Every day, Dave Segal sifts through the hundreds of tracks that bombard his inbox. On a biweekly basis, he tells you about the two artists whose music most impressed him. This time, Seattle transplant and singer-songwriter Evelyn Frances delivers harrowing art-pop songs about 21st-century NYC life and drummer-producer Kassa Overall jazzes up some ’90s hip-hop classics, including Digable Planets’ “Rebirth of Slick.”
Evelyn Frances, “Hold Yourself Together” (self-released)
Seattle-via-NYC singer-songwriter Evelyn Frances made a powerful first impression on me when she opened for experimental-electronic duo Matmos last year at Here-After. Singing like a woman pushed to extremes to retain a semblance of calm while under severe urban pressure, she