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A tremendous combination of old and new, Hannu Saha & Pakasteet's Taas kerran, äkkiä should inspire artists looking to take long-held tradition into new spaces. ➡️ tinyurl.com/HannuSaha #PMPick out now. [9/10] - adriane

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Alfredo Rodríguez's (Alfredo Rodríguez) Coral Way radiates positive energy without relying on good vibes, a show of skill and passion that pushes his career further forward. ➡️ tinyurl.com/CoralWay23 #PMPick out Friday via Mack Avenue Music. - adriane #jazz #LatinJazz

Alam Khan, Arjun K. Verma, and Del Sol Quartet's The Resonance Between employs techniques from Hindustani and European art music traditions, but it’s about more than just fusion. ➡️ tinyurl.com/AlamKhan23 #PMPick out Friday via six degrees records. adriane Alam Khan

On Onde Está o Jeca?, Brazil’s Soprano a Viola blur the boundaries between rural and urban popular music genres to question the stereotypes therein. ➡️ tinyurl.com/SopranoAViola #PMPick out now. - adriane

zzzahara's Tender is poignant and sincere above all else but is also a fantastic and sonically relevant collection of pop rock with no time to waste. ➡️ tinyurl.com/zzzahara zzzahara's new LP is a #PMPick [9/10] out Friday via lexrecords. - adriane

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In weird ways, Yeule's softscars works as a satisfying slice of artful pop for the Anthropocene that oozes catastrophe and captures a real cultural moment. ➡️ tinyurl.com/softscars yeulestudies's softscars is out now via Ninja Tune.

Asynchrone spend Plastic Bamboo embracing the endlessness of Ryuichi Sakamoto's work, which leaves vast amounts of space for rearrangement and experimentation. ➡️ tinyurl.com/Asynchrone #PMPick Plastic Bamboo is out now via NØ FØRMAT!.

As they draw from realms of electronic, metal, hard rock, and older musical traditions, Nihiloxica call listeners to awareness and action with vigor and skill. ➡️ tinyurl.com/Nihiloxica23 #PMPick Source of Denial is out now via Crammed Discs. Stephanie Weiss

Sweden’s Fränder blend Scandinavian and Baltic musical traditions with global folk-rock in contemporary arrangements that are heartfelt and fresh. ➡️ bit.ly/3sowlrt #PMPick Fränder II is out now.

On Okantomi, Okan continue to engage with many of the interwoven styles and stories critical to their own experiences of Cuban music and personhood. ➡️ tinyurl.com/Okantomi #PMPick [9/10] out now via LULAWORLD. Stephanie Weiss

Quantic infuses everything he creates with a balmy kind of love. Dancing While Falling revisits his early roots in '60s and '70s soul with a new sophistication. ➡️ tinyurl.com/Quantic2023 Quantic's Dancing While Falling is a #PMPick out now via Play It Again Sam.

Madres is Sofia Kourtesis elevated, a contemporary work of electronic dance music powerful on sonic and emotional levels alike. ➡️ bit.ly/Kourtesis23 Sofia Kourtesis' Madres is a #PMPick [9/10] out now via Ninja Tune.

The 10 Best Global Music Albums of 2023 ➡️ tinyurl.com/GlobalMusic23 The best global music comes from places around the globe and then goes to others. If you find something new, those connections therein have stretched farther. - adriane

One stat you won’t find in your Spotify Wrapped is how much artists are paid for all that listening on the platform. The max possible in 2023 is $0.003 per stream. And in 2024, Spotify will stop paying anything AT ALL for 2/3 of the tracks on the platform.

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The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023 ➡️ tinyurl.com/BestRock2023 As always, rock was a guitar-led extravaganza in 2023 with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 25 best rock albums of the year.

The 20 Best Experimental Albums of 2023 ➡️ tinyurl.com/Experiment23 The best #experimental records highlight the breadth of human expression and take listeners to heretofore unknown realms in music, pushing boundaries. #BestOf2032

Even unplugged, Kultur Shock are an unstoppable group, and Acoustic Live offers an unencumbered sense of how sharp they are almost 30 years into this project. ➡️ tinyurl.com/KulturShock23 @Kultur_Shock's Acoustic Live is a #PMPick out now.