Shamir Finds His Disco-Pop Voice on 'Ratchet'

One of last year's best new discoveries was a confident debut single called "If It Wasn't True" that sounded straight out of the DFA laboratory. The artist behind this delicious piece of bedroom-bred disco-house-pop was a young, fresh fellow by the name of simply Shamir (née Baily) from the untapped region of North Las Vegas. There was a homemade modesty to the track's minimal, lo-fi production, but the reason why Shamir turned so many heads was because of his inimitable voice that has a register as high as the sky.   "I always loved to sing, but it wasn't until recently, after all of...