- 26 minutes 55 secondsFatiha El-Ghorri is in Heavn
Heavn by Jamila Woods fuses R&B, Jazz and various other genres including classic indie.
Surely it must appeal to Cure-loving Fatiha!
27 May 2022, 3:30 am - 28 minutes 34 secondsAparna Nancherla & Freetown Sound
Freetown Sound by Blood Orange is such an "immaculate" album that James worries he might burst into tears just talking about it.
Here's hoping Aparna feels the same, otherwise trouble could be afoot.
20 May 2022, 3:30 am - 26 minutes 50 secondsJen Ives & An Escape Into Space
Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping.
Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported.
13 May 2022, 3:30 am - 29 minutes 3 secondsStuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q
James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP.
With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?
6 May 2022, 3:30 am - 28 minutes 41 secondsToussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo
The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?
29 April 2022, 3:30 am - 25 minutes 40 secondsFern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé
Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and described by the artist herself as "a punk Beyoncé".
However, is it enough to impress one of Scotland's finest, Fern Brady?
22 April 2022, 3:30 am - 23 minutes 47 secondsSadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues
Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop.
Labelled by the artist herself as Black Girl Blues, Project Housing Bop or Slaveship Punk, it's an album that demands the listener's full attention.
However, was it enough to hold Sadia Asmat's attention?
15 April 2022, 3:30 am - 29 minutes 35 secondsSara Barron & Emily's D+Evolution
Emily's D+Evolution, a brilliant Jazz-Rock-Funk fusion album by Grammy Award winning Esperanza Spalding, is usually the last thing Sara Barron would listen to.
However, some finely crafted lyrics start to reel her in.
8 April 2022, 3:30 am - 28 minutes 2 secondsNathan Caton & an OST to Nothing
Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016 he released Crystal Machete, a soundtrack to an imagined film.
James and Nathan try to imagine what that film would look like.
1 April 2022, 3:30 am - 28 minutes 33 secondsThanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction
Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and intimate feel that James can't help but relax to it.
However, is it enough to chill '90s R'n'B-loving Thanyia Moore?
25 March 2022, 4:30 am - 29 minutes 10 secondsJayde Adams & Hard Pop Opera
Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a sound so big, it envelopes James and (in his words) makes him feel like a little boy. But is it too big for Jayde Adams to handle?
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