Summary: <p>Hear some of the best performances from the Soundcheck Podcast series from 2019, like the tropical psych-rock from NYC-based quartet <a href="https://www.newsounds.org/story/combo-chimbita-channels-ancestral-wisdom-latinx-psych-funk/">Combo Chimbita</a> and the slamming wordplay in work by London's <a href="https://www.newsounds.org/story/slamming-wordplay-poet-and-rapper-kate-tempest/">Kate Tempest</a>, a poet, rapper, and spoken word performer. There's also collaborative music from soul singer <a href="https://www.newsounds.org/story/chamber-soul-pop-ymusic-and-emily-king-in-studio/">Emily King and chamber band yMusic</a>. Then, Baltimore-based electronic duo <a href="https://www.newsounds.org/story/matmos-finds-audio-gold-plastics-studio/">Matmos</a> share some of their sampled "audio gold" mines from the sounds of nothing but plastics. Plus hear the crafty chamber-jazz by drummer <a href="https://www.newsounds.org/story/crafty-charismatic-chamber-jazz-allison-millers-boom-tic-boom/">Allison Miller, and her all-star band, Boom Tic Boom</a>.</p>
