Beirut

Beirut are currently in the midst of their massive ’Gallipoli’ world tour, playing Leeds tonight and London on Friday. It will keep them busy for most of the year, as they’ve just announced new fall North American tour dates…

Roberto Carlos Lange releases ’This Is How You Smile’, his sixth album as Helado Negro, on Friday (3/8) via RVNG Int. A deeply personally record, the lush production touches on windswept tropical pop, electronic textures, funk, soul, Latin pop and more…

Beirut kicked off their tour supporting their first album in four years, Gallipoli, at Brooklyn Steel on Sunday (2/10) night.

This week’s Notable Releases include Talk Talk bassist Rustin Man’s long-awaited solo album, Tiny Ruins’ arty folk LP, death/doom newcomers Ossuarium, and more.

Jessica Pratt and Cass McCombs are streaming new albums and both playing End of the Road, along with Beirut, Metronomy, Courtney Barnett, Jarvis Cocker, Spiritualized, Low, and many others.

Listen to new songs by Cherry Glazerr, Beirut, Gary Clark Jr, Swervedriver, Jim Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem, Blockhead & Aesop Rock, Lala Lala & WHY?, Misery Index, Rotting Out, and more.

UK jazz keyboardist Kamaal Williams had a deserved breakthrough as one half of Yussef Kamaal with 2016’s ‘Black Focus,’ which blended early ’70s jazz-funk fusion with modern-day hip hop and electronic music. He followed that this year with his solo debut ‘The Return,’ which picks up right where ‘Black Focus’ left off…

Listen to new songs by Laura Jane Grace, Jim James + Angel Olsen, Beirut, The Faint, Trentemøller, Rapsody + J Cole, Smino, Takeoff of Migos, Kirk Knight, and more.

The tour begins with three Brooklyn shows with Helado Negro.