Seductive, sticky, and meticulously designed, GLU is the new hip-hop anchored solo project hand-built by ‘Queens of the Stone Age’ bassist Michael Shuman. Blending disparate influences from Gorillaz and Mac Miller to Depeche Mode, the ‘Mini Mansions’ front-man layers a precision vocal flow with driving pop and angular guitars to create a complex sound that is as threatening as it is accessible. A limited contingent of fans can see GLU perform his first single “COLD SWEAT” (out now) live alongside a set of other dark and addictive tracks every Tuesday in June for his special UK residency at Sebright Arms in London. If you’re not lucky enough to catch GLU’s first-ever live shows, don’t sweat, you can hear his next single “MY DEMONS” (featuring Sarah Barthel of Phantogram) when it drops everywhere on June 10th.

Candy Cigarettes is the indie rock project of multi-instrumentalist Lane Mueller. Reminiscent of Boards of Canada’s nostalgia, Elliott Smith’s emotional songwriting, Kid A’s atmospheric rock, and glistening 90s shoegaze, Mueller creates rock that is musically complex without being over thought – evoking a nostalgic that’s as emotive as it is energizing.