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After ten years of being a band, Kayo Dot releases what might be it’s gaudiest album. However, I can’t help but be enamored with the strong playing, ambitious concept, and impressive mix of influences most of the time.
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Neo-psych outfit MGMT returns with a fuzzy new album that’s got plenty of odd moments, but too few memorable ones.
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Nursery of New Stars by Kangarot Experimental musician Josh Reed, a.k.a. Kangarot, has a new tape out via Headway Recordings. With its stuttering synth phrases, thudding drum machine sequences, and distorted vocal samples, Nursery of New Stars is an enthralling industrial odyssey. Stream it in full above!
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Omaha punk rock outfit Yuppies have a new self-titled album out now. Above, you can sample three of the LP’s tracks, “A Ride,” “What’s That?” and “Hitchin a Ride,” all of which suggest an album that is sublimely raw, rollicking, and reckless. Enjoy! Yuppies is available now via
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Above, stream “Keep Moving,” a sexy cut from Hyperdub artist Jessy Lanza’s latest LP Pull My Hair Back. The fluttering synth, bubbly bass, and Lanza’s breathy vocals add up to one of the most seductive pieces of electro-R&B you’ll hear all year. Enjoy! Pull My
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Noctambulous Jaws Within Sempiternal Night by Prosanctus Inferi After a blood-curdling scream is when Prosanctus Inferi really kicks their new album off, Noctambulous Jaws Within Sempiternal Night, which a heavy-as-hell record that features plenty of blast beat drums, gruesome vocals, and some grimy lead guitars from this San Francisco-based outfit.
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New York rock outfit Crystal Stilts come through with an album that shot for a prettier sound, but only delivers about half of the time.
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South Florida rapper Denzel Curry assembles a somewhat grim hip hop album with his latest project, Nostalgic 64.
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With the Electric Lady, singer-songwriter and composer Janelle Monáe adds two more suites to her ongoing metropolis series. This time, she seems to embrace her classic influences in the worlds of R&B and soul closer than ever.
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Stream: Holy Ghost! – Dynamics New York synth pop outfit Holy Ghost!’s new album Dynamics drops this month on DFA Records, and the band has made the album streamable in its entirety on YouTube this week. Give a listen to the closer “Cheap Shots” above, and hit the link for
