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ššŖšµš©šŖš¤ is like if James Blake produced a Sade album that was exclusively tracked in a bottomless cavern.
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This week in Five Songs, we've got two anthems for Pride Month, a Must Hear song from a rapper at the intersection of plugg and cloud rap, house music to worry to, and a slice of contemplative synth-pop described as "Frankie Knuckles meets The Boss."
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MXKAās bilingual R&B corridos are the genre mash-up we direly needed.
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Turns out there's more gas left in the tank of ye old Death Cab.
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Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien explains how he uses this specific instrument to conjure sublimely eerie soundscapes: āItās just got the juju"
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There should be an urgency to Vince Staplesā šš³šŗ šš¢š£šŗ, his so-called rock album, but it is consistently dragged down by the tepid music at its core.
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In the wake of her debut album On Everything I Love, Phoenix upstart KJade talks moving to New York, writing through the pain, and graciously bracing herself for what's next
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If the most interesting thing about your song is a gossipy meta-narrative that has nothing to do with the music, you're flopping
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Baton Rouge's Wakai makes melancholic jazz-rap as indebted to 2010s Chicago hip-hop as it is golden-era greats like Tribe. Read our review of his latest:
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Pour one out for NYC musician and friend of the site Doug Shaw, he would have enjoyed this strange and beautiful jazz-house record.
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The second album by Puerto Rican alt star RaiNao has all of the adventurousness and ambition of a classic Bjƶrk album. Read our review of šš¢š³š¤š³šŖš¢Ģ:
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Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcuttās cozy collaborative album is worthy of cult-classic status. Read our review of ššš®š°š“šµ šš¢š¬šŖšÆšØ:
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This week, we've got a futuristic bounce teamup from two legends of modern music, gauzy jazz-rap, yacht rock that sneaks up on you, noise rock gone electro, and a Must Hear banger for Obama's next playlist.
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A concept record about a duckling trying to take down a soul-sucking media conglomerate? Sure, sign us up.
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Invocations of šš©š¦ šš¦š¢š³ notwithstanding, Puerto Rican rapper Ćlvaro DĆaz was smart to frame his new album around an omakase meal. Read our review:
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As a member of Cannibal Ox, Vordul Mega was one of the most adventurous rappers of the 2000sāuntil he all but disappeared. After nearly two decades of struggle, he's back to claim his legacy. Read our profile of the underground icon
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Through his use of 7/8 time on his new record 'Now You Exist,' the Field's Axel Willner has found a new way to grasp at infinity
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āThe unfortunate blessing of his departure is that we can now all go back to loving him as we first found him, without shame, despair, or complication,ā wrote great critic Greg Tate when Michael Jackson died. MJ's estate is capitalizing on that belief with
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Our latest Must Hear is an album of fretless guitar, funky drum machine, rave beats, and Byzantine religious chant by an Orthodox priest in coastal Greece!
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It brings us back to an Obama-era version of Drake, to a time when megalomania could still scan as charming pop-star eccentricity hearingthings.co/the-one-newā¦
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