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Cavalcade by milo Abstract and ultra-personal rapsmith Milo has dropped a new, free collection of tracks that he’s dubbed Cavalcade. The production is handled entirely by Riley Lake, which is a name you might recognize from Milo’s recent Things That Happen At Day EP, which was dropped at
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D.C. rapper Billy Woods comes through with a Blockhead-produced project that might be more autobiographical than he lets on. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Despite the dramatic cover art and album title, J. Cole’s sophomore effort doesn’t seem any more emotional or focused than his debut. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Nice Hooves by Nice Hooves The incredibly loud and noisy debut album of Detroit rock band Nice Hooves. The quintet brings together elements of hardcore punk, noise rock, and modern metal for a series of tracks that are both hard hitting and melodic. Enjoy!
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When I first ran into the music of Blondes last year through their self-titled release on RVNG Intl., I thought the house duo had plenty of grooves. However, things fell a little flat when it came to interesting sounds. The duo seems to be making more of an effort to
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Return To Annihilation by Locrian For almost a decade, the Chicago band Locrian has been combining various forms of experimental music into a slightly lo-fi and texturally dense discography that challenges most who come into contact with any piece of it. The band added another release to that gauntlet this
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Download: Run The Jewels – Self-Titled Interestingly enough, one of 2013’s best hip hop albums came from one of that year’s oddest pairings as well: El-P and Killer Mike. R.A.P. music was an all-out assault with El-P’s bold production, and Mike’s hefty voice and conscious
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Mac Miller’s followup to Blue Slide Park is an improvement on all fronts. While it’s not gonna be one of my favs for the year, Mac is seriously reaching for the potential that I’ve felt he’s had for a while with creative production choices, better flows,
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UK-based electronic music producer Zomby drums up some really evocative, moody atmospheres on With Love, but the lack of variety in his production makes these thirty three tracks wear thin in a quick fashion. WATCH THE REVIEW
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I know Nicolas Jaar isn’t the most orthodox of producers, and made a ballsy move when remixing Grizzly Bear and Brian Eno on the same 12″ earlier this year; however, I’m not sure anything Nick has done so far could have prepared me for this! Mixing the name
