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This Is Lorelei’s Matador signing turns a cult project into a bigger indie story
This Is Lorelei’s move to Matador remains one of the most important indie-industry stories around 18 May.
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Rostam’s American Stories keeps opening up after release week
Rostam’s American Stories remains one of the richest release-week records to carry into 18 May, helped by deeper coverage that frames the album as a meditation on American identity, Persian heritage, beauty and political unease.
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Rostam’s American Stories gets a deeper cultural reading
Rostam Batmanglij’s American Stories is explored as a record of identity and cultural hybridity.
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Rostam blends Americana and Persian roots on American Stories
Rostam releases American Stories on 15 May through Matsor Projects and Secretly Distribution, and the album sounds like a deliberate attempt to complicate what American music can mean.
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Lykke Li releases The Afterparty, a short and shadowy album about the lower self
Lykke Li releases The Afterparty on 8 May, a compact and emotionally heavy album that has been framed as possibly her final full-length record.
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Kabeaushe Goes Full Character Mode (And Nails the Art-Pop Concept Album)
Kabeaushe commits fully to persona-driven art-pop while keeping songs strong beyond the concept.
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