This week’s New Music Friday covers a wide range of sounds, from warm Afro-house and sleek club cuts to post-apocalyptic pop and combustible alt-rock. With Coachella kicking off tonight, a few releases feel especially well-timed. Anyma, Lykke Li, and KATSEYE stand out as three of this week’s most exciting new picks, with all set to bring that momentum to the desert tonight.
#NMF Dance: Our Picks For The Week
NMF Dance brings new music from Goldfish, Zolani Mahola, Crystal Waters and more!
1. Goldfish, Zolani Mahola – “Little Wonder”
GoldFish team up with Zolani Mahola on “Little Wonder.” Hypnotic synths, warm rolling basslines, and dreamy piano textures push the duo’s sound into a more soulful, Afro-house-leaning space. Mahola’s vivid voice anchors the track with emotional depth, creating a warm atmosphere. Altogether, “Little Wonder” feels warm, transportive, and unmistakably GoldFish.
2. Crystal Waters (FERRECK DAWN REMIX) – “Still In Love”
Crystal Waters returns with Ferreck Dawn’s remix of “’Still In Love‘,” a club-ready release that signals a new era. Ferreck Dawn sharpens the track with groove-led production, a fast 4/4 pulse, and textured synths that add a more psychedelic edge. At the same time, the remix keeps Waters’ house roots intact while pushing the song into a sleeker contemporary club space.
3. Mersiv, CREG – “Fast Line”
Mersiv returns with “Fast Lane” featuring LA artist CREG. A high-impact cut built on distorted synths and tightly coiled percussion. And the pockets of space let CREG’s delivery land with real precision. More than just another bass collab, “Fast Lane” feels like a tense night drive with the pressure rising mile by mile.
4. Anyma, LISA – “Bad Angel”
Anyma team up with LISA on “Bad Angel,” a hypnotic, high-energy cut built for the dancefloor. In this track, the punch between Anyma’s cinematic techno world and LISA’s dynamic vocals delivers a fancy auditory Stimulation. Pulsing drums, emotional tension, and sleek production give the track a neon-lit club glow. Undoubtedly, “Bad Angel” lands as a must-add midnight club banger.
5. Brennan Heart, HI-LO, Project Zeitgeist – “Adagio For Strings”
HI-LO, Brennan Heart, and Project Zeitgeist rework ‘ Adagio For Strings‘ into a darker, heavier, contemporary dance music format. Driving techno rhythms, hard dance force, and cinematic tension give the classic melody a sharper new pulse. More than just nostalgia, the track feels like floodlights cutting through smoke at 3 a.m. It is a fresh reason to hear an old anthem hit again.
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#NewMusicFriday: Our Picks for the Week
New music from KATSEYE, Tiffany Stringer, and more on New Music Friday.
1. Saint Harison – “Stuck”
Saint Harison returns with a nostalgic R&B “Stuck.” This single channels the warmth and ache of 2000s radio by anchoring an infectious bassline, tight drums, and eerie strings from D’Mile. With Saint’s unmistakable vocal, a smooth, late-night glow, the track captures the tension between longing and letting go with understated intensity. It also reinforces what Rolling Stone has already noted about Saint Harison: ‘his gift for pairing heartbreak with striking self-awareness.’
2. Lykke Li – “Sick Of Love”
Lykke Li returns with “Sick Of Love,” a seductive afterparty cut. Disco-glowing strings and apocalyptic bongos turn humiliation into strange, mischievous, doomsday dancefloor territory. Still, the track holds onto the fearless intimacy and emotional extremity that define her music. Ahead of her Coachella performance on April 10 and April 17, ‘Sick Of Love’s post-apocalyptic soundscape feels especially primed for the desert.
3. Tiffany Stringer – “Damn Good Actress”
Tiffany Stringer continues her striking new era on “Damn Good Actress,” a high-drama pop cut with Southern moxie, LA gloss, and theatrical pull. Sweeping cinematic strings are folded into a gritty, bass-heavy groove lit by pulsing tension and smoky swagger. At its core, the song explores the tension between performance and emotional truth, capturing the different faces people wear in public and private. Most notably, the hook lands with the kind of sharp, self-aware bite that makes the release impossible to ignore.
4. The Maine – “Half A Spark”
The Maine return with “Half A Spark,” a wildly combustible alt-rock cut with rough edges and real emotional force. As part of the band’s ‘green era’, organic instrumentation and imperfections left intact give the song a more human pulse. It’s great that The Maine still knows how to make sincerity hit hard.
5. KATSEYE – “PINKY UP”
KATSEYE drops “PINKY UP,” an edgy, high-energy single. Built on bold percussion, a driving bassline, and sleek synth textures, the track turns everyday spaces into KATSEYE’s own playground. With KATSEYE’s first Coachella debut starting tonight, “PINKY UP” already feels tailor-made for festival impact, carrying the kind of explosive energy and scream-ready pull that could make it a true live standout.