From the opening organ riff that kicks off
Pink Planet, the listener is transported back into another time and place. This is the sonic landscape of Marvin Gaye’s
Trouble Man, of En Vogue’s
Born To Sing, of the Isley Brothers and Prince and Diana Ross hell, there’s even some James Taylor in there, too, just to keep you on your toes. It’s an earthy, ambitious stew of numerous decades and styles, like a journey through torch-song R&B’s past, from bedroom-eyes come-ons to soulful ballads, all united by David Bowden’s buttery-smooth voice. It’s astonishing to hear a singer-songwriter demonstrate such masterful command of an entire genre on his very first LP, all to service the overriding thematic arc of the album: love, in all its many splendored forms. Bowden’s only been releasing music as Pink Sweat$ since 2018, but
Tkay Maidza finds herself in La La Land
The Adelaide rapper has relocated to Los Angeles ahead of the third volume of her Last Year Was Weird EP series to dream bigger, shake off genre labels and grow outside the confines of Australia.
9 February 2021
9 February 2021
Tkay Maidza is gazing into a screen, her stare piercing through the grain her webcam cloaks her respective Zoom tile in. She sits by a window with the Los Angeles afternoon sun beaming on her face, her skin glowing. Following an internet connection drop-out and an abrupt, accidental Zoom call disconnection, she s still on the couch ready to continue chatting, her focus palpable.
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We’re taking a slightly different approach to our latest best songs roundup, taking stock of this week’s new drops on a Thursday and saving everything from tomorrow’s forthcoming album releases for the following week, once we’ve had some time to spend with them. Rest assured, though, that the past four days have been chock-full of worthwhile new material on their own, including must-hear new singles from Scandinavian rockers Iceage, Tennessee singer/songwriter Julien Baker (featuring her boygenius bandmates Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus), and Zimbabwe-born, Australia-raised rapper and singer Tkay Maidza. Enjoy our top 10 tracks of the moment below.