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"a new intimacy, and a foray into electronic production...While it experiments and ventures out, it always finds its way back to the source of its inspiration, taking listeners on a non-linear journey of stillness, movement, nostalgia, and joy." @okayafrica.bsky.social
Imarhan’s New Album ‘Essam’ Blends Tuareg and Electronic Music
The Tuareg veterans of the desert blues venture into new territory on their fourth studio album, exploring feelings of nostalgia and displacement through electronic soundscapes and synthesized rhythms...
www.okayafrica.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:35 PM
"a new intimacy, and a foray into electronic production...While it experiments and ventures out, it always finds its way back to the source of its inspiration, taking listeners on a non-linear journey of stillness, movement, nostalgia, and joy." @okayafrica.bsky.social
"Essam, which translates to 'lightning' in the Tuareg language Tamasheq, feels like a fitting title. The new record does seem to capture lightning in a 10-track metaphorical bottle: It is at once frenetic and meditative, acoustic and programmed." @nodepression.bsky.social
Imarhan's Top 5 Songs Right Now
EDITOR’S NOTE: No Depression’s new “Top 5” series, which kicked off last fall, features a quick playlist in which roots musicians share what they’re listening to at the moment. It gives artists the ch...
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January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
"Essam, which translates to 'lightning' in the Tuareg language Tamasheq, feels like a fitting title. The new record does seem to capture lightning in a 10-track metaphorical bottle: It is at once frenetic and meditative, acoustic and programmed." @nodepression.bsky.social
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January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Leeks: the lamb of the alliums
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Leeks: the lamb of the alliums
These new Lily Seabird dates en route to @treefortfest.bsky.social are on sale NOW
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January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
These new Lily Seabird dates en route to @treefortfest.bsky.social are on sale NOW
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Happy release day to Imarhan's Essam, out now on City Slang.
I never want to do publicity for an album I'm not gonna listen to on release day. This one is no exception.
"the sound of the 21st-century Sahara" @mojomagazine.bsky.social ★★★★
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nY...
I never want to do publicity for an album I'm not gonna listen to on release day. This one is no exception.
"the sound of the 21st-century Sahara" @mojomagazine.bsky.social ★★★★
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nY...
Imarhan - Essam (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by City Slang
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January 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Happy release day to Imarhan's Essam, out now on City Slang.
I never want to do publicity for an album I'm not gonna listen to on release day. This one is no exception.
"the sound of the 21st-century Sahara" @mojomagazine.bsky.social ★★★★
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nY...
I never want to do publicity for an album I'm not gonna listen to on release day. This one is no exception.
"the sound of the 21st-century Sahara" @mojomagazine.bsky.social ★★★★
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1nY...
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maybe it’s this week
Every couple of weeks we get a different description of the apparently awful stench coming off our necrotic president and I think it's high time the media nail down exactly what kind of rotten meat covered in women's perfume he actually smells like.
January 15, 2026 at 1:24 AM
maybe it’s this week
"Dollbaum is on the up thanks to his tender, atmospheric Drive All Night mini-album. 'Warlock’s House' is his finest work so far, presenting him as a modern Jeff Buckley soaked in Southern Gothic and Americana. With a new LP ready to go, watch this space." Thx Uncut 🤙 lnk.to/DollbaumDriv...
Inside this month’s free @uncutmagazine.bsky.social CD: Sounds Of The New West Presents Bon Temps Rouler.
The freshest cuts direct from New Orleans – featuring “bottom shelf country music”, stellar boogie, raucous rock’n’roll, swampy psychedelia and more!
The freshest cuts direct from New Orleans – featuring “bottom shelf country music”, stellar boogie, raucous rock’n’roll, swampy psychedelia and more!
Inside this month's free Uncut CD: Sounds Of The New West Presents Bon Temps Rouler
The freshest cuts direct from New Orleans - from "bottom shelf country music" to stellar boogie, raucous rock’n’roll and swampy psychedelia
www.uncut.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
"Dollbaum is on the up thanks to his tender, atmospheric Drive All Night mini-album. 'Warlock’s House' is his finest work so far, presenting him as a modern Jeff Buckley soaked in Southern Gothic and Americana. With a new LP ready to go, watch this space." Thx Uncut 🤙 lnk.to/DollbaumDriv...
"Algeria’s Imarhan may be one of tishoumaren’s most dynamic contemporary acts, and on Essam, they only get more interesting." @popmatters.com
Read the 9/10 review here: www.popmatters.com/imarhan-plug...
Read the 9/10 review here: www.popmatters.com/imarhan-plug...
