London's A Mountain of One is actually a duo of two, Mo Morris and Zeben Jameson, who make some truly spaced-out psych rock that borrows from a variety of sources. Synth strings, reverbed guitars, gospel choirs, and strummed acoustic guitars are heard in the epic "Bones", from the forthcoming Institute of Joy, out September 7 via 10 Worlds/PIAS..
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE - YOU'VE GOT THE LOVE (THE XX REMIX) - DANCE
Rising British band the xx give the remix treatment to Florence and the Machine's latest harp-accented UK single from this year's Lungs. On this version of "You've Got the Love", a track best known in a version by The Source and Candi Staton, the xx handle most of the vocals while keeping the production typically spare. So it's like a remix/cover of a cover (of a track that was originally a mash-up) and it's definitely worth a listen.
Tom Marshallsay, aka Dam Mantle, is spinning a path all of his own making Dubstep, glitchtronica, experimental, pop, whatever, this is music to step to ...
SUFJAN STEVENS - ODE TO NYC'S HIGHWAY - ORCHESTRAL / CLASSICAL MUSIC
Sufjan Stevens mixes autobiography, religious fantasy, and regional history to create folk songs of grand proportions. A preoccupation with epic concepts has motivated two state records (Michigan & Illinois), an electronic album for the animals of the Chinese zodiac (Enjoy Your Rabbit), a five-disc Christmas box set (Songs for Christmas), and, more recently, a programmatic tone poem with film accompaniment for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a large-scale ensemble piece commissioned by BAM in 2007.