This week’s staff playlist pulls from oblique singer-songwriters and a commercial pop figure, highlighting a listening week that refuses to sit still.
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This week’s staff playlist pulls from oblique singer-songwriters and a commercial pop figure, highlighting a listening week that refuses to sit still.
The Chicago hot dog stand famous for late-night verbal abuse has a quieter practice: touring musicians and comedians don’t pay for their meal.
The album pulls from Krautrock and motorik traditions without ever feeling like a study exercise.
The Raymond & Brown Tour hits Mercedes-Benz Stadium this November with two instantly sold-out shows and a third date already near capacity. Atlanta’s response to Usher’s hometown return left little room for anyone who hesitated.
After retreating from the music industry, Lolo Zouaï returns with a multi-lingual album that faces loss and grief head-on.
An investigation by The Glasgow Bell has identified Kieran Wells as a serial scam promoter who recruits DJs for fake line-ups, then extracts money and labour before the dates fall apart.
Séamus McLean Ross steps into the spotlight in California Schemin, a film that revisits the improbable true story of two Scottish friends who fooled the early 00s rap scene.
The soft synth market is enormous and expensive, but the instruments already bundled with your recording software often hold more sonic weight than anything you can buy.
The UK production duo return with a record that blends global disco traditions and live instrumentation, ahead of a May 1 release.
The London artist’s debut EP turns field recordings from an 80-kilometer hike along the Welsh border into songs that feel both ancient and rootless. Out now on Practise Music.
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