Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet to find the ones you need to hear now. Up this week: an Eighties hip-hop throwback, a gorgeously sad-sack singer-songwriter and a group of melodic folkies.
The Band: Theophilus London
The Buzz: Brooklyn rapper revives the sound of ’80s electro, offering a free mixtape loaded with space age soul and sleek, neon-gilded hip-hop.
Listen If: You ever did the worm on a refrigerator box to Egyptian Lover, or wish that more R&B artists cited Pac-Man as an influence.
Key Track: “Crazy Cousins”, where London raves and rambles over a jabbering backing track.
The Band: Strand of Oaks
The Buzz: Western PA troubador writes devastating, gorgeous songs about loss and heartbreak
Listen If: You consider Bon Iver “happy music.”
Key Track: “Lawns Breed Songs,” a moving conversation between father and son that has nothing to do with cats or cradles.
The Band: Hurray for the Riff Raff
The Buzz: Sweet, tender folk music built from brittle banjos and boasting lovely, loping melodies.
Listen If: You’re looking for the female-fronted counterpart to the Strand of Oaks record we listed above.
Key Track: “Daniella,” which continues the grand tradition of songs that question their subject’s taste in suitors.
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