À bout de souffle. It’s hard to pick a favorite from L’Impératrice‘s new album, but I’m especially drawn to this instrumental “heart murmur” from the Parisian six-piece. “Souffle… Continue reading
Avant-soul. Very into the future R&B of “Alas Alice” from The Steoples, otherwise known as LA’s Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker (aka Gifted & Blessed, Frankie Reyes) and the UK’s Yeofi Andoh. … Continue reading
Jungle are back! Seemingly swapping their “House in LA” for “a new house… in the UK…,” the British duo return with “Keep Moving,” an uplifting disco-tinged groove. … Continue reading
Special Request, the bass-heavy junglist raver guise of Paul Woolford, takes arguably the most famous chillout compilation vocal in existence and threads it through a gritty drum ‘n’ bass beat. … Continue reading
Feeling this sunny and necessary garage cut from Soul Clap and Harriet Brown as summer draws ever nearer. Soul Clap ft Harriet Brown “You Can Shine Too” … Continue reading
Gentle and stirring Tuareg guitar music from Agadez, Niger’s Mdou Moctar. That wonderfully lilting melodic chorus will lift you. Mdou Moctar – “Tala Tannam” (Official Video) … Continue reading
Beautiful. This new song from the New York band Lightning Bug stuns in its shoegazy simplicity, delicacy, and humanity. Lightning Bug – “The Right Thing Is Hard… Continue reading
Houseful soul. Love this newly surfaced one from Seven Davis Jr. Seven Davis Jr – “We Should Go Out” (Official Video) “We… Continue reading
気持ちの海 King Gnu are a four-piece from Japan fronted by Daiki Tsuneta, who also performs as part of Millennium Parade. 泡 (“abuku” or “foam” in English) is… Continue reading
Stop everything! Is this real life? A dream collaboration is here from the Melbourne musical luminaries and the Brazilian musical legend, arriving just a day after Hiatus Kaiyote announced… Continue reading
Hold tight the UK Garage Jazz! MJ Cole meets Red Snapper. Dan Digs – “Blue Sun” Listen to more music at soundcloud.com/dandigs and… Continue reading
Stormy weather freeform future jazz fusion rhythms of the highest order courtesy of Belfast’s Kaidi Tatham. Kaidi Tatham – “Try N Follow” “Try N… Continue reading
To be fair, I really would not mind if Jordan Rakei decided to cover every single song on Grace. Vulnerable and effortless. Jordan Rakei – “Lover, You… Continue reading
Come backstage and meet Brijean! The Oakland duo and I talked about their very favorite venue to play, how they first met, hip-hop trivia nights, opening for Channel Tres,… Continue reading
Produced by Ty Segall, this new song by Gabe Flores’ Grave Flowers Bongo Band is a gloriously blurred and fuzzy psychedelic cover of “Down Man” by the Dutch 70s rock band Brainbox. … Continue reading
“Time Will Meet Everything” by Mexico City’s Tuzeint is an airy and spacious groove that sounds like Jordan Rakei jamming with Rhye. Love those horns. Tuzeint –… Continue reading
Feelin’ the 4heroic strings, vibraphone runs, and beat textures on this percussive wonder from JAB. JAB – “Currents” “Currents” is taken from JAB’s new… Continue reading
My heart is warmed by this heartwarming new song from LA’s Mndsgn. I’m getting Thundercat plus Mac DeMarco plus tape-delayed Money Mark Push the Button vibes, which is no… Continue reading
I’ve written about New York-via-Kansas artist Jordana before and her astoundingly good song “Reason,” which landed at number 36 in my Top 100 Tracks of 2020. 2021 sees her… Continue reading
Nottingham, UK’s JIM aka Jim Baron aka Ron Basejam aka one of the founding members of Crazy P turns in a frankly fantastic folk reimagining of The Cult’s “Phoenix” with backing vocals… Continue reading
“Luckey” is aptly a happy-go-lucky groove from the Montreal producer Jesse Futerman in partnership with Beverly Glenn-Copeland that features a precisely placed bassline that navigates cascading drums punctuated by wistful synth washes. … Continue reading
A recommended gem of a video. Surfer Pete Devries and photographer Jeremy Koreski venture to Vancouver Island to ride and capture some of the world’s best cold… Continue reading
Into the Uffe-produced taught DIY uptempo business of this new one from the Copenhagen-based Honduran-Danish artist Julie Pavon. Especially appreciative of that added cowbell. Julie Pavon –… Continue reading
Melbourne’s Horatio Luna, a founding member of 30/70 Collective, lays on the 70s funk fusion thick with his new alias The Psychedelic Freaks. The Psychedelic Freaks – “To The Funk… Continue reading
A recommended gem of a video. Everyone’s favorite Texan global funk trio reps Houston heavy in their picks for Amoeba Music’s legendary What’s In My Bag?… Continue reading
