Week of March 28, 2021
Listening selections for the week of March 28, 2021, best enjoyed with Counter Culture Coffee’s Field Trip: Home Edition, for sweet and savory notes of brown sugar, orange and raisin.
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Highlights include:
Jungle’s latest embrace of disco’s finer qualities, this time with glorious strings
Buzzing jazz-rock improv from Ill Considered’s new Band (Re)Selects
An African proverb set to music by Falle Nioke, softened by sir Was’ characteristic sonic sensitivity
Burbling funk ferocity from the A Side of Funkadelic’s Maggot Brain
Never before heard music from Ethiopian bandleader Hailu Mergia and the Walias
Sandro Perri’s unique brand of soft electro-acoustic pop
A Cate Le Bon produced synth odyssey from John Grant
Ethereal, layered textures from James K
Cacophonous cult-inspired calamity from music force of nature black midi
Homey guitar hum from Brian Eno’s still revelatory Here Come The Warm Jets
A psychedelic pop highlight from Italian duo Dumbo Gets Mad’s newest record
Anjimile’s creative take on contemporary folk
An uplifting new jam from James Lavelle, aka UNKLE
Tightly choreographed indie funk from Long Beach’s half·alive
Breezy New York reggae from The Far East’s New York Is For Lovers
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: under-the-radar Eurodance from Clio and producer Roberto Ferrante
Synthetic funk groove from Moscow producer Phil Gerus’ new EP Too Close to Love
Carefree English bedroom pop from Easy Life
A chilly take on off-kilter trip hop from alt-R&B duo Sad Night Dynamite
The spacious, harmony-laden new single from Mom+Pop’s Evann McIntosh
Swaggering, background jazz swelter from Niia featuring Khruangbin’s Laura Lee
The bombastic return of BROCKHAMPTON’s raucous side, sporting an exhilarating feature from underground hip hop veteran Danny Brown
A glittering monument to electronica and shoegaze from Chicago’s New Canyons
Floating Points and Pharoah Sander’s new symphonic collaboration, that mostly finds the former providing a compelling foundation to showcase the latter
Shapeshifting, auto-tuned indie pop from Katy Kirby’s debut album Cool Dry Place