Today's Top Tune

If it’s a sonic party you seek, look no further than Brooklyn party purveyor and producer Sammy Bananas — and the instrumental tone of “Boca Grande,” in which he unleashes a fervent unrelenting groove and sexy sax. The one-time busker refined his saxophone chops on the streets of Mass Ave. in Cambridge, and named every song on his Massave EP for a business that once stood there. Open wide for “Boca Grande,” named after a burrito joint.

A live fan favorite, Big Thief has finally committed “Vampire Empire” to tape, and the song has become a viral summer anthem. Speaking to the complexity of gender identity and breaking negative cycles, the band’s Adrianne Lenker says, “For me, it’s about getting out of toxic internal patterns — leaving the empire of energy drains that obscure pure essence, learning about what healthy boundaries are, and finding the power to implement them for the possibility of giving and receiving (both inwardly and outwardly) unbroken and infinite Love.”

Today we’re sharing a track from London post-punk electro-crew MADMADMAD ’s double A-side single “Do You,” recorded in the band’s experimental warehouse testing ground. MADMADMAD offer this insight: "It's about being yourself without asking permission. It's a hypnotic, dance floor-ready anthem that makes you want to let the goof out, in a playful invitation to dance your troubles away, like Archie Bell beaming from darker space. A deranged sonic ride with an irresistible feel-good factor."

Boundary-pushing artist Róisín Murphy teams up with virtuosic electronic music producer DJ Koze for a highly anticipated 13-track album that promises to be as genre-bending as it is melding. Get ready to get your snarl on with “Fader,” reminiscent of vintage Jackson 5 with a little Aretha mixed in.

Mr. Pauer , purveyor of his own brand of electropico, dazzles us with a new track featuring Barcelona’s clarinet master, Oriol Mares. “Viento y Marea” translates to English as “Wind and Tide,” and is a sweet instrumental piece on a bed of layered organic sounds.

Pop purveyors of playfulness CHAI are sprinkling the last bits of magic dust on their self-titled forthcoming album that highlights their Japanese cultural heritage and the music that inspired them. Let’s spin “PARA PARA,” which memorializes a popular two-step dance trend popular in Japan in the 1990s.

All the way from Perth, Australia, the sonic architect known as Ta-Ku delivers a riveting roll on “WAY OUT,” a song that marks his return to music after a seven-year hiatus, and extracts the journey that lead him to the upcoming album, Songs To Come Home To. The new collection of songs will bring together an array of artists, including Questlove, Milan King, and Matt McWaters, featured here on “WAY OUT.”

Montreal-based singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé has been working on an ambitious project, an album trilogy dedicated to the history of African American music. The first album, Our Roots Run Deep, will be out in late September. “Feeling Like a Plant,” with its acoustic instruments and poly-rhythmic trance, reminds us of the growth that sunshine and long days have to offer.

Back in 1977, Wreckless Eric had a mega-hit with “ Whole Wide World ,” a love song of epic proportion that has been covered by a wide range of countless artists who have also benefited from the recording — from The Monkees to Cage The Elephant — and was even featured in an ad during the 2022 Super Bowl.

NYC-based artist Kendra Morris lets the music flow when it comes to her new album, I Am What I’m Waiting For, produced by Little Shalimar of Run The Jewels, who dusts the music with magic. A mix of summer soul and ‘70s funk imbues the track “What Are You Waiting For.”