pop music – The Sound Projector

Painting is Dead: lively electronic post-pop / jazz devolves into synthpop filler

Painting, Painting is Dead, Germany, Antime, ANTIME034, vinyl LP (2022) A lively (and, at least in its early half, very

Ekin Fil, Dora Agora, United States, Helen Scarsdale Agency, HMS067 vinyl LP (2022) Having been active for over 20 years

Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band, Sonbonbela, United States, Sublime Frequencies, vinyl LP (2022) An infectiously joyous album with a

Boris, W, United States, Sacred Bones Records, SBR287 CD / vinyl LP (2022) Into their 30th year together as Boris,

Latest gem from Philip Sanderson is Not Even My Closest Friends (SNATCH TAPES tch 221), this time released as a

Monsieur Paul et les Solutions, Dans mon monde, Germany, Staubgold, staubgold 166, limited edition 7″ vinyl EP (2022) I must

Kuunatic, Gate of Klüna, Germany, Glitterbeat, GB117 CD / vinyl LP (2021) Japan has a long, looong history of all-female

New single from the Fang Bomb label is by Sons of Viljems, a guitar & bass duo comprising Andrea Giommi,

Phuong Tâm, Magical Nights – Saigon Surf Twist & Soul (1964 – 1966), United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF120 CD digipak

Baligh Hamdi, Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970s Egypt, United States, Sublime Frequencies, SF119 CD (2021) A major figure in 20th-century