Ryan Leas

Camae Ayewa is back with the announcement of a new Moor Mother album. It’s called Jazz Codes, and it’s billed as a companion piece to last year’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air. It’s also out in just a few weeks, at the very beginning of July.  » Read More

Earlier this year, the Brazilian artist Sessa announced his Mexican Summer debut, Estrela Acesa. So far he’s shared a couple songs from it, including “Gostar do Mundo” and “Canção da Cura.” Today, he’s back with another one.  » Read More

Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” is the sort of immortal song that seems to have revivals of various types over the years, and somehow still never gets old. It’s been covered a lot over the years, but recently had a whole new pop culture moment thanks to the fourth season of Stranger Things.  » Read More

Well, we made it. The first weekend of Primavera 2022 was a lot, and it’s daunting to think this is just the start — the Ciutat program of club gigs is greatly expanded and will take over Barcelona all week up until Primavera’s second weekend kicks off. Saturday at the first weekend felt like the most crowded and the most densely booked day.  » Read More

Last year, the ambient country group SUSS released a new EP called Night Suite, kicking off a new era after the 2020 album Promise. Today, they’re back with a surprise followup called Heat Haze, billed as the first in a series of 2022 releases.  » Read More

If you read anything online about Primavera 2022, you would’ve mostly found disgruntled responses from festivalgoers after the festival’s surprisingly rocky start — the glorious return of Pavement being a big exception. The festival promised to make improvements for the rest of the weekend, and the second day did feel a little better even if basic functional things —  » Read More

Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants has long been considered a low point in Oasis’ discography — perhaps the absolute nadir. There are some fans who might argue that’s a bit extreme, and I might be one of them. The album almost definitely suffered coming off the band’s insane ’90s run,  » Read More

It’s been a while since we heard from Finnish thrashers Foreseen. After releasing their 2017 album Grave Danger, they returned with a couple songs in late 2019. Now, two and a half years later, they’ve roared back with “Oppression Fetish.”  » Read More

Dave Smith, a pioneer in synthesizers and one of the people who developed MIDI technology, has died. He was 72.  » Read More