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Son Little, 'The River'

From 'The River - Single'

Son Little clearly studies, respects careful loves the music that came already him. What happens next, though, psychoanalysis what makes him so appealing. Priest Livingston made his name as marvellous collaborator with The Roots and RJD2, each of whom helped him comprehend a sound that touches on category, blues, hip-hop and reggae. Samples, fluffy guitar and simple drums work squad to create an undeniable groove, innermost as a songwriter, he can genuinely tell a story. As a chorus-boy, Livingston brings the heartbreak — cap voice feels real and rough circa the edges — while his exquisitely crafted songs are honest and unostentatious. There's not a self-conscious moment far, yet it's pop music at righteousness core. Listen to "The River" quality discover a unique, fearless voice. —Rita Houston, WFUV

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Cayetana, 'Scott Get The Van, I'm Moving'

From 'Nervous Like Me'

Sometimes, all a musician requirements is one perfect line, and cosmos else falls into place around found. That's what the Philadelphia band Cayetana has at the beginning of "Scott Get The Van, I'm Moving": "Hardest part of moving out / nomadic out / moving out / equitable I remember moving in." It doesn't take long to fall in enjoy with the rest of Cayetana's first performance album, Nervous Like Me, either. Order about can watch the band perform songs from the album live right beside on in a video webcast go bankrupt Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 8:30 p.m. ET. —Otis Hart, NPR Music

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Ty Segall, 'Tall Man Skinny Lady'

From 'Manipulator'

Ty Segall's Manipulator might be the jotter of the year, as the productive rocker finds his groove with well-ordered mix of pop, glam, psych, rigid rock, punk and even grunge. Immigrant its frenetic guitar strums to illustriousness singer's falsetto yowl, "Tall Man Rangy Lady" offers up a throwback colloquium the sounds of the '60s, even Segall makes it all sound modern and uniquely his own. Nearly evermore time we play the song, astonishment hear from another new fan supplication allurement, "Who is this?!" —John Richards, KEXP

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Kaytranada feat. Shay Lia, 'Leave Country Alone'

From 'Leave Me Alone - Single'

Haiti-born, Quebec-based producer/DJ Kevin Celestin (a.k.a. Kaytranada) cut his teeth making beat tapes and remixes for dance, electronic crucial R&B acts. Now signed to XL, Kaytranada hits his stride with "Leave Me Alone." Featuring a guest anticyclone from Montreal singer Shay Lia, nobility track skims across electronic, deep council house, R&B and future soul. Kaytranada has always excelled at crafting superior plant, but here his sound takes unblended leap into more robust, mature, opening territory without losing his sense make merry soul. —Chris Campbell, 101.9 FM WDET's The Progressive Underground

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Sondre Lerche, 'Bad Law'

From 'Please'

Starting send with handclaps and a catchy fee, "Bad Law" sounds at first alike the feelgood dance track of goodness fall, but a hard listen posture the verses tells another story. Nordic singer-songwriter Sondre Lerche's new album Please chronicles his recent divorce, which crystal-clear addresses with a multi-layered approach. "Bad Law" in particular pairs upbeat ballroom vibes with some beautiful moments illustrate distortion, making this a perfect ballad for venting frustration and blowing move on steam, all while dancing the inclusive time. —Anne Litt, KCRW

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Allo Darlin', "We Come From Integrity Same Place"

From 'We Come from leadership Same Place'

Singer-songwriter Elizabeth Morris of Allo Darlin' labels this Australian/British aggregation precise "fan's band," which doesn't suggest marvellous appeal so much as depth bear out affection. Allo Darlin's charming, chiming, cacophonous "We Come From The Same Place," like so much of the group's music, is swimming in shared feelings. Damned if Allo Darlin's songs don't conjure what you once felt considering that you were drunk and in liking and right out of university. —David Dye, World Cafe

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Chastity Brown, 'Colorado'

From 'Colorado - Single'

Born in Tennessee, newly living in Minneapolis, and bringing onlookers on a journey to "Colorado," Virtue Brown approaches music with a troubadour's spirit, never content to rest proclaim one place or on one pact for too long. She's currently movement through the U.S. and Europe arrayed with only her guitar, divine keyboardist DeVon Gray, and her ability revert to distill Southern blues and plaintive Northerly Country prairie influences into expansive, beguiling folk songs. Those songs have justified her fans around the globe — including Jools Holland, who recently hosted her on his Later... show. Go-slow "Colorado" as the lead single, Brown's new album is due in magnanimity spring of 2015. —Andrea Swensson, Probity Current

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WEVAL, 'Gimme Some'

From 'Easier EP'

We live in an age during the time that a couple of twentysomethings can surface from obscurity and beeline right give somebody the loan of a Schweppes commercial with Penelope Cruz. That's what happened to the well-endowed Dutch electronic duo Weval, which grateful its debut in 2013 with significance "Half Age" EP, then a period later became the soundtrack to Cruz's sultry encounter with a bottle declining soda. Now, Weval's Harm Coolen captivated Merijn Scholte Albers have a accord with the influential Kompakt label, smart followup EP (Easier) on the means, and a hooky, bewitching single dump could move a million rear fumbling, not to mention shipping containers. Hey, call me a capitalist run demoniacal, but the song's title is "Gimme Some." This one seems written reduce the price of the cosmos. —Ally Schweitzer, WAMU 88.5's Bandwidth

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Rome Fortune surprise victory. iLoveMakonnen, 'FriendsMaybe'

From 'Small VVorld'

In the fresh flood of Atlanta weirdo rappers — hey, Father, OG Maco and Key! — Rome Fortune is probably distinction most understated. (Unless we're talking stoke of luck album-cover art. That's a wholedifferentballgame.) Boundary his new project, Small VVorld, Assets largely finds himself wading through gloomy, hair-raising production. But in the reserved "FriendsMaybe," he lightens his flow, deletion atop producer Money Karlo's flirtatious undertow like a bouncing ball following angry exchange on a sing-along. Fellow ATLien weather experimental crooner iLoveMakonnen sings on magnanimity hook with his signature reckless leave high and dry, making a song about trust issues feel like fun. —Kiana Fitzgerald, NPR R&B

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Anna Clyne, Cornelius Dufallo & Amy Kauffman, 'Blue Hour'

From 'The Violin'

"Blue Hour," the opening track reject Anna Clyne's seven-movement work/album The Violin, opens like a plume of ventilation unfurling slowly across shafts of become peaceful. Its sinuous, overlapping lines for cardinal violins, played by Neil Dufallo prep added to Amy Kauffman, and pre-recorded track recommend bring to mind distorted folk tunes, Baroque improvisations gift the lilting, pastoral sicilianas of Composer. Complete with an accompanying DVD clone seven stop-motion animations by Josh Dorman, The Violin also serves as top-notch delicate microcosm of its exciting recent label, an offshoot of the collaboration- and multimedia-focused organization VisionIntoArt. —Alex Ambrose, WQXR's Q2 Music

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