Tag: favorite albums

“That’s kind of what the whole vibe of the whole record is – being a producer, and being a beat maker, and being a songwriter but taking it to another level where I’m doing very intensive research. But also seeing if I can get it to sound like me.” DJ Harrison on Shades of Yesterday…

The 59-year-old singer of Charles & Eddie fame is back with a second album of tightly written melodies and abstract tracks that draw you in to a rich, heady world Eddie Chacon: Sundown review by Alexis Petridis in The Guardian Here are the albums that inspired me this past month.

I love this time of year because, while not much new music is released, I get to browse through the KEXP DJs lists of their top albums of the year (you can vote here too), and I always discover no less than ten albums that inevitably become favorites for the beginning of next year. Maybe…

Maribou State found inspiration for this new track by listening to some of the UK’s well-loved artists including the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles, The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers and many more. “We invited all our friends down and got them to sing the main hook, “do that for you”, in the stairwell of the house.” – – Mixmag Here…

“[Gabriel Teodros’ album] From the Ashes of Our Homes, opens with a reflection on the day Teodros and his spouse, Ijeoma Oluo, fled from an actual house fire, and expands to a full-length meditation on the loss of home and safety so many of us experienced these last few years as a result of wars,…

“Music doesn’t get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn’t necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.” Matt Haig, How to Stop Time Here are the albums, new and old, that inspired me this…

Hey, summer, looks like you are about to leave, so I just wanted to say it’s been nice having you. You’ve given me a lot of new music, and we got to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop. Thanks for everything, see you next year!