NYC-Made West 32 Soju

A smooth take on the Korean alcohol

by Sun Pak Step into any Korean restaurant on a weekend night and you’ll find similar set-ups at every table: a green bottle of soju perched next to plates of sizzling meats (or bubbling stews) and a collection of small vegetable sides. The clear, simple liquor—akin to a less-alcoholic vodka—washes down the spicy dishes well, and it would be considered egregious to consume less than …

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Relatively unknown outfit Dirty Nice appeared last month with “Keeping it Together,” which garnered plenty of attention in the form of some 500,000 listens on Spotify. Now a darker and more somber release has been unveiled. The murky bur lush “Zero Summer” incorporates a cloudy bass-line thudding along. It’s lifted by gentle vocals countered by sharp drum machine beats. It’s a hazy, slow-burning track worth …