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Ed Porter’s at it again with a new batch of singles, just out on his Loverly Music label. He’s forgone the fancy sleeves this time, instead putting all the fancy directly into the records, which come on colored vinyls that clash exquisitely with the colors on the labels. Blue and orange – very nice.

The Satyrs

Loverly’s latest set of four is devoted to introducing new blood to the label, a trend that began when Porter more or less “discovered” the Satyrs by putting out their first single, “Johnny Rebel,” almost two years ago. Their second single comes up in this batch, featuring a haunting pair of songs, the hyper-melancholic “Dying Away” b/w the plaintively persistent “One Philosophy.” They remain a band to watch.

Meanwhile, Megan Reilly aka Lucynell Crater lends her shimmering vocals to two neo-countryish sides, gut-rockers Pisshorse kick off their Loverly debut with the head-pounding “Radioactive Man,” and Jetty Webb round out the lot with a few gentle blasts of ambient jangle.

All four bands will play the songs from their singles and more at the release party, this Friday at the Madison Flame. Show starts at 9 p.m. – Jim Hanas

There were three men who kept the spirit of soulful, romantic R&B alive in the ’80s while goofy one-hit hacks such as Rockwell and DeBarge did whatever the hell it was they did. Those men were Luther Vandross (cool), Teddy Pendergrass (probably the coolest), and my man Jeffrey Osborne, who’ll be at the Mid-South Coliseum Friday with the Gap Band as part of the Southern Heritage Classic weekend. Osborne had a string of ’80s hits that included the prom classic “On The Wings Of Love,” “You Should Be Mine (The Woo Woo Song),” and my favorite “Stay With Me Tonight”. (If you ever see the old Poplar Lounge favorites the Cutouts playing around, beg drummer Robert Hall to play that song; it’s probably the best cover version of a song I’ve ever heard.) Osborne never hit the heights of his two contemporaries, but he made and continues to make great, catchy urban contemporary music. – Mark Jordan