2012
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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis drop some visuals for one of the best hip hop songs in 2012, frankly. And the storyline here is just as moving as the song itself.
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A detailed, winding track from the new Between the Buried and Me album, the Parallax II: Future Sequence, which is coming out next week on Metal Blade. The band really knows how to pen a metal track with some interesting progressions. Typically, stuff like this is a little too pristine
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On Piramida, the Danish band Efterklang seems to tone things down even further from the more subtle move the band made with their previous LP. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Black Moth Super Rainbow drops a new track with the band’s latest album, Cobra Juicy, coming out officially on October 23rd. I’m really enjoying the straightforward dance quality of this track. I could really see this getting play in a club, and I’m really feeling the Daft
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Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar has always been pretty proud of where he is, referencing it numerous times–in lights both positive and negative–in his songs. However, this new track is truly his biggest tribute yet, featuring the likes of Compton legend Dr. Dre on a few verses. Also, that
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With some wild, stringy guitars combined with some faux English vocals and a heavy atmosphere, China’s Stalin Gardens have a pretty impenetrable and tortured post-punk album on their hands with Shanghai Void. The band rips through the nine tracks on this new album with the dissonant, narrated swagger of
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The Bad Plus has been putting out records for over ten years now, and jazz has always remained a cornerstone of the band’s style during that time. However, it’s not like this trio is just a jazz project. While the band unarguably delivers improvisational music performed with drums,
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Connecticut’s Fins have a new 7″ EP on the vay via Obscure Me Records titled Lawn Mower. “Foxfire” is one of the cuts from it, and believe me when I say it’s pretty dirty, rough, and wild. The last third is especially messy with elements of indie rock,
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On Breakup Song, the experimental rock outfit Deerhoof–not Deefhoof, duh–goes, well, electronic, incorporating loads of synths, beats, and samples. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On Dark Time Sunshine’s latest LP, the abstract hip hop duo takes its Aesop Rock-inspired style and adds some blissful production into the equation. It kinda like the Postal Service of hip hop albums. Maybe you’ll like it! Check it out, my son. WATCH THE REVIEW
