Stage Buzz: AM & Shawn Lee
Itβs hard to say whether soulful duo AM & Shawn Leeβs delightful new synth-pop album, La Musique Numerique (well, thatβs one of the things it is), picks up where 2011βs Celestial Electric left off or leaves off where Celestial Electric picked up. There is, after all, a chronology-discouraging, time-traveler ambience to Leeβs electronic exploration of the music of the spheres in general and his attraction to its most AM-friendly hooks in particular. Thatβs βAM,β by the way, as in βradio.β Programmed back-to-back, βTwo Timesβ and the cover of βSteppinβ Outβ practically beg Alan Parsons to roll over and tell Joe Jackson the news. But Leeβs soundscapes are just as friendly to AM the singer, whose easygoing vocals redefine βairyβ with a grace thatβs every bit as non-daft as it is non-punk. (Friday@Schubas.)
β Arsenio Orteza
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