By KEXP for KEXP

Each week, Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder (joined this week by Albina Cabrera, Latin Partnerships and Editorial Manager and co-host of El Sonido) share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP’s rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Angélique Kidjo, TV Star, Another Taste, and more. 

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Madame Gandhi – Love Letters from Brooklyn (Gender Amplified)

The latest EP from Oakland-based artist and activist Madame Gandhi (aka Kiran Gandhi, former drummer for M.I.A.) is a touching set of warm, organic, tender R&B-pop. With its creation stemming from a women-led three-day songwriting camp at Hyperballad Music in Brooklyn, Love Letters from Brooklyn lyrically explores themes of queer love, intimacy, and partnership and is dedicated to Gandhi’s four-year-long-distance partner, gold-medalist boxer Lesley Sackey. –AR