Today's Top Tune

Today's Top Tune

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Today's Top Tune episodes

  • Daniel T: “Call” featuring Ohara Hale
    Daniel T, is a busy Los Angeles- based producer and DJ and a record scavenger at heart. He's become a local authority on bygone music that tends to seep into his work. The new song "Call" features Montreal vocalist Ohara Hale and recalls early work...
    4 min
  • Adrianne Lenker: “Symbol”
    Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker has had a prolific few years. Songs come to her while sitting in the van from one city to the next, or in a myriad of green rooms she waits in before taking the stage. The past two plus years on the road have been a...
    4 min
  • Phosphorescent “New Birth in New England”
    October brings a much-anticipated full-length recording from Phosphorescent, their first in five years. It's also the story of what took place for the band's founder Matthew Houck during that time; he fell in love, started a family, moved across...
    4 min
  • The Watson Twins: “Hustle and Shake”
    It's a fact that sibling harmonies are as tight as you can get. Case in point: The Watson Twins - identical sisters who co-wrote and sang all the parts together for the first time on their forthcoming album, "Duo." Inspired by their Nashville...
    4 min
  • Guster: “Hard Times”
    Every few years, with the release of new music from them, we are reminded of Guster's greatness. Seductively steady, "Hard Times" gives us a hint of an album on the horizon and showcases their unique charm via new sonic pathways.
    4 min
  • The Beta Band: “Dr. Baker”
    Innovative and avant-garde, The Beta Band didn't yield many recordings during their short time together, but what they did release still sounds fresh. Marking the 20th anniversary of their compilation, The Three EPs, a newly re-mastered vinyl...
    5 min
  • Blitzen Trapper: “Furr” Live on MBE
    Blitzen Trapper performed a gorgeous session back in 2009 when they first visited MBE. They left behind a stand-out and timeless batch of songs, so we asked them to fill us in on one particular track that we loved, "Furr," and to tell us how it came...
    5 min
  • Helena Hauff: “No Qualms”
    Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, Helena Hauff is a well-known DJ specializing in stripped-down techno that's strictly analog. Her new album fulfills the task at hand, as she jams on her machines to create a powerful sound. Give a listen to "No Qualms."
    4 min
  • Mitski: “Nobody”
    Mitski songs flow with confessional lyrics. Mitski says: "It's not like I'm a vessel. For this new record, I experimented in narrative and fiction." So even though it sounds like she's pouring her own heart out, her themes are easy to relate to, as...
    4 min

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