This week’s new albums: Erika de Casier | CIVIC | Dead Pioneers

Also: the minimum requirements for a triphop album, retrograde inspirations, making people uncomfortable, shut up and listen, production choices, alphanumeric insults, too profitable to be discontinued, is Ange just Thibs plus vibes, the Knicks’ next ex-coach, Beeso’s bad take of the week, the two kinds of game 2, the creation of cool, the secret tournament and Hali picks his moment.

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