Album Reviews
- French Montana
Jungle Rules
With features from Future, Quavo, Young Thug, and T.I., French Montana returns newly motivated with his sophomore album, which acts as a funnel for everyone’s strongest qualities but his own.
- SQÜRL
EP #260
With his band SQÜRL, the legendary filmmaker Jim Jarmusch makes drone-oriented music that’s more about texture than motion. Their latest EP is uniquely physical.
- Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline
In a collection of unreleased and rarely heard recordings, the French electronic music pioneer displays his mastery of an early proto-synthesizer.
- Art Feynman
Blast Off Through the Wicker
Here We Go Magic frontman Luke Temple’s new project is his most cohesive yet. As Art Feynman, he emerges as a cool purveyor of dub-kraut.
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- Japanese Breakfast
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Inspired by the cosmos, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner addresses life on Earth. Her voice shines over melancholic arrangements, evoking Pacific Northwest indie rock as much as shoegaze.
- Mura Masa
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- Coca Leaf
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