Music / PlaylistThe only tracks you need to hear this weekThis week’s best new tracks, with Mabel’s sultry R&B, Kelela and Clams Casino’s skewed grooves and raw punk from Skinny Girl DietShareLink copied ✔️July 8, 2016MusicPlaylistTextSelim BulutIllustrationElizabeth Henson This week’s playlist is full of complementary tracks. On the R&B front, there’s sultry stuff from Mabel and skewed stuff from Kelela and Clams Casino. Two Scottish producers provide luminous, high-octane bass drops: Inkke comes through with the MIDI dirge of “Chores” while Sam Gellaitry drops the booming “The Gateway”. And there are loose, lo-fi guitars to close, with Wedding providing ecstatic sounds and Swan Lingo doing stoned grooves. Listen to the playlist below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREHow Bad Bunny became a political iconXG: The Japanese ‘X-pop’ group who want to change historySamsøe SamsøeSamsøe Samsøe wants you to take in the sights for SS26Inside Johnnie Walker’s Sabrina Carpenter-inspired Grammys weekendIn pictures: Taiwan’s spiritual temple ravesListen to Sissy Misfit’s essential afters playlistAddison Rae, KATSEYE and more attend Spotify’s pre-Grammys bashICE Out, the Grammys, and the fight for cultural power in the USGrammys 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s awardsThe only tracks you need to hear from January 2026This new event series aims to bring spirituality back to live musicMargo XS on the sound of transness: ‘Malleable, synthetic and glossy’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy