Punk rock, world obscurities, and “deranged” mix CD’s from Keiji Yamabe’s Los Apson? record shop in Koenji, Tokyo. The best record shops in the world are much more […]
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Bei Ru is an LA-based producer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist who’s collected vinyl records for years. His collection mirrors elements of his releases, characterized by a fusion of […]
Nostalgic world music from longtime Hosono collaborator Soichiro Suzuki a.k.a. World Standard. Today, we present one of the more understated but also consistently prolific artists from the extended […]
Munich-based Mongolian singer Enji Erkhem expands her sound with an international quintet. Following up on her amazing 2021 album Ursgal, Mongolian singer Enji Erkhem dives further inward on […]
Rare grooves from Armenian selectors Zach Asdourian and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan. Discotchari is a new project from LA-based record selectors Zach Asdourian and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan. Named after a song […]
In anticipation of our upcoming collaboration in New York, In Sheep’s Clothing’s Phil Cho speaks with Port Sa’id co-founder Zack Bar. Years before our first listening bar opened […]
Our good friend Lauren Fay returns with the second edition of her summer heat playlist series! The 1st summer installment was Island in the Sun. Consider this sequel: […]
With 2022 more than halfway gone, we figured it was time to wrangle some of our favorite records into a loose collection. What follows is a selection of […]
Starting in 1963, the guitarist-oudist recorded three versions of his extended work. They will calm you down (and blow you away). Sometimes we all need to call a […]
Recent favorites from the Bay Area, Indonesia, London via Shanghai, Berlin, and Hungary. Each week the global listening community gets bombarded with new releases, reissues and restocks. As […]
Pachyman comes through with 5 selects prior to his appearance at This Ain’t No Picnic festival. Los Angeles-based musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and all around dub champion Pachy García […]
Six essential new releases to get you through the week. Each week the global listening community gets bombarded with new releases, reissues and restocks. As music freaks who […]
Pino, Blake, and Sam’s ‘Live at Sound City’ is out today via ISC Hi-Fi Selects. Generations apart, Pino Palladino, Blake Mills, and Sam Gendel are in many ways […]
Saigon rock & soul, Bollywood steel guitar, Khmer Folk and beyond… For the past 19 years the Seattle label Sublime Frequencies has been traveling the globe in search […]
The prolific head of Tzadik’s sublime work mixes jazz, Hebrew melodies and genre-bending beauty. In 1995, the New York composer, saxophonist and visionary John Zorn embarked on a […]
For our next Art & Design: In Focus feature, we look into the psychedelic worlds of MC Escher. Ever feel stuck in your music discovery routine? After extended […]
“A fusion of sounds.” More selections from the Armenian Diaspora (1971-1982). Darone Sassounian is an Armenian-American DJ, selector, and producer in Los Angeles who spent three years tracking […]
Hey friends! Somehow we’re still here and still listening. We hope you are too <3 Here’s some music we’ve been listening to this past month. This month’s playlist […]
Five “fingertracks” from Andrew Hogge aka Lovefingers. It is without exaggeration to say that Andrew Hogge, aka Lovefingers, is one of our absolute favorite selectors. His pre-social media, […]
LA based music archivist and investigator Sonrisita shares iconic records from her life and collection. Melissa Dueñas aka Sonrisita joined us as a guest selector at our ongoing […]
Thousand-year-old Mongolian music traditions meet folk and jazz on Squama Recordings’ latest. An undeniable magic inhabits the melodies and sounds of our youth. Lullabies, folk songs, the music of […]
Shared listening selections from ISC staff including tracks from Melody as Truth, Harold Budd, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and more! Hello friends! We’re back with another staff listening playlist […]
Shared listening selections from ISC staff including tracks from Music from Memory, Joe Zawinul, Selda Bağcan, and more! Hello friends! Excited to announce that we’re bringing back our […]
New reissue label Naya Beat focuses on uncovering rarities and oddities from the subcontinent and South Asian diaspora. Co-founder Ragz shares five picks from his collection. Raghav Mani, […]