Hey there!
Hope you’re having a lovely weekend wherever you’re at and whenever you’re tuning in here. We’re back on our usual cadence and keeping it sweet this week with some gasoline from across the genre spectrum, some of which you’ll find below and some of which you’ll find in the radio show ditty up there at the top.
On the film reco front, I got around to watching Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat, a new doc that dives into the politics of jazz and the CIA’s use of jazz musicians as a distraction to cover up their meddling in various countries. Not exactly a feel-good watch but a fascinating one filled with archival interviews and performances and narrated by the soundtrack.
On the wrestling front, Samoa Joe and Jon Moxley had a cage match, and John Cena took down ‘The Viper’ Randy Orton to remain the undisputed WWE champ.
Here’s what we’ve been digging up this week. Hope you find a new favorite.
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Album: Key Glock - Glockaveli (2025)
Matt: Soulful, laid back trap music from Memphis rapper Key Glock (the cousin of the late-great Young Dolph). 18 tracks with very little filler. Standout tracks for me are ‘Badu’, ‘She Ready’, ‘Watch the Throne’, and ‘The Grinch’.
Album: Hannah Miette - Hannah Miette (2024)
Nick: Debut solo album from Parisian drummer Lucien Chatin aka Hannah Miette, filled with features from French and British indie darlings like Rozi Plain, Blumi, and Francois Atlas. Gently glides between wonky indie pop, ambient, and shoegaze, and unravels a bit more with each listen. Sent it to my good bud Jack this week and he replied ‘the type of shit i need on my path to slowly becoming a true ambient enjoyer’.
Album: Erika de Casier - Lifetime (2025)
Matt: Erika de Casier’s latest album forgoes the features and centers herself musically with a gorgeous collection of laid back, boom-bap driven soft and sensual feelers. While the album is distinctively her own sound, I can’t help but feel the 00s Janet Jackson vibes flowing throughout. The standout track for me is ‘Miss’, but the whole thing is worth a full rinse.
Album: Fine - Rocky Top Ballads (2024)
Nick: Debut album from Danish singer/songwriter Fine, dripping in 90s Mazzy Star vibes and grounded by some subtle bluegrass/mountain music influence. Another one from last year that snuck by until recently - it’s been my go-to city stroller and likely the album I’ve listened to cover-to-cover the most this year.
Album: RealYungPhil - Victory Music (2025)
Matt: Not a new album, but a new discovery for me – Connecticut rapper (a rarity coming from my tiny home state, not well known for producing quality hip-hop) RealYungPhil delivers meandering yet cohesive bars over left-field productions. He brings a smooth flow to unusual beats that many rappers would shy away from. The standout track for me on the album is ‘Opening Doors’.
EP: DJ Travella - Twende - Dance Classics (2025)
Nick: One of my favorite discoveries of this year has to be DJ Travella out of Tanzania who’s been the catalyst for discovering the genre of Singeli - high energy electronic music rooted in dancehall, hip hop, and traditional Tanzanian music. He’s also on Nyege Nyege, a record label and music festival in Uganda that’s been quite the rabbit hole to dive into lately… If you dig this, see you in there.
Album: Westside Gunn, Doechii - EGYPT (Remix) (2025)
Matt: Doechii brings her signature flow to the latest Westside Gunn release – capturing and building on that golden era 90s style that WSG does so well. She matches his flow bar for bar, displaying a range that solidifies herself as one of modern hip hop’s top talents.
Archive: Khartomb - Swahili Lullaby/Teekon Warriors (1983)
Nick: Dap to my good bud Jack again for tipping me onto the re-release of this post-punk/reggae stomper from English band Khartomb, originally released in 1983 and somewhat lost in the archives. Deep and dubby but with an edge to it that ratchets up the psychedelia and sets it in a lane of its own. The closing Redub really sends it to the moon.
Archive: The Woods - Love Me Again This Summer (1985)
Matt: I pulled this one from the NTS Guide to: US 80s Power Pop & Jangle Pop, a sonic archive of music categorized as US 80s Power Pop, which ultimately would lay the groundwork for what would become college rock – think bands like REM, The DBs, and Yo La Tengo. Dreamy pop-centric rock ballads to get you in the summer mood.
Archive: ZERO ZERO - Synchronicity EP (1995)
Nick: Long-lost 90s house EP from Japanese duo ZERO ZERO that’s finding new ears thanks to Berlin-based Holic Trax/Tomoki Tamura. Dancefloor weaponry from top to bottom and a timeless release to get your mitts on.
🥭 Here’s a Spotify playlist that has a taste of everything mentioned 🥭
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Nick + Matt
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