Somehow, this is the first Playlist Refresh of 2025 – while we’re sorry to keep you waiting, we’re delighted to bring the beats.

Fresh from Also Cool HQ, a plethora of shiny new releases from artists like Fine Food Market, DJ Python, and Bakers Eddy. If something catches your ear, you can browse the rest of our Playlist Refresh series by saving our playlist on Spotify.

Consider your springtime outings soundtracked…

cootie catcher - Shy at First (Cooked Raw)

Proficient in the realm of smart pop akin to The Moldy Peaches and Alex G, Toronto’s cootie catcher just dropped Shy at First, a melange of earnest deadpan vocals, college rock instrumentation, crochet tutorial samples and field recordings finessed with a melancholic indietronica flare.

*I’m afraid to be in love with someone who crashes their car that much* by Fine Food Market

Fine Food Market - “Sometimes” (Arbutus)

A gentle first offering from Montreal-based artist Fine Food Market ushers us into springtime. "Sometimes" is off of multidisciplinary artist Sophie Perras' upcoming EP I'm afraid to be in love with someone who crashes their car that much, which is set to release this May. "I'm just trying to figure it out" echoes throughout the song, weaving through cinematic instrumentals and an all-too-familiar feeling.

FILLY - “Whatever Happens”

Vienna-based artist FILLY has crafted a stirring, shimmering anthem with “Whatever Happens.” The rising talent flexes her hyperpop proficiencies on this track, baking lacerated vocal melodies into a glitchy nosedive. “Blame it on me like you do all the time / Pressing myself into every shape and every size,” she coos, licking her wounds from the passenger seat of a love gone cold.

Das Beat - “Frau Fatal” (Arbutus)

Our favourite Berlin-based duo Das Beat have released their first full-length album Frau Fatal, that's as romantic as it is dancefloor-ready. The title track "Frau Fatal" is a playful take on The Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale," transforming it with a Berlin club-kid mentality.

Saya Gray - “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” (Dirty Hit)

Avant-garde musician Saya Gray hovers inches from the Earth on “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE ),” the first track on her sophomore record SAYA. Bright, folky guitars trudge along, punctuated by textured bubbles and forlorn echoes of pedal steel as Gray softly muses on betrayal.

Sextile - “S is For” (Sacred Bones)

Hot off their recent North American tour, Sextile shares “S is For”, a hard-hitting synth-driven banger. “It’s not super relevant to Sextile, but with my other project ‘S. Product,’” Scaduto clarifies (for post-punk.com), “I was always asked what the S is for – it’s always really been a Scaduto product to me. But this song is a sassy way to explain how many things the S could be.”

Watch the music video filmed during their tour with Molchat Doma below, and catch them live in Europe this summer.

DJ Python ft. Isabella Lovestory - “Besos Robados” (XL Recordings)

DJ Python—a.k.a. Brian Piñeyro—will release the highly-anticipated five-track EP i was put on this earth next week, and his scorching collaboration with Isabella Lovestory teases what’s to come. The reggaeton single rides a steady, hypnotic groove, slowly pulling listeners into the lusty undertow.

The phantasmic music video, directed by studio info founder Bailey Marklew, heightens the vibrations – watch it below.

Bakers Eddy - “UFO”

We caught Bakers Eddy, a pop-punk band from Wellington, Aotearoa, at this year's New Colossus Festival. Fronted by Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Kahungunu singer Ciarann Babbington and backed by his childhood friends, the band channels the raw energy of 2006-era My Chemical Romance. With their electrifying live show, Bakers Eddy is guaranteed to revive your inner emo teenager.