Transcendent. Towering. For emotional souls in the club. This standout from fakemink’s new EP achieves all of this with a dirty crystalline beat and the simple repetition of the directive “Turn the bass up, blow the speaker” which begins to feel like a third-eye-opening mantra by the 20th time you hear it. — Steffanee Wang

Arca hopped on Robyn’s IVF-sex anthem with a verse that leans into ballroom and house influences, transforming a song that is lovably awkward into one that is highly fabulous. She also added some haunting synth chords that bring out the song’s, well, (s)existential quality. — Tobias Hess

I love how loud this track is. “Flood” is produced by Billy Lemos and features Bon Iver (who has quietly become a powerful co-signer in recent years). The live drums are rich and forward in the mix, as is the warmly distorted bass, creating a sturdy sonic home for Dua Saleh and Bon Iver’s sweet falsettos, which speak of a literal and allegorical flood. — TH

Nettspend threw this gyro-produced loosie on SoundCloud last week before popping out at UMG’s Grammy afterparty to show off the cover to his hotly anticipated sophomore album early life crisis. Nett’s clearly doing a Che impression on the track, but he’s colliding it with his own vocal tics – it’ll be interesting to trace his stylistic growth when elc drops. – VM

People on TikTok liken Tiffany Day to glaive and Nate Sib. Those are somewhat dismissive comparisons though it’s true that her distorted electronic sound feels indebted to the It Boys running the glitchcore scene. Day’s music, however, exhibits a unique and delicate softness that intrigues me and makes me want to hear more. —SW

I can’t get New York City instrumentalist and artist Natalia Catalan’s track “Waist” out of my head. Its production is minimal, just featuring Catalan’s pitched-up vocals and warm guitar chords. Its composition is audacious, though, peaking with a chorus that’s heavy on sudden silences. The surprise musical breaths stopped my own when listening. — TH

“Speak on the men you gon D-I-E / My bitch like Beyonce I’m sumn like JAY Z,” Jaeychino drones at the start of “D I E,” which pretty much encapsulates the thrust of his hardnosed DMV raps. The Seanbaby and Warren Hunter instrumental tastefully upscales the intense sound of Jaeychino’s Too Many Strikers crew, but retains its wonky distortion. — Vivian Medithi