
Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can't get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or hear them all below.
DJ Koze feat. Ada, “Unbelievable”
German producer DJ Koze slides between styles with chameleonic ease. “Unbelievable” is a ride back in time to early-2010s cloud rap, juxtaposing Ada’s lilting vocal line — an ephemeral tune that sounds like a long-lost jazz standard — with a murky, witchy instrumental. Later, he chops Ada’s track into percussive fragments Clams Casino-style, completing the time capsule. —Raphael Helfand
Oklou, "take me by the hand (feat. Bladee)"
The return of Oklou’s trance-pop — formidable and imposing yet feather-light — is long overdue. The first singles from the French artist’s upcoming project Choke Enough prove she hasn’t missed a step, but “take me by the hand” might be the best entry point for new listeners. A duet with the ascendent cloud rapper Bladee, the song taps to a two-step beat reminiscent of early Burial as both artists whisper their sweet nothings. Oklou’s words sound like they could be engraved on the side of a marble sculpture, while Bladee’s are the kind you’d hear at the end of the most euphoric night of your life. —Jordan Darville
Yola, "Future Enemies"
Yola possesses one of those voices that freeze you where you stand. On "Future Enemies," a jubilant-sounding track that opens her latest EP, My Way, she belts, yelps, and growls with such verve you almost forget she's pleading with a soon-to-be former friend. The funkiest bassline has nothing on her natural instrument. —Steffanee Wang
Marie Davidson, "Demolition"
Inspired by the global descent of western countries into a technocratic fascism steered by evil nerds, “Demolition” is what partying at the end of the world sounds like. Davidson’s techno employs punchy four-on-the-floor, ‘80s serial-killer movie synths, and Davidson’s intermittent yelps to build its creepy atmosphere. It’s her vocal performance, however, a cybernetic sentinel with surveillance capabilities, that will really make your scrolling fingers itch. —JD
Mallrat, "Pavement"
Mallrat's new album, Light hit my face like a straight right, is inspired by the glow of street lamps on wet pavement and other peculiar ways illumination guide us through life. "Pavement," her excellent new single that's dance-y, warm, and feels like the walk home after a perfect night out, somehow embodies that thesis, creating an aura that's glistening and illusory. —SW
The Convenience, “I Got Exactly What I Wanted”
On the first single from their newly announced album, Like Cartoon Vampires, the New Orleans-based duo of Duncan Troast and Nick Corson (also touring members of Video Age and Hovvdy) swap the ’80s-indebted smooth funk sounds of their debut, Accelerator, for a crunchy piece of post-punk. Over a four-on-the-floor drum groove from Troast and unruly fuzz guitar from Corson, they lay the foundation for Corson’s slick off-key vocal line, adding refreshing grit to their previously clean aesthetic. —RH
Snuggle, "Marigold"
Making up part of the same new Danish scene as their Escho label mates Astrid Sonne and Fine, Snuggle is a joint project from Andrea Thuesen (Baby in Vain) and former Liss producer Vilhelm Strange. "Marigold" is equal parts cutesy and disarming, with an uncanny riff slicing through Thuesen's lullaby-like vocals. Cellos lap at the edges of a song that takes romantic cliches ("you're my number one girl") and filters them through a sorrowful lens. —David Renshaw
Flora Hibberd, “Lucky You”
London-born, Paris-based indie-folk artist Flora Hibberd’s new album, Swirl, scratches a hard-to-reach itch for those of who came of age at the peak of the twee takeover but are embarrassed about their former enjoyment of the genre. “Lucky You” has plenty of twee elements — a campfire-worthy strumming pattern, a tambourine, whimsically wobbly vocals, even some hand claps at one point — but generally avoids its schlocky pitfalls with clean, poignant songwriting. The arrangement, too, is far more advanced, slowly filling out before breaking down into a jazzy slow section that isn’t twee at all. —RH
Lust for Youth, Croatian Armor, "Dummy"
"Dummy" marks something of a homecoming for Loke Rahbek, who was originally a member of Swedish darkwave act Lust for Youth before leaving to start his own club-focused solo project, Croatian Armor. Now, they are back together with a collaborative album titled All Worlds, due on March 7. "Dummy" (which also features vocalist Kate Durman a.k.a. Purient) is the first taste, an icy and bittersweet banger that nods to both U.K. garage and '90s R&B. —DR
Scowl, "Not Hell, Not Heaven"
"Should I learn how to shut my mouth?" asks Scowl's Kat Moss on her band Scowl's punchy and addictive new single. "Not Hell, Not Heaven" deals with the guilt of lying and the relief that lies in telling the truth. Moss wrestles with an unidentified secret, later burning everything down with the truth as the song explodes into its most mosh-pit friendly moment. The cathartic song will feature on Scowl's album Are We All Angels, due April 4. —DR