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What harmonies on the track “In the Country” by La Luz. Their self-titled fourth album, La Luz, out on October 22 (same day as FUTURE PAST, natch!), show of the incredible talent of the female four piece. A review of their music called it ” “surf noir” style, with layered vocal harmonies.” We agree and that’s why it’s in the Hot Spot!
This is the second artist we have played that has an EP called WHOOSH (but why one O??).
Liz Lawrence has been performing for a while, always getting favorable reviews for her work. Her latest is The Avalanche and this track, “Down for Fun” is this week’s HOT SPOT!
CHAI are a Japanese rock band from Nagoya. The group consists of four women—Mana, Kana, Yuuki and Yuna. Formed in 2012, the band released their debut studio album Pink in 2017. “PING PONG!” is off of their latest album, WINK. About this new album Mana says, they worked on cultivating an album she described as “more than a human friend — someone you can go to when you’re upset, someone you go to when you’re happy, when you wake up first thing in the morning, when you want to cry.” And that’s why they’re in this week’s HOT SPOT!
Isle of Wight duo Wet Leg – that’s Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers to you – are in this week’s Hot Spot with the incredible track, “Chaise Longue.”. From their bio: ‘Arming themselves with guitars, a penchant for French disco, effervescent imaginations and a shared love of the The Ronettes and Jane Birkin, through to Ty Segall and Bjork, they set about making some recordings of their own.’ Whatever it is, it’s good!
Nashville’s Terry Presume is unapologetically himself in every song he releases. Blending indie, alternative, hip hop, and rock, he has been making music that is unique to him. He grew up surrounded by Haitian Kompa music from his mom, and the sounds of 50 Cent, Eminem and classic R&B that was heard throughout his community. His song, “ZaZa and Some Runtz (Smoke Break)” is in this week’s HOT SPOT.
Jungle are a British electro soul musical project founded by Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland. They’ve released two albums thus far, one of which was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize; Their forming album, LOVING IN STEREO, is out in Mid-August. Their song “Talk About It” is in this week’s HOTSPOT.
“Yellow Lines” by Tommy Newport is in the HotSpot!
Born in Manchester, England, Tommy Newport (Oliver Milmine) relocated to the United States with his family at six years old where he bounced around from Dallas to Seattle before settling down in Wichita, Kansas. Produced by Newport alongside his frequent collaborator 4th Pyramid (Black Eyed Peas, Wu-Tang Clan), the track has a brit rock essence in the way he sings.
Sneaks is Eva Moolchan, an American spoken word and post-punk musician from Washington, D. C. She used to be in a band called the Sh*tstains, which piqued our interest if we’re being honest. She has been releasing music as Sneaks since 2014. Simon is a Scorpio, and this track seems very complimentary to having a relationship with a Scorpio….listen to “Scorpio on Your Side.”
Dope Lemon is an Australian artist, which kind of makes a lot of sense to us. Singer Angus Stone was one half of the musical sibling duo Angus & Julia Stone, with whom he has released four studio albums with but now he records under the name Dope Lemon and this is his song, “Rose Pink Cadillac.”
The Lazy Eyes are a four-piece psychedelic rock band based in Sydney, Australia. “Where’s my Brain???” is the first single taken from their forthcoming second EP, aptly named EP2.
We wrote ‘Where’s My Brain???’ in the developing years of the band, at a time when the setlist was lacking fast paced, energetic tracks. We needed that one last song that the audience could mosh and get sweaty to! The song is loosely about losing your mind over something and wanting to have a tantrum, but really it’s just a jam.
Haich Ber Nah is Harrison Bernard, a London based electronic provocateur with an avant-garde sound. The self-taught musician and producer has received buzz for his left field sound and constantly pushing sonic boundaries. … His sonic roots stem from rap and grime but his current sound is boundary-blurring Electronica. That’s why we love “0594 HELP.”
This week’s HOT SPOT belongs to Karen O and Danger Mouse with the song “Woman.”
This song is off their collaborative album called LUX PRIMA, which Pitchfork called “lush” & Q said was “an expertly fashioned LP.” We liked it too!
This week’s HOT SPOT belongs to Loshh and his song “Faji.”
Loshh is spired by Juju and Gospel sounds, Nigerian style, and London’s artistic sound. His EP, ÍFARADÁ, is about perseverance, a message to the most marginalized. The song”Faji” celebrates the innate power of Black women.
American musician, bandleader, & television personality – appearing nightly as bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – Jon Batiste also serves as the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. The Hot Spot belongs to his song, “Freedom.”
This week’s HOT SPOT artist is Glass Animals with their track “Heat Waves,” which reached #1 in Australia. The song is off the band’s third album, DREAMLAND.
Glass Animals are an English ‘psychedelic pop band’ formed in Oxford in 2010 led by singer, songwriter, and producer Dave Bayley. The title of this episode, “Swimming in a Mirror,” comes from this song.
