Alt.Latino Playlist: Story Telling And Time Traveling
Dizzying bilingual couplets coalesce with a shoegazey challenge of toxic machismo on this week's Alt.Latino playlist.
New Music
Review: On 'The Slow Rush,' Tame Impala Masks Inner Turmoil With Sonic Euphoria
Kevin Parker's fourth album as the leader of Australian rock band Tame Impala comes after a five-year gap. It's music that comes wrapped in its own bubble, far from the cascading miseries on the news.
Watch The First Entry To The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest
The Tiny Desk Contest is accepting entries through March 30. Anaís Azul submitted the first 2020 Contest entry: a bilingual ballad that celebrates showing up for all parts of oneself.
Viking's Choice: Calypso Help, Glacial Ambient, Youth Crew Hardcore
It's not too late for music resolutions, right? Lord Invader kicks off this year's calypso habit, plus hear new music from Richard Skelton, Initiate and the Chicago Underground Quartet.
Coriky, Ian MacKaye's New Band With Joe Lally And Amy Farina, Announces Debut Album
The self-titled album from Coriky — featuring members of Fugazi, The Evens and The Warmers, and sounding like the best of all three — comes out March 27.
Heat Check: Going All Out
The slow asphyxiation of heartache. The deep resonance of bravado. Heat Check's playlist returns with Victoria Monét, Denzel Curry and Kayla Steen.
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit Announce New Album, Release 'Be Afraid'
His band will release Reunions on May 15. On the first single, Isbell pointedly criticizes artists for not speaking their minds more forcefully.
Stream Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram's Scorching Kiss-Off, 'Empty Promises'
The young blues-guitar wonder shares an emotionally raw new song ahead of Valentine's Day.
Busy Friday, But Is It Good? Looking At New Releases From Bieber, Carly Rae And More
The end of the workweek always brings with it a lot of music, but for whatever reason today is particularly jam-packed, with releases from Carly Rae Jepsen, Lil Nas X, David Bowie and many others.
We'll Soon Be Able To Stream Nina Simone's Late-Career Rarity 'Fodder On My Wings'
The album, recorded in 1982 after Simone had relocated to France, captures the legendary artist reinvigorated and exploratory.