For the last several months, I've been listening to the debut LP by Lamplight, the musical project of one Ian Hatcher-Williams of Roanoke, Virginia. It has sunken in and taken a deep hold on me with its sheer beauty and artistry. He gets me to places where I didn't even know I had places!
Title track...
London's own Bess Atwell has a lovely new record out called Light Sleeper. The track (see below) that is really hitting me in the heart strings is "The Weeping." It's everything indie folk music should be.
Pond's latest offering is quite a trip. The Perth Peeps have really outdone themselves on Stung!, exploring a multitude of genres that range from pure pop to just plain avant garde.
Opening track...reminds me of The Style Council!!
Lake Street Dive is the kind of band I dream about. They bring me right back to AM Radio and the late 1970s, early 1980s with that amazing feeling of wonder at music. Their latest record is called Good Together and it opens with the title track...
Moby is an enigma. Truly, a gifted artist who creates soundscapes that expand the mind in the most wonderful of ways. His latest is called Always Centered At Night and its title perfectly fits its mood and style. It seeps you in slowly...
Opening track...
The smooth sounds of Jose James' 1978 is sending my nostalgia into overdrive these days. What a perfectly warm summer record. The NYC singer is sending lovers everywhere on moonlit walks...
Lenny Kravitz is an American treasure. His latest record, Blue Electric Light, demonstrates this fact with the full force of category five hurricane. The album opens with this slinky number...
