Official Video]

Words: Saam Das

Scotland's Young Fathers are stepping up their game ahead of the release of their third album 'Cocoa Sugar' (due out on 9th March), unveiling the video for new single 'In My View', as well as playing a special Jean-Michel Basquiat-inspired sold-out show this weekend in London.

Watch: Human Pyramids - Crackle Pop [360 VR Video]

Words: Saam Das

Synesthesia/Synaesthesia (noun): "a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound produces the visualization of a certain colour". The new video for 'Crackle Pop' from orchestral noise merchants Human Pyramids aims to bring the synesthetic experience to all, in an immersive 360 degrees online environment.

Watch: CURXES - In Your Neighbourhood [Official Video]

Words: Saam Das

Having expanded to a trio in 2015, electronic outfit CURXES announced a return earlier in 2017 with a streamlined guise - Roberta Fidora striking out on her own, and relocating to Ryde on the Isle of Wight for good measure. A new album is set to appear in late October, and the lead single has now been launched. Watch the Rob Luckins video to 'In Your Neighbourhood' below.