
We Listened To All Of New Music Friday So You Don't Have To: Mabel, Ariana Grande, Gorillaz
22 June 2018, 10:51
| Written by
Cerys Kenneally
Full of summer sizzles, slow-burners and funky feelers, this week's New Music Friday welcomes Mabel, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, Gorillaz and more.
We've got your back with some absolutely fire tracks as the weekend rolls over the horizon.
Can't listen to the whole thing? Definitely Don't Miss These:
- Soulful Mabel teams up with Jax Jones and Rich The Kid for a summer banger
- Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj bring a contagious rap track produced by Pharrell.
- Gargling Florence + the Machine return with a new slow burner
- Gorillaz collab with Snoop Dogg on a funky reflection of Hollywood
- Delicately traced, Petal track a beautiful story on soft guitars in their new offerring
- Rewind to indie wholesomeness with The Snuts' new single
- Tranquil Tomberlin puts those late night stresses at ease with soft, string-led song
- Cigarettes After Sex's new song is sad and soothing as they reflect on relationships
- Transport back to 60s summer with Lera Lynn and Andrew Combs
- The Mary Onettes are ominous yet ethereal in new dark pop offering
Listen to the full playlist and then let us us know which tracks you're loving!
Latest
- Liz Pelly among new wave of names announced for Primavera Pro
- HAIM detail their fourth studio album, I quit
- Yuuf sign to Technicolour and announce forthcoming EP, Alma’s Cove
- The Swell Season announce first album in over a decade, Forward
- End Of The Road Festival announce stage and day splits
- Gordi shares new single, "Cutting Room Floor"
- Joe Armon-Jones joins forces with Greentea Peng and Wu-Lu on new release, "Another Place"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Read next
Listen
8485’s “G.I.R.L.” is an early aughts anthem for the chronically online
Le Charme’s “Garden (I Know You Want Me, You Want More)” is a postcard etched, but never sent
AtticOmatic weaves a rich tapestry of sound in the tender post-rock “Two Alarms”
For Nina balances between tension and release in driving alt-rock single “Hounds”
Experimental soul artist McCabe gets vulnerable in his bittersweet summer single “Vicious”
Tapeworms explore the ups and downs of following your dreams in the atmospheric “Safe And Sound”
Reviews

Emma-Jean Thackray
Weirdo
23 Apr 2025

Viagra Boys
viagr aboys
23 Apr 2025

William Tyler
Time Indefinite
23 Apr 2025

Tunde Adebimpe
Thee Black Boltz
16 Apr 2025