Brendan Hasenstab

Brendan Hasenstab is a contributing editor with The Signal.
18
Aug

‘Wedding in Leipzig’

Block out some time to take in Jens Lekman’s new single, from his upcoming album, Songs for Other People’
15
Aug

‘I Never Dream About Trains’

The Northern Californian singer-songwriter Cass McCombs has a new LP out, Interior Live Oak, on August 15. It’s some
14
Aug

Euroheatwave no. 4

Southern Europe continues to roast in its fourth heat wave of the season, with thermometers topping out above 40 degrees
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13
Aug

‘Cherry on Top’

The Jamaican singer and songwriter Naomi Cowan mixes pop, R&B, and reggae in her new album, Welcome to
10
Aug

‘FLIKK’

Black Sites is a duo out of Hamburg, composed of DJ Helena Hauff and mastering engineer Kris Jakob (AKA F#
08
Aug

‘Nitzan and Aminaa’

How about some lush deep house—from Sofia Kourtesis’s new EP, Volver. This track layers so many loops—bass,
07
Aug

Heat records falling across Asia

Last week, wee looked at the heat searing Türkiye. This week, it’s Asia. In Japan, the national temperature record
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06
Aug

‘១ សីហា (August 1st)’

The Cambodian hip-hop artist VannDa has a new album on the way, and he starts it off with a blistering
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03
Aug

‘Run Free’

The Belgian outfit Soulwax—principally, the brothers David and Stephen Dewaele—have appeared here with some collaborators and an up-tempo
01
Aug

‘Tarzan Boy’

And now, the very essence of cheesy European 1980s synth-pop—a catchy candy track from Baltimora with a chorus that