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Hot Jam of the Day: Jessica Pratt, “Back, Baby”

Posted on November 11, 2014 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: Jessica Pratt, “Back, Baby”

Jessica Pratt “Back, Baby” On Your Own Love Again (out 01.27.15 on Drag City) Ugh, it’s good to have Jessica Pratt back in our lives. Her 2012 debut is a bewitching slab of mystical Laurel Canyon magick with Pratt’s slinky, plaintive vocals weaving across dusty, fingerpicked nylon strings. It reminded me of a cassette I would have heard in my mother’s Volvo station wagon. You know, the one where the tape inside the plastic had twisted in places and much of … →

Hot Jam of the Day: Tropics, “Blame”

Posted on November 7, 2014 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: Tropics, “Blame”

Tropics “Blame” Rapture (out 02.17.15 on Innovative Leisure) Home has always been a central theme of young songwriter Chris Ward’s sublime, evocative music, culminating with 2013’s quality, Home & Consonance. Though the Southampton native comes off as reserved and camera shy, his best work is intimate and direct, pulling the listener’s face close while it whispers Ward’s secrets, fears, and feelings to you without reserve. It lets you into that home he cherishes. “Blame” is another example of , as … →

Hot Jam of the Day: T-Pain, “Stoicville”

Posted on November 7, 2014 by TP1.COM in Featured, Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: T-Pain, “Stoicville”

T-Pain “Stoicville” Stoicville: The Phoenix (out in 2015 on Nappy Boy) It’s pretty depressing that it took an auto-tune free NPR performance for America to show a modicum respect to one of the finest hit-makers of the last decade, but these are depressing times. If you argued that Eddie Van Halen and Tom Morello’s usage of distortion pedals them frauds, you would rightly be called an atavistic, unreasonable dipshit. However, few would say the same if you slated T-Pain for running his … →

Full Crate x Mar: “Nobody Else”

Posted on October 31, 2014 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Full Crate x Mar: “Nobody Else”

Full Crate x Mar “Nobody Else” Digital Single (out 11.09) The underrated Dutch duo — producer Full Crate and vocalist Mar — return with a toned down re-skin of their sweltering, 2013 deep house banger of the same name. On this version, Full Crate strips away the original’s ever-present backbeat and opts to build around hypnotic, stabbed synth chords and Mar’s seductive tenor. The talented duo always does a great job of maintaining balance, ensuring that neither Full Crate’s scintillating arrangements … →

Hot Jam of the Day: Dawn Richard, “Blow”

Posted on October 30, 2014 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: Dawn Richard, “Blow”

Dawn Richard “Blow” Blackheart (out 01.15.15 on Our Dawn) Let’s rewind to January of 2013. Things were really looking up for ex-Danity Kane vocalist Dawn Richard. Thanks two a pair of excellent, well-received projects — 2012’s Armor On EP and 2013’s fan-fucking-tastic Goldenheart — the 31 year-old looked to have uncovered the most elusive gift in pop music: a second chance. No longer a footnote in Bad Boy’s checkered post-Biggie history, Richard was part of an exhilarating new generation of R&B … →

The Most Anticipated Albums of The Fall (Part 2)

Posted on October 27, 2014 by TP1.COM in Album Reviews, Featured | Comments Off on The Most Anticipated Albums of The Fall (Part 2)

Dan Bodan Soft (10.28, DFA) After what feels like an eternity, the Berlin-based crooner is finally ready to drop his debut LP. I instantly fell in love with Bodan’s lithe, gracefully salacious sound on 2012’s bulletproof Aaron/DP 12″ single. Since then, he’s continued to crank out diverse, unclassifiable tunes that consistently challenge how pop music is supposed to sound and what pop singers are supposed to sing about. In his music, nothing is taboo. Whether it’s a lounge lizard sax solo, … →

Images & Words: Jacques Greene, “1 4 Me”

Posted on October 26, 2014 by TP1.COM in Images & Words | Comments Off on Images & Words: Jacques Greene, “1 4 Me”

Jacques Greene “1 4 Me” After Life, After Party EP (out 11.11 on LuckyMe) Just six months removed from releasing his best EP yet, Phantom Vibrate, the Montreal producer returns with an early Christmas present in the form of a surprise two-song (plus remixes from Suicideyear and Sei A) EP. Lead single, “1 4 Me,” is the kind of sublime, emotive quasi-deep house magic that we’ve come to expect from Greene (né Philippe Aubin-Dionne) over the years. I can’t wait to hear the … →

Hot Jam of the Day: NZCA Lines, “New Atmosphere”

Posted on October 25, 2014 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: NZCA Lines, “New Atmosphere”

NZCA Lines “New Atmosphere” New Atmosphere 7″ (out 12.08 on Moshi Moshi) Well, this is a nice surprise. After a few years away, NZCA Lines (né Michael Lovett) returns with a new single and a potential follow-up to his excellent 2012 self-titled debut. “New Atmosphere” features the same icy new wave/synth-pop sound of his debut, and Lovett’s lovelorn vocals remain some of the most pleasing in the genre today. He’s also someone who has always been able to employ new agey production and … →

Hot Jam of the Day: Dan Bodan, “A Soft Opening”

Posted on October 21, 2014 by TP1.COM in Hot Jam of the Day | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: Dan Bodan, “A Soft Opening”

Dan Bodan “A Soft Opening” Soft (out 10.28 on DFA) The Berlin-based vocalist’s debut LP is the star of my forthcoming “Fall Albums to Watch (Part Two)” column, so I won’t say much else except that its gorgeous, 18+-produced opening number is a keeper. Over the last couple of years, Bodan has carefully constructed a sound all his own, weaving his dreamy, dramatic vocals over consistently progressive soundscapes. Though he continues to be hopelessly underrated by the American press, make … →

Hot Jam of the Day: LUH, “Unites”

Posted on October 17, 2014 by TP1.COM in Download This Shit | Comments Off on Hot Jam of the Day: LUH, “Unites”

LUH “Unites” Digital Single Less than a year after crafting their fascinating debut LP, 2011’s raucous Go Tell Fire To The Mountain, Manchester-based quartet WU LYF abruptly and disappointingly disbanded. Since their 2012 split, the members have resurfaced sporadically, most notably with bassist/vocalist Tom “Francis Lung” McClung’s shuffling “A Selfish Man” and mercurial vocalist Ellery James Roberts’ cavernous “Kerou’s Lament.” While both singles have merit, they both feel incomplete without an album to live on, like a tasty appetizer with no entree. Now, … →

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