The carousel on the album cover of Kyle Davis's "Jericho" spins with a blurred intensity, much like the emotional whirlwind captured within its grooves. This seventh studio effort from the Virginia-based singer-songwriter marks not just a reunion with the team behind his acclaimed 1999 Sony debut "Raising Heroes," but a successful artistic rebirth following personal upheaval. Davis plays these eleven songs with the experience of someone...

LoDeck & The Golden Godz have offered up "Viscera Cera", a new video single plucked from their album "Dinner at Dorsia", and I have spent the afternoon letting its bruised nostalgia entirely reconfigure my mood. https://open.spotify.com/track/5BkXL2bOstPvHXJfd1cPAu?si=e49710028f0f4c72 You hear a lot of artists attempt to bottle the underground magic of golden-era NYC hip-hop, but usually, you only get the sediment. Here, you get the actual marrow. The...