October 18, 2020
Listening selections for the week of October 18, 2020, best enjoyed with a pour over cup of Phoenix Coffee’s Firebird House Blend, for comforting notes of chocolate and cherry.
Highlights include:
Sultry lounge ambience from vocalist Asha Puthli
Contemporary psych rock in the Melbourne style from London’s Tom Skyrme
A collaborative ode to the awkward from Jacknife Lee and Open Mike Eagle
Maximalist disco funk from Djo
The satisfying continued artistic evolution of MGMT
A high-pitched bop from Cheeky Andy himself
New chaotic brilliance from the always talented Merrill Garbus
A sublime rock song made all the more impressive by the age of its writers
The warm comfort of Radiohead-influenced indie rock from Fleece (see “My Iron Lung”)
Texas heat from Khruangbin and soul troubadour Leon Bridges
Kaleidoscopic psych grooves from Swedish artist Sven Wunder
The latest in Prince-channeling R&B goodness from Q
An absurdly catchy remix of a Holy Mattress Money classic
Psychedelia perfected from Psychedelic Porn Crumpets’ Luke Parish
Disgustingly dirty jazz ridin’ grooves from Ezra Collective
A gloriously yearning pop anthem that is Sunflower Bean’s best song to date
A late-‘80s house classic from innovator Gerald Simpson
A dizzyingly diverse dance primer from underground DJ Avalon Emerson
Fiercely original rap from one of the genre’s preeminent groups
The monolithic power of Labrinth’s voice and production
Mildlife’s lush and memorable brand of cosmic jazz fusion
The one and only Ms. Lauryn Hill
One of the pieces responsible for my love of jazz
A soul anthem for the times in which we live
Unsettlingly hypnotic alternative rock from Good Sad Happy Bad