ATG faves Haim are bringing their act to Merriweather Post Pavilion this summer, so one might expect them to look to major players like the Strokes for “big show” inspiration. But instead of tapping Julian Casablancas & co.’s original YOLO anthem, Haim stopped by Sirius XMU to take on the more subdued B-side version of the song. The ladies deliver a version that is beautifully pensive by stripping the original’s instrumentation down to a sparse synth and drum machine line. The sound is a departure from the percussive R&B influences we’ve heard on their fantastic run of singles, but it’s not like Haim can do any wrong at this point. Stream it above.

On the heels of Rhye’s critically-adored and impossibly sexy new album Woman, Vienna-via-London producer SOHN returns with his own take on 21st century soul. SOHN’s smooth vocals take center-stage over a sparse synth line that teases post-dub drums and bass intermittently. Eventually, the tension builds and boils over into a chopped and distorted finish that is absolutely breathtaking. Expanding upon the sound he made his own on last year’s The Wheel EP, SOHN is an artist we are sure to hear big things from in the future.

STREAM: SOHN – “Bloodflows”

How To Destroy Angels, the post-Nine Inch Nails project by the always-tortured Trent Reznor and his wife Mariqueen Maandig, will soon be releasing their debut LP, Welcome Oblivion. Ahead of that date, the group has released “And The Sky Began To Scream” via touch tone phone. Seriously, call (310) 299-8756. Although the method may seem distinctly 20th century, Reznor doesn’t rehash the Pretty Hate Machine days, opting instead to go further down the rabbit hole of the moody and glitchy industrial sounds that made up the Social Network and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo soundtracks. Maandig’s vocals are infinitely prettier than Reznor’s whispery growl, but she can’t save the track from its overall darkness. Not that you’d want a pretty Trent Reznor track anyway. Stream it above.

How To Destroy Angels’ Welcome Oblivion comes out March 5th via Columbia.

Nottingham-based producer Kirk Spencer’s last EP, Enter the Void, layered samples of traditional Indian music over dub-step beats with results that ranged from gorgeous to ham-fisted. Fortunately on his new song “Kukcu,” Spencer takes a page from his UK contemporary Jai Paul’s playbook and delivers something that manages to feel organic and airy without throwing the baby — err… bass hits and sitars — out with the bathwater. Accompanied by a video that appropriately puts the viewer in a kaleidoscope-y asteroid field, “Kukcu” is a promising direction for this new producer.

Kirk Spencer’s Wonderland EP is set to be released March 25 via Stranger Zoo.

STREAM: Kirk Spencer – “Kukcu (Ft. Safia May)”