Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised, and heavily influenced by the LA Hip Hop Scene, multi-talented Skinny Pelembe offers a stunning debut that is rich and meditative. Check out the video for “Spit/Swallow” below!
**HIGHLIGHTS**
**Most promising debut I’ve been listening to on repeat: Skinny Pelembe: Dreaming Is Dead Now **Most delicate meditation on human empathy: Kishi Bashi: Omoiyari **Best siren’s siren, in Maddison “Muddy” Binkley’s amazing vocal chops: The Shakin’ Shivers: The Shakin’ Shivers **Best musical pilgrimage to the raw, sun-baked, wind-swept landscape of the Sonora: Cy Dune: Desert
BAND / ALBUM / LABEL / GENRE
Altameda/Time Hasn't Changed You/Pheromone Recordings/Indie Rock/ Apex Manor/Heartbreak City/Merge Records/Indie Rock/ Aymee Nuviola/A Journey Through Cuban Music/Top Stop Music/Cuban Jazz/ Cy Dune/Desert/Lightning/Garage Rock/**digital** David Gelman/Last Surviving Son/Incremental Music/Folk/ Flying Lotus/Flamagra/Warp Records/Hip Hop/**digital** French Vanilla/How Am I Not Myself?/Danger Collective/Indie Pop/ Gov't Mule/Bring On The Music: Live At the Capitol Theatre/Provogue/Jam Rock/ Greg Schatz/Amoebotics/Hot Spazz/Indie Pop Rock/ Guero Brown/Guero Brown/s/r/Rock/ Haybaby/They Get There/Tiny Engines/Indie Rock/**digital** Instupendo/Boys By Girls/s/r/Electropop/ John Finbury feat. Thalma de Freitas/Sorte!/Green Flash Music/Latin Jazz/ Jon Gindick/Love At The All Night Cafe/Old Chimney/Blues/ JR JR/Invocations/Conversations/Love is EZ/ElectroPop/**digital** Kishi Bashi/Omoiyari/Joyful Noise/Indie Folk Pop/**digital** Matt Martians/The Last Party/3qtr/Kobalt/Hip Hop/**digital** Odds Lane/Lost & Found/Gulf Coast Records/Blues Rock/ Razteria/Infinity/Asteria Records/World/Electropop/ Santana/Africa Speaks/Concord/Latin Jazz Funk Psych Rock/ Sinkane/Depayse/City Slang/Funk Rock/ Skinny Pelembe/Dreaming Is Dead Now/Brownswood Recordings/ElectroPsychSoul/**also digital** The Conall Band/This Way's Up!/JPOC Music/Folk/ The Gotobeds/Debt Begins at 30/Sub Pop/Post Punk/**digital** The Shakin' Shivers/The Shakin' Shivers/s/r/Blues Rock/ Wild Wing/New Futures/s/r/Indie Rock/**digital**
