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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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  • May 20 Album Reviews

    Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband

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    With Nabuma Rubberband, Sweden’ Little Dragon come through with their shyest album yet.

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  • May 20 2014

    Cold Specks - "Absisto"

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    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,

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  • May 19 bongripper

    Bongripper - "Endless"

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    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,

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  • May 19 80s

    Coucheron - "Deep End" ft. Eastside and Mayer Hawthorne

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

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  • May 19 2014

    Open Mike Eagle - "A History of Modern Dance"

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    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

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  • May 19 2014

    Orenda Fink - "Ace of Cups"

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    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

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  • May 18 banger

    Zelooperz - "Saggin" (Premiere)

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    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

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  • May 15 canada

    Greys - "Use Your Delusion"

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    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

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