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Albums of the Month: June 2021

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date July 11, 2021
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Genre-bending jazz to chameleon R&B, euphoric nu-disco to Moroccan banjo hypnotica.

Tags Album Review, Athletic Progression, Bunn Debrett Quintet, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Flamingo Pier, Hassan Wargui, Hiatus Kaiyote, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Mndsgn, SAULT, Sven Wunder, The Lounge Society

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Albums of the Month: May 2021

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date June 12, 2021
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Frenetic Saharan rock to raga-jazz, absurdist post-punk to mutant IDM.

Tags Album Review, Black Midi, Czarface & MF DOOM, Isobella Burnham, Jaubi, Mdou Moctar, Mustafa, Penya, Skee Mask, Sons of Kemet, Tony Allen, Trees Speak

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Albums of the Month: April 2021

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date May 8, 2021
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Pakistani ghazal meditations to Malian blues, Swedish psych-folk-jazz to a 70s spaghetti western soundtrack.

Tags Album Review, Alfa Mist, Arooj Aftab, Damon Locks and Black Monument Ensemble, DJ Format, DJINN, Greta Van Fleet, Inkswel, Kaidi Tatham, Samba Touré, Tenderlonious, Whatitdo Archive Group

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Albums of the Month: March 2021

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date April 6, 2021
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Nostalgic Brit-Funk to psychedelic Gnawa, experimental jazztronica to cosmic country rock.

Tags Album Review, El Michels Affair, Electric Jalaba, Emanative, Floating Points, Israel Nash, JAB, Jane Weaver, Liz Elensky, London Symphony Orchestra, Nubiyan Twist, Pharoah Sanders, STR4TA, Throttle Elevator Music, UNKLE

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Albums of the Month: February 2021

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date March 6, 2021
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Groovy Turkish synth-pop to syncretic Somali funk, Indonesian folk metal to a dynastic Afrobeat collab.

Tags 4 Mars, Adrian Younge, Album Review, Altin Gün, Antonio Neves, Calibre, Femi Kuti & Made Kuti, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nana Yamato, Nick Walters & The Paradox Ensemble, Nicola Cruz, Senyawa

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Albums of the Month: January 2021

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date February 4, 2021
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Ethio-Anatolian grooves to melancholic techno, tropicalia dream-pop to Afghan spliced hip-hop beats.

Tags Anatolian Weapons, Arlo Parks, Azmari, Beautify Junkyards, Detlef Weinrich, Emannuelle Parrernin, Farhot, Four Tet, Goat Girl, Isles, Madlib, Menagerie, Nahawa Doumbia, Sitka Sun, Steven Wilson, Still Corners

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Best Albums of 2020

Top 100 LPs.

Tags 2020, Albums

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Albums of the Month: November 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date December 21, 2020
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Pulsating microtonal experiments to Salsapunk, free-flowing raga jazz to electrofunk boogie.

Tags Album Review, Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham, Badge Époque Ensemble, Causa Sui, Contento, Dan Kye, Jahari Massamba Unit, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Linkwood & Other Lands, Sarathy Korwar & UPAJ Collective, Tenderlonious, The Diabolical Liberties

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Albums of the Month: October 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date December 5, 2020
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Dizzying astral jazz to Afro-Venezuelan rhythms, Anatolian rock to French cinematic beats.

Tags Album Review, BaBa ZuLa, Cinephonic, Elfenberg, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Gorillaz, JISR, Raúl Monsalve y los Forajidos, Sun Ra Arkestra, Surprise Chef, Tino Contreras, Trees Speak

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Albums of the Month: September 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date November 2, 2020
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Carnivalesque neo soul to carnatic electronica, psychedelic disco rock to slinky surf funk.

Tags Action Bronson, Album Review, AMMAR 808, Andrew Wasylyk, Byron the Aquarius, Cosmic Vibrations, Dwight Tribe, Gitkin, Mildlife, SAULT, Takuya Kuroda, Theo Parrish