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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Vallenfyre - Splinters

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    The UK’s Vallenfyre brings together a slew of different death metal styles on this sophomore record of theirs, and feeds them through some incredibly heavy, pummeling production.

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  • May 28 Album Reviews

    Chromeo - White Women

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    When it comes to lyrics and songwriting, White Women is Chromeo’s most inconsistent release yet.

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  • May 23 2014

    Meshell Ndegeocello - "Conviction"

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    Singer/songwriter/bassist Meshell Ndegeocello doesn’t get enough respect. She had some low-level visibility a few years ago when she released her first couple albums, but has since faded into a small niche where her small but ultra-devoted fanbase follows her every move. I only really got invested in

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  • May 23 ab-soul

    Ab-Soul - "Stigmata" ft. Action Bronson and Asaad (prod. Rahki)

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    TDE‘s Ab-Soul drops a new track titled “Stigmata,” featuring some dramatic bars from New York’s Action Bronson and a closing verse from Asaad. Every time a new cut drops from this dude, I just get more psyched for the full-length project he should be dropping this year.

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  • May 21 album

    Freddie Gibbs x The World's Freshest - The Tonite Show

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m0XfEIvVCk&list=PLhbqrlwJFLI-kvxBnWbiTYLkApEaIGbIi&index=1 After dropping with Madlib what will no doubt be a strong contender for the greatest hip hop album of the year (Piñata), Freddie Gibbs wasted no time teaming up for another noteworthy collaboration. This time, the Indiana

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  • May 21 funk

    Usher - "Good Kisser"

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lQtoRFaLsA Well, here’s an unforeseen development: Usher just earlier this month dropped one of the hottest songs of his career. Immediately distinguishing “Good Kisser” as such a killer track is its beat – underlying the verses is a simple yet funky bass and drum

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  • May 21 acoustic

    ikea-graveyard - stray

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    stray by ikea-graveyard Alofa Gould is a 19-year-old Vista, CA-based singer-songwriter who has recorded under the moniker Your Bruise, and now under ikea-graveyard. This month, she put out a split EP with touringmates Bulldog Eyes and Yukon, as well as this collection of demos she recorded on her porch, called

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  • May 21 athens

    Lazer/Wulf - "Beast Reality (Center Piece)"

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    Stream here via Noisey Georgia experimental metal trio Lazer/Wulf is gearing up to release its debut album The Beast of Left and Right through Kylesa’s Retro Futurist Records. The group has offered us this glimpse of project, “Beast Reality,” which exemplifies the group’s self-professedly hard-to-define nature. Although,

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  • May 20 album

    Swans - To Be Kind

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    Swans’ latest album takes a hypnotic, meditative approach to churning out some of the most grand and visceral rock instrumentation in the band’s 13-album discography.

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  • May 20 Album Reviews

    Ibibio Sound Machine - Self-Titled

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    Ibibio Sound Machine’s debut is the beginning of a journey that fuses the sounds of afrobeat and highlife with electronics.

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