February 28, 2021

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Listening selections for the week of February 28, 2021, best enjoyed with a French Press of Stumptown Coffee Roaster’s Hair Bender, for day making notes of citrus and dark chocolate. 

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Highlights include:

  • Exquisite Prince worship from Mexican crooner Omar Apollo

  • The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: succulent Southern soul from Gwen McCrae 

  • Plodding, technicolor psychedelia from Brooklyn-based Steady Sun

  • What I imagine Regina Spektor fronting a hyper pop version of Queen would sound like

  • Polished electro-jazz fusion from LA outfit Joy Guerrilla with a satisfyingly plaintive ending

  • Illustrious saxophone rapture from Alan Braufman

  • The raw, positively electric force that is Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s trumpet playing

  • Dark, listless and amorphous grooves from Blake Mills and Pino Palladino’s upcoming collaborative album, Notes With Attachments, due out on March 12

  • Cleansing jazz patterings from Andrew Ashong and Kaidi Tatham’s Sankofa Season

  • Israeli-Persian singer Liraz’s inspired weaving of dance rhythms, electro-pop and retro Persian sounds

  • Shimmering dance floor reverence from SG Lewis and disco guitar hero Nile Rodgers

  • Cavernous Franco-pop from Christine and the Queen’s latest EP

  • Glimmering rare groove from Laurene LaVallis

  • A joyous plea for adulation from pop goddess Lizzo

  • A relaxation spell, and purported hangover cure, from my favorite produced of Open Mike Eagle’s projects

  • One of Deep Purple’s finest moments that sports my favorite Ritchie Blackmore guitar work

  • Purifying indie rock with a soaring melody from Ra Ra Riot and producer extraordinaire Rostam

  • Velvety alternative from Joan As Police Woman’s sophomore effort

  • A frosty electro-pop anthem from Norwegian singer-songwriter AURORA

  • Uplifting soul exaltation from The Harlem Gospel Travelers and Colemine Records

  • Percolating, bağlama-lead disco from Altın Gün’s new Yol

  • Rockabilly glam from T. Rex, and one of Electric Warrior’s best B-sides

  • Noname’s first release of 2021, a lyrical tour de force that realizes her radical political spirit

  • Throttling house beats from Kelly Lee Owen’s Inner Song

  • A tribute to Daft Punk’s brilliance following the announcement of the Parisian duo’s split this week

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