Every week, we bring you #SOUNDCHECK — your destination for the best new music that hit the web over the course of the week. Because you should always be prepared when someone passes you that AUX cord. This week's roundup features 10 of our favorite emerging and established artists. Turn up, tune in, and tune out.
Victoria Monét and Kehlani stopped singing songs about each other to collaborate on this sultry number.
Balmy afro pop courtesy of France's Aya Nakamura.
NYC-based Pretty Sick makes smudged out indie rock, like on their latest which marinates on the feeling of being misunderstood.
Daya digs into nostalgia on this boppy, pop number.
Over clean guitar, Los Angeles' Sasha Sloan gets frank over the healing qualities of love.
A deep groove grows on Channel Tres' contemplative latest.
A slow-burning, shoegaze track that feels simultaneously nostalgic and unfamiliar.
London producer TSHA stirs up a jingling, dance confection with Gabrielle Aplin on her latest.
New Jersey singer-songwriter PYNKIE summons an easy surfy, folk on the dreamy "Vacation."
Best known for her work with M83, Kaela channels an equally mystical mood on her synth-heavy solo material.