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Tracks of the Week 23.04.22

Tracks of the Week
This week the Preston piledriver Blackhaine returns alongside his longtime collaborator Rainy Miller, building upon the inner-city ambiances and broken-drill tectonics of their debut record Armour as well as the lurid hotel trysts and paranoid club breakdowns of last year's scabrous extended play And Salford Falls Apart. Zola Jesus lays bare the spittled wounds and stormy heartaches of desire,...

Tracks of the Week 16.04.22

Tracks of the Week
Described as an experiment in immediacy, back in 2020 the Portland-based label Sahel Sounds doubled down on its commitment to the music of the Southern Sahara with its searing blend of psychedelic jams, crackling choral textures, roiling dub rhythms, and boisterous desert blues. Familiar faces like Etran de L'Aïr and the Nigerien techno pioneer Hama plus newcomers from Bounaly...

Tracks of the Week 26.02.22

Tracks of the Week
As shelling roils the northeastern city of Kharkiv and tanks continue to close in on the Ukrainian capital, one of the clearest achievements of Vladimir Putin and his cronies to date has been to cut Russia off from diplomatic channels, financial markets, and so many other aspects of contemporary metropolitan life as to have stoked fears over the falling...