A dozen far-flung Reader writers cover Future's conscience-stricken coke rap, Todd Terje's playfully colorful nu-disco, Triptykon's lightless armor-plated epics, and points further afield.
By Luca Cimarusti, Leor Galil, Kim Kelly, Monica Kendrick, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Philip Montoro, Erin Osmon, Miles Raymer, Tal Rosenberg, and Kevin Warwick
This week's Early Warnings include Battles, the Damned, Bryan Ferry, Harvey Milk, King Khan, Opeth, Pentagram, Real Estate, Woods, Kurt Vile, and Judas Priest.