The Internet is a big place. Trim the fat and have a listen to some of our favorite songs that came out this week, from pop to hip hop and everything in between. Check back each Friday for a briefing on what you missed in music.
Beach Slang: “Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas”
Wake me up when September ends and Beach Slang has dropped their full-length debut, because this record cannot come fast enough. Better yet, play “Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas,” as well as the band’s two inexhaustible EPs, on repeat until then.
With You. feat. Vince Staples: “Ghost”
Take Vince Staples’ word for it: He’s a motherfucking legend.
Low: “What Part of Me”
For most bands, “What Part of Me” would be a pretty minimal work. But this is Low we’re talking about, and by their standards this song is a freaking carnival inside of WrestleMania smack dab in the middle of the Super Bowl.
EL VY: “Return to the Moon”
Like Jenn Wasner and that guy from Ra Ra Riot before him, The National’s Matt Berninger — along with Brent Knopf of Menomena — has entered the realm of fun-and-fancy-free electronic albums.
Glasses Malone feat. Kendrick Lamar and Killer Mike: “Thuggin’”
If you start “Thuggin’” after the 1:30 mark, you’ll not only avoid Glasses Malone’s unforgivably, embarrassingly bad verse, but you’ll be basking in the glory that is bars from Kendrick Lamar and Killer Mike, too.