{"id":34389,"date":"2015-06-19T16:51:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T21:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=34389"},"modified":"2015-09-02T11:38:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T16:38:48","slug":"shamir-ratchet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/06\/19\/shamir-ratchet\/","title":{"rendered":"Shamir: Ratchet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-34390\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shamir-artwork-750-1-300x3001.jpg\" alt=\"shamir-artwork-750-1-300x3001\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shamir-artwork-750-1-300x3001.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shamir-artwork-750-1-300x3001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shamir-artwork-750-1-300x3001-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ratchet is the debut album of Las Vegas native Shamir Bailey. With a somewhat androgynous voice, Shamir is probably the most unique vocalist right now, which is part of what makes Ratchet so unique in this very modern blend of disco &amp; house.<br \/>\nAt first glance, most tracks seem like your standard dance-pop fair, until one delves into the lyrics. Ratchet is to some extent Shamir&#8217;s account of growing up in Las Vegas. The premier track, titled &#8216;Las Vegas&#8217;, tells us that the &#8216;city of sin&#8217; may not be as accepting of certain behaviors as one might think given its reputation. My personal favorite, &#8216;On a Regular&#8217; tells the story of how Shamir got involved in music in a very confrontational way.<br \/>\nThe other shining star on this album is the production. None of the synths sound out of place, they make the perfect partner to Shamir&#8217;s distinct vocals.<br \/>\nBarring FCC violations, there&#8217;s nothing on Ratchet unworthy of radio play. Enjoy.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Prince, Michael Jackson<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 4 (Call It Off), 5 (Hot Mess), 6 (Demon), all<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 3 (On The Regular)<br \/>\nWritten by Andy Fiala on 06\/17\/2015 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socially conscious blend of disco &amp; house from Las Vegas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1607,"featured_media":34390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3230,181],"tags":[3139,3138,3137,3136],"class_list":["post-34389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-disco","tag-house","tag-ratchet","tag-shamir"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/shamir-artwork-750-1-300x3001.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}