August 24, 2020

Listening selections for the week ahead, best enjoyed with Rising Star Coffee Roasters’ Yuki Project.

 Follow the Playlist on Spotify here.

Highlights include:

• Thrilling 80s revival from Londoner Ruthven for the Paul Institute

• One of the best songs the Killers have written in a long time

• House euphoria from Colour Castle

• Poppy Ajudha’s revelatory reinvention of a Herbie Handcock classic

• Epic, affecting electro-soul from the soundtrack to HBO’s All For Us

• The dictionary definition of a banger

• A favorite from Swedish pop diva Robyn

• Hazy minimalist funk from serotonin boosting Bristol natives Tungz

• An R&B jam from Dreamville Records’ Ari Lennox

• A classic I inexplicably wasn’t introduced to until this week

• Hot shit from Polyrhythmics latest offering, Man from the Future

• The first teaser from an Open Mike Eagle project I am deliriously excited for

• Post punk grandiosity from Deep Sea Diver’s forthcoming Impossible Weight, out October 16

• A jittery jazz bop from Richmond, VA funk band Butcher Brown

• The sweet sounds of Rocksteady from Las Vegas act Johnny Ruiz & the Escapers

• A highlight from Nubya Garcia’s excellent new album Source

• Rock and roll every bit as group breaking today as it was 40 years ago

• The bongo jams promised by the prior Clash cut

• Bright, 60s-facing psych rock from Canada’s Daniel Romano

• Expansive, experimental trip hop from the mysterious ScubaZ

• Sonic sunshine from the Parisian duo of Paul Armand-Delille and Alexandre Grynszpan

• A sleeper on The Black Keys’ newest album “Let’s Rock”

• Exhibit A as to why Flying Nun Records is the best

• Arguably the best Bowie cover

• A welcome return and call to action from Heartless Bastards