Video: Tease - Ralph

Back for the first time on these pages since last August’s lovely Something More, Toronto musician Ralph has just released the video for her latest single Tease.

Coming with the news that we can expect her debut EP on 3 March, Tease is inspired by men that act like they are available when they are actually spoken for. Ralph describes the song as “an 80’s pop tune that confronts an issue but still maintains optimism and energy. (it) condones female friendship instead of competition”.

The video is the output of a collaboration with Ralph’s creative partner Gemma Warren, an organic process that came together the moment Warren first heard the track. “Gemma literally danced in our kitchen the first time she heard Tease and we discussed the treatment from that moment.” Rather than rely on trained dancers since they “preferred the organic movements that each girl brought to the table”.

Check out the video for Tease below.

Stream: Stereo - New Portals

Ahead of their debut EP Belfast duo New Portals have just taken the wraps off stellar lead single Stereo and it's a full-on glitter-flecked pop banger.

Switching between hushed vocals and a chorus designed to blow the doors off, Stereo is seriously intense. New Portals have created a sound that takes hip hop rhythms, R&B production and electro synths to create something that sounds like supermarket sweep in a candy shop.

The duo have already been tipped by the Guardians and are set to play SXSW in March. Check out Stereo and expect to hear a lot more soon...

Stream: Go Home - Yellow Days

Coming off the back of his recent EP Harmless Melodies, 17-year-old musician a Yellow Days, real name George van den Broek, is back for more. Packed with baggy reverb and laid back but tripped out vocals, Go Home feels like a half snatched moment of clarity. Sometimes you get it in time, sometimes it sleeps through your fingers.

Discussing the track, van den Broek says:

"It's not so much about a specific story or anything. Maybe just about obsessive love"

Stream: Sooner Or Later - Brasstronaut

This new track from Vancouver six-piece Brasstronic dropped last week but I was stuck in a jetlagged void at the time. Since then it has got nowhere near the attention it deserves, so I'm just going to leave it right here and urge you to hit play.

Think Broken Social Scene, TV On The Radio, Foals and The War On Drugs. Watch out for the self-titled album, due on 24 February.

Stream: Dark Side - Phoebe Ryan

Phoebe Ryan is back with an exciting new track co-written and produced with Elof Loelv (Rihanna, Icona Pop) and Jason Gill (Tove Lo).

Following on from her recent Chainsmokers collaboration All We Know, Dark Side boasts one of the Ryan's most infectious hooks yet... And I just can't get enough of the heavily distorted melodies that hit in the chorus!

Describing Dark Side, Ryan says "It's about being in love with someone who may not necessarily be the best for you, but you're too deep in it to care".

Pheobe Ryan will be on tour with Tove Lo in the USA through February:

• February 7 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
• February 8 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
• February 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo
• February 15 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
• February 16 – Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
• February 17 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
• February 19 – Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
• February 20 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
• February 22 – New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
• February 24 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club