Staff playlist – Songs to listen to right now

“Going Out”
HOSPITALITY
Brooklyn’s Hospitality crafts ridiculously catchy tunes that wouldn’t be out place next to Belle and Sebastian or Neko Case, but as with this track, new album Trouble finds the band going for more minor keys and angular left turns.

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“Tiger Tank”
SPEEDY ORTIZ

“Shadrach”
BEASTIE BOYS

“It All Feels Right”
WASHED OUT

“Lost Boys and Girls Club”
DUM DUM GIRLS
This lead track from Too True, out Jan. 27, is L.A. artist Dee Dee Penny’s latest, a dreamy, dark rinse flooded with serpentine guitar lines, Phil Spector echo and an avalanche of Jesus and Mary Chain melancholia.

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“Wildewoman”
LUCIUS

“Window Sill”
PICKWICK

“Holding on for Life”
BROKEN BELLS
The Shins’ James Mercer and Danger Mouse release the sophomore album of their side project, Broken Bells, this month, and the first single is a hazy, synthy space jam finding Mercer doing his best Bee Gee’s impression.

“The Lord is Out of Control”
MOGWAI
The Scottish instrumental band produces a hauntingly cinematic sound paired with equally dramatic song titles, and that isn’t changing. This song is moody and atmospheric and successfully unsettling.