August 17, 2020

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

Best enjoyed with Bent Tree Coffee Roaster’s Black Squirrel Blend, black.

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Highlights include:

• Ambient spiritual jazz from Rejoicer and Tel Aviv trumpeter Sefi Zisling

• Sultry reto-soul from producer St. Panther

• Luscious trombone vibes from Greg Kramer on his musical debut

• Throwback arena rock from the world’s best American band

• The welcome return of Cincinnati glam rockers Foxy Shazam

• Magic wrought by crisp drumming, groove and a vibraphone

• Weeping synth balladry from the master himself, Mort Garson

• Daytime disco accented by LA vocalist Omar Velasco

• Dreamy, polyrhythmic house from Poolside and Toro y Moi’s Brijean

• The wintry second single from Sufjan Stevens’ new album The Ascension

• A highlight from musical polymath Sudan Archives’ 2019 sophomore LP

• The title track from Kiesza’s triumphant comeback album

• A fuzzed-out confessional from Cherry Glazerr sythn player SASAMI

• Rocksteady every bit as solid as its namesake genre implies from Colemine signees Jr Thomas & The Valcanos

• An island-influenced jam from the kaleidoscopic psych group Ghost Funk Orchestra

• Power pop perfected by oft excellent The Lemon Twigs

• Big Atlanta energy from Dreamville hip hop duo EARTHGANG

• Post-punk tinged rock from British-Peruvian multi-instrumentalist Attawalpa

• Mellow jazz from jazz guitar maestro Jimmy Ponder

• The perfect synthesis of chill wave and jazz from Scottish writer and producer Andrew Wasylyk

• A reminder that Black Lives Matter, lest you’ve forgotten, from Ghost-Note bassist MonoNeon

• Continued demonstration of the warm, melodic sensibilities that make Fruit Bats one of my favorite indie rock acts

• The opening cut from Babatunde Olatunji’s classic Drums of Passion

• Pioneering Israeli jazz from three of the scene’s luminaries

• The spirited singalong of a latest single from Arcade Fire’s Will Butler