Kikagaku Moyo – Kumoyo Island
For fans of Can, Minami Deutsch, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, psychedelic rock, and anyone who needs somewhere else to be for 48
Gnome – Vestiges of Verumex Visidrome
For fans of Red Fang, Mastodon, Primus, and anyone who likes their riffs devastating and their rock stars ridiculous.
Them Crooked Vultures — Them Crooked Vultures
For fans of Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Kyuss, and rock records that would rather take another dangerous turn than
Yussef Dayes – Black Classical Music
For fans of Tom Misch, Ezra Collective, Kokoroko, Shabaka Hutchings, Nubya Garcia and drums that cause involuntary stank faces.
Cleo Sol – Rose in the Dark
For fans of Olivia Dean, Ego Ella May, Yazmin Lacey, warm UK neo-soul and songs that sound gentle but know exactly what they’re saying.
Hania Rani – Sentimental Value
For fans of Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, scores that stand up long after the credits and being emotionally rearranged by a piano.
BRUIT≤ Live at Neue Zukunft
The French quartet turned a sold-out Berlin room into something that felt like a protest, a ritual and, somehow, a small act of hope.
Mandrake Handshake – Earth-Sized Worlds
For fans of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, sun-dazed psych-pop, cosmic krautrock grooves, and anyone willing to take their
Tinariwen Live at Huxley’s
Tinariwen brought the Sahara to a sold-out Huxleys Neue Welt, and somehow made a big Berlin venue feel warm, human and shared. A night
We Lost The Sea – A Single Flower
For fans of Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, MONO, cinematic post-rock, and anyone who believes hope can arrive through distorted guitars.
Olive Jones – For Mary
For fans of Cleo Sol, Amy Winehouse, Gotts Street Park, late-night soul, and anyone who still believes a voice can stop you mid-sentence.
B.B. King – Live in Cook County Jail
For fans of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison, live albums with actual stakes, or anyone who still believes music can jailbreak.