July 20, 2020

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

Best enjoyed with Heart Coffee Roasters’ Ethiopia Yukro, black.

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Highlights include:

• The welcome return of art hop luminary Open Mike Eagle

• A look forward

• An uplifting rock meets roots tribute to the musical heroes we’ve lost

• A slept-on Arcade Fire highlight perfect for a summer road trip

• Welsh psychedelia with a delicious trip-hop beat

• A groovy slab of soul with influences from the Arab world

• The dubby reworking of a Tinariwen meditation

• Ferocious desert blues from Northern Mali

• The continued evolution of the sonically shapeshifting outfit All We Are

• Signs of brilliance to come on saxophonist Nubya Garcia’s new full-length, SOURCE, out 8/21

• Glimmering Beatle-esque pop from Cleveland’s Uptight Sugar

• One of the best basslines ever

• Urgent jazz fusion from Kamasi Washington and Throttle Elevator Music’s latest LP

• The return of new New Wave pioneers Future Islands, and Samuel T. Herring’s distinct croon

• Singular excellence from LCD Soundsystem

• Pop perfection from Lou Reed and company

• Satisfying jangle rock from Guided by Voice’s forthcoming 30th (!) album

• The best song on My Morning Jacket’s healing new effort The Waterfall II

• Effervescent psychedelic soul from the UK

• The second coming of Gary Glitter

• Jazzy space age folk pop from Portuguese talent Bruno Pernadas

• The hypnotic marriage of Angela Munoz’s voice and a grade A Adrian Younge instrumental

• Modern chicana feminism from singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza

• A new offering from the king of the vibraphone

• Words of wisdom from electro-guru Darren aka Star Slinger