May 18, 2020

Listening selections for the week ahead, featuring the tunes on loop at The Eisenberg Review HQ.

Best enjoyed with Rabble & Lion Coffee’s Rwanda Mageragere Village with cream.

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Highlights include:

• Dreamy synthpop from Brooklyn’s Holy Ghost!

• An ethereal ballad from the solo project of Filip Johnson

• Ferocious blues from Tuareg guitarist Mdou Moctar

• Grooves from the master himself, Colemine Records producer Leroi Conroy

• New pop from New Zealand-Australian musician Jordan Rakei, buoyed by Common

• Jazz flute from the UK that would make Ron Burgundy jealous

• A delicious slab of neo-soul from Erykah Badu

• The opening cut from The National’s High Violet, which just turned 10

• Jittery, vibe-y post-punk from Brighton’s Squid

• Soul gold from Karma Chief Records’ Neal Francis

• The house-inspired reworking of a Darondo classic

• Hot organ soul, with a touch of Dixie

• Re-issue goodness from the inimitable Numero Group

• Glittering disco-funk from the pairing of Ned Franc and Jon Moody

• The tribute to Netflix show Dead to Me you didn’t know you needed

• Psychedelic rock from Buenos Aires

• My continuing journey to trap-lightenment

• A swaggering early single from Perfume Genuis’ new Set My Heart on Fire Immediately, reviewed here this week

• Spacey jazz from BMM Record's backing band

• One of the cuts from Moses Sumney’s new record that continues to amaze

• Catchy pop from the eternally experimental and restless Man Man

• A spirited Bob Dylan cover from Cleveland favorites The Modern Electric

• Far out blues from Oslow, Norway

• A pop gem from a record still very much ahead of its time

• A personal favorite from LCD Soundsystem’s now-decade old masterpiece