Watch The Glow

Museum of Bellas Artes "Who Do You Love" (buy)

This is probably where chillwave meets DJ, and not the other way around. Sweden's Museum of Bellas Artes is clearly indie-inclined, but the DJ scratches and stops are not usually characteristic of the genre. Synth-heavy indie stars like Neon Indian and Washed Out have always been dance music, but they never sounded like a DJ in the way MoBA does on "Who Do You Love." On top of that, the title sounds like nothing if not a 90's dance hit. Turns out it's actually a cover of The Sapphires' 1964 song.

"I am shortsighted / but I think you know"

Museum of Bellas Artes "Watch the Glow"


"Watch the Glow" opens with a drum track that sounds more like a hip-hop beat than indie/chillwave (see Diddy's "Last Night"). Then Strings drip out of time, a guitar is strummed up, and gently-delivered vocals sooth you into thinking more of jj than Jay Z.