April 6, 2020

Best enjoyed with:

• Morning sunshine

• Rising Star Coffee Roasters Illuminator Blend with Cream

Highlights include:

• One of many excellent cuts from Mac Miller’s new posthumous release

• A commemoration of Andrew Weatherall’s genre bending savvy

• A personal favorite from Kanye West’s seventh, and last, good studio album

• Sleek, dancefloor brilliance from England’s Disclosure

• A glittering platter of modern soul from Monophonic’s superb third record

• A shot of Tequila Sunrise Americana from Glendale, California’s Mapache

• A vibe-y collision of bedroom pop and contemporary hip hop

• PYJÆN’s (I presume) unintentional jazz improvement on one of Steely Dan’s most recognizable melodies

• Meditative blues from Saharan rock ‘n’ roll rebels Tinariwen

• Sample laden goodness from Caribou that comforts and inspires

• Psych pop perfected from Swim Mountain

• The spellbinding harmonies of Daniel Caesar and H.E.R.

• An ode to friendship inspired by the better sounds of the 80s    

• The title track from Holy Fuck’s bop-tastic new LP

• Jeff Buckley reincarnate

• Dark and grimy grooves from SAULT’s excellent debut

• Devon Gilfillian channeling the best of Curtis Mayfield for a modern funk classic

• Tasty Slavic jazz from EABS and flautist Tenderlonious

• Polyrhythmic goodness from the queen of the Afro-Parisian scene

• Dare I say, the most perfectly arranged and nuanced punk song ever

• A shoegaze ode to the bass playing women in our lives

• Proof Kendrick Lamar’s B-Sides are better than most rapper’s main material

• A synth pop single from from The Strokes’ forthcoming The New Abnormal, due out this week

• Dreamy, new new wave from Philly’s Cheerleader

• A cover so over the top, it may be good (I still can’t tell), but it most certainly is fun