June 15, 2020

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

Best enjoyed with Bent Tree Coffee Roasters Earthquaker Devices Blend with cream.

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Highlights include:

• An extended transatlantic collaboration meant for the dance floor

• A spacey jam from Nick Allbrook and James Ireland of Pond

• Pop magnificence from Canadian singer and multi-instrumentalist Kiesza

• A favorite cut from Bombay Bicycle Club’s stellar 2009 debut

• A reminder that Pond are one of the tightest live bands around

• Desert funk from Israeli composer Kutiman

• The fruitful pairing of Big Crown Records heavyweights Piya Malik and Leon Michels

• A highlight from jazz fusion great Alphonse Mouzon’s early career

• British blues from Nottinghamshire’s Liam Bailey

• The organ-driven soul jazz you need in your life

• A BOP from Khalid’s sophomore LP, featuring the always excellent Disclosure

• A grower with a sublime beat from K-Dot’s last solo studio album

• A groove-tastic remix of Risco Connection’s biggest hit from Maribou State

• Bombay Bicycle Club's Jack Steadman solo, buoyed by the late Screaming Eagle of Soul

• The latest from soul crooner Leon Bridges and LA producer Terrace Martin

• Golden soul from Colemine Records, featuring the label debut of Carlton Jumel Smith

• Sultry, sax-driven melancholia from husband-and-wife duo The Saxphones

• Danger Mouse produced cinematic soul grandeur from Curtis Harding

• Delicate indie folk from London’s The Clientele

• The revival of Pedrum Siadatian’s Allah-Lahs side-project, with a helping of Iranian funk

• Polyrhythmic Afro-groove from Brownswood Recordings rising stars Forest Law

• Lo-fi atmospherics from Denver, Colorado’s Kreg Komodor

• A yacht-rock classic from respected Japanese keyboardist Hiroshi Sato

• Sunny, vintage synths sounds that recall Animal Collective-esque psychedelia at their best

• A popular favorite from Cleveland punk god Obnox