MY FAVORITE JUNE SINGLES PT. 1:
Alewya-“Maktoub”
Baba Zula-“Kutsal Zeytin Halayi”
Ana Luia Caiano-“Um Vida E Menos”
Cortis-“Redred”
Jesse Draxler featuring Lord Spikeheart and Hybrid Intuition-“Traap Number 9”
Earthsignchels-“Daddy Died”

MY FAVORITE JUNE ALBUMS PT. 1:
Patricia Brennan & Sylvie Courvoisier-TALAMANTI
Cinder Well-A BLOOMING BODY
Cocanha-FLAME FOLCLORE
Alison Cotton-THE GODS LAUGH
Converge-HUM OF HURT
Earthball-ACTUAL EARTH MUSIC VOLUMES 3 & 4
Feeble Little Horse-BITKNOT

FAVORITE ALBUMS OF APRIL PT. 1:
Aster-PARTY DOWN THE HALL
Bekor Qilish-CONSECRATED ABYSSES OF DREAD
Black Warhols-FAMOUS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES
Leila Boudrueil & Kali Malone-INTERSECTING PLANES
Elina Duni & Rob Luft-REACHING FOR THE MOON
Emaciate-BEATEN INTO PARESTHESIA
Francesco Fabris-DISPLACES

FAVORITE SINGLES OF APRIL PART 1:
DJ Massive 100% Dynanite, MC Lipex-“Piano do Mal” (self-released)
Noah Kahan-“The Great Divide” (Mercury)
Kelela-“idea 1” (Warp)
Lao-“Tabano” (N.A.A.F.I.)
Champuru Makhenzo, Amaza, Audio Addicts, Buzzi Lee-“444” (Trapiano)

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BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN APRIL:
A BODY TO LIVE IN (Angelo Madsen)
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES (Jia Zhang-ke)
THE LITTLE GIRL OF HANOI (Ha Ninh)
LOUIS THEROUX: THE SETTLERS (Josh Barber)
LOVE + POP (Hideaki Anno)
SEASON OF TERROR (Koji Wakamatsu)
TYPHOON DIARY (Grace Zhang)

BEST FIRST-TIME VIEWINGS IN MARCH, PART 1:

I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER (Billy O'Brien)
LETTERS HOME (Chantal Akerman)
MISERICORDIA (Alain Guiraudie)
NIGHTSHIFT (Robin Rose)
PEPITA LA PISTOLERA (Beatriz Flores Silva)