Grimy Goods

1 day ago | grimygoods.com | David Sosa

Although it may have been four years between his debut and his recently released debut album, Black Boys on the Radio: Part II, singer-songwriter Benjamin Carter has a longstanding relationship with music that he continually brings to all of his songs. Splitting his time between the US and the Cayman Islands growing up, the Tampa-born artist first encountered music through the church, where his father was a choir director.

1 day ago | grimygoods.com | David Sosa

German duo Zimmer90 and New Zealand duo Balu Brigada have joined forces for a smooth, sunny jam of a song on their new single, “Learn To Let You Go.” Referring to their collaboration as your “new favourite international super group,” the team-up between Zimmer90 and Balu Brigada takes on electronic music of the trance variety without sacrificing their own imprints on alt-pop.

2 days ago | grimygoods.com | David Sosa

Following a brief hiatus that ended with the single “There Goes My Baby,” Mexican-Dominican singer-songwriter Ambar Lucid is back with “6am,” out via her new home at Nice Life Recording Company. Any concerns for Ambar’s return are short-lived as the first few notes from producers The Wavys envelop listeners in a psychedelic swirl of reverb and electronic instrumentation.

3 days ago | grimygoods.com | David Sosa

In a surprise release that they premiered through a Google Drive link on social media, Portugal. The Man is unveiling previously unheard music from their Chris Black Changed My Life sessions with “V.I.S.” Written at the tail end of their time recording their last album, the Portland-based band, best known for their pop-leaning brand of alt-rock, finds themselves in a 90s-inspired pocket. Think Chris Isaak if he went through a fuzzy grunge phase. “Wrote a song,” shared the band on Reddit.

1 week ago | grimygoods.com | David Sosa

Get ready to dance with this new bop. Joalin is gearing up to release her new five-track mixtape CAMALEÓN with her shape-shifting pop outing, “GUM.” The Finnish-born singer-songwriter quickly built an international following on the back of other earworm singles like “GUM,” a track full of nebulous textures and trap snares aplenty for the perfectly timed breakdown at the end. But even before the song’s outro, the lead-up goes to show how locked-in Joalin is leading into CAMALEÓN.