Clockwise from top left: Jamie Isaac with Nosaj Thing, Elephant Stone, Horse Jumper of Love, Yacht Rock Revue, Little Snake and Sea Wolf.

Every week, there’s more new music waiting to be discovered.

No one really has enough time to watch that indie radio station to hear a lot of great new artists. Aside from all the cool playlists on Spotify, and scouring KEXP or Sub Pop’s single of the day, it’s often too time-consuming to figure out what artists to check out. Seriously, who really has the time to sort through all that? RIFF does!

We’re happy to bring you the latest, greatest new songs in this weekly segment. Enjoy this week’s hidden gems.

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Jamie Isaac featuring Nosaj Thing, “Next To Me” — London producer and songwriter Jamie Isaac paired up with Nosaj Thing (who has worked with the likes of Chance the Rapper and Jamie XX). The song’s cool, chilled-out beat makes for a beachy summer jam. Underneath hypnotic, sweet and intimate vocals, “Next To Me” increases the sonic beauty with layered twists and turns. The addition of Nosaj Thing’s lo-fi rhythms add to the song’s electro groove. Isaac sums this collaboration up best: “We’re making songs for people to have fun to—I’m into going down that route. I love pop music!”

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Little Snake, “I. OYU3.33REA“ — At over 10 minutes long, “I. OYU3.33REA” is a sound design odyssey. Paired with a trippy repeating video, the song would fit soundly in an experimental video game. It’s a hallucinatory soundscape with blips, beeps and rhythm cadences that sound like noises coming from outer space. Yet, it’s impossible to look away you’ll demand to see where the song will go next. It’s definitely worth the full listen for the unpredictable rhythms and keyboard scales.

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Horse Jumper Of Love, “John Song“ — Boston’s Horse Jumper of Love filmed a gorgeous 16mm video in Manhattan while whale watching—apparently that’s a real thing! Like molasses, ever so slowly moving, the slow-core down-tempo song begins to emerge. Vocals engage in sludgey, heavy and dark tones. The guitars heavily drone and meander before drums come crashing in. But, it’s the band’s refreshing and hauntingly beautiful melodies that really stand out.

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Elephant Stone, “We Cry For Harmonia“ — Supported by Elephant Stone’s psychedelic breeziness, “We Cry for Harmonia” floats through space. Jangly guitars mix into Rishi Dhir’s ethereal vocals. The two-and-a-half-minute mark introduces droning, swirling guitars. The song develops a hazy stoner-rock vibe as the central melody lingers on a dreamy melody. According to a news release, Elephant Stone’s new album, Hollow, “takes place immediately after mankind’s catastrophic destruction of the Earth; and what happens when the same elite responsible for the first world-destroying climate disaster touch down on New Earth…”

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Sea Wolf, “Fear of Failure“ — After six years, Los Angeles indie pop artist Sea Wolf returns with Through a Dark Wood. Alex Brown Church’s new material is his most intimate work to date. His vocals are strong and powerful on “Fear of Failure.” The folky melodies remain catchy and poppy, sporting lyrical vulnerability. Sounding like a more rustic Snow Patrol, the song’s pulsing guitar riffs soar throughout its runtime. Church says the album: “highlights the strength in vulnerability and bravery in the face of fear.”

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Yacht Rock Revue, “Bad Tequila“ — Seventies disco funk and ’80s soft-rock comes together nicely on this song. The danceable chorus of “Bad Tequila” is just cheesy enough. This song can’t help but make you smile. It creates pop bliss with glossy keyboards straight from the playbook of Hall & Oates. The awesome lyrics permeating “Bad Tequila” tailor it for extensive radio play: “When life gives you tequila/ Life gives you bad tequila, uh-oh/ It happens to everyone/ You make a margarita/ Make a good margarita, woah.”

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Emptyset, “Sepal“ — What happens when machine learning A.I. software and raw audio come to life? Try the experimental song “Sepal.” It’s raw noise that spitfires at you from all sides. It’s a robot firing at all of its synapses. The song is confusing, with heavily layered ambient texture all poured into a disorienting sound collage. The duo, James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas, will perform this audio-visual live set this year at some fitting festivals: Re:Textured in London and Sonic Protest in Paris.

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Rachel’s Pick: Elephant Stone has been on my radar for a while. My friends have been raving about them from the outset. This was the moment that they truly stood out for me. The psychedelic guitar layerings are reminiscent of classic psych-rock, and it drew me in. “We Cry for Harmonia” is trippy and addictive, as the guitar jam could keep going on and on and I would just want more. I had seen Rishi Dhir with The High Dials a while back and almost forgot how talented he was. This provides the reminder I needed!

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