January 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
"Algeria’s Imarhan may be one of tishoumaren’s most dynamic contemporary acts, and on Essam, they only get more interesting." @popmatters.com
Read the 9/10 review here: www.popmatters.com/imarhan-plug...
Read the 9/10 review here: www.popmatters.com/imarhan-plug...
New Imarhan track out today, written by bandmember Sadam’s cousin Eyadou Ag Leche of Tinariwen in memory of his late mother and Sadam's aunt.
Essam is out Friday via City Slang, their fourth and my favorite to date.
youtu.be/A6SgKWV6nU4
Essam is out Friday via City Slang, their fourth and my favorite to date.
youtu.be/A6SgKWV6nU4
Imarhan - Adounia Tochal (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Imarhan
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
New Imarhan track out today, written by bandmember Sadam’s cousin Eyadou Ag Leche of Tinariwen in memory of his late mother and Sadam's aunt.
Essam is out Friday via City Slang, their fourth and my favorite to date.
youtu.be/A6SgKWV6nU4
Essam is out Friday via City Slang, their fourth and my favorite to date.
youtu.be/A6SgKWV6nU4
no offense, but may god drop all ICE officers into the deepest pits of hell at once www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
What You’re Watching Isn’t What You’re Really Watching
“Federal and local officials dispute the circumstances that led an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer to fatally shoot a 37-year-old woman...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
no offense, but may god drop all ICE officers into the deepest pits of hell at once www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
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Life Without Buildings are reuniting for their first show in nearly 25 years
Life Without Buildings Reuniting For First Show In Nearly 25 Years
Glasgow post-punkers Life Without Buildings did not last long. The band made one excellent album, 2002’s Any Other City, and then broke up shortly thereafter. They’ve never reunited, even as plenty of...
stereogum.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Life Without Buildings are reuniting for their first show in nearly 25 years
COЯN on Merge, finally. this album's too good, my favorite of her's since The Shape of Your Name.
We are excited to welcome Charlotte Cornfield to the Merge family, listen to her new single “Hurts Like Hell” with: lnk.to/hurts-like-h... and watch the video on Youtube!
Preorder her album “Hurts Like Hell” which releases March 27th from the Merge store ✨
Preorder her album “Hurts Like Hell” which releases March 27th from the Merge store ✨
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 PM
COЯN on Merge, finally. this album's too good, my favorite of her's since The Shape of Your Name.
Gay Easter Parade on Sunday, Sunn O))) on Monday 🐣
January 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Gay Easter Parade on Sunday, Sunn O))) on Monday 🐣
do norms use bandsintown and songkick? why or how?
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 PM
do norms use bandsintown and songkick? why or how?
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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New & Notable: Imarhan's latest is a departure from the psychedelic Tuareg guitar-driven sound with the introduction of modular electronic elements.
Essam, by Imarhan
10 track album
imarhan.bandcamp.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
New & Notable: Imarhan's latest is a departure from the psychedelic Tuareg guitar-driven sound with the introduction of modular electronic elements.
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Hot damn. There's a new Imarhan album out next week for all of the Tuareg guitar music lovers out there. Sadam from Imarhan is the nephew of Edayu from Tinariwen and Sadam has toured with Tinariwen in the past. Looking forward to this.
Essam, by Imarhan
10 track album
imarhan.bandcamp.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hot damn. There's a new Imarhan album out next week for all of the Tuareg guitar music lovers out there. Sadam from Imarhan is the nephew of Edayu from Tinariwen and Sadam has toured with Tinariwen in the past. Looking forward to this.
no one is going to make a better final album, just impossible
January 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
no one is going to make a better final album, just impossible
i dare an american station to bankroll a season of a Later With Jools Holland-style hourlong program, where 4-6 artists play 1-2 songs each. get elijah wood to host or some shit, i don't care. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/film-t...
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to Cut Back Music Bookings to Twice a Week (Exclusive)
The move is the latest blow in a late night ecosystem that's been cutting down on musical guests over the past several years.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
i dare an american station to bankroll a season of a Later With Jools Holland-style hourlong program, where 4-6 artists play 1-2 songs each. get elijah wood to host or some shit, i don't care. www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/film-t...
if i were an A&R guy i'd be combing this regional list like crazy, an embarrassment of riches
I’ve compiled local ‘2025 best-ofs’ from every alt-weekly, daily, radio station, or whatever I could find here. Lmk if I'm missing one you've seen
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🥤 SIPSMAN COMMUNIQUE: December 2025
Regional Best-Ofs Roundup • My Favorite Songs of the Year
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January 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
if i were an A&R guy i'd be combing this regional list like crazy, an embarrassment of riches