Ibibio Sound Machine are a soulful, sophisticated phenomenon. PULL THE ROPE is a refreshing new chapter.

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Ibibio Sound Machine's new LP is a #PMPick out today via Merge Records.

Even by Mdou Moctar's high standards, Funeral for Justice is extraordinary. Its music and lyrics are searing, and the messages are essential in 2024.

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Mdou Moctar's new LP is a #PMPick [10/10] out today via Matador Records.

Even by Mdou Moctar's high standards, Funeral for Justice is extraordinary. Its music and lyrics are searing, and the messages are essential in 2024.

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Mdou Moctar's new LP is a #PMPick [10/10] out Friday via Matador Records.

Son of Freedom: Dissident Iranian Rapper Toomaj Salehi

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Dissident Iranian rapper #ToomajSalehi – an heir to the legacies of Persian rap’s founders – carries a torch for #WomenLifeFreedom as death looms. – Whitney S. May #FreeToomaj Masih Alinejad 🏳️

Dave Douglas' recent #jazz work has been highlighted by projects that dare him to write new music for novel musical encounters. His latest GIFTS is a spectacular success.

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Dave Douglas 🧩' GIFTS is a #PMPick out now via Greenleaf Music.

New York Dolls' 'Too Much Too Soon' (1974) Lived Up to Its Title (More or Less)

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The New York Dolls didn’t just play rock and roll. They swung, achieving a groove that set them apart from other rockers at the time and since.

Blundering Blindly in the Corridors of Imagination: An Interview with Paul Auster

Forget everything you think you know about Paul Auster, as with the release of his New York Trilogy manuscripts, the award-winning author talks about typewriters, telephones, and why he doesn't…

Steve Reich's Music Echoes in Jordan Mechner's Graphic Memoir Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family

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Like Steve Reich’s composition Different Trains, Jordan Mechner’s graphic memoir Replay is a work of introspection that looks to history and tragic…

INTERVIEW: Shudder to Think Look Back on 1994's 'Pony Express Record'

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Shudder to Think's 'Pony Express Record' is one of the most enduring releases of the 1990s, evergreen for the very reasons it wasn’t a massive hit upon release.

They Tenderly Scream 'CAMP' and We Lovingly Scream Back

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The Traitors head-band wearing Parvati Shallow and Barbie's head-shaking Ryan Gosling tenderly scream “camp” and enthralled, we lovingly scream back.
– AJ Gold

Earlier, Camera Obscura contrasted their mocking pessimism of adult life with innocence. The group may still be twee, but their sneer has become more of a frown.

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Camera_Obscura_'s 'Look to the East, Look to the West' releases on Friday via…

There are few things more thrilling in music than hearing a band reach another level of mastery of their craft, and Snarls sound positively inspired on 'With Love'.

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SNARLS ⭐️💛's 'With Love' is a #PMPick out Friday via Take This To Heart Records.

'Only God Was Above Us' demonstrates that melodic, clean guitars are welcome but optional and that Vampire Weekend have plenty of other tricks up their sleeves.

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Vampire Weekend's new LP is a #PMPick out now via Columbia Records.

Avant-garde artist and producer Samuel Goff unleashes a fascinating exercise in catharsis on his second solo album, 'This Is My Body, This Is My Blood'.

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#PMPick [9/10] out now via Cacophonous Records. - Chris Ingalls

“Even by Mdou Moctar’s high standards, Funeral for Justice is extraordinary. Its music and lyrics are searing, and the messages are essential in 2024.”
- PopMatters' 10/10 review of Mdou Moctar's 'Funeral for Justice,' out this Friday: popmatters.com/mdou-moctar-fu…
#FuneralforJustice

INTERVIEW: Shudder to Think Look Back on 1994's 'Pony Express Record'

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Shudder to Think's 'Pony Express Record' is one of the most enduring releases of the 1990s, evergreen for the very reasons it wasn’t a massive hit upon release.

Parisian dance duo Justice's first album in eight years might not bottle the same lightning as their debut, but it’s still got enough charge for a wild night out.

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Justice's HYPERDRAMA is out now via ED BANGER RECORDS and Because Music.

Indie pop's Call Me Spinster possess rock-solid songwriting. Regardless of genre, they have a strong command of melody and an ear for intriguing arrangements.

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POTHOLES is out now via Strolling Bones Records.

'Once We Had a Home' records vocal expressions of pain, love, and life at Kutupalong, bringing #Rohingya refugee experiences into its audiences’ aural consciousnesses.

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#PMPick out now. - adriane