Sick Pick of the Week // "Softly Draining Seas" by Jamie Isaac

Jamie Isaac is an extremely talented 

18 year old from the UK who has been creating James Blake type tracks with the obvious influence and 

help from King Krule.  On "Softly Draining Seas" he collaborated with 

King Krule and this can easily 

be heard from a mix of elaborate 

chords and underlining simplicity to 

the song as a whole.  This track is beautiful and moves with the aid of simple claps and snaps along with 

a dreamy reverb filled piano part.  Do yourself a favor and listen to this track.

Check out his Facebook page here: Official Jamie Isaac Facebook Page
Listen via soundcloud:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. - Patterns EP

The Detroit based duo have done it again with the release of their newest EP, Patterns.  The four songs 

make it hard to resist the urge to get your groove on the dance floor or wherever you might be.  Patterns 

was released today (April 16th) at the affordable price of $3.99.  Their EP has been climbing the charts 

at a pretty quick pace and should be somewhere around the top later this month.  Make sure to support 

these bros and click the purchase button on itunes are wherever else you are sharing the love.

Stream "Taxi Cab" by Alan Brooks // Alan Brooks Album "Alibi" Due To Drop April 19th

Introducing Cleveland native Alan Brooks, a singer/songwriter slated for his first local release. Brooks’ first EP “Getting from A to B” came out on the heels of his stay in Chicago, and now after working to get established in Ohio’s music community for the past year he’s ready to share his second group of tracks titled “Alibi”. Brooks is a bit of a departure from the more familiar folk formulas. Inspired by more soul oriented artist like John Legend he layers his vocals over guitar riffs reminiscent of Thelonious Monk’s irregular Jazz rhythms.
In contrast to A to B, which features full band compositions of city life scenes, “Alibi” are stripped down solo sketches that contemplate a more cynical perspective. Don’t mistake simplicity to mean low quality. Engineered by Jake Fader, of afro-beat favorites Mifune and Kokolo, the tracks were recorded “one take” style live in the studio. The bare bones method lets the listener hear every dynamic change of Alan’s voice and feel all dissonance of the frequent chord changes.
Alan says, “I wanted to switch things up with a live approach to the production. I think that it will give people a totally different energy to my music that a lot of classic records have.”
“Alibi” is scheduled to come out in April. You can find Brooks in the area supporting touring acts and sharing the stage with local bands. The release show will be April 19th at Uncorked in Akron with Dave Hammer and Morgan Mecaskey.

Get an a preview of "Taxi Cab" by Alan Brooks via soudcloud: