Chicago Tribune — With keyboards glimmering and a rhythm section percolating beneath wispy vocals, Maxwell might as well be Sade's American cousin. Like Sade, Maxwell has built a career out of remote sensuality that is vaguely androgynous, exotic, unknowable. And like... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw, who has played with such legendary bands as MERCYFUL FATE, KING DIAMOND, THERION, DIMMU BORGIR, MEMENTO MORI, DREAM EVIL, NOTRE DAME and SABATON, has released a music video for the song "Alcoholocaust". The t... more info

MSN Music — Snoop Dogg reveals on "The Talk" his next wish collaboration. Snoop says, "It would be Sade...I went to her concert, sat in the crowd like a regular fan. I wouldn't go backstage to meet her because I was nervous. The rap icon then divulges, "I me... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Berlin-based artist Adam Byczkowski works under the moniker Better Person, crafting '80s-style lite balladry that hearkens back to Sade and "Careless Whispers"-era Wham. He's spent time in Montreal as well, playing in similar-minded Se... more info

Stereogum — Deantoni Parks is first and foremost a drummer, and he’s provided percussion for artists like John Cale, Sade, the Mars Volta, Flying Lotus, and more. But Technoself is the result of Parks’ focus on how his rhythms manifest in solo work, and he f... more info

Soul Sides — Droop-E: I’m Loaded (2010, Blvck Diamond Life) Late pass. Didn’t realize Droop-E did a mixtape of all Sade samples back in 2010. Lurvin’ this. Feel like he’s been MIA for a minute…what’s Droop been up to?! more info

Stereogum — The London trio HÆLOS, the newest addition to the Matador Records roster, make meditative, sweeping music, drawing on trip-hop and Sade and synthpop without ever fitting into any neat subgenre. To introduce themselves to the world, they’re coverin... more info

Stereogum — A couple of weeks ago, Twin Shadow’s tour bus got into a bad multi-vehicle crash outside Denver. A lot of people were hurt. Frontman George Lewis Jr. had to have reconstructive surgery on his hand, and drummer Andy Bauer remains hospitalized. The b... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this month, Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam and Band Of Horses’ Ben Bridwell announced that they would be releasing a covers album called Sing Into My Mouth. They’ve just shared the first two tracks from the record to coincide with their appeara... more info

The Telegraph — To celebrate Valentine's Day, we pick out the tender top 50 songs of the Eighties, including records by Barry White, George Michael, Sade and Chaka Khan more info