First Listen: Orchestra Baobab, 'Tribute to Ndiouga Dieng'
One of West Africa's most charming bands is back — again. Stream Baobob's reunion album before its release next week.
Music Reviews
TIGERS JAW, After Shakeup, Announces New Record And Shares New Song 'Guardian'
Three years since Charmer, the mellow indie-rock band returns with a jangly single on a brand new label.
On 'Fantasies,' Mozart and Schumann Shimmer In The Shadows
Piotr Anderszewski is one of the most revered pianists today, and one of the most delightfully unpredictable. His new album links composers with a direct line from brainstorm to masterpiece.
Hear Emo Torchbearer Football, etc.'s Meditation On A Turbulent Relationship, 'Save'
It's spring! A time for renewal and flowers and sunshine and... sadness, if Football, etc. has anything to do with it.
Songs We Love: Perfume Genius, 'Slip Away'
Defiance is exhausting. Mike Hadreas' cosmically expansive, baroque declaration of love also acts as a protest song, depicting his lover as a godlike being who sustains his spirit.
Songs We Love: Witch Prophet, 'Listen (Feat. Lucas Silveira)'
Choose your own dosage, but Witch Prophet's woozy R&B song for healing is meant to be put on repeat.
First Listen: Shawty Lo, 'R.I.C.O.'
When the Atlanta rapper died in a tragic car accident last September, his untimely passing felt like the death of old Atlanta. On R.I.C.O., he resurrects it with an autobiographical portrait.
Songs We Love: Yves Tumor, 'Limerence'
The ambient musician's contribution to the Mono No Aware compilation is a lucid view to the center of a long-gone love.
Yotam Silberstein's Painstaking Passion Shines On 'The Village'
After leaving a successful career in Israel to earn his place in New York's jazz scene, the guitarist proudly bears the fruit of his labor on his first self-produced album.
Sxip Shirey's 'Bottle of Whiskey' Is A 21st-Century Music Creation
Shirey mixes dry vocals with multi-instrumentalist stylings on his new album. Critic Milo Miles says A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees is an original and engaging work.