September 28, 2020

Listening selections for the week of September 28, 2020, best enjoyed with a French press of David Lynch Coffee – Limited Edition Organic House Blend, black, for notes of cocoa and hazelnut.

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Highlights include:

• Sublime musicianship from some of the UK jazz scene’s brightest talents

• Belarusian post-punk as discovered on Tik Tok

• Molchat Doma’s spiritual inspiration

• Textbook 2017 pop from Mura Masa and Christine and the Queens

• Swaggering blues funk from visual artist and musician Vintage Gold

• The brilliance of Andrew Weatherall, which turned 29 recently

• A tribute to that brilliance from Manchester’s A Certain Ratio

• Expansive jazz funk from Seattle collective High Pulp

• Reggae-tinged soul featuring the golden pipes of Mr. Wesley Bright

• The latest from post-bop jazz vibraphonist Joel Ross

• One of many highlights on Fleet Foxes’ epic Shore

• Glimmering retro-soul from Colemine Records’ latest signee The Resonaires

• The dark cinematic crooning of Scott Walker

• Gorgeously texture twee pop from Oracle Sister’s latest EP

• Nomadic pop from West Coast troubadour Big Search

• Carefully orchestrated chaos from Jeff Buckley’s eternal classic Grace

• One of the finest album opening cuts ever

• Fuzzy space rock from Mr. Gnome’s highly anticipated new double LP, The Day You Flew Away

• Fierce greaser garage rock to commemorate the ending of summer

• Still the best song on Joji’s dark and mostly fascinating sophomore LP Nectar

• Baroque pop from singer-songwriter-violinist extraordinaire Patrick Wolf

• A laid-back pop banger from oft-viral rapper-songstress Doja Cat

• The left-field avant-pop we expect and love from Dirty Projectors

• A glorious cover of one of Springsteen’s finest tunes

• One of The Beatles’ finest moments