Week of March 21, 2021

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Listening selections for the week of March 21, 2021, best enjoyed with Phoenix Coffee’s Neja Fadil, for orotund notes of floral fruit.

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Highlights include:

  • Meandering avant pop from New Zealand’s Connan Mockasin

  • The slow, swaggering funk drip of Sports’ new EP Get A Good Look Pt. 1

  • Conscious, reflective jazz fusion from former Snarky Puppy member Cory Henry

  • A difficult to categorize groovy composition from Canadian legends new and old: Jesse Futerman and Beverly Glenn-Copeland

  • Woozy future soul from West London rapper Lava La Rue

  • The resplendent return of Hiatus Kaiyote, this time with esteemed guest Arthur Verocai

  • A rare Blondie foray into rap, aided by disco pastiche

  • The latest in gnarly groove from Nashville, Tennessee’s The Gripsweats

  • The heart-rending pleadings of Sam Cook

  • Transporting melancholy from English electronic music duo Groove Armada

  • Tender, burbling polyrhythms from dance floor demigods Hot Chip

  • Sun-kissed house from London’s Bruise

  • A buttery vibe from the always smooth Masego

  • Dream pop perfected from Cocteau Twins’ seminal work

  • Rolling French indie pop from honeyed trio Oracle Sisters

  • Silver Synthetic’s carefree brand of rock minimalism, out now on Third Man Records

  • Lush blue-eyed soul from Estonian singer Rita Ray

  • Further demonstration of Leon Michels’ shapeshifting cinematic soul excellence

  • Smooth, florid jazz-funk from Gilles Peterson and Jean-Paul “Bluey” Maunick’s new joint venture

  • Sensual neo soul from velvet-voiced luminary D’Angelo

  • An ode to Thanos from his current day hip hop equivalent

  • Sprawling post-dub lo-fi from RAS’ forthcoming third LP, Bothiss, due out May 7

  • Jazz-infused pop from versatile South London vocalist Poppy Ajudha

  • Cosmic, Isley Brothers’ sampling space funk from now Grammy winning bassist extraordinary Thundercat

  • The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: enrapturing sonic jubilation from Scott Carney’s Wax Fang

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