As they prove on the horn-buoyed single “Sugar” (streaming below) from their latest album ‘The Weather Below,’ Brooklyn self-described “hard soul collective” Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds delivers relentless fun. The Catskills-rooted frontwoman Arleigh Kincheloe has said that she enjoys seeing audiences smile, and one can’t help but flush in admiration to the warm soul-funk of such songs as “Sugar.” The septet plays The Bowery Ballroom on 11.7 as part of its current tour. – Zach Weg
