“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks.
Soul singer Van Hunt has been around for awhile and even won a Grammy in 2007, but isn’t a household name. His fractured, psychedelic take on pop and funk and soul is too weird for the mainstream, but it’s earned him a dedicated and deserving cult following. His sexy, D’angelo-esque album The Fun Rises, the Fun Sets is out Tuesday via Godless Hotspot.
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. This week's playlist comes from the spacey funk-soul band the Stepkids, who compiled a mix of classic funk, contemporary electronic music, and one incredible deep cut--a Wendy's training…
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Brooklyn's Octo Octa--a producer who makes lush, dreamy, deliciously hi-fi dance music--compiled this week's "Listen In," a tour through mellow, funky house music of the '80s and '90s.…
"Listen In" is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they're currently digging. This week, we have JUNO-nominated "doom soul" singer-songwriter Cold Specks, who selected music from artists as wide-ranging as Nick Cave, Portishead, and '90s Canadian alt-rockers The Inbreds. Click…
