Week of October 24, 2021
Listening selections for the week of October 24, 2021—featuring the latest from Animal Collective, The Shivas, Elijah Bisbee and more—best enjoyed with Tim Wendelboe’s Caballero Catuai for decadent notes of cocoa and dried fruit.
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Highlights include:
The return of Animal Collective with one of their most accessible compositions
The Shivas’ pitch-perfect marriage of garage rock and ‘60s psychedelia
A placating meditation on community from Elijah Bisbee’s beautiful new Therapy
Gleaming psychedelic folk from Petite Amie’s self-titled debut
Another of the endless jangle pop highlights on Ducks Ltd.’s Modern Fiction
Chime School’s successful channeling of The Smiths’ before Morrissey became an asshole
Groovy disco funk from a forthcoming Habibi Funk reissue of Amazigh artist Majid Soula’s work
Mesmerizing drum and horn rhythms from Gabriele Poso’s captivatingly fun Tamburo Infinito
Gnarly jazztronica from the UK’s Melt Yourself Down
A strong, fuzzed-out return for contemporary rock renaissance man Jack White
One of the six glammy electro-groove collaborations with Ratatat on KUNZITE’s incredibly fun VISUALS
Sugary electronica destined for the club from Manchester-based DJ and producer Anz
Shimmering intergalactic rock from the first of Johnny Marr’s four Fever Dreams EPs
An effervescent indie rock melody from Oceanic
More swaggering alt-excellence from WOOZE’s new Get Me To A Nunnery EP
Riffs on riffs from Glowing Moses’ new rock epic Event Horizon
An exuberant instant house classic from Finn
Grade A ‘80s production from the master Peter Gabriel
A jazz standard my grandfather called for me to identify this week
The sublimely jazzy alter-ego of psychonauts Oregon Space Trail of Doom
The title track from the every-bit-as-exciting-as-I’d-hoped debut of Chelsea Carmichael on Native Rebel Recordings
Real Estate covering a Television classic in honor of the 10th anniversary of their 2011 classic Days
A piano étude in beauty from Berlin composer extraordinaire Nils Frahm
Haunting piano balladry from Beyries
Sweltering rumba from multi-generational big band Orquesta Akokán’s latest that’s melody resembles The McCoys’ “Hang On Sloopy”