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This week’s show features psychedelic synth experiments, some jazz/electronic collisions, and more.

The most extensive regular record reviews in the universe. Reviews by Thomas H Green.

Toro y Moi’s full album “MAHAL” arrives at long last, and races past everything else on offer, on its way to being declared album of the year. Also arriving is London based avant-jazz instrumentalist Ben Marc.

The London multi-instrumentalist and producer’s debut solo LP is subtle and oblique, rejecting the ordering logics of containment by melding house, jazz, classical, and electronic music.

    Detroit rapper Tee Grizzley releases “Afterlife,” the lead single and music video from his new project dropping this Spring. The high-energy track and epic piano intro kick off Tee Grizzley’s new era with a bang. With his hard-hitting

The London jazz musician’s sprawling suite explores the vital function of breath in times of distress. The music can be tranquil, but it also formally mimics the act of calming down.

This week, Alicia Keys released KEYS, Rick Ross drops a new album and DJ Premier & 2Chainz drop “Mortgage Free.”

    Florida hip-hop artist Bobby Fishscale dropped his newest single release, “Own Eyes” featuring Mozzy and Ink. The new track, which premiered on both BET Jams and BET Hip Hop at 12 AM EST, features nostalgic vocals from singer-songwriter Ink interlaced with Bobby’s

New Music Friday: The top 7 albums out on Oct. 1

BIA  “an absolute financial fatale” in the video as she raps by a fire on a plush vintage green couch, takes over kiddie rides with an equally fly girl gang, and saunters through a bodega with  Justin Combs behind the counter counting racks. Flexing in designer head-to-toe, she literally brings the lyrics,  “I put on my jewelry just to go to the bodega, and I keep it with me just so that I’m feeling safer, ” to life. Fittingly, it culminates with bi...