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2019: Second Quarter Favorites
25 incredible releases from the last three months
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In Memoriam: David Berman
We pay tribute to the Silver Jews and Purple Mountains artist
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Félicia Atkinson
The multidisciplinary artist and Shelter Press proprietor talks polyphony, pregnancy, and pizza ahead of new album “The Flower and the Vessel”
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Favorite Rap Mixtapes of June 2019
From Octavian & Valee to Blackfist & 70th Street Carlos
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Max Jaffe
The experimental drummer talks Sensory Percussion technology, electronics, and new album “Giant Beat”
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Eartheater announces new mixtape (“Trinity”) + new single (“High Tide”) + new label (Chemical X)
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High Llamas’ Sean O’ Hagan prepares first solo album in nearly 30 years on Drag City
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W00dy to release new album “My Diary” next month
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Ambient kingpin Chihei Hatakeyama returns with “Forgotten Hill” on Room40
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Velf returns with new album “in a sense” on Orange Milk
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In Memoriam: David Berman
We pay tribute to the Silver Jews and Purple Mountains artist
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Favorite Rap Mixtapes of July 2019
From Pollàri & Yung Bans to Maxo Kream & Master Holy
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Earthen Sea
Jacob Long talks new album “Grass and Trees” on Kranky
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It is raining for the whole day
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Songs about saying goodbye
In Case You Missed It
Features
Cruel Diagonals
Megan Mitchell talks vocal lessons, accidental field recordings, and marginalized voices in music
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Acronym & Kali Malone
The Torrid Eye
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bod [包家巷]
The Recurrence of Infections [复发感染]
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Various Artists: Wild Flesh Productions
Various Artists
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Beth Gibbons / Krzysztof Penderecki
Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)
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