What I'm Listening to This Week: Brittany Howard, Jay Wile, and a Fabolous Song From 2010

The debut solo album from Alabama Shakes frontwoman (and fellow Libra) Brittany Howard is, in a word, genius. The powerhouse vocalist gets real and raw about romance, racism, and the radicalism that is being a queer black woman in America on Jaime, which is named for the sister Howard lost when she was 8 years old.

Standout track: "Stay High," because it's such a charming, wintery love song about smoking weed, and I love the groovy lyrics paired with the twinkly sounds of a xylophone.

Listen now on Spotify.