Every Friday, four new music picks from music blogs worldwide are published as part of my Day & Night pages. Follow Day & Night on Twitter or Facebook. The magazine is out today in print with every copy of the Irish Independent so pick it up to see my full internet-heavy section with a piece on Death Grips as well as the rest of the mag.
Hot Natured – Benediction
Featuring Ali Love on vocals, the late night deep house groove of ‘Benediction’ from the global quartet known as Hot Natured sounds like a clubbing breakout hit.
Sweater Beats
Combine some trap beats with upbeat R&B vocal samples and a wash of synths and you’ve got the sound of this young New York producer (pictured), the flatmate of another rising producer Bauuer.
Fear Of Men
This London/Brighton indie-pop band began with the ambient drones singer Jessica Weiss made to accompany art installations. They impressed guitarist Daniel Falvey, who heard pop sensibilities in her music. Now a four-piece, they trade in upfront super sweet music rather than secondary sounds.
Miguel
25 year-old R&B LA singer Miguel’s first album All I Want Is You achieved moderate success but his just-released followup Kaleidoscope Dream has had U.S. publications buzzing with its accomplished modern hazed soul-pop moves. 2012 is a good year for R&B.
Listen to the album at officialmiguel.com.
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the cohost of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, event curator and producer of gigs, parties & events.