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Albums of the Week (Issue #12) January 25th, 2026 - January 31st, 2026 1) Lole y Manuel - Nuevo Día      Flamenco Nuevo - 1975      A bold, contemporary approach to flamenco. Also the rare time a flamenco song is sung in Arabic. Poetic lyricism and great control in rhythm and pacing. 2) Manuel Göttsching - Ash Ra Tempel VI: Inventions for Electric Guitar      Progressive Electronic - 1975      A record that mainly relies on two long instrumental pieces that slowly build over time. With its building wall of noise and rhythm, Göttsching produces something glorious and hypnotic at the end of each side on this album. 3) Thanasis Papakonstantinou - Βραχνός προφήτης [Vrachnos Prophitis]      Entechna - 2000      This album, hailing from Greece, combines Greek popular music with experimental rock, sometimes to surprising results. Keep your ears peeled for the fifth track on this album, especially for it...

Albums of the Week (Issue #11) January 18th, 2026 - January 24th, 2026 1) Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin'      Hard Bop - 1958      Sonny Clark's 1958 record is proof of Clark's genius and his short-lived career cut short by a sudden death. With a deeper focus in the grooves and improvisational aspect of bop, Sonny Clark and his band comes to life in this brilliant cult classic. 2) Betty Davis - They Say I'm Different      Funk - 1974      With her controversial performance style and sexually charged lyricism, Betty Davis delivers an uncompromising collection of funk music . Davis's album features an amazing rhythm section with a dirty bass sound and Davis's vocals barge through speakers with attitude and pure funk rawness. 3) The Gun Club - Fire of Love      Punk Blues - 1981     An interesting mashup of punk rock with blues influence, The Gun Club shook the alternative music scene with startling firepowe...

Albums of the Week (Issue #10) January 11th, 2026 - January 17th, 2026 1)  Contortions - Buy      Dance-Punk - 1979      Coming from the height of the No Wave movement, Contortions find their next step in dance-punk grooves. Ugly yet danceable, funky yet angry, and fresh yet raw. An album that bridges the experimental, anxious styles of No Wave with the mainstream elements of disco and dance music. 2) Linton Kwesi Johnson - Bass Culture      Dub Poetry - 1980      Johnson achieves an otherworldly, hypnotic feel to his album while exploring politics through reggae music. Not only is there amazing bass lines but also great poetry to be discovered in the lyrics of this masterful album. 3)  Księżyc -  Księżyc      Avant-Folk - 1996      Deeply unsettling, this Polish record uses sparse instrumentation and heavenly vocals. The musical listening experience is equivalent to a p...

Albums of the Week (Issue #9) January 4th, 2025 - January 10th, 2025 1)  K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat -  Javanese Court Gamelan From the Pura Paku Alaman, Jogyakarta     Javanese Gamelan - 1971     This is a stunning selection of music using the gamelan, which is primarily made of percussion instruments and vocals. As an ensemble group, the gamelan players create a mesmerizing drone style soundtrack that bathes listeners into long, uninterrupted flows of otherworldly sounds. 2) Fairuz -  وحدن  ( Wahdon )      Mūsīqā lubnāniyya - 1979     From one of the most iconic Arabic singers in the world, Fairuz combines western orchestration with traditional Egyptian/Levantine music. With the first half being more traditional and the second half showing more of its western influence, this album is filled with exceptional melodies and gorgeous musical compositions that exemplifies Fairuz's greatness. 3) Sortilège - Larmes de héros   ...