Today's Top Tune

Check out singer, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist Allison Russell’s “Stay Right Here,”a disco ball delight accompanied by her Rainbow Coalition ensemble and none other than Wendy & Lisa from Prince’s The Revolution. During the recording session, Wendy surveyed the scene and said, “Lisa and I have been doing this for over 30 years… Never once have we seen a studio full of dames — thank you Allison!” It’s a burner.

“All Through The Night” was originally written as a lullaby for the eldest child of Abigail of The Chapin Sisters but when you take a closer listen, you can hear why it has become an anthem. "We would make up the verses until some of them stuck," Abigail remembers of nights singing it to her daughter. "She would start mimicking me and singing along, which completely defeated the purpose of trying to get her to sleep." RIYL Aimee Mann.

Singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens owns his super power of emotionally cutting through the crap to deliver sweeping choral bursts and lyrical poetry over the course of his 25 year career. His forthcoming album Javelin, comprised of ten stunning tracks, is out October 6 and was created by himself in his home studio. “So You Are Tired” is our first glimpse.

Melodic power trio Trousdale met at the USC music program and started creating beautifully crafted songs together. Their latest track, from their forthcoming debut album Out Of My Mind, points to their skilled songwriting as they tell the story of a golden age movie star who is tired of her fame and moves to the state of rolling plains and cornfields on “Smart Iowa.”

Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer Yussef Dayes has a new track out, and it’s a VERY special lullaby. Dayes says, “‘The Light’ celebrates the birth of my daughter Bahia. Born in February 2020, just before the whirlwind of COVID, a beautiful light came into my life. 2020 turned out to be one of the most special times in my life. Becoming a father to my beautiful princess Bahia, being able to take time from touring and nurture my family at home was something I’ll cherish forever.” You’ll be able to hear the rest of the album, Black Classical Music, when it drops tomorrow.

Singer-songwriter and director of her own career, Luiza Lian , has created a place for herself in the music scene of São Paulo. On “Desabriga,” which takes poetic license from the Portuguese for “Don’t Leave Me, Don’t Abandon Me,” the song pulls us in close with its enticing drum beats.

Ready for your Tuesday banger? Let’s go with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs & Moullinex and the new wave synths, ‘80s New Beat drums, and delicate vocal line that is “So Alive.” Get your post-Labor Day week kick-started with this dynamic track.

LA LOM , an acronym for “The Los Angeles League Of Musicians,” offer an original take on classic cumbia, American roots, and Afro-Cuban jazz centered around percussionist Nicholas Baker, whose grandmother fed him a steady diet of Latin music and who grew up in a family of musicians from Durango, Mexico. Let’s discover their sound together on the cinematic “Angel’s Point.”

DJ and producer TOKiMONSTA is back with an elevated sound that includes labelmate Rochelle Jordan . This bold combo tackles the fragility of now, providing somber lyrics masked by dance floor beats to create magic on “Eats The Tail” (Feat. Rochelle Jordan).

This year, Death Cab for Cutie celebrates the 20th anniversary of their album Transatlanticism, as well as Ben Gibbard’s supergroup The Postal Service ’s Give Up, with a co-headlining US tour kicking off this fall. As a bonus, Death Cab floats out a new track, “An Arrow in the Wall,” that calls out society’s decay in their typical upbeat fashion.