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5 Songs Our Critic Loves Proper Now
The music critic Jon Caramanica recommends some latest tracks from his driver’s seat, in a lightning-round version of his weekly tune critiques.
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Right here’s 5 latest songs you may need missed. Get in. Let’s discuss it. “Trinidad” by Geese. That is that Freakazoid, new American, post-Roots music. You may know the Geese frontman Cameron Winter, or as I name him, Neil Youthful. “Bare” by 41, that includes A Boogie Wit da Hoodie. A dour, pop drill, R&B love tune about that horrible feeling of vacancy after you allow somebody. “Badman Gangsta” by Asake & Tiakola. Extremely soothing and calming, robust speak anthem from Nigerian star Asake, who made my primary album of 2023 and Tiakola, a superb French singer and rapper. “My Automotive Is Singing Like a Locust” by They Are Gutting a Physique of Water. This can be a actually, actually good Philadelphia band, pumped up shoegaze with all these buried chants in it. “Splitsville” by Zach High. We’re within the early levels of what appears like a giant ‘90s revival in mainstream nation. Zach High is on the forefront of that. “Splitsville” appears like a lonely anthem from 1992 about that house that you just share with everyone round you who’s simply going by heartbreak.
By Jon Caramanica, Joe Coscarelli and Arjun Srivatsa
October 21, 2025