MOMO.’s ‘Tum Tum Tum’ Is an Invitation Into Unhurried Reflection
Across 25 minutes, MOMO.’s Tum Tum Tum weaves a dream of sun-splashed Brazilian warmth through samba, sultry trombone, and threads of Tropicália.
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Khun Narin Take to the Studio for Stunning ‘III’
While all of Khun Narin’s records have been masterpieces, III is their best shot at mass exposure. If there’s any justice in the music industry, it might just pay off.
Gun Outfit Reach Higher Ground on ‘Process and Reality’
Gun Outfit’s Process and Reality imbues a cosmic existentialism in which celestial instrumentation coils and twists, like a serpentine trail in a canyon.
Jimi Hendrix Experience’s ‘Axis: Bold as Love’ Shines On
For serious Jimi Hendrix aficionados and audiophiles, it’s hard to imagine this classic psychedelic rock album sounding any better.
MADA Festival’s Psychedelic Delirium
At Brazil’s MADA Festival, a new generation of pop and hip-hop visionaries channel a serious madness and turn psychedelic delirium into art.
The Zombies’ Inhuman Staying Power
The Zombies only had a couple of hit songs, yet Robin Platts’ Times and Seasons shows their almost inhuman staying power to this day.
‘The Beach Boys’ Documentary Brings the Sun and Surf to the New Kids
The Beach Boys documentary appeals to Gen Z and Gen Alpha via Disney Plus with a breezy, linear, appreciation of the band’s sunny legacy.
Manfred Mann, the Synthesiser Man, Hates AI in Music
Manfred Mann doesn’t think he’s the best synthesiser player in the world, but he brings a distinctive voice to the old technology. Just keep AI out of music, dammit.
The Beatles Shake Britain: The Beginning of Beatlemania
Shake It Up, Baby! breaks down the Beatles’ concerts, business deals, sleepless nights, and bloody fights month by month during the transitional year of 1963.
You Will Learn to Love the Beatles’ Movies
Steve Matteo’s meticulously researched and infectiously enthusiastic dive into the Beatles’ movies, Act Naturally, will make you love those silly films.
No Sex Please, We’re British: Coil’s Subversively Overt Homosexuality
Homosexuality drove experimental band Coil’s creativity, yet they rejected the demand that they either embrace performative homosexuality or remain discreet and closeted.
The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ Outraged the Adults But Turned on the Kids
Magical Mystery Tour was an innovative hybrid if never quite adequately realized. As a chapter in the life of the Beatles, it continues to exert fascination.