March 7, 2021
Listening selections for the week of March 7, 2021, best enjoyed with a French press of Stumptown Coffee Roasters’ Holler Mountain for sweet and creamy notes of caramel.
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Highlights include:
Effortless folk soul from Lebanese talent Rogér Fakhr, unearthed by Habibi Funk
A wet Egyptian guitar meditation from the legendary Omar Khorshid
The 7” edit of Kit Sebastian’s reverb drenched “Rain (باران)”
Glorious harmonies and slithering electric guitar that represents one of the few unified moments from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Déjà Vu
Sweet and swaggering saxophone and mesmerizing percussion from Cochemea’s 2019 All My Relations
The jittery disco meets breezy bossa nova gem you didn’t know you needed from Ana Frango Elétrico
Huffing, puffing electro dance from the King of Pop
Atmospheric synth fluff from Toronto producer Harrison and vocalist Aaron Tiem
Early San Francisco psychedelia from Sopwith Camel
Gorgeous ‘70s soul revival from aptly-named Silk Sonic, aka Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak
Bullshit rap with a beat just the way I like it: horn driven and boom bap-y.
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week, smooth R&B pinings from Musiq Soulchild
The beautiful sound of Ray Flanagan in love
Mogwai’s best rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins from their UK No. 1 album As The Love Continues
A dank rare groove offering from Pepe Sánchez y su Rock Band
Angular Israeli indie from Tel Aviv-based iogi and Raw Tapes Records
Resplendent rays of sonic sunshine from Martin Wirén, aka Bear Garden
Exquisite piano fusion from Ian Carr of Nucleus
Gnarly jump blues from famed scorer of Hair Galt MacDermot
Savory vaud-Americana from Cleveland singer-songwriter Brian Bacon
Honey-harmonized roots rock from The Lone Bellow
Modern vaporwave dripping with nostalgia from auditory dreamweaver George Clanton
The mix of flash and brutality we demand from hip hop uber-talent Danny Brown
Sexual bliss and pleading from the singular that is Prince
The illuminating musical experiment that is dance music constructed by one of hip hop’s elite producers
Shimmering left-field pop from polyglot Kali Uchis’ recent Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞
Bo Diddley worship that results in a fruitful Dan Auerbach reworking of “How Soon Is Now?”
The bittersweet title track from Fruit Bats’ excellent new The Pet Parade