The Black Keys’ Delta Kream
Delta Kream finds The Black Keys gracefully transitioning into their role as musical elder statesmen, sporting a respectful, if not revelatory, collection of covers in the Mississippi hill country blues tradition.
Week of May 23, 2021
Listening selections for the week of May 23, 2021, featuring Cochmea, Curtis Harding, Parcels and more, best enjoyed with a cup of Stumptown Coffee Roasters’ Hair Bender.
J. Cole’s The Off-Season
The Off-Season finds J. Cole in top reflective form, notably featuring collaborations in what represents the rapper, producer and label operator’s finest work since 2014 Forest Hills Drive.
Parcels’ Parcels
Parcels’ self-titled debut is the purest distillation of the nu-disco sound recorded to date, luxuriating in an expansive world of lavish keyboard, staccato funk guitars and swelling arrangements.
Matt Berry’s The Blue Elephant
Another impressive entry in Matt Berry’s consistently excellent and chameleonic career, The Blue Elephant is nothing short of a masterstroke.
Week of May 16, 2021
Listening selections for the week of May 16, 2021, featuring TEKE::TEKE, The Go! Team, Sons of Kemet and more, best enjoyed with Pour Coffee Co.’s Tanzania Kilimanjaro PB.
Sons of Kemet’s Black To The Future
Sons of Kemet’s Black To The Future looks beyond the past with urgency, manifesting an Afrofuturist present of breathtaking scope and stature.
Aaron Diehl’s The Vagabond
Exciting, polished and masterful, Aaron Diehl’s The Vagabond is not to be missed for fans of piano-based jazz.
Week of May 9, 2021
Listening selections for the week of May 9, 2021, featuring the latest from Mattiel, Francis Lung, Miss Grit and more, best enjoyed with Five Elephant’s La Cancha Natural.