“In Truth” Kali Uchis' new album is basking it after a long, sloppy relief sigh in finding true love. The production was luxurious with its relaxed tempo and brought the guitar home with songs such as “Lose My Cool.” She's happy to cling to her.
hxppier, “Allah”
Hxppier – 20-year-old Nigerian songwriter Ukpabi supports Oru – in “Aller” “I can't do it now with your wishes / You can't lie” bass-loving production by Varuntino is grounded and expanding quickly by low drum beats – call-ups, ulcations, screams, horns, strings, organs, and even crying babies, as if hxppier is gathering allies from all sides.
Little Feature has all the rights to celebrate its own longevity, like its new album, Strike Up the Band. Formed in 1969, barely grazing top 40 albums for decades, the band has continued through the death of central singer and guitarist Lowell George, and has since maintained many changes, maintaining a unique blend of M-braces in New Orleans, New Orleans R&B, Gospel, Zideco, Jazz, Roots Rock. There is a mandolin, an accordion, a “Dance Little” accordion, and a boddiedry beat behind the horn. “Tomorrow is eternal, so let's dance together tonight,” he robs joy from dying.
Along with a string band supergroup reorganized seven years later between albums, I'm with her – Sarajaros, Aoi Feo Donovan, Sara Watkins – allowed the new studio's slow guest musicians with the new LP “Wild and Clear and Blue.” But the essence of the group is still in its close harmony and delicate picking. The album's title track pays homage to Nanci Griffith and John Prine, touching on the inevitability of change and loss, listening to the car radio, saying, “Static slowly replaces the sounds of my childhood.”
DJ Haram, “Voyeur”
Working with hip-hop avant-gardists like Moore Mother and Billy Woods, Brooklyn-based DJ Haram, who has regular Monday slots on Lot Radio, will turn Middle Eastern sounds red with “Vieel.” The violin lines lament and glide over programmed beats, hand drums, and distorted sounds without distortion. It's inexorable in the best way.
