Excerpt from enduring Japanoise act Hijokaidan’s new album Emergency Stairway to Heaven, out August 31 via Cold Spring. Enjoy!
“Don’t Need It,” a highlight from Rapsody’s Beauty and the Beast EP that featured a sweet hook from singer-songwriter Merna, has managed to get even hotter with the addition of Joey Bada$$ on this new remix. Enjoy!
Slaves Beyond Death, the third album by Seattle death ‘n’ roll outfit Black Breath, is due out September 25 via Southern Lord. Listen to the savage title track up there and find Anthony’s glowing review of the band’s 2012 sophomore LP Sentenced to Life here.
The Underachievers have release a new video combining three tracks from their upcoming album Evermore – The Art of Duality. Watch it above and look out for the project September 25 on RPM MSC.
Beach House comes through with their most upfront album yet, almost completely doing away with their trademark atmosphere.
NPR is streaming Icelandic composer Anna Þorvaldsdóttir’s new work In the Light of Air ahead of its August 28 release on Sono Luminus. Listen in if you’re in the mood for haunting music evocative of a remote land.
Pretty much every Kyary Pamyu Pamyu video is a party, but this might be the partiest yet. The “Crazy Party Night” single will be released September 2 via unBORDE. Happy listening/viewing!
Today Panda Bear released a new EP called Crosswords; check out one of the new cuts above and find our review of his latest album, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper, here.
Here’s Patti Smith’s “haunting elegy” from the Aqua Teen Hunger Force series finale, “The Last One Forever and Ever (For Real This Time) (We … Mean It),” which airs this Sunday at midnight. It’s OK to cry.
RiFF RAFF and Danny Brown have joined forces for a single called “WETTER THAN TSUNAMi.” You know this is gonna be good.
