Marco Collins
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Released this summer, this was the 3rd of the 4 Volume Djesse series released by the British artist. www.jacobcollier.com
The vocals on this track are the vocals of Gladys Knight from the 1972 song "Neither One of Us". "Koze has long said that he aims for the combination of euphoria and melancholy in all his music, and here he nails it. Despite Knight’s sorrowful tone, the rolling disco groove has the giddy uplift of vintage Daft Punk. Heard loud, “Pick Up” reveals itself to be a low-key anthem, a perfect picture of bittersweet simplicity."
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Check out this extended disco version of 'Pick Up' on Beatport: bit.ly
Covering Kris Kristofferson's 1970 song.
This was the 1st single released off the band's 2nd album, Capacity.
Brand new release from the Philly band. Find it here slaughterbeach.bandcamp.com
From his 1976 album, 'Songs in the Key of Life,' this song celebrates the birth of Wonder's daughter, Aisha Morris (who you can hear in the background).
www.steviewonder.net
This highly anticipated album will be out January 29th from the London artist. www.arloparksofficial.com
Welsh band Stereophonics formed in 1992 around lead vocalist Kelly Jones and bassist Richard Jones. From their fourth studio album. www.stereophonics.com
Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile teamed up with Soundgarden to release versions of two Soundgarden classics, “Black Hole Sun” and “Searching With My Good Eye Closed.”Released on September 26th as part of Record Store Day, the collaboration brought Carlile and her backing band together with Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd and drummer Matt Cameron.
Brand new single from SZA with Jacob Collier on back up vocals. szactrl.com
Seattle musician and visual artist. rudywillingham.bandcamp.com
3rd album from the project by Sex Pistols John Lydon.
"Lead singer and songwriter Isaac Brock was inspired to write the song, an ode to looking at the bright side at all costs, by a surfeit of bad news. 'I was just kind of fed up with how bad shit had been going, and how dark everything was, with bad news coming from everywhere,' Brock said in 2004. 'I just want to feel good for a day.' The verses present a litany of bad-gets-worse situations in the narrator’s life, but he steamrolls through them with an optimism bordering on the psychotic. The funny thing is that, by the time that indefatigable refrain of 'And we’ll all float on OK,' burrows into your brain, you might find yourself getting carried away in its sunny wisdom.": americansongwriter.com
This album features collaborations with many artists: Sananda Maitreya, Vashti Bunyan, Blood Orange, Rivers Cuomo, Pink Siifu, Denzel Curry, Tricky, Sampa the Great, Leon Bridges, Johnny Marr, MGMT, Clypso, Neneh Cherry, Jamie xx, Kelly Moran, Cornelius, Karen O, Kurt Vile, Mick Jones, Cola Boyy, Perry Farrell, and Orono.
Earlier this month, KEXP featured The Avalanches as the guest DJs for "Midnight In A Perfect World"! Learn more about this guest DJ mix initiative from KEXP: www.kexp.org.
Lead single from Filter's debut album, released in 1995. Singer Richard Patrick formed the band after a stint as Nine Inch Nails touring guitarist.
Newly released song and EP from the Seattle musician. nickidanger.bandcamp.com
The West Yorkshire teen quartet said, “‘Burn the Heather’ is a song deeply rooted in where we come from. The lyrics are our interpretation of some of the darker aspects of where we live, and our personal reaction to them. Musically, ‘Burn the Heather’ is intended to be an adrenaline shot to the brain." - bit.ly
Wayne Coyne told NME in 2013 that he considers this song to be his proudest moment. He explained:
"A part of you makes it and you don't really think that much of it. Then someone comes up and says, 'we used that song at my mother's funeral'. You can say it's just a dumb song, or you can say, 'I understand.'"
Released in 1969, this became a big hit for the Sacramento, CA band.
Salaam Remi’s new album Black On Purpose is 17 tracks and has a number of guests including Busta Rhymes, Doug E. Fresh, Jennifer Hudson, Chronixx, Spragga Benz, Common, James Poyser, Teedra Moses, and D-Nice. www.salaamremi.com
"Move on Up" was a tribute of sorts to Mayfield's Chicago neighbors, The Staple Singers. "Curtis lived around the corner from us," Mavis Staples told Mojo magazine. "He was like my baby brother. He'd drop by and we'd eat together and he'd talk politics with Pops. One day he came to Pops and said 'I want to write songs like The Staple Singers do, and Pops said 'Curtis man, you're a writer, a poet! Write some of those songs!' The first one Curtis wrote was 'Move On Up' and he came round and played it to us and Pops said, 'That's my boy!'"
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The great Curtis Mayfield is in the Rock Hall twice, both as a solo artist and with The Impressions: www.rockhall.com
Here's a link to the Seattle Times article mentioning Nobi mentioned by Marco. www.seattletimes.com
#10 on the Seattle Times 15 Best of Seattle Seattle Albums (so far) list. check it out here www.seattletimes.com
From the French artist via Bandcamp. 'I'm in the middle of that bridge between innocent romantic and rave. I don't want to choose between those two feelings. Music in general is a non-binary place where everyone can express their deepest feelings.'
godford.bandcamp.com
Hey, that's bday boy Bootsy Collins on bass and vocals on this classic dance track. Dig it, baby.
Released earlier this year, this album made it onto quite a few top 10 lists. www.disclosureofficial.com
This cover of the classic Herbie Hancock track "Watermelon Man" was recorded as part of the Blue Note Re:imagined project. The video was created using an team entirely made up of black and mixed-race collaborators:
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