Melaner, 'Banana Split'
Melaner turns up the heat with self-assured lyrics over a delicious discotheque-ready beat.
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Yaeji & OHHYUK, '29'
A song born from sessions intended to break through writer's block, '29' is a perfect blend of the two artists' distinct styles.
Hurray For the Riff Raff, 'Rhododendron'
Alynda Segarra invokes old spirits to carry us beyond our current crises and into a cosmic place of healing.
Starflyer 59's plainspoken words are the window into Jason Martin's old soul
The artist revisits five songs across his extensive discography of heavy shoegaze and dreamy rock and roll, processing life, faith and purpose.
OK, so you're a 'Sellout.' Now what?
In his new book Sellout, writer Dan Ozzi traces a music industry in flux starting in the mid-90s, as punk bands cash in on their cred in exchange for rock stardom and asks, was it all worth it?
Remembering Bernard Haitink, the anti-glamour conductor
Boston-based radio producer Brian Bell remembers Bernard Haitink, and the meticulous approach to music that defined one of the finest conductors of the past half-century.
Ólafur Arnalds, 'Partisans'
"Partisans," a newly unearthed track from Icelandic composer-producer Ólafur Arnalds, is a beautiful and haunting song ready to transport you to another world.
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Fire-Toolz, '[ Maternal ♥ Havening ]'
Black-metal screams and glitched vampiric beats rise to the surface on this effervescent two-minute banger.
Michael Kiwanuka, 'Beautiful Life'
After more than a year and a half of loss, uncertainty and change, Michael Kiwanuka's "Beautiful Life" strikes like an arrow.
Gonzalo Rubalcaba's trio finds that swinging sweet spot on 'Skyline'
The Cuban piano whiz teams up with American jazz greats Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter on a new album. Skyline is three masters enjoying each other's company, with us listeners as lucky eavesdroppers.