Month: June 2020
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Review: MIKE – weight of the world
MIKE's newest record, which addresses the crises of the current moment amid his signature lush beats, might be the New York rapper's most captivating project yet.
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NON-PROFIT MUSIC FOR THE PROTESTS: SAULT – UNTITLED (Black Is)
UNTITLED (Black Is), a double album that’s alternately comforting and exploratory, delivers everything that made SAULT such a sensational discovery.
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NON-PROFIT MUSIC FOR THE PROTESTS: Various Artists – The Blackwashing
Sequenced exquisitely and stacked to the nines with take after take of excellent independent music by Black artists, The Blackwashing does what good art has the capacity to do: provide perspective.
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NON-PROFIT MUSIC FOR THE PROTESTS: Space Afrika – hybtwibt?
Manchester-based dub techno duo Space Afrika confront the insidious elision of Black individualism on the disorienting, phantasmagorical hybtwibt?.
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NON-PROFIT MUSIC FOR THE PROTESTS: Bitch Fits – Invitation to Love
Bitch Fits’ sophomore record, a stellar mixture of heartfelt longing and righteous excoriation, is a huge step up for the Seattle four-piece.
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Season 2 Episode 8: On Auteurs, Anger and Araki (feat. Danny Denial)
Seattle musician and filmmaker Danny Denial talk about his new solo album, and we discuss new queer cinema, music as character in film, and much more!
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Review: Danny Denial – fuck danny denial
Danny Denial’s newest solo record is unlike anything the punk artist has done before, bounding through genre lines and moods with confidence befitting an auteur.
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Solange – A Seat at the Table (2016)
Solange’s career-defining A Seat at the Table provided a safe space for Black healing and strengthening against the enduring force of systemic racism.
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Archie – 613 [EP]
Archie’s 613, her second release, does everything a great pop EP does, focusing on a style while keeping the variety fresh and the quality control tight.
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Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) (2008)
Erykah Badu’s prognosticating New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is perhaps the neo-soul icon's finest moment, as she mixes G-funk, hip-hop and R&B into a an incredibly vivid portrayal of Black resistance.