February 21, 2021

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Listening selections for the week of February 21, 2021, best enjoyed with a French press of Bent Tree Coffee Roaster’s Espresso Blend, for bold, yet smooth, notes of nuts and woodland cedar.

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Highlights include:

  • Smoldering space rock from Secret Machines’ Awake in the Brain Chamber

  • The sultry, indie pop stylings of Men I Trust and their latest single

  • Yearning, hypnotic house from underground producer Octo Octa

  • Jazz that moves the body and mind from London-based polymath Emma-Jean Thackray

  • Eclectic and playful electronica from Cibo Matto and Gorillaz collaborator Miho Hatori

  • The shifting, synth-driven title track from Django Django’s latest LP

  • Vulnerable, celestial balladry from Charles & Eddie’s Eddie Chacon

  • Rolling franco-pop from Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains

  • Bobbing, colorful soul from jazz harpist and composer Dorothy Ashby

  • Sun-kissed groove from Cleveland singer, songwriter and producer Nick.

  • Richly rhythmic Brazillian jazz from trio Caixa Cubo

  • For fans of Joni Mitchell and Weyes Blood, lush baroque rock from The Weather Report

  • Bliss-filled lo fi beats from the one and only Jinsang

  • The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week, seductive late-90s soul from Tamia

  • A sublime cover of Al Green that highlights the latent funk brilliance of the Talking Heads

  • Bright, trumpet-buoyed pop from duo Brasstracks and Australian vocalist SAYGRACE

  • Near-nonsensical jazz with some killer grooves from Bent Arcana, a new supergroup headed by Oh Sees’ John Dwyer

  • An auto-tune symphony of breathtaking stature as an inflection point in Bon Iver’s career

  • A dazzling declaration of personal and musical conviction from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker

  • Contemporary flamenco elevated to its highest form by Rosalía

  • Protest grime from generational talent M.I.A.’s debut Arular

  • Cosmic jazz for the dancefloor from Triorität and Lukas Lehmann

  • Twinkling disco honey from oft-Ariana Grande collaborator Victoria Monét

  • Sauntering sexual angst from modern synth-pop deity Shura

  •  The latest single from Sven Gamsky’s spaced-out bedroom pop project Still Woozy

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