2012
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Gretle. by Coin locker kid Wasn’t I just talking about dark, experimental, weird hip hop? Yeah, I was. Let’s continue the conversation: The track streaming above is from a fellow by the name of Coin Locker Kid. The Ghost Sonata is the name of his new, free album/
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Meet underground rapper Haleek Maul. He’s got a new mixtape titled Oxyconteen. It’s available for a free download from Merok Records. A lot of experimental hip hop has come out in the past few years. It’s funny to think of how different the underground rap scene in
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Little Dragon drops a stream of a new single, which seems to have been created with some commercial backing from Absolut. Nevertheless, the band’s usual combo of subtle dance beats, sensual vocals, and sweet synths are here. Check out our review of the album they dropped last year if
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A strong, passionate track from the new Defense Family 7″, which was recorded in Iceland at a studio owned by Sigur Ros, and the session was even engineered by the band’s frontman, Jón Þór Birgisson. Now the song itself delivers SDF’s usual combo of loud guitars with a
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With two new releases in 2012, garage rock revivalist Ty Segall has pushed himself to the forefront of this rough and wild style of music. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Did you dig on that Guardian Alien snippet yesterday? I hope so, cuz if you did, then this new Starring track should fit into your musical diet pretty easily. Starring is an experimental rock band that fearlessly pairs elements of psychedelia, jazz fusion, and prog together into a surprisingly well-executed
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mickey’s dead by elvis depressedly South Carolinian Matt Cothran, a.k.a. Coma Cinema, a.k.a. Elvis Depressedly, has a new set of tracks out proving his worth as a sad, sad songsmith. He’s diversifying the sounds he works with as well, making use of more synths,
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Faustian Echoes by Agalloch When I first heard Portland metal outfit Agalloch was going to be dropping a new EP, I didn’t think for a second the release would basically be a single, 21-minute track. The band certainly lives up to the grandiose assumptions that comes with a track
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Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have released a collaboration EP titled Shame, this is the title track off the collection. Everything about this recording makes it sound like the two were having a good time. Over a soul-sampling beat, Gibbs tells a story of infidelity and sleepin’ around.
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Teengirl Fantasy has put out new track “Motif”, while still sounding like themselves, they’ve also gone a bit more shoegazey on this track. Initially it sounds very non-beat driven, but a steady dance rhythm comes in at around the one minute mark and gives the song some direction. Its
