Fantastic Negrito

#HotTakes | Week of 02.04.2019

Steve Benoit

08 Feb 2019

Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance.

Artifact // Helenor

Lightyears // Kimbra

Topo Chico // Robert Ellis

Breathing Underwater // Mike Mains & The Branches

Please, Please, Please // Yawners

Time // Jafaris

Indian Summer // Yacht Punk

Vacation // Matthew Logan Vasquez

Talk // Khalid

Like a Force of Nature // Todd Snider (ft. Jason Isbell)

A Boy Named Andrew // Fantastic Negrito

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