• 2014

    Cold Specks, the musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter Al Spx, has been slowly increasing visibility lately, most notably by contributing vocals to the new Swans album To Be Kind. Now, she is about to release her sophomore record, Neuroplasticity, and has dropped the first single in the form of “Absisto,

  • Chicago doom metal outfit Bongripper has a new album on the way titled–wait for it–Miserable. Yes, Miserable. I don’t think I’ve ever been excited for misery, but there’s a first for everything. You can pre-order the album here. On this track from the new album,

  • 80s

    A sweet, sensual, and rhythmically punchy piece of pop from Coucheron, which features some contributions from Eastside and Mayer Hawthorne. Enjoy!

  • 2014

    Hellfyre‘s Open Mike Eagle drops some visuals on a brand new single titled “A History of Modern Dance.” The track features an eerie-ass beat from Jeremiah Jae, and some understated bars from Mike himself. This track is off Mike’s upcoming MMG album Dark Comedy. Keep an ear out

  • 2014

    Azure Ray holds a special place in my heart, so with each year that passes without a new LP from them (they remained brazenly silent in the many years between their last two full-lengths) I feel the pangs of yearning. But the ladies, Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink, have kept

  • banger

    Previously mentioned Bruiser Brigade MC Zelooperz has been dropping new tracks here and there for the past few months, and they’ve been nothing short of wild. It’s not his flow, but his over-the-top vocal delivery that’s gonna catch your attention. Well, that and his near-nonsensical lyrics–“bodybuilder

  • canada

    https://soundcloud.com/carparkrecords/greys-use-your-delusion Dammit! Carpark Records beat me to all the adjectives I was going to use to describe this new song from Toronto loud rock/post-hardcore band Greys. “Caustic. Brash. Noisy. Abrasive. Dissonant. Melodic. Sarcastic. Explosive.” Yep, “Use Your Delusion” is certainly all those things. So was

  • https://soundcloud.com/bluenoterecords/jose-james-u-r-the-1 Modern jazz singer José James must have been eager to return to the studio after last year’s No Beginning No End, as he is already set to put out its follow-up, While You Were Sleeping, just next month. With its rushes of gleaming synth,

  • album

    https://soundcloud.com/infinity-cat/sets/party-jail-ed-schraders-music Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, the Baltimore duo comprised of vocalist/percussionist Ed Schrader and bassist Devlin Rice, has released a follow-up to its 2012 full-length Jazz Mind. Party Jail proffers a slight expansion of the sound of its predecessor, being comprised of 13

  • https://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/black-anvil-until-the-end New York black metal outfit Black Anvil has dropped a new single from its upcoming third full-length effort Hail Death. “Until the End” is the project’s third single and effectively confirms this new record to be the band’s most ambitious yet. Like the