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May 22, 2026

  • Train on the Island: ALDOUS HARDING Gets Lost in the (Admittedly Beautiful) Sauce | farragomagazine.com
    • From the very opening of New Zealand singer-songwriter Aldous Harding’s newest album, Train on the Island, there’s a sense of distance. It’s as if she wants to be as personal as possible with the lyrics while at the same time hiding behind a veil of humour and obscure imagery. On “I Ate the Most”, the album’s first track, you’re immediately hit by the opening lyrics: “I’m not afraid, like you’re not gay / and you’re not old, like I’m on the spectrum”.
  • Genesis Owusu: Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge - album review | Song Bar
    • New album: Superbly striking and stylish, eclectic third album by the Australian-Ghanaian artist Kofi Owusu-Ansah with punchy, political and social critique surge of hip-hop, punk, synth-pop, funk and dance music, he takes no prisoners with articulate anger at many ongoing subjects from billionaire
  • Praying for time: Genesis Owusu | Humanizing The Vacuum | May 21, 2026, 4:33 p.m.
    • “One thing about life is it just keeps going,” the Australian singer-songwriter declares in his most stentorian tones. And going. And going. Time present and time past collapse as gover…
  • The Elovaters Expand Their Sound and Break New Ground on new album ‘Shark Belly Motel’ | The Pier | May 18, 2026, 2 p.m.
    • For years, The Elovaters have occupied a fascinating corner of modern reggae rock, one where beachside melodies collide with arena sized ambition and jam band freedom. But on Shark Belly Motel, the Massachusetts outfit finally sounds like a band fully embracing every side of its identity at once. The group’s fifth full length album arrives
  • REVIEW: "The Great Divide" Finds Noah Kahan in the Space Between | Spyglass | May 17, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
    • There’s a particular kind of distance that doesn’t announce itself—it accumulates. It builds quietly until it becomes the air between people, places, and the versions of ourselves we can no longer return to. Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide lives inside that space, tracing the quiet drift between what remains and what is already slipping out...
  • The Elovaters Drop Shark Belly Motel, Expanding Their Coastal Alt Sound | The Pier | May 16, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
    • Boston’s own The Elovaters continue their steady rise with the release of their new album Shark Belly Motel, a project that further cements their place at the intersection of alternative, alt-pop, and reggae-rock. Following the success of their 2023 album Endless Summer, the band returns with a more expansive and collaborative effort. Shark Belly Motel
  • Wired - Basement Album Review | The Hot And Heavy Show | May 8, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
    • A split Review by Zoe Aitchison & Madisun ManyweathersI first heard about Basement a month or two ago while tuning in to FBI radio. The presenter broadcast their single ‘Covet’ from their 2012 Album "Colourmeinkindness". As soon as I heard it, I was eager for more and what a pleasure it is to find them at the perfect time with the drop of this absolute gem!It's been a long 8 years between drinks, but Basement are finally back with their brand new album “WIRED”, out now via Run For Cover Records
  • Can Drake Ever Escape 'Not Like Us'? | Rolling Stone | May 4, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
    • Two years after Kendrick Lamar’s defining diss track, Drake’s Iceman arrives in a rap world permanently altered by the song’s aftershock
  • Quevedo: ‘I love being rich, but at the same time it is a curse’ | EL PAÍS English | May 1, 2026, 2:28 p.m.
    • Spain’s most listened-to young artist was catapulted to international fame at age 20 with his hit ‘Quédate’ featuring Bizarrap. In this interview he reflects on the severe depression he experienced, reggaeton, and the effects of fame

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