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'For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)' is the fourth studio album by Japanese Breakfast, produced by Blake Mills and released via Dead Oceans. A follow-up to 2021’s 'Jubilee,' which explored joy, this record returns to darker, “gothic-gloomy” themes inspired by the “psychic state of poets on the verge of inspiration.” Recorded at Los Angeles’ legendary Sound City Studios, it marks the band’s first album made in a professional ... read more

'Constant Noise' follows Benefits’ debut 'Nails,' marking a shift in both lineup and sound. Now a duo of Kingsley Hall and electronic virtuoso Robbie Major, the band embraces a more expansive sonic palette. “We’re still angry,” says Hall, “just angry in a different way to before. If the previous record was black and white, we wanted this to be technicolour.” Early singles like the bass-heavy, dance-inflected ‘Land Of The ... read more

Released December 21st, 'Beware of the Monkey' is a 13-track full-length album and the seventh album overall from Bronx-via-London rapper. Taken from a horoscope from a Chinese restaurant, the title is a warning for those born in the Year of the Tiger. In a crowded landscape of hip-hop, MIKE’s avant garde delivery on 'Beware of the Monkey' is a breath of fresh air.

Standout Songs: Light (if u can’t see), What Do I Do?, Stop Worry!, Concrète w/ King Carter

Described as featuring “lots of loss and despair and kind of quiet,” the final ‘SZNZ’ EP is a 7-track collection that balances pop and classic alternative songs infused with sadness and loneliness. This EP calls back to the days just before 'The Blue Album,' “I had the thought that winter sounds more like the original pre-blue album Weezer than 'The Blue Album' does. There hasn’t been this much acoustic guitar and finger picking in Weezer since our first year ... read more