Week of July 4, 2021

Playlist Update
Written By Teddy Eisenberg
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Listening selections for the week of July 4, 2021, featuring the latest from Neil Frances, Pond, Loraine James and more, best enjoyed with a cup of Tim Wendelboe’s Finca Tamana, for vivacious notes of caramel, chocolate and fruit.

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Highlights include:

  • Glistening lo-fi pop from Neil Frances’ new EP Stay Strong Play Long

  • Blissful sunlight psychedelia from Pond’s forthcoming 9, due out October 1

  • Dreamy IDM from Loraine James’ fascinating Reflection

  • Groovy pop pastiche from Joviale’s excellent EP Hurricane Belle

  • Swindle’s soulful take on the sounds of UK grime, featuring Loyle Carner, Kojey Radical and JNR WILLIAMS

  • Cinematic, expansive bedroom pop perfection from the Marías’ debut CINEMA, reviewed this past week

  • Lively jazz fusion from keyboardist extraordinaire John Carroll Kirby’s new Septet, reviewed this past week

  • Eddie Suzuki’s breezy and unique take on Hawaiin soul, recently re-issued by Aloha Got Soul

  • Doom-y goth rock riffage from The Blinders

  • A gnarly preview of the forthcoming Habibi Funk 015: An eclectic selection of music from the Arab world, part 2

  • Aqueous new boom bap wizardry from Damu The Fudgemunk and Nitty Scott

  • The opening cut to The Go! Team’s brilliantly fun Get Up Sequences Part One

  • The grandiloquent, reggae-infused centerpiece of Tyler, The Creator’s career best CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST

  • A collaboration between Jungle, Diplo and Damian Lazarus that pushes the band in their most electronic direction yet

  • Evann McIntosh’s latest slab of glorious alt-R&B

  • Knotty new blues rock swagger from Ray Flanagan

  • A haunting cut from producer Numa Gama’s latest album Memórias de Oneyda

  • The stunning penultimate cut from Hiatus Kaiyote’s Mood Valiant

  • Spiritual jazz splendor from Los Angeles ensemble Phi-Psonics

  • Stank face-inducing groove from The Du-Rites and Sun Ra Arkestra’s Elson Nascimento

  • Hooky garage pop from The Murlocs’ splendid new Bittersweet Demons

  • Frenetic new primal post punk Snapped Ankles’ Forest of Your Problems

  • The lo-fi glittering croon of Hemi Hemingway

  • Uplifting new roots rock from Hiss Golden Messenger’s new Quietly Blowing It

  • The latest in gentle acoustic balladry from wunderkind Clario

Teddy Eisenberg
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