On their sophomore full-length, New York’s Buke and Gase continue fine-tuning their unique combination of noise pop, folk, and indie rock with loads of strangely idiosyncratic melodies and textures. WATCH THE REVIEW
On Comadre’s new, self-titled album, the California screamo outfit releases one of the catchier albums I’ve heard in the genre for a long time. WATCH THE REVIEW
On This Town Needs Guns’–now officially shortened to “TTNG”–sophomore full-length, the band is premiering a new singer and a slightly smoother math rock sound. WATCH THE REVIEW
Nosaj Thing’s sophomore album still has the soft, quaint sounds fans have enjoyed previously from California producer Jason Chung, but with a serious decline in the hip hop vibes that radiated so boldly off of 2009’s Drift. WATCH THE REVIEW
Cult of Luna’s latest effort sees the Swedish atmospheric sludge outfit maintaining its sound with mid-paced tempos and heavy guitars, but the songwriting seems to have lost a disappointing amount of detail and diversity. WATCH THE REVIEW
I mention and quickly review the latest releases and songs from the likes of Factory Floor, Shlohmo, Christopher Owens, Mystical Weapons, Ra Ra Riot, Low, Four Tet, and more! WATCH THE REVIEWS
On Villagers’ latest album, the charismatic Conor J. Obrien leads the project into slightly more adventurous territory, incorporating electronics and ambitious arrangements in numerous tracks. WATCH THE REVIEW
This time around, the singer-songwriter duo known as Foxygen writes an album with much more focus and cohesion than 2011’s Take the Kids off Broadway. 21st Century Ambassadors is simply one neatly crafted retro pop jam after another. WATCH THE REVIEW
On this new album, Toro Y Moi is able to maintain many of the grooves that have continually made this project interesting, but the newly added vocal samples, vocal experiments, and songs don’t go over well much of the time. WATCH THE REVIEW
New York’s Pro Era drops one of the freshest throwback mixtapes in hop hop, putting themselves at the forefront of this new, nostalgic wave in rap. WATCH THE REVIEW
