《纪事报》的著名新音乐指南。
新专辑
Hot Chip, ‘Freakout/Release’ (Domino)
In April, British pioneering electro-rock band Hot Chip took to the stage at San Francisco’s Warfield theater to sprinkle a taste of its eighth album for fans. Even though “Freakout/Release” was months away from being released, the oft-touring band was held back from what they do best during the pandemic and there was just too much pent-up energy to keep them from playing their new material.
Out Friday, Aug. 19, “Freakout/Release” shows producer Joe Goddard, singer Alexis Taylor and company exploring their diverse dance music influences. “Down” rides a sample of Universal Togetherness Band’s 1980s funk banger “More Than Enough,” and “Eleanor” sees them operating in their uniquely romantic techno, while the title track is a collision of industrial electronica with the White Stripes’ big room boom.
Hot Chip是业务中最一致的乐队之一，并且在整个“ Freakout/Preaking”中一如既往。
Cass McCombs, ‘Heartmind’ (Anti-)
Folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Cass McCombs has always had a penchant for cheeky, smirk-inducing lyrics. But he was grieving when he wrote the songs on “Heartmind,” his 10th full-length album. Co-produced by pop maestro Ariel Rechtshaid, Frank Ocean compatriot Buddy Ross and indie avant-garde producer Shahzad Ismaily, the songs on “Heartmind” beam with a unique emotional contrast that mourns and heals, while still making you chuckle.
“ Unproud Warrior”是一条关于拥有我们的错误的乡村纱线，其中包括Wynonna Judd和Charlie Burnham的其他人声。丹妮尔·海姆（Danielle Haim）加入了麦康布斯（McCombs）的鼓声和支持“我们属于天堂”的声音，这是一首关于失去朋友来来世的歌曲。
“I made this album as a way to handle the loss of some close friends,” McCombs said in a statement. “Their memories guided me throughout and hopefully they live through the music. Strange to realize it wasn’t them who are lost, it was me.”
当时的歌
Steve Lacy, ‘Bad Habit’ (RCA)
Steve Lacy broke through in 2017 as a 19-year-old guitar prodigy and production mastermind with the viral single “Dark Red,” an earworm he produced using his iPhone. The former guitarist for Los Angeles alt-R&B band the Internet then received a 2020 Grammy nomination for his debut album, “Apollo XXI.” Now on his excellent newly released sophomore album “Gemini Rights,” he’s weaving songs about his first love and heartbreak, prompting Kanye West to call him“地球上最鼓舞人心的人之一。”
The album’s lead single is “Bad Habit,” one of the year’s best songs so far. Lacy’s sticky guitar groove and simple drum pattern interlock with his velveteen vocals in the style of Blood Orange’s Dev Hynes. The song’s bridge is especially masterful. It’s impossible to not listen to this one five times in a row.
本地志趣相投
爵士黑手党，“旧金山套房”（JM集体录音）
Written a decade ago and inspired by recordings stolen from the band’s Oakland studio in 2012, “Suite San Francisco” is a display of the bold Bay Area collective’s combination of jazz, orchestral brass music and hip-hop.
“Over the past 10 years, we’ve slowly and painstakingly reproduced the music, even re-assembling our 50-piece orchestra for a few of the tracks,” band director/brass wizard Adam Theis said in a statement.
您在上个月发行的专辑中听到的是由Jazz Mafia的数十名创作者演员创作的原件的重新记录。
As its title suggests, the album is filled with nods to San Francisco, like the Emperor Norton-inspired “Love Riot,” which sees emcees Soulati, Aima the Dreamer and Dublin converging for a lyrical uprising. Meanwhile, local staples Lyrics Born and Joyo Velarde are featured vocalists on the cinematic “Over You.”
“Suite San Francisco” is the sixth release of 2022 for Jazz Mafia, who with its “52/22” project is on a mission to drop a track every week until the end of the year.