Psychedelic bossa nova pop from Toulouse, France. Laure Briard – “Respire” “Respire” is taken from Laura Briard’s new album, Eu Voo, out now. Get it here. … Continue reading
A recommended gem of a DJ mix. Listen to this scintillating blend by the digital dons Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek for the XLR8R podcast back in 2011 that… Continue reading
A recommended gem of a video. “Sometimes I’ll take a year off and just listen to music” – Madlib Driven by Sound is a new two-part… Continue reading
Ascendant house rhythms filled with life-giving synth progressions from Berlin-based Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis. Sofia Kourtesis – “La Perla” “La Perla” is taken from Sofia… Continue reading
Woozy, off-kilter, and birdsong-rich. “Always,” the brand new track from LA-via-UK musician Somni, sounds glorious. Somni ft Duren – “Always” (Video by Mitch Pond) … Continue reading
Been listening to bunch of Martyn, Joy Orbison, dBridge, Mala, and other future garage goodness from 2009. Dan Digs – “Autumn Light” Listen to… Continue reading
Currently very much into “Orbiting” by Brighton, UK’s Fable, which sounds like a mellower, psychedelic Portishead, especially when that delightfully frayed electric guitar comes in. Fable – “Orbiting” … Continue reading
Spacey, psychedelic beat science from London duo FYI Chris (aka Chris Coupe and Chris Watson) that veers through house, Jersey club, and drum ‘n’ bass. FYI Chris – “No Sun”… Continue reading
Incredibly celestial. Simply stunned by these four voices from London covering quite possibly my favorite Outkast song and quite possibly my favorite James Blake song (which is in itself… Continue reading
One of the strongest tracks on my 4th favorite album of 2020 gets the vocal remix treatment from none other than Katy B. Katy’s vocals blend perfectly with this uptempo… Continue reading
“DNTGETUSE2ME” is a vibey vintage organ-led R&B concoction from Chicago’s Eleeza Silva. Eleeza Silva – “DNTGETUSE2ME” “DNTGETUSE2ME” is out now via Ciudad Records. Get it here.… Continue reading
Show number 27! LOOPS + DOTS is my monthly two-hour radio show on Dublab in Los Angeles. It’s everything I’m into right now in the worlds of… Continue reading
Very into “Sunset Plaza” by 20-year-old LA-via-UK musician Mackenzie Morris. It’s a sun-bleached and subtle chilled indie-soul blur that sounds like mhmm mhmm mhmm. Bonus… Continue reading
The Montreal trio’s two-word bio on their SoundCloud describes Afternoon Bike Ride‘s sound perfectly: warm vulnerability. Afternoon Bike Ride – “Couch Party” … Continue reading
Welcome to my new feature, History Repeating, where I highlight the incredibly special songs of yesteryear that have recently surfaced in a recent radio show or DJ mix or compilation or TV… Continue reading
A recommended gem of a radio show. I’m a regular listener to Mike D’s Apple Music 1 show, The Echo Chamber. This is… Continue reading
Very into this 7-minute bubblin’ builder from the Manchester, UK producer. Tom VR – “Fast Track To Bliss” “Fast Track To Bliss” is taken from… Continue reading
A mellow-beyond-words house set starter. Galcher Lustwerk – “Warming Up” “Warming Up” is taken from the NYC-via-Cleveland artist’s latest release, Information… Continue reading
A recommended gem of a radio show. Essential through and through, from the muted digital funk of the James River outtake of D’Angelo’s “1,000 Deaths” to the… Continue reading
If we could be still… just for a minute. “Super Soft” is my favorite track from the brand new album, In Praise of Shadows, by South London’s Puma Blue. … Continue reading
London-via-Porto, Portugal singer-songwriter Raquel Martins emailed me with “I sell nu-jazz burritos” in the subject line and as such, dear reader, I opened that email faster than a hummingbird beats its wings.… Continue reading
A recommended gem of a DJ mix. Vintage. A recently unearthed mix of hip-hop and downtempo beats direct from cassette courtesy of Mark Farina… Continue reading
Hether is LA-via-San Diego’s Paul Castelluzzo, who has toured with Romeo Santos’ live band and has played guitar on The Free Nationals’ “Time” and Anderson .Paak’s “King James.” “Morning… Continue reading
A recommended gem of a video. Buhdum-bum-bumbah-dah-dum. (That’s the “Nautilus” bass line, from the track of the same name by Bob James, also known as… Continue reading
Starting a new genre: sunrise broken beat. Bonobo meets St Germain at CoOp. Dan Digs – “Jacaranda” dan digs · Dan Digs – Jacaranda … Continue reading
