Listen Up
Dreamlike tracks, blissful instrumentals, sentimental serenades and other releases from the week
Tag: Instrumentals
Find all stories on Instrumentals in this tag archive.
Listen Up
Boom-bap, jazz-funk, psych-rock, dance remixes and more new music
Kiefer: Superhero
Pianist and producer Kiefer (aka Kiefer Shackelford) is poised to release Between Days this spring, and from it comes the breezy, jazzy instrumental “Superhero.” The laidback tune—accompanied by an animated video from …
Menahan Street Band: Devil’s Respite
Menahan Street Band’s first album in nine years, The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, arrived last week via Daptone Records. The powerful, downtempo “Devil’s Respite” contrasts other upbeat tracks on the …
Listen Up
French rap, rich psychedelia, laidback beats, a dazzling remix and more in our weekly music round-up
Nico Muhly: Throughline
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, Nico Muhly’s 19-minute “Throughline” dazzles throughout its 13 movements. Muhly composed the masterful work to comply with COVID-19 health restrictions—meaning that no more than six orchestral …
Freddie Gibbs + Madlib feat. Yasiin Bey and Black Thought: Education
From Freddie Gibbs and Madlib’s collaborative album, Bandana, “Education” is a star-studded track that harkens back to the golden era of hip-hop. Gibbs, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) and Black Thought (frontman …
Mary Lattimore’s Ambient Playlist
The harpist shares a selection of songs that blur the edges of the genre
Fugazi Edits
More than 100 tracks sampled on an instrumental album two years in the making
Shaken or Stirred
Downshift from day into night with our Tanqueray-inspired playlist