July 27, 2020

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

Best enjoyed with Cleveland Coffee Company’s Sumatra with cream.

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Highlights include:

• Breathtaking, strutting piano pop from Shura

• Genre-pushing chill wave from Melbourne’s Midlife

• A jazzy, psychedelic meditation inspired by the sounds of the Wachaga nation

• A swaggering slab of street funk from keyboardist and producer Kamal Williams

• The return of Cleveland favorites Mr. Gnome

• The best math rock band of the moment’s tribute to the most important act of the ‘80s

• Melancholy shoegaze that lives up to its title

• The voice of an angel

• J. Cole, back in his bag

• Nasty grooves from the always tone-tastic Du-Rites

• Simply, the most interesting avant-garde hip hop being made today

• Airy, jubilant pop from the always entertaining The Go! Team

• A Paul Simon collaborator who continues to prove one of Italy’s best electronic producers

• A straight bop from Steve Arrington’s forthcoming Stones Throw release Down To The Lowest Terms: The Soul Sessions

• Life affirming house from Reggie Watts and John Tejada’s collaborative Wajatta

• An exhilarating exploration of electronic and West African music featuring master percussionist Afla Sackey

• A danceable fusion of contemporary cumbia, disco and ‘70s psychedelia

• Dazzling jazz from Zara McFarlane that reaches for both past and future

• A fusion of bedroom pop and hip hop made obligatory listening by the presence of MF DOOM

• Soulful funk from East Vancouver

• Cozy Zambian rock influenced by Jimi Hendrix and the sounds of the last ‘60s

• The latest from the always badass Pretenders

• King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s flirtation with blues, recalling the sounds of Fishing for Fishes

• A valid question, answered by the sounds of spiritual soul

• An ode to Berlin that celebrates the comfort and claustrophobia of everyday