Jessica Pratt has penned one of those songs you never knew you needed until now. The track, Back, Baby is both sweet and melancholy. Just perfectly perfect. And her slightly tarnished and warbling voice is ideally suited for such a diddy. Continue reading “jessica pratt | back, baby”
still parade | fields ep
Still Parade’s most recent claim to fame? They broke into my heart! Here is a band who possesses magic. The kind of magic we’re all familiar with: a black hat, a wand and a white rabbit? Not at all. No, theirs is a kind of wonderment conjured by pliant music and a lush singing voice. Continue reading “still parade | fields ep”
mannequins on 7th street | superblue ep
Mannequins On 7th Street shed a kind of depilating radiance choked full of forlorn postures all supine and reposed. Their debut Superblue EP is beauty in sound form and ready made for auditory consumption. Peace. Continue reading “mannequins on 7th street | superblue ep”
daniel wilson | the boy who cried thunder 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”
wu tang | a better tomorrow | full album stream
The Wu lay it on domes like blessings from a Afrocentric Shaolin poet/groit extraordinaire. Yeah it goes down like that. Anyway our brethren the Wu Tang Clan have dropped the long time in the making release A Better Tomorrow ahead of schedule. After the jump peep the full album stream then cop it ASAP. Peace. Continue reading “wu tang | a better tomorrow | full album stream”
slow hands | everything (we are) 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”
digital farm animals | begging
I got some Digital Farm Animals for ya’. It’s Throwback Thursday around these parts and I was diggin’ in the crates and found this lil’ DFA sound gem. I track “Begging” sounds just as fresh today as it did over 3 1/2 years ago. For more check out the bands Bugged Out EP. Hopefully we’ll be hearing something new in 2015. Peace. Continue reading “digital farm animals | begging”
our sunday best: carsie blanton | not old, not new
New Orleans-based Carsie Blanton got skills. And although my declaration is the epitome of an understatement in summation it is apt. Hopefully, you too will discover her knack for crafting good music is undeniably and sensuously breathtaking. Her latest album Not Old, Not New is out now. This album is so Jazzy sweet it burns and smokes like apple wood doused with honey and lit with the ardent love fire of lusty lovers. ‘Tis true. Continue reading “our sunday best: carsie blanton | not old, not new”
photay | reconstruct feat. seafloor
NYC-based Photay (Evan Shornstein) delivers soul-funk and polyrhythmic majesty astride a golden Pegasus. This is otherworldly ridden electronica to any ear within, well, earshot. The sexy track Reconstruct feat. Seafloor is evidence of a burgeoning and successful career inside my headspace. The track is taken from the self-titled debut endeavor Photay out now courtesy of Astro Nautica. Clue up. Peace. Continue reading “photay | reconstruct feat. seafloor”
the shins | flake music | full album stream via npr
The remixed, remastered, reissue of When You Land Here, It’s Time to Return (1197) the first James Mercer helmed band Flake Music drops November 25th. Listen to the full album stream via NPR’s First Listen. Continue reading “the shins | flake music | full album stream via npr”