The music release schedule winds down as the year comes to a close, so I've put together info and links for the scattering of releases coming out over the next few weeks – with audio & video for your listening and viewing pleasure. Click here to see releases from the past several weeks…
Charli XCX, Sucker (Neon Gold/Atlantic)
She's one of the performer's at this year's 93.3 FLZ Jingle Ball and has a hit single on the Top 40 pop station: "Boom Clap."
Chief Keef, Nobody (self-release)
Even though Chicago rapper Chief Keef was dropped by Interscope a lil less than two months back, he's still moving forward with the release of his album; the title track features Kanye West, who'd originally collabed with Keef on his own cut, "Hold My Liquor." It's kinda weird, Keef all syrupy-slurry and Auto-Tuned, sampling Willie Hutch’s 1973 soul classic “Brother’s Gonna Work It Out.” I guess that Kanye on support vocals? Take a listen below...
The City On Film, La Vella (Topshelf)
Solo project of Braid's Bob Nanna
Geotic Sunset, Mountain (self-release)
The latest project of Baths' Will Wiesenfeld
Emay, Sinner, Song-Writer EP (Hi-Scores Recording Library)
LeMoti, Hush Money EP (Sleeveless Records/Stylus Beat)
When asked to describe their sound, LeMoti says “Imagine Rick Ross driving his Maybach around the rings of Saturn.” Full stream of five-track EP below. Release date December 15
Moby, Hotel: Ambient (Mute)
The re-release of the long out-of-print, limited edition companion disc to the 2005 album Hotel offered with previously unreleased tracks.
Savant, ZION (SectionZ Records)
Released Dec. 13, 2014
SQÜRL, EP#3 (ATP Recordings)
Various Artists, Ghostly Swim 2 (Ghostly International/Adult Swim)
Ghostly wraps up its 15th anniversary as an Ann Arbor/Brooklyn-based indie label that has imprinted its stamp on 300 releases of forward-thinking electro-rooted experimental(ish) dance and pop music by the likes of Tycho, Com Truise, and HTRK with this second comp celebrating its partnership with Adult Swim. The album features unreleased material in the ambient and "Seasick House" veins. Release date December 23; Babe Rainbow's "Don't Tell Me I'm Wrong" below.
Various Artists, Teen Idols (Future Classic)
After the recent Touch Sensitive "Teen Idols" single release, Aussie indie electro label Future Classic presents another dancefloor banger off its new comp, this one by Sydney's Hayden James: “Something About You." The official comp release date is December 19 and features artists on the label.