Staff Picks

Discover the songs spinning on repeat in our writers’ brains with to-the-minute staff picks—one-line reviews of new sounds and old favorites alike.

Broadcast

Broadcast

Staff Picks

BBC Maida Vale Sessions (Warp Records). Review by James Mann.

Tom Tom Club

Tom Tom Club

Staff Picks

The Good The Bad and the Funky (Nacional). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Falkner Evans

Falkner Evans

Staff Picks

Invisible Words (Consolidated Artists Publications). Review by Bob Pomeroy.

Palberta

Palberta

Staff Picks

Palberta5000 (Wharf Cat). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Fountain

Fountain

Staff Picks

Dir: Nik Fackler (Hulu). Review by Phil Bailey.

Los Lobos

Los Lobos

Staff Picks

Native Sons (New West). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Hearty Har

Hearty Har

Staff Picks

Radio Astro (BMG). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

black midi

black midi

Staff Picks

Covercade (Rough Trade). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

The Routes

The Routes

Staff Picks

Mesmerised (Action Weekend). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

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