Week of September 12, 2021
Listening selections for the week of September 12, 2021, featuring the latest from Matthew E. White, Hawklords, Gold Star and more, best enjoyed with a cup of Koppi Roasters’ Samii Nensebo for vivacious notes of stone fruit and berries.
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Highlights include:
Compellingly arranged alternative soul from Matthew E. White’s K Bay
The opening cut from Hawklords’ new cosmic rock odyssey TIME
A shimmering heartland rock anthem from Gold Star’s latest EP Headlights U.S.A., as reviewed this past week
Apocalyptic synth wave from intrepid duo Soccer96
Impressionistic dub with a dash of ‘90s pop from Saint Etienne’s new I’ve Been Trying To Tell You
An EDM banger of a title track from The Upbeats’ eclectic new offering
The Chayla Hope Choice Find of the Week: Forlorn indie nostalgia from NYC’s The Drums
A groovy highlight from Yebba’s uneven debut album Dawn
Nick Drake-esque pastoral folk from Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir
In commemoration of Yom Kippur, a stunning rendition of Psalm 90 from folk guitarist Nathan Salsburg’s new collection
The voice of an angel, as famously sampled by Kanye West on Graduation’s “I Wonder”
Angular modern psychedelia from Gabriel Gundacker’s Gabriel Sayer
Jangling guitar splendor from Geese’s forthcoming Projector, out October 29
The stupefying union of musical savants Moses Sumney and Sam Gendel
A supremely satisfying Kid A era outtake from Radiohead’s expanded reissue Kid A Mnesia
After a shaky couple of recent singles, signs of life from Combo Chimbita
The opening cut from an excellent new comp of Cameroon garage funk out on Analog Africa
The greatest of Kendrick Lamar on display early, because I could not in good conscious feature anything from the new Baby Keem release
A sunny sample vignette from DARGZ and Moses Boyd
My personal favorite cut from Kanye West’s Donda, that shows he can still flip a sample like no other
One of many excellent burbling bass lines on Adeline’s new Adi Oasis
Post punk perfection from Yard Act
Early evidence of Todd Rundgren’s brilliance as a part of mod act Nazz
The lone piece of new jazz fusion yet to be featured from Marcus Alan Ward’s excellent recent EarthQuaker Devices’ recent live session
New symphonic fusion excellence from BADBADNOTGOOD, flanked by Karriem Riggins and Brazilian legend Arthur Verocai
Assertive saxophone expressionism from Chelsea Carmichael, freshly signed to Shabaka Hutchings' new label Native Rebel Recordings