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Tom Tom Club &bull; <i>The Good The Bad and the Funky</i>

Tom Tom Club • The Good The Bad and the Funky

This is a reissue of a 20-year-old album, yet the pan-global disco stew that comes from this band could live anywhere in their decades-long career continuum, past, present, or future. This is dance music for getting subtly amped up.

Mexican Institute of Sound &bull; <i>Distrito Federal</i>

Mexican Institute of Sound • Distrito Federal

An all-too-short collaborative effort between Camilo Lara, the mind behind MIS, and a witches’ brew of guest appearances making for a selection of space-age cumbias and other sounds as brazenly colorful and exuberant as the city it’s named for.

La Dame Blanche &bull; <i>Bajo el Mismo Cielo</i>

La Dame Blanche • Bajo el Mismo Cielo

A Cuban transplant in Paris, this artist mixes Afro-Cuban elements with modern trap and reggaeton, spicing it up with many other influences to make for a very danceable time.

Spin Doctors &bull; <i>Face Full Of Cake</i>

Spin Doctors • Face Full Of Cake

No denying this band exists in a dual space of Gen X ridicule and genuine nostalgia. The new album is filled with the same sunny indie-rock wink-and-grin disposition that rightfully earned them the title, broadcasting into/from the airwaves of 1994.