![His new album is "Spaghetto."](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5345_rJGg8V7HT0.jpg)
Gaika’s ghettofuturism
Brixton artist Gaiko Tavares takes the nightmares of social discord seriously.
![Accusations of racism and cultural appropriation.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5313_xYvdzmLjHT.jpg)
Dour glazing
"Preoccupations," formerly known as "Viet Cong," is back with an impressive "non-debut."
![Its members include members Gavsborg, Time Cow, Bobby Blackbird, Kofi Knoxx, Kemikal and Shanique Marie.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5285_z6ZDoLW9K8.jpg)
Equiknoxx to Honecker
New recordings from Jamaica and Germany help make sense of musical roots.
![The Aussie band combines genres and time frames.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5250_H.jpg)
The Avalanche returns
With the release of " Wildflower," an Australian band finally ends a 16-year drought.
![Composer, producer and sound designer Boysen is the son of an opera singer and was classically trained.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5227_bWEfjlFeJs.jpg)
Beginning with Ben Lukas Boysen
The new album by the Berlin-based electronic producer and sound designer is a resonantly emotional experience.
![Formed in 1985, now into their fourth decade.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5188_roIsL2xOJv.jpg)
Golden mean Radiohead
The Oxford quintet has returned to lure listeners into the fault line between twitchy anxiety and unknowable melancholia.
![Their third collaboration is titled "Gensho" (Relapse).](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5151_Wnzkm19LhK.jpg)
Turning Japanese
Nisennenmondai (postpunk) and Boris (grunge) bring Japan's rich fringes to the forefront.
![The Los Angeles rapper is a studied acolyte of hip-hop history.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5118_AX1GT5n.jpg)
Lamar and Kano
Kendrick Lamar's "untitled unmastered." and Kano's "Made in the Manor" hit their marks.
![Séga was borne from displaced slave traditionals.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5079_lESzBcVIjQ.jpg)
Another Africa
Mauritius past and Durban present in two new and off-the-beaten track collections.
![Post-punk, with a groomed image.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5054_vMjGiaCr1f.jpg)
The women of Savages
In "Adore Life," the London-bred post-punk band improves on its sound.
![It was time to deal with the voice, says Dozzi.](https://theamericanmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/article_5021_1HPOha.jpg)
Dozzy and Caragnano
On "Sintetizzatrice," Donato Dozzy and Anna Caragnano show the beauty of distortion.