DJ Shadow

Plus: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Underoath, Andra Day, No Joy, Superdrag, Angel Olsen, Future / Metro Boomin, GBV, Cindy Lee, Indieplaza, Festival d’été de Québec, and more

DJ Shadow just wrapped up the North American leg of his tour supporting his 2023 album ‘Action Adventure,’ which included an NYC show at Webster Hall.

DJ Shadow’s ‘Action Adventure’ tour kicks off January 18 in San Diego and includes a NYC show at Webster Hall

Sunday’s NYC-area shows include Nick Cave, Explosions in the Sky, Thrice, Bob Mould, Crack Cloud, Robert Glasper, and more.

While best known as an actor (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NCIS), David McCallum’s David Axelrod-produced ’60s records have been sampled by Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, DJ Shadow, Masta Ace, and more.

Listen to new songs by DJ Shadow, SZA & Jean Dawson, The Callous Daoboys, 070 Shake, Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Take That, and more.

“I didn’t want to write music that was formatted for vocalists,” DJ Shadow says of his first album since 2019, which doesn’t have any featured guests. “I wanted to write music that flexed different energies.”

Having originally published a best albums of the 1990s list in 2003, Pitchfork just put up a new version, and there are some changes…

New Goldenvoice fest Portola happens in September and the lineup also includes Kaytranada, M.I.A., Charli XCX, Caribou, The Avalanches, Toro Y Moi, Four Tet + Floating Points, Peggy Gou, Yaeji and more.

Indie Basement sifts through the month’s releases, rounding up the best stuff.