world music
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Natalia Lafourcade and Los Macorinos explore the wide world of Latin American folk music with a generous tracklist of quality originals and creative revisions on Musas Vol. 2.
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Tanami by Tunnelvisions Dutch production duo Tunnelvisions come through with sprawling, psychedelic, and vaguely exotic breed of house music that I’m digging a lot. Looking forward to whatever else they’re slated to drop later in the year.
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Colombian supergroup Ondatrópica continues to fuse genres from across South America on their sophomore album.
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We’re thrilled to premiere this video from cumbia supergroup Ondatrópica performing “Descarga Trópica,” a choice cut from its fantastic first album. The band is currently trying to fund a second volume of music and we strongly encourage you to consider donating to its Indiegogo campaign – lots of money needed
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Chimurenga Renaissance is the side-project of Shabazz Palaces’ Tendai Maraire. While world music certainly informs the music of Shabazz Palaces, it has an even heavier vibe in Maraire’s solo work. Above, check out the lead single from Chimurenga Renaissance’s forthcoming debut LP riZe vadZimu riZe, “The B.A.
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Tune-Yards’ sophomore LP, for some, will be a true exercise in patience. Merrill Garbus’ vocals can be a serious strain on the ears, and the amount of instrumentation she’s packed into this album borders on migraine-inducing. But all of this album’s quirks can easily become strengths on the
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New EP of shimmering, tropical pop with a huge influence coming from the sound of modern psychedelia. Maybe we’ll call it “tripical” music. Too much? The band is Lord Huron. They’re from L.A., and the cover above is for their new EP, Mighty. The title track is
