Mitski - Laurel HellWe dont typically look to pop albums to answer our cultural moment, let alone to meet the soul hunger left in the wake of global catastrophe. But occasionally, an artist proves the form more malleable and capacious than we knew. With Laurel Hell, Mitski cements her reputation as an artist in possession of such power capable of using her talent to perform the alchemy that turns our most savage and alienated experiences into the very elixir that cures

Easy Life release their much-anticipated debut album Life’s a Beach on Island Records

studied guitar under Hideaki Tsumura (aka Kamekichi Tsumura) and performs regularly in Tokyo

Maybe Someday/Maybe Never - Dennis Stoner

The greatness of the Art Ensemble has always been the shared commitment of its original members to the total realm of African diasporic music: what they have long-termed “Great Black Music — Ancient to the Future”

Insanely cathcy pop punk blasts from outer space featuring Alex Alex Wall Of Bleeding Knees Club

pressed on heavyweight audiophile vinyl

“and hearing my voice with Jonsi's is one of the joys of my life

levity comes

The music swerves from the open-road manifesto of The Great Highway

his lyrics poetic yet slightly self-mocking

The band's 10th studio album

More recent comparisons would include Beak> and Ghost Box