Today's Top Tune

When the artist Gatlin was ready to write new material for her debut album, she knew that she needed to recruit some talented queer women to help. The day before the session, Gatlin flipped through the pages of an old journal to find an entry about the first time she had a crush on a girl. One of the lines was: “If she was a boy I’d be in love.” Together, Gatlin, Chloe Kraemer and Amanda Cy worked their magic and “If She Were A Boy” was written in a flash.

Singer, actor, and activist Allison Russell invited the legendary Annie Lennox to collaborate on a beautiful ballad that begs the question: How are you a “Superlover?” Russell says she doesn’t know how to pray, so she offered up this song as a protection spell and as a plea to choose communication, coalition, hope, and harm reduction. Allison Russell Live From Apogee 2023

Disco innovator and disability rights activist Cola Boyy’s posthumous sophomore album, Quit To Play Chess, serves as a soundtrack against ableism and inequality. It also continues his plight to bring the community together, focusing on the things that we have in common instead of what divides us. “Walk Again” is a delirious, funk-infused standout track with shiny trumpets and a reggae-style guitar loop.

Ambient music pioneer, visual artist, and thinker Brian Eno teams up with conceptual artist and composer Beatie Wolfe for two new albums coming to us on June 6. One is titled Luminal, and promises a delving into dreamscapes, The other, Lateral, will dive into space music. And the duo just dropped another Luminal track today(!). Add “What We Are” to your collection by downloading it now.

Chilean synthpop trio Chicarica (Rich Girl) give us an enticing lead in to their sophomore album Invierno en la playa, due May 30th. “Parará” finds the Santiago-based group veering into higher BPMs while staying true to their psychedelic roots.

We first caught up with Fitz & The Tantrums back in 2009 when they played live on Morning Becomes Eclectic around the release of their debut album Songs For A Breakup: Volume 1. Now a multi-platinum (many times over) band, their first new music of 2025 continues to showcase their humor and dance floor-ready tunes.

Seattle-based Americana musicians and poets The Brudi Brothers have been friends and bandmates since they were kids. The music they make draws from their travels and showcases their humor.

“Melodie Is A Wound,” Stereolab’s second single ahead of their forthcoming LP Instant Holograms On Metal Film (their first in over 15 years!), is offering so much more than dulcet tones. The song arrives with a Stereolab-themed cryptic crossword puzzle, compiled by The Guardian’s puzzle editor (and Stereolab superfan) Alan Connor. Of course, the tune stands on its own so grab it now as a free download while you count the days until you can marinate in the album as a whole when it drops on May 23 via Warp Records.

NYC-based, indie-folk-rocking artist Cass McCombs shares “Priestess,” an economical requiem that cuts right to the chase and showcases his poignant songwriting.

It’s hard to believe that My Morning Jacket is celebrating the release of their tenth studio album in 2025, 20 years after making their radio debut on Morning Becomes Eclectic in 2005. Their first full-length collection in three years — titled is — has all the bells and whistles that make My Morning Jacket an epic band whether you see them live, or simply listen to their music on the go.

Native Texan Danny Lee Blackwell makes music under the moniker Night Beats, and has explored the connective tissue between myriad genres. “Behind The Green Door” is a song Blackwell initially recorded as a lone star instrumental and you can hear it in the pacing and rhythm. The lyrics, which came as the cherry on top at the very end of the process, are drawn from unwavering love and transcendence.

Rising Spanish star Judeline racked up co-signs from fellow artists (and fans) like Rosalia and Bad Bunny early on in her career, and she just made her US debut at Coachella to rave reviews.

Tulsa-based Broncho’s fifth studio album, Natural Pleasure, is one for your headphones. Let its dreamscape sounds enrapture you. Start with this free download of “Think I Pass,” a trippy adventure into gauzy textures and shimmering sonics.

“Renacer” or “Rebirth” is exactly that for the solo artist Bardo, formerly the frontman for Chicano Batman. Born from a voice memo during a jam session when Combo Chimbita visited Bardo’s home studio, “Renacer” forecasts a polychromatic sonic palette and more stellar collaborations with the NYC-by-way-of-Colombia band.

DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter duo Eli & Fur share reimagined cuts from their 2024 recording Dreamscapes. You’ll hear creative remixes from artists like the German brother duo Monkey Safari on this bubbling version of “Oceanside.”

Canadian quintet Foxwarren — featuring the talented storyteller Andy Shauf — take a sonic stretch on “Listen2Me.” The song is a crackling cut from their highly anticipated forthcoming sophomore album 2, due on May 30 via Anti-.

French DJ and producer Myd channels club energy into his new work. Myd’s experimental nature led him to lock himself in his studio for a week without access to the outside. This also meant no phone or social media while he live streamed his process (without breaks); fans watched him work, eat, and sleep. That’s how “Song For You” found its pounding and uplifting house beat. From there the track was kissed by samples, a funk filtered bass line, and creamy vocals by Myd.

Mississippi family band Annie & The Caldwells are anchored by their matriarch. Annie is not only the central figure of her own band, she’s also a member of the Staples Jr. Singers and owner of Caldwell Fashions — providing daywear and church outfits since the 1980s. Annie & The Caldwells’ debut album, Can’t Lose My (Soul), is forty years in the making and imparts the nourishing themes of spirituality, struggle, and redemption.. Check out their powerful, disco-tinged gospel on “I Made It.”

Iconic outfit Tortoise have influenced a kaleidoscopic range of artists throughout their forty year career. Arguably, their legacy outweighs their output — they’ve released only seven albums since 1990. Needless to say, we are very happy to share their first new music in almost ten years — the melodic and crunchy “Oganesson” forecasts more good things to come.

Morning Becomes Eclectic recently enjoyed the company of Queen of New Orleans bounce Big Freedia for a Guest Selector set during SXSW 2025. We even had the pleasure of WORLD PREMIERING “Take My Hand.” The track features a sample from famed gospel preacher & pastor Dr. C.J. Johnson for a hands in the air, floor stomping, gospel-dance track. It’s a prelude to a new album due in June, which BF told us is “a vibrant and uplifting non-denominational record that blends bounce, gospel, soul, and R&B in a way that only Big Freedia can.”