It s a big week for new music. Billie Eilish dropped her sophomore record, an entire posthumous Prince album has landed, and the likes of Laura Marling and Jack Antonoff returned to their more under-the-radar projects.
If those wind up being the only albums you spin this weekend, though, you ll miss out on the latest from Portland rapper Swiggle Mandela, and it ll be your loss.Â
Movie Money is Mandela s first project-length release since 2019, when he put out a trilogy ofÂ
Portlandsterdam EPs. Little here is as pointed asÂ
Portlandsterdam tracks like Dear Portland Police, Dear White Portland, or Dear Willamette Week, but the words are still sharpâMandela s gaze is just more often directed inward or toward the dance floor. And the beats are as creative as ever, featuring blasts of warped sax, stabs of strings, and warm synths.