Soulful Sundays / Kero One Presents: Plug Label

Starting an entirely new weekly blog entry where, every Sunday, I highlight my favourite kind of hip hop albums: the jazzy kind! This week I’m showcasing Kero One Presents: Plug Label.

Fantastic album, here is the description of the album:
Featuring tracks from Aloe Blacc (Stonesthrow), Ohmega Watts (Ubiquity), Sound Providers (ABB), Kero One, and many more.
Kero [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Great Northern – Remind Me Where The Light Is (2009)

This week I am showcasing the 2009 album of Great Northern – Remind Me Where The Light Is.

The album has a great poppy feeling to it, and fits perfectly on this wonderful Friday! Here is the description of Great Northern from their Last.FM:
“It’s like being intimate with total strangers.” That is how Rachel Stolte of [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Maria Taylor – Lady Luck (2009)

This week on Featured Album Fridays, I’m showcasing Maria Taylor’s 2009 album – LadyLuck.

Here is Maria Taylor’s description on her Last.FM:
Before you listen to her new album, Maria Taylor suggests you prepare yourself. Listen to it, she says “in a dark room, with a candle or two with headphones, maybe in the bath, but definitely [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Loney, Dear – Dear John (2009)

This is a day late, but I’m posting it regardless! This week on Featured Album Fridays, I’m showcasing the 2009 album of Loney, Dear – Dear John.

Here is the description of Loney, Dear from his Last.FM:
Multi-instrumentalist and home-recording phenom Emil Svanängen lives in Sweden and he makes records and plays shows under the somewhat inscrutable [...]

Featured Album Fridays / Au Revoir Simone – Still Night, Still Light

This week on Featured Album Fridays, I’m showcasing Au Revoir Simone’s 2009 album – Still Night, Still Light.

Here is the description of the band, from their Last.FM:
Au Revoir Simone is an indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York that formed in late 2003. The group consists of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard), and Heather [...]