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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

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Albums of the Month: August 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date September 4, 2020
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Quirky Pinoy soul to eerie hip-hop beats, afro spiritual jazz to retro garage blues.

Tags Album Review, Ashraf Sharif Khan & Viktor Marek, Blues Pills, Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids, Kelly Lee Owens, Marlowe, Monzanta Sound, Nubya Garcia, Oscar Jerome, Tenderlonious, The Gaslamp Killer, Vex Ruffin

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Albums of the Month: July 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date August 2, 2020
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West coast jazz-rap to intergalactic funk, tribal psychedelic explorations to meditative percussive trance.

Tags Album Review, Blu & Exile, GNOD & João Pais Filipe, Greg Foat, Kamaal Williams, Keleketa!, Kutiman, Lightning Orchestra, Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience, Protomartyr, Shiniche Artobe, Tensei

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Albums of the Month: June 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date July 1, 2020
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Djibouti funk to Zanzibari Taarab,
Interstellar jazz breaks to Ugandan techno.

Tags Album Review, Bananagun, Group RTD, Khruangbin, Likwid Continual Space Motion, Nihiloxica, Run The Jewels, SAULT, Siti Muharam, Skinshape, Tenderlonious

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Albums of the Month: May 2020

Post author By Amar Diwakar
Post date June 2, 2020
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Funky Detroit house to Eletronic Gnawa; Japanese lo-fi soul to Ghanian Roots Reggae.

Tags Chip Wickham, Chouk Bwa & The Ångströmers, Hania Rani, Isayahh Wuddha, Moodymann, Peaking Lights, Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl, The New Mastersounds, Y-Bayani & Baby Naa