Neil Young: A Letter Home

A bounty of album drops in the music we tweeted this week

As the Guardian’s Alexis Petridis points out, it’s odd that Neil Young—creator of the ultra-high resolution music player Pono—would release an album like A Letter Home—a crackling, distorted, “retro-tech” LP recorded in a phone booth at Jack White’s Third Man Studios. For Young, it’s all about capturing not just the vocals and instruments, but also the environment in which it all happens, from the engineers …

Robyn + Röyksopp: Do It Again

A bounty of album drops in the music we tweeted this week

We’ve been waiting for more Robyn + Röyksopp love since their past two collaborations: the haunting “The Girl and the Robot” and the ultimate build-up, “None of Dem.” Their mini-album Do It Again dropped this week and since listening to the five songs, it’s become evident that working with Robyn brings out a different side of Röyksopp and vice versa—it’s a synthesis of something new. …

ListenUp: Brownbook Magazine

Unique and rare sounds from the Middle East in a look at the creative publication's current music issue

This week, we check in with Dubai-based Brownbook magazine in celebration of the mix of “legends and underground heroes” included in their current music issue. In addition to a pull-out songbook featuring sheet music from classic Egyptian songstress Umm Kulthum, the informative issue features the father of Ethiopian jazz, Mulatu Astatke, as well as the co-founder of Seattle’s cult music label Sublime Frequencies, and visits …