Gloss Buzz: What We’re Listening to Right Now

LIONESS: Hidden Treasures
By Amy Winehouse
A new album of recordings by the late soul singer Amy Winehouse, this album contain 12 songs  – previously unreleased tracks, alternative versions of existing hits and brand new songs  – recorded by the beehive-wearing singer who died at her London home on July 23. The label said Winehouse’s longtime musical partners Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi had spent time since her death listening to recordings of the singer, who many said never sang or played a song the same way twice.

We are Nothing
By Radical Something

We recently got introduced to Radical Something, and it was instant attraction: This two-piece collaboration of rapper Loggy and singer Josh Cocktail creates an intoxicating summertime blend reminding us of Shwayze and Cisco Adler. An acoustic, carefree vibe permeates this album – one that you’ll find you come back to time and again.

Mylo Xyloto
By Coldplay

Just as the album art was inspired by the work of New York graffiti artists of the 1970’s, “Mylo Xyloto” takes its cue from the sense of freedom those artists embodied. Songs like the frenetic “Hurts Like Heaven” and “Major Minus” contrast sharply with the delicate “Us Against The World,” and the shimmering singles “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” and “Paradise.” The track “Princess of China” features vocals by Rihanna. Markus Dravs, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson produced “Mylo Xyloto”, with enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno. “Like 2008′s horizon-broadening ‘Viva La Vida,’ ‘Mylo Xyloto’ draws from an expansive palette,” said SPIN while ROLLING STONE praised it as Coldplay’s “most ambitious yet…a bear-hug record for a bear-market world.” We love it – you’ll be surprised how many tracks on this album stay in your head hours after you give your last listen.

Long Live the King EP
By The Decemberists

The Decemberists released this EP of b-sides as a companion piece to their LP “The King Is Dead.” The 6-song EP features outtakes from “The King Is Dead” recording sessions at Pendarvis Farm including “E. Watson” (with backing vocals from Laura Veirs and Annalisa Tornfelt), the horn-drenched “Sonnet,” and a cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Row Jimmy”, as well as the home demo “I 4 U & U 4 Me.” Can you own one without the other? Absolutely – but if you are like us, you won’t want to.