Life is complicated and busy. Did you notice? Keeping up with the music, movies and books that fed your youthful imagination and conversations is harder than ever, but even more important. Here's the good news: there's never been more great new stuff. The challenge is to find it.

So here are my highly opinionated views on sounds, sights and words that will help you keep it fresh and real, and links to the veins where the richest motherlodes can be found.

Feed your head.
- JumpingFlashJack

Sunday, March 10, 2013

The Rhye-light Zone





Rhye
Woman








Submitted for your consideration:  A dreamy, musical world that percolates with a Sade feel, which is to say, tinged with melancholy and ache, but somehow makes you happy.  A high, clear vocal presence that confuses you with gender references until you learn it's actually a guy, Mike Milosh, who possesses a beautiful countertenor.  An album cover that celebrates the beauty of the female form with a a grace that Mapplethorpe would admire.  Musical influences that build a completely contemporary chill-wave soundscape:  Golden Years-era Bowie, Bare Trees-vintage Fleetwood Mac, all with a Gamble & Huff gloss.  Welcome to the Rhye-light Zone. You'll be wanting to stay a while.




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