April 27, 2020

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Best enjoyed with:

  • Sunshine

  • Space to dance

  • Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender blend with cream

Highlights include:

  • Evocative cinematic soul from El Michel’s forthcoming Adult Themes

  • An exuberant indie rock anthem from Born Ruffians’ latest

  • What I imagine a collaboration between Prince and Trent Reznor may have sounded like

  • The welcome return of Haley Blais and her ethereal pop stylings

  • A delicious, Fela Kuti-inspired jam from Australia’s Bananagun

  • Dark and dusty vibes from Fiona Apple’s excellent new Fetch The Bolt Cutters

  • Glitchy bedroom pop from Sven Gamsky

  • Low-key, the funkiest jam on Inner Visions

  • Straight flames from Top Dog Entertainment’s Isaiah Rashad

  • Danceable post-Brit-pop from Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien

  • The best song on ye by a mile, even if Kanye does drink all the wine

  • Fiercely uplifting grooves from the King Midas of soul record labels: Colemine Records

  • An effortless blurring of the lines between hip hop, jazz and pop

  • A reprise of Yeezy season, accompanied by the master of hum himself, Kid Cudi

  • The butteriest of blue-eyed soul

  • Catchy, melodic dance pop from Kasabian guitarist Sergio Lorenzo Pizzorno

  • Hella grooves from up-and-coming London producer Inflo

  • Electro cumbia straight from the source, cut at Real World Studios

  • A funky highlight from People Under The Sun’s penultimate LP

  • An immaculately mixed reminder that, lest you forget, The Rolling Stones are one of the best to ever do it

  • New Laura Marling, something the world is always desperately in need of

  • Youthful soul from the heart of Iowa

  • Kaleidoscopic pop from Bombay Bicycle Club’s best and most sonically adventurous album

  • Even more reason to be excited for Perfume Genuis’ forthcoming fifth album

  • Possibly, the greatest song ever written or recorded; a reminder that there are better times ahead

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