Salum Abdallah and Cuban Marimba Band were at the forefront of 'muziki wa dansi'

The hazy drift of "Shame" or the melodic jangle of "Trauma Bonds" may take them until uncharted waters

intricate and emotional

Julien Dechery and David Pinhas

Gorgeous songwriting craft is the order of the day for Will Oldham's latest and possibly greatest album to date

WEDNESDAY - Twin Plagues LP Noiserock Salum Abdallah and Cuban MarimbaRepressed via Dead Oceans. In a long and emotionally exhausting year of being inside (alone, in my case,) I have found myself thinking about mirrors. How to avoid spending too much time in them, most days. Taking inventory of the real, physical self is difficult work, work that Im not entirely opposed to but work that became immediately more treacherous for me when I had to witness the very real toll that time, modern anxieties, isolation, and boredom