Today's Top Tune

Today’s Top Tune: Ed O’Brien ‘Blue Morpho’

Ed O’Brien announces Blue Morpho, his second solo album and first released under his own name, out May 22 . Best known as Radiohead’s guitarist, O’Brien steps into a deeply personal new chapter, crafting a record shaped by introspection, healing, and renewal. The title track “Blue Morpho” blends hypnotic psych-folk, radiant guitars, and ambient textures, reflecting an artist embracing darkness as a path toward transformation.

(Transgressive)

Today’s Top Tune: GUM ‘In Life’



Australian musician Jay Watson has spent more than a decade releasing music under his GUM moniker, and has recently dropped his self-produced seventh album Blue Gum Way. Known for his work with Tame Impala and Pond, Watson steps into a more cohesive, mood-driven sound, drawing from influences like John Martyn, Talk Talk and Radiohead. Today’s Top Tune “In Life” captures a pivotal “sliding doors” moment — a reflection on the choices that shape who we become.



((p(doom Records))

Today’s Top Tune: Squeeze ‘Why Don’t You’



Legendary UK band Squeeze revisit their origins with Trixies, one of this year’s most anticipated albums and their first in eight years. Written over fifty years ago by teenage songwriters Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, the collection finally brings to life a fictional nightclub world they first imagined in 1974. Now fully realized, Trixies showcases the band’s signature blend of melody, storytelling, and wit as you’ll hear on “Why Don’t You.”



You can experience the song live when they hit the stage alongside special guests Adam Ant and The English Beat at the iconic Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 19.



(BMG)

Today’s Top Tune: Bella Litsa ‘Angelica’

Brooklyn-based artist Bella Litsa delivered her debut album Drasticism earlier this year. Blending baroque pop with experimental textures, she crafts a lush, dreamlike sound that is steeped in vintage romance. Anchored by her haunting, operatic voice, the album draws from influences ranging from Rachmaninoff to Lana Del Rey, exploring the emotional extremes of love, identity, and self-expression with sweeping intensity. Let’s check out “Angelica.”

(Records Man, Records)

Today’s Top Tune: Eleni Mandell ‘Music and Motion’



Los Angeles based artist Eleni Mandell returns with her new album Tailspin, out May 29. Shaped by grief, transformation, and single motherhood, the album unfolds as a deeply personal collection of noir-tinged pop songs. “Music and Motion” offers a luminous contrast — a shimmering, life-affirming track that captures the thrill of movement, connection, and feeling fully alive.



(Schoolkids Records)