Fifty years ago this summer, Sly and the Family Stone were melting down amid a…
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Caipirinha Time: Cool Brazilian Sounds for Summer
If you’re mixing up a cool Brazilian cocktail to keep you from overheating this summer,…
50 (Mostly) Splendid Years of Sparks
Amid the anxieties of recent times as well as potential concerns about the well-being of…
The Stooges’ Fun House at 50
The legend of The Stooges has been documented in every medium possible—books, documentaries, box sets,…
The Sound of Liberation: Free Jazz Jams for Independence Day
What better soundtrack could you have for celebrating Independence Day than the most unbound kind…
How Los Prisioneros’ ‘Corazones’ Became an Electropop Manifesto
Thirty years ago, Chile returned to democracy after being shackled by the dictatorship of General…
P-Funk Sampled: 50 Years of Freeing Minds and Asses
Fifty years ago, in a true-life science-fiction story wilder than anything concocted by an Area…
Kiwi jr.’s Playlist
Toronto-based jangle-punk combo Kiwi jr.’s debut album, Football Money, received a U.S. release in January…
Diet Cig’s Stuck Inside Playlist
What’s This Playlist All About? The self-proclaimed “slop pop” duo out of New York offer…
Tri Angle: The END (2010 – 2020)
It was 2010, and ghosts were everywhere. The previous decade’s electronic innovations were staring down…