Week of December 12, 2021
Listening selections for the week of December 12, 2021—featuring the latest from Tame Impala, Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, Earl Sweatshirt and Armand Hammer and more—best enjoyed with Pour Coffee Co.’s Honduras Caballero for wistful summery notes of banana and marzipan.
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Highlights include:
A worthy new Tame Impala B side from a forthcoming expanded edition of The Slow Rush
A celebration of Hunky Dory’s 51st birthday on December 17; the album where Bowie became Bowie
The latest in baroque beat production wizardry from musical art project Young & Sick
The arresting voice of Australian folk artist Grace Cummings
Jazz and grime fusion from Ezra Collective and Novelist
New Western psychedelia from Khruangbin and Leon Bridges’ newly announced second collaborative EP Texas Moon
For fans of The Jesus and Mary Chain, sugary sweet electro from The KVB
A mini electro-symphony from Manchester-based producer Evan Majumdar-Swift aka 96 Back
The first Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week™: a masterful cover of Caroline Polachek by Squirrel Flower
A swaggering romp of a collaboration between Ladyhawke and BROODS
Impromptu Afro-disco from Pigeon’s blistering new EP Yagana
A hazy guitar and synth-filled dreamscape from Communicant’s excellent Sun Goes Out
New neurotic funk from dance maestro Harvey Sutherland
Another red hot single from Lady Wray that serves as continued proof that 2022 is her year
Randy Newman-esque piano pop from Ryan Pollie
A gleaming golden sonic gem from Television’s sophomore LP
The always inventive Tierra Whack’s take on pop country
An intensely groovy highlight from Parquet Courts’ new Sympathy for Life, recently reviewed
A woozy, bass-forward nocturnal jam of a demo from Jai Paul
Peter Gabriel-channeling soul maximalism from Ruthven
A hip hop match made in heaven from Earl Sweatshirt and Armand Hammer
Sunny new dream pop from Sports
Tranquil melodic vibes from ODIE
Breezy Japanese pop from ‘never young beach’ frontman Yuma Abe
One of a half dozen The Clash songs that live in my head rent free at all times
A new composition from one of my favorite organizers of sound: Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
The second Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week™: smokey noire bliss from Cigarettes After Sex