Posts by Ann Yao Zhang

Soundcheck Oct. 6

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Hope everyone is having a great start to the long weekend! Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck this week.

Catch up on tracks played on today’s show here.

Gabrielle Aplin’s new EP Avalon is out now. “Waking up Slow” was featured on this week’s show. She is on US/UK tour with this album this fall.

Also check out Bea Miller’s Chapter Three: Yellow, just out today. Chapter One and Chapter Two released earlier this year include standouts “Like That” and “Burning Bridges.”

Ann

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Soundcheck Sept. 29

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck this week! Catch up on new releases from Friday’s track list here.

Wildes’ new single “Ghost” is out now. “Illuminate” and “Bare” have also had airtime on Soundcheck. Wildes (aka Ella Walker) is definitely one to watch, and hopefully a studio album or EP is in the works.

K. Flay is featured on a remix of Imagine Dragons’ “Thunder” off of their latest album Evolve. Check it out here. Her sophomore album Everywhere is Somwhere was released this April, and she’ll be joining the band on tour.

Ann

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Soundcheck Sept. 22

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Today is the autumn equinox, so welcome to the official start of fall! Thanks for tuning in to this week’s Soundcheck.

Check out the tracks played on Friday’s show here.

Catch up on some new releases from the last month: Susanne Sundfør’s Music for People in Trouble – the first single from this album, “Undercover,” was featured on this week’s show. Dive Deep is Andrew Belle’s third studio album. “Horizon” and “Honey and Milk” are standout tracks.

Also check out Glass Animals’ music video for “Agnes” from How to Be a Human Being, which was filmed in a human centrifuge.

Ann

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Soundcheck Sept. 15 – Welcome Back!

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck’s first show of the fall. Hope you’re having a great start to the semester!

Catch up on tracks from Friday’s show here, featuring new music released over the summer hiatus, including “Saint” from Vérité’s Somewhere in Between, and “Talk” from November Lights debut EP.

Check out The Script live on BBC Radio 1. Their latest album, Freedom Child, was released this month.

Odesza’s “Higher Ground” featuring Naomi Wild opened this week’s show. The track is off of A Moment Apart, the electronic music duo’s first full-length studio album since In Return was released in 2014.

Ann

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Soundcheck Apr. 14

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck this week!

Check out Friday’s track list here, which included Vérité’s single “When You’re Gone” from her forthcoming album Somewhere in Between, and “Signals” from Nicole Millar’s latest EP, Communication.

Catch up on new music from English singer-songwriter Lewis Watson, whose debut studio album, midnight, is out now.

Also check out the single “Dangerous” from Australian trio Glades, featured on this week’s show.

Ann

Soundcheck Apr. 7

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck this week. Catch up on Friday’s track list here. Some standouts include Vallis Alps’ latest single “East” and “Just a Feeling” off of Phantoms’ self-titled debut album.

Also check out K. Flay’s new album Every Where is Some Where – out today! Singles “Blood in the Cut” and “High Enough” both had airplay on Soundcheck.

Oh Wonder released “Ultralife,” the first single from their forthcoming sophomore album. Listen to the official audio here.

Ann

Soundcheck 3/31 – Happy Spring!

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Although the weather doesn’t quite feel like it – welcome to to spring!

Check out this week’s track list here, with some vernal, upbeat contributions from St. Lucia with “Dancing on Glass,” and Cathedral’s “Harlem.”

Vanic’s latest single, “Too Soon,” featuring Maty Noyes is out now. You might recognize Noyes from her vocals on Kygo’s “Stay.”

A bit of a throwback to 2015: Angel Haze’s Back to the Woods still stands up to scrutiny, and if anything is better than ever. “The Wolves” and “Moonrise Kingdom” are standouts. Yes, the song title is from the Wes Anderson film!

Ann

Soundcheck 3/3 – Happy March!

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Hello to March! Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck this week. Catch up on the track list for Friday’s show here.

Some standouts included Maala’s latest single “In My Head,” and “Daggers & Knives” from Woodes debut self-titled EP.

Also check out Big Wild’s newly released EP Invincible. “Empty Room” from this week’s show is included.

Vérité was recently featured on R3hab’s “Trouble.” Find it here!

Ann

Soundcheck Feb. 24

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Thanks for tuning into Soundcheck! Catch up on this week’s track list here.

Lots of great new material, including Verite’s newest single “Phase Me Out,” and The Mowgli’s “4 AM.”

Check out Børns’s music video for “American Money” off of Dopamine.

Plus, Odesza is out on US tour with their albums Summer’s Gone and In Return.

Have a great weekend!

Ann

Soundcheck Feb. 17

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Ann Yao Zhang

Thanks for tuning into this week’s show! Check out Soundcheck’s track list from this Friday here.

“No Answers” from Amber Run’s newly released For a Moment, I Was Lost, was featured.

Other new material included Filous’ latest single “Goodbye” with Mat Kearney on vocals.

Savoy & Bright Lights’ EP Tomorrow Today is out now! It includes “The Wolf” from this week’s show.

Also check out Praj’s remix of Daughter’s “Landfill,” from His Young Heart.

Ann