Our latest picks for the best new tracks of the week include a raging dance-floor remix of Wet Leg's "Catch These Fists," a touch of vintage soul from rapper and singer Vince Staples, Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien channeling Kentucky poet Wendell Berry and more. NPR Music's Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton.
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Featured artists and songs
- Wet Leg: "catch these fists (FDC DJs remix)" from moisturizer (deluxe)
- Katia & Marielle Labèque: "The Somnambulist" (Philip Glass) from 55
- Balming Tiger: "Home" from Gongbu
- Wild Up: "No. 8, Always Making New Inversions" from Julius Eastman Vol. 5: Gay Guerrilla
- Vince Staples: "White Flag" from Cry Baby
- Ed O'Brien: "Blue Morpho" from Blue Morpho
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