Where the food sounds good, and the music is pretty tasty too.
James Blake dropped his latest single Modern Soul and if you have any reservations about whether or not he’s still got the goods, well doubt no more. Not unlike any of Mr. B’s previous output this one too is heavy on the tranquil and beautifully subdued. Check it out below and stay tunes for news of a possible 2016 release. Peace. Continue reading “james blake | modern soul”
The artist Son Little (Aaron Earl Livingston) makes the old new again with a graceful ability and a voice like southern moonshine brewed in the olden speakeasies of Philly and wherever else this talented man has set up his musical still. Mr. Son Little is a shape shifter of sorts and once his ears have grazed a locale he breathes in the flavor and makes it his own. Peep his Lay Down track and feel exactly what all the fuss is all about. It’ll make you want more of his soulful moon stuff.
So let the Sam Cooke and Otis Redding comparisons come and go, it’s okay. Because this talented artist, with guitar in hand, is carving out a legacy all his own. And like the aforementioned moonshine the affects are tipsy and dangerously inviting. Look for his self-titled debut, it drops October 16th courtesy of ANTI- Records. Peace. Continue reading “son little | lay down”
Damn JMR (Joshua Michael Robinson)! The track Shiver is a mercurial wind; at once hot, then cold. This is diamond beads of salty sweat threaded through with sweet silken seconds…
And WHOA! Beware the second hand, for seconds mount and coalesce into the heavier minutes and sturdy hours of lovemaking. or mayhap a fistful-of-hair-quickie. This track is the gasoline tossed upon two bodies bursting into shivering flame. Run this shit. Flashback Fridays just got very … um… heated. Peace. Continue reading “jmr | shivers”
Shamz Le Roc is an artist you probably haven’t heard about, until now. But that’s gonna change. Why? Well for starters she’s a force of hyper-kinetic energy and that energy has taken sound shape into her debut Incipio EP release. Continue reading “shamz le roc | incipio ep”
Ypsilanti, Michigan native Daniel Wilson isn’t so much an anomaly as he is a supremely talented singer/songwriter. He somehow manages to quasi-impersonate vocally greats like Smoky Robinson. Or in the case of the lead track Killed Ya the quirky best of a modern miracle like Cee Lo Green (Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley). Then musically inhabit the glissando of Brian Burton (Danger Mouse, Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells).
Mr. D. W. can effortlessly (or so it seems) compose sonics on par with say Bon Iver (Vernon Jordan) or melt a melody ala Caroline Smith. But a copycat Mr. Wilson most certainly isn’t, for he brings the fresh and unique force of his own imaginative spirit to the music making experience. For proof check out his latest The Boy Who Cried Thunder EP and be impressed. I am an instant fan. Oh my fav is the song Proofread. I am pricked. Peace. Continue reading “daniel wilson | the boy who cried thunder ep”
New York City-based Slow Hands is letting the funk in through your eardrum and it’s all good. The stand out track on Miss White lifted from his latest Everything (We Are) EP is a glossy house-funk soul ride into a happy space and it hits the body in all the right places. After the jump I have also included the Deep House Amsterdam Mixtape #129 for your listening pleasure. Peace. Continue reading “slow hands | everything (we are) ep”
There is a bunch of great music coming out of New Zealand and Electric Wire Hustle is one of the soulful Marvin Gaye-esque best. With the duos track Look In The Sky which is all the evidence you need to go gaga over their recent Love Can Prevail album. Continue reading “electric wire hustle | look in the sky”
Pablo Nutini will not be denied entry into your heart. And let’s face it this man is destined to settle into the soft tissue of your brain matter like a thorny crucible. So when the needle drops and the song Let Me Down Easy starts to play make sure you have some Cognac (or some other heavy hitting elixir) close at hand to steady your nerves. Continue reading “pablo nutini | let me down easy”
Birmingham, Alabama-based sextet, St. Paul and the Broken Bones do the soul man thing to fine affect with their all kinds of sexy fun track Call Me. You can feel the absolute longing in every note! These guys may hail from below the Mason-Dixon line but they might as well be from Detroit, Philadelphia perhaps even Milwaukee or any other northern city with a deep seated and historic doo-wop sound. For proof watch their live KEXP session below. Continue reading “Our Sunday Best: St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Half The City”
Chet Faker is fast becoming a mainstay in the playlists of romantics and would be Casanova’s alike. With a strong love potion #9 like Gold employed against undesirable “one and lonely” situations, nights are destined to be certified double-the-warmth cuddle zones. Continue reading “chet faker | gold | official video”