2012
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A track from the Daredevil Christopher Wright, which comes from a new 7″ split with Cuddle Magic. Despite the daring and self-absorbed name, this Wisconsin trio is actually not a man named Christopher Wright who fancies himself as a daredevil–ironically or not. The band is actually fronted by brothers
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Soundway Records has always been a compilation-based label, but they’ve spent a good part of this year building up its catalog with releases that are legitimately new. They’ve even dabbled in some electronic music, and this new track from DrumTalk seems to be their latest endorsement of that.
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With more than twenty years under its belt, Massachusetts hardcore act Converge is still going strong on its latest album, All We Love We Leave Behind. WATCH THE REVIEW
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With its first album in 10 years, Canadian post-rock giants Godspeed You! Black Emperor manage to bring the same intensity, grit, melodic sensibilities, and ambition that has made the band’s previous material so great. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Sharon Van Etten drops a new NSFW video for the track “Magic Chords,” which comes from the New York singer-songwriter’s latest album, Tramp. Look for the album on Jagjaguwar, and check a review for it here.
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Back in July, young rap upstart Angel Haze released Reservation, a collection of fourteen songs that showcase Angel’s prowess as a fast-spitting, high-energy MC. Among those tracks is “Werkin’ Girls,” which was recently given video treatment. Above, you can watch its accompanying visuals by way of her YouTube channel.
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1968 by The Haiduks The Haiduks is a project lead by Christian Richter, who also runs independent label Kinnta Records and is a member of the group Soft Mirage. 1968 is The Haiduks’ new album, which was released in September by way of Richter’s label. Above, stream the release
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Mamiffer / Pyramids by Mamiffer / Pyramids Mamiffer and Pyramids come together for some for a split 12, featuring some pretty heady and dark noise, drones, and experimental musings. This, sadly, will be one of the final releases of the soon-to-be-disbanded Hydra Head records. /via/
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California punk revivalists OFF! drop a new, hilarious video featuring Jack Black and the dudes from OFF! in the midst of some kind of backstreet brawl that would have taken place in some kind of low-budget action movie that was shot in the 70s. Check my review of OFF!’s
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Death Grips drops a gritty new video for the track “World of Dogs,” which I’m happy contains no images of penises. Anyway, the track comes from the experimental hip hop trio’s new album, NO LOVE DEEP WEB. Hear the album here, and check out a review here.
