Today's Top Tune

It’s Friday, and you deserve to send the week off with a blast from electronic gurus John Tejada and Ulrich Krieger. Put your hands in the air for “Silversonic.”

Ascending soul man Chris Pierce throws a curveball to Americana with his new band Leon Creek and this country-blues banger, so raise your glass high and “Call It A Day.”

In a year of lockdown in which we were all forced to have a deep think, Berlin-based artist Anika took stock by turning inward and converting her experiences into songs like “Finger Pies.”

Languid and lush, “Imagineering,” is the latest work by Nightmares on Wax, an English DJ-producer who dances around thick percussion buoyed by a dynamic string section.

Jacklen Ro create happy indie pop driven by the chemistry that comes from their longtime friendship filled with humor and wonder. “Hollywood (I’m Good)” showcases the group’s ability to harmonize.

An R&B shapeshifter with his own brand of hot sauce, Omar Apollo established his bedroom soul through romantic yearning and self-discovery. Beware, “Go Away” is an earworm.

Norwegian-born avant-pop artist Ora The Molecule creates a heady mix of spoken word and dance beats on “The Ball.”

Private Playlist recently spotlighted the talented LA-based artist Ah-Mer-Ah-Su, whose name is derived from the Shinto sun goddess. An optimist at heart, Ah Mer Ah Su’s new work is theemotional and danceable anthem “No One.”

We’ve heard that only love can break your heart, and that only love can set us free, but Tycho and Benjamin Gibbard’s take on “Only Love” reminds us that it will save this place we’re in.

Dance is a form of therapy for queer artist and producer EREZ, whose slow-burning “Dance It Away” expresses her passion for movement, choreography, and the freedom the artform provides.