Nicola's Top 10 of 2021 includes albums by the late Alan Vega, Sleaford Mods, Luis Vasquez (Soft Moon), Alessandro Cortini, Kontravoid, Ho99o9, and more.
Listen to new songs by Rick Ross, Aura Noir, Jaden Smith, Brooke Candy (ft. Charli XCX & Maliibu Miitch), Alessandro Cortini, Modern Nature, Column (mems Twin Peaks & Post Animal), and more.
Long-running music blog Gorilla Vs Bear's year-end lists are always pretty different from your average Best Albums list, albeit in a way that fits in with its trippy dreampop tastes. Their 2017 top spot goes to Yaeji for her pair of 2017 EPs...
'Tis the season for festivalnews, as more lineups continue to come in seemingly every day. Today it's Hundred Waters' annualFORM Arcosanti, the third edition of which goes down in the Arizona desert from May 13 - 15, featuring Tortoise, Thundercat, Four Tet, Perfume Genius, Bill Callahan, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick, Dan Deacon, Dawn Richard, Autre Ne Veut, Skrillex, fest curators Hundred Waters, and many more...
Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival returns from June 1-5, and as always, the lineup is pretty amazing. They've got Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, Tame Impala, The Last Shadow Puppets, Air, Brian Wilson (performing Pet Sounds), Beach House, Suede, Beirut, Animal Collective, Pusha T, Action Bronson, Explosions in the Sky, Moderat, John Carpenter, Vince Staples, Drive Like Jehu, Deerhunter, Dinosaur Jr, Richard Hawley, Kamasi Washington, Neon Indian, Battles, Ty Segall, Julia Holter, Destroyer, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, Tortoise, Mudhoney, Boredoms, Royal Headache, Shellac, Dungen, Beach Slang, Venom, Unsane, The Chills, Holly Herndon, Psychic TV, Mbong...
Like in past years, several Don Giovanni Records artists have given us lists of their favorite music (and more) of the year. This time we've got lists from Downtown Boys (who, amazingly, include the blink-182/Drake mashup), Screaming Females, Tenement, Izzy True, Shellshag, Worriers, Mikey Erg, Vacation, Aye Nako, Roadside Graves, comedian Chris Gethard, and label co-founder