Warped ’90s Throwbacks, Wildfire Folk Songs
Plus snappy Italian-language post-punk, impressionistic indie rap, and hilarious songs about the perils of performing on 'Tiny Desk'
Hello and welcome to the latest installment of Five Albums, the feature for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we recommend you the new records from across genres that you need to hear each week. As music journalists, the question we get most often from friends is how to stay on top of what’s new and cool. This is our attempt to provide a practical answer.
This week we've got the killer post-punk band that Wet Leg wishes they could be, Argentinian rap about the perils of viral fame from two guys who know firsthand, a singer-songwriter concept record that plays like a sprawling postmodern novel, and more.
