It’s been since 7 years since Michael Kiwanuka told us a tale about the ways a song can pull us into stirring, unfurling futures with a sound we’d somehow always felt yet never heard, and 3 since his undeniable banger of a follow-up. Now he returns with KIWANUKA, and my cage continues to rattle with … Read more
Esmé Patterson gets towed upon a field of daisies to dance, bounce, pull, shake, and shuffle off her mortal coil in the David Fishel-directed video for “No River.” The record is We Were Wild, Patterson’s follow-up to the 24B fave Woman to Woman set, and it’s a lovely, transcendent move from the Denver singer-songwriter. No hints needed to find themes in this clip: from … Read more
Even without knowing the album’s unabashed bohemian mission statement, words like “celestial” spring to mind on these tracks from Portland’s Johanna Warren. But they also conjure up something more personal and haunting than what she calls a dedication to the phases of the moon. “Figure 8,” “True Colors,” and “Less Traveled” aim inward as much as they pull from the heavens, recalling the intimacy … Read more