Tracks of the Week 16.07.22
Inspired by a diverse array of influences, from the trippy beats and lush strings of Bonobo, Ólafur Arnalds, and Moses Sumney to the apocalyptic explorations and post-bop meditations of Shabaka and the...
Tracks of the Week 02.04.22
In early March the composer Hania Rani settled down by the piano and dwelt on the overwhelming turmoil of events in Ukraine, finding under her fingertips a portrait of grief in the...
Tracks of the Week 22.05.21
Collaboration is the key word this week, as Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen light one up on an irresistible duet. Danny Brown leads the Bruiser Brigade alongside Bruiser Wolf, J.U.S, Fat...
Tracks of the Week 24.04.21
On her third album Vulture Prince, the Brooklyn-based Pakistani artist Arooj Aftab draws from Sufi devotionals and odes to separation and unrequited love, stretching out over a sound palette that encompasses the...
Tracks of the Week 29.08.20
Triplets, quartets, and quintets give this week’s selection of tracks a fuller figure, as Disclosure, Kehlani, and Syd team up for ‘Birthday’, Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, SAINt JHN, and WizKid provide the background...
Tracks of the Week 01.08.20
In a world that teeters on the brink of exhaustion, Koffee strains to withstand all the pressure, Brandy and Alanis Morissette precariously balance hunger and heartache with lack of sleep, while even...
Tracks of the Week 18.07.20
More tracks than you can shake a stick at or get through listening in time for next week, from the continent-spanning crime dramas of the London grime artist Ghetts, to the open...
Tracks of the Week 05.10.19
A ballet score from Sufjan Stevens. From Angel Olsen’s chimerical new album All Mirrors a vaporous swelt. With Blood Orange on the penultimate track of uknowhatimsayin¿, Danny Brown tries to find his...
Tracks of the Week 14.09.19
Lo a lark, which gracefully flutters, and hovers then plummets and swallows and soars, here sustained by swelling strings and in the adopted form of Angel Olsen, most melodious from All Mirrors...