Week of January 16, 2022
Listening selections for the week of January 16, 2022—featuring the latest from Daniel Aged, Charlotte Day Wilson, Shay Hazan and more—best enjoyed with Gimme Coffee’s Guatemala Guaya'b for a sparkling acidity that tangs with notes of fruit and chocolate.
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Highlights include:
Dreamy, pedal steel-inflected new wave ambience from Daniel Aged
More of the endlessly excellent and smoky R&B of Charlotte Day Wilson’s ALPHA
Atmospheric and moody Israeli jazz grooves from bandleader, bassist and guimbri player Shay Hazan
A delicately groove nu-disco ballad from L'Impératrice
The Weeknd’s purest foray into synth pop yet, replete with jangling acoustic guitars
The galloping return of psych-pop outfit Elephant Stone
A Motorik groove married to a vintage folk sheen from The Soundcarriers
The brooding cinematic beauty of duo Daisy Glaze
Transporting musical menace from Dan Bejar’s next Destroyer album Labyrinthitis, out March 25 on Merge Records
A vividly colorful dance jam from Sam Gellaitry
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week™: a perfect song
A groovy post-punk wake up call from Foals
Breezy bedroom pop from j. pastel
The one and only Lady Wray, on the eve of Pieces of Me’s release
Woozy, nocturnal alt-soul from Kurtis Wells
The smoothest of hip hop vibes from Saba and Krayzie Bone
Rhythmic experimental prog from quintet WEEED
Dank soul heat from The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble
Pure swagger from alt-R&B queen Rachel Chinouriri
With new of their impending indefinite hiatus imminent, the first BROCKHAMPTON tune to catch my ear
Immense sounding Afro-Cuban hip hop fusion from Ibeyi
The latest in trippy jazz improvisation from London jazz scene stalwarts Binker and Moses
One of many tasty vignettes from Earl Sweatshirt’s new SICK!
The beautiful musical soul that is Swamp Dogg
Distorted psychedelic lo-fi from Unknown Mortal Orchestra that I just can’t kick
Yumi Zouma’s latest blissful alternative pop single
After 10 years, the return of indie reverb warriors Young Prisms
Berlin-era Bowie steeped post-punk from Ed Schrader’s Music Beat
Soulful, marinating new funk from Mamas Gun