Brief Encounters

Brief Encounters: New Albums 11-24-23 – 11-30-23

By Iman Lababedi | November 28, 2023

merseybeat visiting John and Paul IRL

Brief Encounters: New Albums 11-17-23 – 11-23-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | November 20, 2023

music for theatre and for cinema, for chamber and for symphony orchestra

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 11-10-23 – 11-16-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | November 15, 2023

Kodak is magic when you put a mic in front of him

Brief Encounters: New Albums 11-3-23 – 11-9-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | November 7, 2023

a who’s who of post punk

Brief Encounters: New Albums 10-28-23 – 11-2-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | November 1, 2023

Consider it Driving Through England

Brief Encounters: New Albums 10-20-23 – 10-26-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 25, 2023

way too long with no real lapse in quality

Brief Encounters: New Album Reviews 10-13-23- 10-19-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 18, 2023

lust and beats

Brief Encounters: New Albums 10-6-23 – 10-12-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 10, 2023

the melodies are the hooks

Brief Encounters: New Albums 9-29-23 – 10-5-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | October 5, 2023

don’t let the greenbacks fool ya

Brief Encounters: New Albums 9-22-23 – 9-28-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | September 28, 2023

Straight ahead old school early 70s rock

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 9-15-23 – 9-21-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | September 19, 2023

amazing creativity

Brief Encounters: New Albums 9-8-23 – 9-14-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | September 14, 2023

a Grand Guignol goth work of extended genius

Brief Encounters: New Albums 8-25-23 – 8-31-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | August 31, 2023

her absolute peak

Brief Encounters: New Albums 8-18-23 – 8-24-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | August 23, 2023

purely gorgeous

Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-11-23 – 7-17-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | August 16, 2023

somewhere between slam poetry, ambient jazz, agitprop USA 2023 and pop

Brief Encounters New Albums 8-4-23 – 8-10-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | August 9, 2023

the next generation of African musicians

Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-21-23 – 7-27-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 25, 2023

an eleven track taster

Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-14-23 – 7-20-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 19, 2023

Americana ode to booze more that pot

The Early Bird: Top New Singles 7-14-23 – 7-20-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 14, 2023

a fantastic, loud, Slash slashing barn burning version

Brief Encounters: New Albums 7-7-23 – 7-13-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 12, 2023

longing and need

The Early Bird: Top New Albums 7-7-23 – 7-13-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 7, 2023

from a New Romantic offshoot to funk masters

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 6-30-23 – 7-6-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | July 5, 2023

he recorded this with producer Metro Boomin from jail over two weeks and it is the best rap album of the year

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 6-23-23 – 6-29-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | June 26, 2023

the best new rep since Bad Bunny

Brief Encounters; New Albums 6-16-23 – 6-22-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | June 20, 2023

dreamlike pleasure

Brief Encounters: New Albums 6-9-23 – 6-15-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | June 14, 2023

a brisk and pleasurable half an hour of electronic if Prince were Monae

Brief Encounters: New Albums 6-2-23 – 6-8-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | June 5, 2023

nightclub excellence and a sweet surprise

Brief Encounters: New Albums 5-26-23 – 6-1-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | May 30, 2023

I couldn’t find peace without all the violence

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 5-19-23 – 5-25-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | May 21, 2023

off the rack rock

Brief Encounters: New Albums 5-12-23 – 5-18-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | May 17, 2023

a fine set of songs

Brief Encounters: New Albums 5-5-23 – 5-11-22 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | May 8, 2023

embrace their LGBTQIA+ identity

Brief Encounters: New Albums Reviewed 4-28-23 – 5-4-23

By admin | May 4, 2023

physical well being

Brief Encounters: New Albums 4-21-23 – 4-27-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | April 27, 2023

the power of a woman who knows what she is talking about though we don’t

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 4-14-23 – 4-20-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | April 20, 2023

great faces of hyperpop

Brief Encounters: New Albums 4-7-23 – 4-13-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | April 13, 2023

still noisy, still politically astute, still with an ear for hardcore

Brief Encounters: New Albums 3-31-23 -4-6-22 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | April 6, 2023

actually improving

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 3-24-23 – 3-30-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | March 29, 2023

Gospel was in her blood

Brief Encounters: New Album Releases 3-17-23 – 3-23-22

By Iman Lababedi | March 23, 2023

a coming of age for modern Arabic pop and not Arabic Sahara garage

Brief Encounters: New Albums 3-10-23 – 3-16-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | March 15, 2023

“Oh Lonesome Me” is classic but so is everything

Brief Encounters: New Albums 3-3-23 – 3-9-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | March 9, 2023

a superb little album

Going Steady: New Singles 3-3-23 – 3-9-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | March 8, 2023

taphophilia though not thanatology

Brief Encounters: New Albums 2-24-23 -3-2-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | March 1, 2023

an accidental protest

Brief Encounters: Top New Albums 2-17-23 – 2-23-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | February 23, 2023

their best since that 2009 – 2012 three album highlight

The Early Bird: Top New Recorded Releases 2-17-23 – 2-23-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | February 17, 2023

Sinatra miasma

Brief Encounters: New Albums 2-3-22 – 2-9-22 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | February 15, 2023

wonderful, big, and colorful

Brief Encounters: New Albums 2-3-23- 2-9-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | February 9, 2023

terrific and adventurous

Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-27-23 – 2-2-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | February 1, 2023

Sam’s best to date

Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-20-23 – 1-26-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | January 26, 2023

dip yourself deep in sonic hellaciousness and disquiet

Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-13-23 – 1-19-23 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | January 17, 2023

Price and her husband nail down an explosive Americana

The Early Bird And Sneak Peaks Return Next Week!

By Iman Lababedi | January 13, 2023

why review five in a hurry?

Brief Encounters: New Albums 1-6-22 – 1-12-13 Reviewed

By Iman Lababedi | January 12, 2023

plays with form and self awareness