In case you weren’t sure, there was at least one specific reason why Ariel Pink adorned the cover of our latest print issue, and that’s because the dude is releasing a new album with his band, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Said record, Before Today, comes out in a week, but the LA Times ran a piece on the band today that featured the premiere of the forthcoming album streaming in its entirety. We’ve included the player for you below, and you can check out the whole article here.

Somewhere within the spectrum of next-level house, techno, and dubstep lie the sounds brought together by UK producers Al Tourettes (above) and Appleblim on the duo’s upcoming new EP, Lipsmacker, for Will Saul‘s Aus label. The three-track release features two original numbers from the production team, “Lipsmacker” and “Mr. Squishy,” along with a remix of the the funky house-centric “Mr. Squishy” by Linkwood, and a bonus remix of the title track by Deadboy, only available with digital downloads. You can cop the whole jam when it drops June 28.

Two years after Barcelona’s Pablo Díaz-Reixa (a.k.a. El Guincho) released his last album of Latin-flavored psychedelic pop music, Alegranza!, the producer is ready to bring the world more of his warped, upbeat analog soundscapes. His latest offering, an EP of classic and traditional South American songs rearranged to fit Guincho’s own style called Piratas de Sudamérica, precedes his full-length album, Pop Negro, coming out sometime this fall, and will be the first in a series of five-song EPs to feature collaborations with artists from around the world. Adrián de Alfonso and Julieta Venegas lend their talents to this first volume, which is available to stream down below.

As the first event under wunderkind producer Joy Orbison‘s Doldrums label, this party should be a pretty awesome jump-off. On Saturday, June 19 at Plan B in Brixton, London, Detroit producer icon Omar S (the Best) and London’s Source Direct will headline a night of next-level jungle, house, and techno alongside equally interesting DJs and producers the likes of Kassem Mosse, Floating Points, Petchy, Josey Rebelle, The BPM, and Orbison himself. Check out the flier for the party below, and find more online info here and here.

When it comes to the production of wonky beats, Los Angeles and the UK are more or less the world’s power centers. Yet thanks to the efforts of Onra, Paris just might force its way into the conversation. This week, the soulful producer is releasing his latest album, Long Distance, via Dublin-based All City Records, and we’ve got an exclusive chance to preview the entire full-length here on XLR8R.com. With a sound that incorporates boogie, hip-hop, ’80s soul and R&B, washy synths, and rubber basslines, Long Distance is one potent listen. In fact, we advise that you simply stop reading this, peep the artwork, and listen to the album’s 21(!) tracks on the player below.

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