Sophia Knapp
Soft acoustics and the gentle timbre introduce the music of Sophia Knapp on Close To Me, a singer with New York band Cliffie Swan who has gone solo. Bright key notes and funky bass usher in her ’70s-influenced musical style. An album entitled Into The Waves is forthcoming on Drag City at the end of the month, of which two songs feature Bill Callahan.

Hundred Waters
A promising Gainesville, Florida band who specialise in scattered and skittered pop music somewhere between the dream pop and eclecticism of Twin Sister, Stereolab and Múm. Their debut self-titled record also arrives at the end of the month.

SpaceGhostPurrp
One of the new breed of rising rappers, Miami’s Spaceghostpurrp dropped his new God Of Black Volume 1 mixtape showcasing his mind-warping blend of cosmic blunted Southern rap.
Listen at Soul Culture

Burial
Electronic music’s most revered anonymous producer returned with a new EP of spooky atmospherics entitled Kindred this week. No-one does dark and haunted inner city soundtracks quite so well.
Listen at Hyperdub