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Helado Negro delivers the intergalactic courtship “Gemini and Leo”, announces new album

Rob HJune 22, 2021

Roberto Carlos Lange aka Helado Negro has announced he will release a new album called Far In on October 22 through 4AD. It's his first for the label, but seve...

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Tkay Maidza is soft and susceptible on “Cashmere”, announces new mini-album

Rob HJune 8, 2021

Australia-based Zimbabwean rapper Tkay Maidza had a breakthrough last year with Last Year Was Weird, Vol. 2, but she's not done with the weirdness just yet: La...

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Interview: Erika de Casier on 2Pac, alter-egos, and her new album Sensational

Ethan ReisMay 21, 2021

Sometimes an album comes out of nowhere and blows your mind. Such was the impact of Erika de Casier’s self-released Essentials, a mix of dreamy 90s nostalgia a...

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Erika de Casier lays out the necessities to be her partner on “Polite”, announces album

Rob HApril 13, 2021

Danish purveyor of stylish future pop Erika de Casier has announced her new album: it's called Sensational and comes out on May 21 through 4AD. She's also shar...

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Tkay Maidza returns with raucous energy by way of “Syrup”

Chase McMullenApril 8, 2021

Tkay Maidza didn't come to play. She doesn't even have the time for it. The Zimbabwe-born, Australia-raised artist continues to rise on the back of a recent sl...

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Album Review: Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg

Tim SentzApril 6, 2021

Forging a new path down the post-punk trail, London’s Dry Cleaning aren’t too concerned about whether their music is easy on the ears or not. The foursome use ...

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Album Review: Tune-Yards – sketchy.

Jeremy J. FisetteApril 1, 2021

Alongside the liner notes included with the vinyl edition of Merrill Garbus’s 2009 debut album as Tune-Yards, Bird-Brains, there’s a little card that reads (a...

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Dry Cleaning offer another brilliantly sardonic single, “Unsmart Lady”

Rob HMarch 30, 2021

London masters of self-inflicting snark Dry Cleaning are releasing their debut album New Long Leg this Friday, April 2. We've already heard "Scratchcard Lanyar...

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Erika de Casier gives in to her theatrical tendencies on the slinky “Drama”

Rob HMarch 2, 2021

Copenhagen artist Erika de Casier has shared a new song called "Drama", which follows up last year's "No Butterflies, No Nothing". Describing the inspiration f...

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Dry Cleaning deliver the creeping groove “Strong Feelings” and announce debut album

Rob HFebruary 9, 2021

London quartet Dry Cleaning have followed up last year's firecracker single "Scratchcard Lanyard" with the news of their debut album: it's called New Long Leg ...

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