Daily Newsletter, August 11, 2024

This week's Notable Releases include MAVI, Oso Oso, Parannoul, and more.

The new albums from oso oso and Peter Cat Recording Co. should be at the top of your queue today. Tap in and find a new obsession.

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Dungeon synth, hip-hop, garage rock, and more.

The music in question is, well, difficult to describe in typical genre buzzwords, though many have tried. Neither “psychedelic” nor “trip-hop” do much of any justice to the twosome’s defiant sound. Then again, “sound collage” doesn’t help much either because even that movement tends to focus more on

Kampire Presents: A Dancefloor in Ndola by Kampire “When my parents lived in Ndola, East African families got together and played East African music at Christmas parties. It was a nostalgic exercise, but for us children and teenagers who were forced to dance, we disliked this music.”  Kampire has changed her tune since growing up […]

Stream new releases from Ravyn Lenae, Mavi, Latto, Oso Oso, Beabadoobee, Polo G, Asake, Osees, Peter Cat Recording Co., Google Earth, and Belong

NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Ann Powers survey the new albums out August 9, ranging from Ravyn Lenae's focused R&B to King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's scuzzed-up glam-rock and an elegant solo piano album recorded by Japanese pop star and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto just months before his death in 2023. Plus: A new album made by 39-year-old American bassist esperanza spalding and 81-year-old Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento leads to a discussion of collaborations across generations.Featured Albums:• Ravyn Lenae, Bird's Eye• Beabadoobee, This Is How Tomorrow Moves• King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Flight b741• Latto, Sugar Honey Iced Tea• Ryuichi Sakamoto, Opus• Oso Oso, Life Till Bones• Thee Marloes, Perak• Milton Nascimento & esperanza spalding, Milton + esperanzaLinks: • Sidney Madden's interview with Latto from season 2 of Louder Than A Riot• Ann Powers reviews Zach Bryan's Springsteen-mythologizing album The Great American Bar Scene• Watch a Tiny Desk (Home) concert by Milton Nascimento and esperanza spalding recorded in Nascimento's living room in Rio de Janeiro

Check out our Staff Picks for the best songs of the week, including new tracks from Machine Girl, Oso Oso, LA LOM, Lunar Vacation, and more.

Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to members on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

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