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Unbeknownst to me, trumpeter/producer Christian Scott has been having quite a prolific 2017, set to finish out a trilogy of albums with next month’s The Emancipation Procrastination. I was lukewarm on the new-agey Diaspora, but am digging the fusion of vintage jazz and modern hip hop production on
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After a string of teaser videos whose musical content ran the gamut from hypnagogic pop to avant-folk to modern classical to even black metal, James Ferraro has announced a new album and shared its lead single, “Twilight Pretender.” The album has yet to be detailed, and because James tends to
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Industrial duo Street Sects have a new EP titled Rat Jacket on the way via The Flenser. This lead single isn’t quite as harsh and loud as much of what was on the outfit’s phenomenal debut, End Position, but it’s low-key every bit as tortured. Rat Jacket
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I missed Benjamin Clementine’s latest single while on vacation, but good thing I went back for it because this is some of the London singer-songwriter’s most potent, visceral work yet. “God Save the Jungle” isn’t at all la-di-da like some of the stuff on Benjamin’s (still
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Susanne Sundfør teams up with former Czars frontman John Grant on “Mountaineers,” probably her spaciest track to date – with an amazing ending to boot. It’s the second single from the Norwegian singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Music for People in Trouble, which will be released August 25 via Bella Union.
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Fleet Foxes triumphantly emerge from hiatus with their most progressive effort yet.
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The Mountain Goats’ latest is a gothic-themed concept album, a foray into the world of guitar-less music, and one of the greatest testaments to John Darnielle’s chops as a storyteller.
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For an album inspired by the cosmos, Planetarium is lacking quite a bit in the way of flow and harmony.
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The latest single from Fleet Foxes‘ long-awaited third album receives a strange and cinematic music video. Crack-Up will be released officially (wink) on June 16 via Nonesuch.
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Laura Marling follows up her relatively bold 2015 album Short Movie with an album that’s, more often than not, void of emotion.
