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Record of the Month: Green Day — Dookie
Jake’s teenage soundtrack, and still one of his favourite records. Five moments inside Green Day’s Dookie, from that Longview bassline to the hooks that keep pulling us back.
Record of the Month: Air — Moon Safari
Ten songs. Forty-three minutes. Air’s Moon Safari turned vintage keyboards, soft-focus strings and imagined space travel into one of electronic music’s most enduring debut albums.
Inside A La Altura: Meet Mexico’s Experimental Music Pioneers
Meet five of the musicians behind A La Altura—from Luis Pérez’s reconstructed pre-Columbian orchestra and Jorge Reyes’s ritual electronics to Ana Ruiz’s radical free jazz.
Featured Record: Isaac Hayes — Hot Buttered Soul
Four songs. Forty-five minutes. One of the most consequential accidents in soul music — and the record that taught hip-hop how to sound patient.
7 Underrated Reasons to Revisit Jeff Parker’s The New Breed (IA11 Edition)
Some albums don’t just sound good – they change how you hear music altogether. Jeff Parker’s The New Breed is one of those records: a modern classic that’s been quietly shaping...
Jazz for the Headphones Generation: Why GoGo Penguin’s New Album Deserves Your Full Attention
This Isn’t Jazz as You Know It – It’s a Full-Body Listening Experience We’ve had a sneak preview of GoGo Penguin’s upcoming album Necessary Fictions, and honestly? We haven’t stopped...
Zamrock Reimagined: WITCH’s SOGOLO and the Future of Psychedelic Rock
A Legacy Rekindled In the ever-crowded landscape of new releases and nostalgic reissues, few bands straddle past and future quite like WITCH. Once dubbed the “Zambian Beatles,” they were pioneers...
First Listen: 5 Things We Loved (and One Thing That Surprised Us) About Pulp’s More
After more than two decades, Pulp are back with More – a record that’s sharp, strange, and beautifully sincere. Here’s what we’re loving about it so far. It’s been 24...