Week of May 9, 2021
Listening selections for the week of May 9, 2021, best enjoyed with Five Elephant’s La Cancha Natural, for smooth, tea-like notes of elderflower, grape and a kiss of vanilla.
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Highlights include:
The latest in atmospheric indie from Atlanta, Georgia’s Mattiel
A stunning sing-song melody from Francis Lung
For fans of St. Vincent, immense and immersive guitar rock from Miss Grit
Pulsating tech house from Omid 16B’s latest album SunTzu
A sardonic highlight from !!!’s 2019 Wallop
The only cut from Soccer96’s excellent collaborative EP with Alabaster DePlume yet to be featured on The Eisenberg Review
Whispery, menacing indie swagger from The Shacks
An early-2000s boogie anthem by Jazz-funk legend Don Blackman
Stuntman funk, bolstered by Golden Rules, from The Mighty Mocambos aka Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band
A fusion of Caribbean and latin rhythms from the flagship operation of the Names You Can Trust label
A tribute to friends of the blog Andrew and Hilary on the week of their anniversary
A soulful rendition The Majestics’ 1982 “Key to Love (Is Understanding)” from cinematic soul savants BADBADNOTGOOD and velvet-voiced Jonah Yano
Effortless blue-eyed soul from Jeb Loy Nichols and Timmion Records
Haunting, spacious poetry from the melismatic voice of Arooj Aftab
Blissful dream pop from Yohei Shikano and Wilco’s Nels Cline inspired by The Bealtes’ “Tomorrow Never Knows”
Vivacious jazztronica from the Brighton-based duo of Max Wheeler and Victoria Port
Resplendent Japanese groove from Yukira Hanashima and Tel Aviv’s Sababa 5
What might well be the funkiest song Aretha Franklin ever recorded, spotlighted in the new Goodhertz/Vulf Holy Trinities video
A rare funk jam from Brief Encounter’s elusive Introducing
Propulsive African funk from the master Fela Kuti
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: Camp Lo’s eternal boom bap bop “Luchini AKA This Is It”
A breathtaking reimagining of Richard Youngs’ “Soon It Will Be Fire” from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and Moses Sumney, from This Is a Mindfulness Drill, the second of four albums the Jagjaguwar is releasing to celebrate its 25th anniversary
The return of Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real