Fanzine has a review of Sarah Gerard’s essay collection Sunshine State.

Ben Fama interviewed Precious Okoyomon.

Ostinato Records’ Vik Sohonie wrote about assembling the compilation Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa.

Katy Henriksen wrote about the new album from Peaking Lights.

At Hyperallergic, how artists can avoid complicity with gentrification.

Rob Harvilla delved into the latest from Fleet Foxes.

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