Singles That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

 

Kevin Morby – Badlands

Little Wide Open Out Now Via Dead Oceans

Making the best of the bad.

 

Andrew Jim Gannon – Golden Kayak

Let’s get weird with PPE, you and me.

 

Baby Smith – Limoncello River

Lately, Love is Dead Out July 10

Can’t fault the track but after you watch this video you’ve felt like you’ve drunk the entire limoncello river.

 

Blossoms – Joke About Divorce

Out Now Via ODD SK Recordings

Getting early 00s vibes from this one and some bright energy to ring in that springtime freshness.

 

The Bobby Lees – 50ft

New Self Out June 12 Via Epitaph Records

The bassline alone will give you a run for your money.

 

Downtown Boys – You’re a Ghost

Public Luxury Out May 26 Via Sub Pop

The recoil from the headphone’s still got us shook after playback.

 

Camille Camille – Saga’s Lullaby

Enchanted Sea Out May 29 Via Labelman

The most beautiful thing.

 

Chanel Beads – Song for the Messenger

Your Day Will Come Out June 26 Via JagJagUwar

This track feels like making snacks and trying to find the light switch when you’re tipsy.

 

Lip Critic – Shoplifting

Theft World Out Now Via Partisan Records

Great contrast between the tune and the vocals.

 

Eel Men – When I Get Rich

Glass Hammer Out May 16

They may be slippery as an eel, but we’re not letting this track get away, and neither should you.

 

Slift – The Day of Execution

Fantasia Out June 5 Via Sub Pop

You heard it hear first, absolute slapper.

 

Josh Da Costa – Proving Me Right

New Wave Graveyard Out July 24 Via Stone’s Throw

Tune’s got moves for days.

 

Everyone Says Hi – Just Like That

This one’s for the strummers and hip shakers. 

 

Ruban Neilson and Jared Mattson – American Eagle

Fear Out June 5 Via JagJagUWar 

A loose jammy jam by a familiar namey name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Singles That Mingle

With Captain Stavros

The Black Wizards – Killing the Buzz

Single Out Now Via Hassle Records

Cool name bro, you a band?

 

Andrew Jim Gannon – Bon Boys Will Break Your Heart

Hydrate Those Folds Out June 12

Not to be confused with Gammon.

 

RY-GUY – Push Me In The Water/Dirty Like A River

Like A River Out Now

Cannot fault this one, pick of the list.

 

Brennan Wedl & Waxahatchee – Six O’Clock News

A solid cover, inoffensive with great flow.

 

New German Cinema – Eyes

Pain Will Polish Me Out Now Via Felt

No time to worry about eyes, we can’t take our ears off this one.

 

Brontës – Asking For A Friend

Broody vocals and brutal distortion.

 

Friko – Still Around

Something Worth Waiting For Out April 24 Via ATO Records

Great tune for a buddy montage.

 

Slift – A Storm of Wings

Fantasia Out June 5 Via Sub Pop

Get ready to head back to the mid 90s. It’s like White Zombie meet Deftones and Danzig.

 

Camille Camille – Enchanted Sea

Enchanted Sea Out May 29 Via Labelman

A compelling track, a mix of operatic and folk vocals draws distracts you as the deft finger picking lures you further in.

 

The Hoosiers – Lonely Together

If you can leave your ego at the door, this pop packed ditty will get your toes tappin.

 

Grandmas House – DOG

Out Now Via Brace Yourself Records

Feel like these lot would beat me up for my lunch money.

 

Spelling – Ammunition

Portrait of my Heart Out Now Via Sacred Bones

Feel like this one could’ve been in a Baz Luhrmann film.

 

Maquina – Agony

Body Transmission Out July 10 Via Sacred Bones

Got an itch under your skin? Stick this tune under it and perforate.