Week of February 6, 2022
Listening selections for the week of February 6, 2022—featuring the latest from Lady Wray, Magic City Hippies, Charlotte Adigéry and more—best enjoyed with Assembly Coffee’s Peru - Daniel Chilcon for creamy notes of chocolate and a tart kiss of red apple.
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Highlights include:
The dubwise opener from Lady Wray’s sublime new soul offering Piece of Me
Aqueous, sunny grooves from Florida’s Magic City Hippies
Angular new electronic funk from Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul
A wistful, swaying new single from The Ohio Weather Band
The singular genius of jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal live
A gnarly, propulsive organ-led jam from The Katy’s new self-titled album
Straight heat with a dash of introspection from Denzel Curry
The first Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week™: luscious nocturnal R&B from Ella Mai
Oozing cosmic jazz that represents the debut single from Amir Bresler’s first solo LP, House of Arches, out March 9
A defiant, ‘80s-informed electro-pop declaration from Danish singer Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted
Phat and glitchy new electronica from Röyksopp and Alison Goldfrapp
Saxophonist Kamasi Wahsington, picking up right where he left off on 2020’s excellent Dinner Party
Self-produced indie pop swagger from Phebe Starr’s forthcoming debut album, Heavy Metal Flower Petal, set for release on February 16
Melodic lo-fi rock from Ari Roar’s short-and-bittersweet Made to Never Use
The second Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week™: a bouncy Franco-house jam from Emma Peters and Juicy Cola
A resplendent B-side from Rick Ross’ recent Richer Than I Ever Been featuring a winning hook from Anderson .Paak
More of the smokey, atmospheric jazz that colors Shay Hazan’s superb Reclusive Rituals
The urgent and infectious debut single from pop-punk act The Sublets, who I have the pleasure of managing
Strutting rock from Spoon’s 10th album Lucifer on the Sofa, out February 11 via Matador
Golden, gleaming Middle Eastern groove from Tel Aviv live music staple TIGRIS
The jangle rock perfection of Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s new single
The return of the funktastic Vulpeck side project The Fearless Flyers
Smooth Latin and Brazilian grooves injected with funky Motown soul-jazz from Kenny Cox
Rosalía’s brashest and most experimental work yet from her soon-to-be-released new album, Motomami, out March 18
The dreamy opening of Beach House’s second Once Twice Melody EP
Idiosyncratic new jazz from Ebi Soda featuring Yazz Ahmed
A cosmic cumbian soundscape from Combo Chimbita’s fantastic new third record IRE
An exultant crystalline folk rock B-side from Fruit Bats’ new comp Sometimes a Cloud Is Just a Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits and Lost Songs (2001-2021)
Punishing new hardcore fuzz from Metz