Los Angeles’ Josh Legg, formerly one-third of synthpop trio NightWaves, is now rounding his first year as a solo producer under the alias Goldroom. Releasing both original productions as well as remixes of artists such as Penguin Prison and Niki & The Dove over the past year, he’s determined to bring “clean sounds and emotive melodies” within the electronic genre.

More recently, he collaborated with Melbourne artist Chela to form a dreamy track titled “Fifteen”. Josh takes advantage of his past synth experience to weave multiple layers throughout the track, placing them under hefty bass lines and between Chela’s gorgeous vocals to create a slow, nostalgic piece that takes you back to those bittersweet teenage days.

Goldroom – Fifteen (ft. Chela)

We introduced you to German house duo Hufschlag & Braun back in December, and since then they haven’t gone astray from their highly anticipated work. They’ve been moving along quite well over the past few months, rounding out their first year in production, performing at various festivals throughout western Germany, and now finally releasing their debut EP Train to Cologne. The EP was digitally released on Monday via Popcorn Records and contains three hand-selected originals along with an upbeat remix from tech house duo, Coma.

The album is now available for purchase on Beatport and you can preview the tracks below before buying. Track list includes:

1. Train To Cologne
2. Train To Cologne (CoMa Remix)
3. Notre Dame (Original Mix)
4. Petit Prince (Original Mix)

Hufschlag & Braun – Train To Cologne EP (previews)

The three originals within the EP are only a few of the many that they’ve been streaming online over the past year. Amongst them stands out the glitchy, yet soothing track titled “Horizont,” a personal favorite, have a listen below.

Hufschlag & Braun – Horizont

It’s just about that time of year when there’s nothing better than coming across a catchy, youthful tune that gets your mood up to par with the warmer weather. UK’s Blue Boats has done just that for us this week. A dream-pop solo project started by Olly Gale, a student in Bournemouth, couldn’t have chosen a better time to release his newest track “Summers Down.” The bedroom pop piece is highlighted with dreamy similarities to artists such as Craft Spells and Wild Nothing with a vibrant guitar lines and echoed vocals. As with his previous work, a mirrored rhythm of synth and drums runs in the background to keep a consistent, inspirational flow throughout the song. Take a listen and dream away, summer’s certainly not down with this on play.

Blue Boats – Summers Down

Check out of some his other work on his Bandcamp where it’s all free to download!

We introduced you to Jewellers just a few months back with some haunting electro-synth remedies from their debut release. Since then, they’ve been remixing all sorts of other new artists, but more importantly, have been working on their sophomore LP coming later this year.

Earlier this month, the duo began releasing some new material for the album and, to say the least, we’re extremely psyched for what’s to come. The first track off the album is titled “Sing Trees,” which brings glitchy synth-pop alongside a spattering beat for some variety in the album’s introduction. On a more rhythmic side, the duo unleashed “Easier Together” on Friday, which has provides a whole new perspective of their capabilities. The six minute track flexes their known synth-pop production and smoothens it into a funky flow of light guitar strums and vocals for a quite relaxing yet danceable piece. No further info has been announced for the forthcoming album yet but stay tuned on their Facebook or SoundCloud as they may surprise us with some news in the next few weeks.

UK’s electro-pop group, Hot Chip, have definitely made good, weird impressions with music over the past couple years. Whether with their awkward yet pleasing personalities, videos, or live performances, chances are you’ve stumbled upon one of their original acts before. Well don’t engrave your favorites quite yet, the five-piece group just announced the release of their 5th studio album In Our Heads to be released this coming June via Domino.

During the short hiatus since their last album in 2010, the group dispersed into separate start-up bands, some of which are still active in. Hearing this album news, I’m relieved knowing that they haven’t forgot about Hot Chip and are still progressing on good terms. They’ve also began to book a number of gigs across Europe and the U.S. beginning in June, which I highly recommend going to. Continuing with good news, they’ve shared the new track entitled “Flutes” which which they describe as “a perfect introduction to the new album.” The track, thankfully, holds Hot Chip’s signature vocals and frantic synths and beats that most listeners fell in love with from their previous work. You can enter to win one of the 20 signed, limited edition white label 12” of the track by simply signing up on their new mailing list.

Hot Chip – Flutes

Read more about the In Our Heads LP on their website.