Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic and beyond. New music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Boldy James, Nicholas Craven, Miles Davis, Tierra Whack, Daniel Lanois, Janus Rasmussen... Janus by Le Grand Sbam on Dur et Doux zeuhl / avant-prog / contemporary classical / art rock ecofeminist, operatic, experimental, zoopunk Where Rivers Meet by Your Brother's Keeper & Gary Bartz on Brownswood Recordings spir

Le 19 juin dernier, le collectif lyonnais Le Grand Sbam a sorti Janus sur le label Dur et Doux. Dix-huit pistes, 23 musiciennes et musiciens-actrices, presque cinquante minutes de musique : ce nouvel album n'est pas un disque qu'on écoute distraitement, c'est une traversée. Composé par Antoine Arnera et écrit avec son frère, le sociologue Thomas Arnera, Janus se présente comme un « opéra Cthulhu » à la fois philo-zoophique, zoopunk et écoféministe. Le projet rend hommage à tr

On June 19th, the Lyon-based collective Le Grand Sbam released Janus on the Dur et Doux label. Eighteen tracks, 23 musician-performers, nearly fifty minutes of music: this isn't a record you put on in the background. It's a journey. Composed by Antoine Arnera and co-written with his brother, sociologist Thomas Arnera, Janus is billed as a "Cthulhu opera" that's philo-zoophic, zoopunk, and ecofeminist all at once. The project pays tribute to three very different figures: scien

Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic and beyond. New music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With KatzPascale, Kelsey Lu, Wiki, YHWH Nailgun... Ancient History by Wiki on Wikset Enterprise underground hip-hop / abstract rap / NYC rap personal, nostalgic, urban, lyrical Bingo! by La Sécurité on Bella Union dance-punk / art punk / no wave / post-punk kinetic, bilingual, jittery, sardonic ELEGY by KatzPascale on

Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic and beyond. New music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Ecca Vandal, aja monet, Ed O'Brien, Lowertown, Little Barrie... the color of rain by aja monet On drink sum wtr jazz poetry / spoken word / spiritual jazz / neo-soul incantatory, political, luminously liquid Blue Morpho by Ed O'Brien On Transgressive psychedelic folk / trip-hop / electronica / jazz transfigured,

Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, jazz, electronic and beyond — new music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With Aldous Harding, Action Bronson, Seu Jorge... Train On The Island by Aldous Harding on 4AD & Flying Nun Records indie folk / chamber folk / art pop oblique, chameleonic, quietly spellbinding Cost of Living Adjustment by Cola on Fire Talk post-punk / art punk / indie rock wired, worldweary, lushly angular Dear Children Of Our

Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic and beyond — new music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With TOMORA, Lucy Liyou, Nine Inch Nails, Sean Solomon... COME CLOSER by TOMORA, AURORA, The Chemical Brothers Electronic / psychedelic / art pop Otherworldly, euphoric, genre-spanning MR COBRA by Lucy Liyou Via Orange Milk Records Free jazz / Musique concrète / experimental pop Visceral, fractured, darkly funny Nine

Another week, another selection of the best new releases across indie, alternative, jazz, electronic and beyond — new music handpicked for open-minded listeners. With My New Band Believe, Squarepusher, Lime Garden... My New Band Believe by My New Band Believe On Rough Trade Records Progressive / chamber folk / avant-folk Hallucinatory, poetic, masterful Wak'a (EP) by Los Thuthanaka Indigenous Andean music meets psychedelic electronica wistful, ceremonial, immersive I Like It,