![]() GoGo Penguin “Unspeakable World” (Blue Note) The piano-bass-drums trio GoGo Penguin bridges jazz, Minimalism and (even with acoustic instruments) the strategies of dance music, stacking up elaborate ostinatos and seeing how, with a little guidance, they can evolve.Ģ2. Lori McKenna “Wreck You” (CN) The longtime country songwriter Lori McKenna analyzes a breakup in progress, with homely details and an aching melody.Ģ1. Weaves “One More” (Kanine) “Watch out!” Jasmyn Burke warns, and no wonder: “One More” is a burst of zigzagging, guitar-crazed indie-rock with a wild slapstick momentum.Ģ0. Spalding brings as songwriter, singer and bassist, but it’s not all acrobatics there’s a merry spirit behind the music.ġ9. Esperanza Spalding “Unconditional Love” (Concord) Meter shifts and melodic twists reflect the prodigious technique Ms. Lynn’s deep twang reach back to classic honky-tonk, in a new song pulled from her old notebooks.ġ8. Loretta Lynn featuring Elvis Costello “Everything It Takes” (Sony Legacy) The wordplay, the sighing pedal-steel guitar and Ms. Jones sings about in “Flipside” while she worked with jazz musicians and delves into some abstruse chords, she didn’t leave her pop instincts behind.ġ7. Norah Jones “Flipside” (Blue Note) An insistent four-note riff underlines the newfound self-assertion Ms. Dacus wants to change hers - maybe cute or smart - and while her voice keeps its lush croon, her guitar gets pushy.ġ6. Lucy Dacus “I Don’t Wanna Be Funny Anymore” (Matador) Roles are confining Ms. Iggy Pop “Gardenia” (Loma Vista) Iggy Pop’s collaboration with Josh Homme yielded this absurd character study - or is it a love song? - full of odd-angled melodies.ġ5. Car Seat Headrest “Vincent” (Matador) Nearly eight minutes long, “Vincent” starts with 2½ minutes of gathering guitar Minimalism, adding a motor beat then Will Toledo’s voice arrives, with bipolar confessions of self-doubt and excess, as the music just keeps building.ġ4. Rubinos sings in this snappy, funky, pointed lesson in demographics.ġ3. Xenia Rubinos “Mexican Chef” (Anti-) Open the kitchen and taxi doors of the service economy and there they are: “brown” faces, as Ms. ![]() Mitski “Fireworks” (Dead Oceans) Wishful thinking, about getting over painful memories, takes form with a ticking drum machine, hazy chords, a big hopeful buildup and then an unresolved ending it’s not over yet.ġ2. West and guests offer up prayers and affirmations in a track that compresses a gospel service for hip-hop impact.ġ1. Kanye West featuring The-Dream, Kelly Price, Kirk Franklin and Chance the Rapper “Ultralight Beam” (Def Jam) Mr. iLe “Caníbal” (Sony Music Latin) Ileana Cabra, who has sung with Calle 13, goes dramatically retro, complete with string section, to equate unrequited love and cannibalism.ġ0. Blood Orange “Augustine” (Domino) A determined beat and an uplifting melody carry thoughts of faith, family, martyrdom and loss.ĩ.
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