Week of June 20, 2021
Listening selections for the week of June 20, 2021, featuring the latest from Weedie Braimah, The Marías, A Certain Ratio and more, best enjoyed with a cup of Koppi Roasters’ La Lia Yellow Honey Catuai, for juicy notes of black tea and plum.
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Highlights include:
The monumental first single from djembe master Weedie Braimah’s new project
The Marías’ swelting new Spanish single
Deep disco house euphoria from Germany’s Soundstream
Manchester indie dance legends A Certain Ratio groove-tastic follow up to last year's ACR Loco
Shimmering alternative rock from the chameleonic Yves Tumor
Contemporary rumba at its finest from Okuté’s self-titled debut, as reviewed this past week
Breezy nu-disco from past masters Parcels
Soaring yacht from Twin Shadow’s forthcoming self-titled, due out July 9
The infectiously woozy stylings of Sunshine Boysclub
Sludgy indie psych riffage from LA-based Communicant
Far out guitar balladry from Caucasus’s Rüstəm Quliyev
The always vibe-y act Khruangbin’s take on David Bowie’s “Right”
Saxophone sorcerer Cochemea’s electric new single
JOMORO’s swaggering symphonic vision, aided by Sharon Van Etten’s ethereal vocals
Straight fire from Little Simz, off of what I am sure will be one of, if not, the best record of 2021
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: Sexadelic disco-funk from Spanish actress Susana Estrada
The title track of Francis Lung’s excellent new baroque pop offering
One of Francis Lung’s musical forebears, the criminally underrated Emitt Rhodes
The perfection that is Joni Mitchell’s Blue, released this week in 1971
A good old-fashioned slab of vocal pop from Rostam’s atmospheric new Changephobia
The collision of doo-wop and garage rock we’ve come to know and love from Shannon & The Clams
The latest in kaleidoscopic sunny pop stylings from Sunni Colón
Heartless Bastard’s soulful new single from the forthcoming A Beautiful Life, due out September 10
Stereolab’s contemporaneous remix of “Since I Left You” off of the recently released 20th anniversary deluxe edition of the Avalanches album of the same name, reviewed this past week
A musical mission statement from Cleveland’s Herzog, heralding the return of live music at beloved bar The Happy Dog this week