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BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn free 2018 Prospect Park shows: Breeders, Godspeed, Gary Clark Jr, Aimee Mann, more
The 2018 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival free show lineup also includes Rhye & Natalie Prass, BADBADNOTGOOD, Tinariwen, Antibalas, Brandi Carlile, The Jayhawks, Superchunk, Speedy Ortiz, and more.
Sidi Toure kicking off tour w/ Festival of Mali @ Brooklyn Bowl this weekend
The World Music Institute’s Festival of Mali happens at Brooklyn Bowl this weekend (April 14-16) with Sidi Touré, Trio Da Kali & Derek Gripper, Fatoumata Diawara, and more…
SAVAK released new 7" (listen), list their favorite LPs of 2017, touring
SAVAK will be on a short tour in January featuring The Effects (members of Faraquet and Beauty Pill) and North Carolina’s fierce, nervy Patois Counselors .
NPR's Top 50 Albums of 2017
As always, NPR’s list mixes the pop/rock/rap/electronic/etc choices that most lists have with jazz, contemporary classical, and other stuff you may not have heard of.
Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2017
As usual, Uncut‘s list has some similarities to their sister publication MOJO, but they have some other surprises in store too.
Rough Trade Shops' Top 100 LPs of 2017
It’s officially End-of-the-Year list season as Rough Trade Shops — always first out of the gate — have announced their Top 100 Albums of 2017…