The picks
Albums
Albums by European musicians across genres and languages, selected for character rather than streaming popularity.
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Music: Garip · Altın Gün 🇳🇱
Altın Gün, from Amsterdam, play ten songs by the Turkish folk master Neşet Ertaş. Garip is psychedelic and sung in Turkish.
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Music: 22 Durnham Dew · Benny Sings 🇳🇱
Benny Sings renovated a house with his family and wrote an album about it: 22 Durnham Dew, warm and soulful Dutch pop about home.
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Music: How To Land a Plane · 7ebra 🇸🇪
7ebra, twin sisters from Malmö, made How To Land a Plane: funny, noisy indie pop about adult life without a manual.
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Music: People of the Moon · Nu Genea 🇮🇹
Two producers from Naples have spent years digging through their city’s musical past like archaeologists. On their third album they go further: Brazilian MPB,…
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Music: How Have You Been? · Giant Rooks 🇩🇪
Five friends from Hamm, a small German city better known for its train junction, are now at the top of the German charts. Their…
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Music: Carta de Alforria · Plutónio 🇵🇹
Portugal’s biggest rapper mixes trap, soul and Afrobeat on the most-streamed Portuguese album in a single day.
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Music: LUX · Rosalía 🇪🇸
Rosalía continues her global dominance by blending avant-garde electronics with traditional roots.
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Music: Samen Tegen Elkaar · Goldband 🇳🇱
Pop with social commentary, a massive success in the Benelux region.
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