Best Of Music
The best lesser-sung sounds of 2026 so far
It’s time for a sonic refill. David Abravanel is here with a full supply of lush arps, washes of sound, rapid-fire grooves — everything Appleblim to Posthuman to Vladislav Delay Quintet, Suzanne Ciani and a bunch more. Your mission: buy some downloads if you can spare the change, and load up some full-album listens in a player of your choice. And maybe turn off the world for a while. -Ed.
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Wrecked Lightship talk craft, inspiration, and drifting through Drained Strands
There’s the old saw about great avant-garde jazz being “the notes you don’t play.” But crafty subversion of the usual bassy wall-of-sound is core to Wrecked Lightship’s appeal. A buzzy synth with no top line, minimal percussion, an unidentifiable bit of atmosphere – it’s apt to remind you of staring at someone snoring in the pitch dark.