On their latest LP, The Invisible Way, minimal Midwestern indie trio Low (would you still know what I meant if I called them “slow-core”?) got a hand from one of their musical peers with a similar grasp of sound and space. The album was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, and is streaming in its entirety this week via NPR Music’s First Listen series. NPR’s Stephen Thompson writes:
Low songs don’t often change tempo noticeably, instead achieving tension through variations in volume. But that seemingly limited framework still provides ample room for experimentation: Low can be a sweetly chiming pop band, or it can seethe and unsettle with an almost industrial buzz. It can express emotion by drawing out the barest fragment of a phrase, or it can expound thoughtfully on life, death, secrecy, war and the way humanity collides with itself.
Listen to the album in its entirety here. Low’s only Philadelphia appearance in the near future is the just-announced in-store set at Manayunk record shop Main Street Music; the free show happens next Monday, March 18th, at 7 p.m.
A unique fusion of old Philly soul and 21st century hip-hop, the new collaborative LP Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics pairs the singer of the Philadelphia International Records legends (who has sung hooks for Ghostface Killah and had his music reworked by The Fugees, among others) with producer Younge and his band. The album premiered today on 
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Nothing like a bit of heavy, layered grunge listening to start off the week. Ahead of its release on March 5th via 
