Tracks of the Week 17.02.24

For the follow-up to her Grammy-nominated debut album Fanm d’Ayiti, a celebration of the unheralded female singers of Haiti which was recited and performed in collaboration with Spektral Quartet, the Haitian American...

Tracks of the Week 25.07.20

Invigorating new albums from Jessy Lanza, Jon Hassell, Flo Milli, katie dey, Skullcrusher, and Shirley Collins, palate cleansers from Prophet, METZ, and Fools, and a protest song from Bill Callahan help shape...

Tracks of the Week 04.04.20

On ‘Dear April’ swaddled by acoustics Frank Ocean makes do and mends, patching over and replenishing the ceaseless ruptures of the heart. On ‘M’errouh’ Emel Mathlouthi issues urgencies swept straight from the...

Tracks of the Week 11.01.20

The new year arrives brimming and bristling with good intentions, which means a barrage of new music, with tracks by Moses Sumney, Chromatics, Richard Dawson, Elley Duhé, Tame Impala, Knxwledge, and Amindi...

Cultureteca 02.08.15

This week’s Cultureteca views Ronda Rousey in Rio, and some of the curious overlaps between today’s UFC and WWE; a week’s worth of rap, featuring an album announcement by Dr. Dre, a new...