Grouper

This week’s playlist includes new music by Grouper, LUMP, Billie Eilish, Turnstile, Torres, Skepta ft. J Balvin, and more

The new song finds Grouper returning to the folky acoustic guitar-based style of 2008’s classic Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill.

This week’s playlist also includes new music by Billy Nomates, Half Waif, Regional Justice Center, Teenage Fanclub, Xiu Xiu ft. Grouper, The Notwist, Lost Horizons ft. Marissa Nadler, Sophia Kennedy, Squid, Goat Girl, Buggin, Mikau, p.s.you’redead, Shovels & Rope ft. Sharon Van Etten, Flying Raccoon Suit, Chelsea Wolfe and Emma Ruth Rundle, Arabrot, Colossus, Madlib and Four Tet, Portrayal of Guilt, The Sonder Bombs, Tribulation, The Chills, Juliana Hatfield, and more.

Bing & Ruth’s David Moore has created a running playlist generator for those looking for a more meditative experience. “I think it can be difficult to find a meaningful path into this state of mind.”

Listen to new songs by Shirley Collins, Billie Joe Armstrong (John Lennon cover), Tom Morello, Cut Worms, Black Marble (Wire cover), The Rapture’s Luke Jenner, and more.

You can also watch the mesmerizing video for Island‘s first single, “A Bloody Morning.”

Jon’s “Quiet” playlist includes tracks by Brian Eno, William Basinski, Four Tet, Grouper, Stars of the Lid, Roedelius, Harold Budd, Bing & Ruth, M83, Laraaji, Windy & Carl, and more.

It features songs from Grouper, Fenne Lilly, Perfume Genius, Clinic, Julianna Barwick, Joanna Sternberg, Elliott Smith, Big Thief, Yo La Tengo, Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, The 1975, Duster, Bill Frisell, Guided by Voices, Frank Black, Blake Mills, Clairo, Soccer Mommy, Japanese Breakfast, Conor Oberst, Billy Idol, and more.

Here are our favorite albums of the decade, including Fiona Apple, St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, The National, Mitski, Deerhunter, Angel Olsen, Beach House, and more…

Poland-based experimental/electronic music festival Unsound is returning for its sixth NYC edition, and first in the city since 2016, in November.