Week of May 2, 2021
Listening selections for the week of May 2, 2021, best enjoyed with Koppi Roasters’ Santa Rosa 1900 "Resposado," for buoyant, flavorful notes of caramel, milk chocolate and orange.
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Highlights include:
A tribute to beloved Cleveland musician Dave Molnar
Galloping indie rock fun from Israel’s Nomke
A melodic and tonal masterclass from New Order
Beck cutting loose on 2017’s Colors
A slapper from New Jersey’s Double XX Posse
Guitar riff magnificence from fuzz merchants White Denim
Pastoral pop bliss from Kings of Convenience, off the forthcoming Peace or Love, their first release in 12 years
Infectious Miami funk from the mysterious Chocolateclay
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: the undisputed best pop song of 2019
Masked, nebulous groove from Melbourne producer Hieronymus Dros
Sardonic synth vamp from Soccer96’s excellent collaborative EP with Alabaster DePlume
A criminally underrated cut in The Who’s discography
Oblique, danceable post punk from London’ 4-piece Italia 90
Crisp nocturnal shuffle from Rachel Chinouriri’s new Four° in Winter
The latest jazz groover from multi-instrumentalist producer Emma-Jean Thackray
Another tantalizing taste of Hiatus Kaiyote’s upcoming album, Mood Valiant, out June 25th via Brainfeeder Records/Ninja Tune
Soaring soul croonery from South-East London’s Joel Culpepper
Amorphously melodic indie from blossoming British talent Nilüfer Yanya
A gritty power pop gem from New York City unit Games
Aching bedroom pop grandeur from Still Woozy
Mathy guitar rock from Floatie’s new album Voyage Out
Smokey, longing trumpet jazz from producer Jason McGuiness and key player Matthew Little
A no-frills fusion of Afrobeat and rumba from Havana-based collective Okuté
The towering title-track from my favorite sounding of David Bowie’s releases
A smoldering outtake from Weyes Blood’s superb Titanic Rising