• Arca, Yeezus‘ secret weapon, has released this mix today. This is the first solo work we’ve heard from the producer in a year, but she hasn’t been slacking. This mix takes us through Arca’s musical universe, evoking slanted, psychedelic club scenes through her drum beats and the

  • 2013

    Milo’s latest mixtape sees the Wisconsin rapper working again with producer Riley Lake. While I think Milo’s verses are worthwhile, it’s really the instrumentals that surprise me the most. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • While I think California’s letlive. has pulled together some intense performances on this new album of theirs, the obnoxious vocal harmonies and poppy appeals keeps this album’s thrill short-lived. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    With subtle influences from black and death metal, Lycus has pulled together a heavy and incredibly melodic doom metal album that will probably get you whipping out your air guitar at least a few times during its 40-minute run-time. WATCH THE REVIEW

  • hip hop

    This video is for “Off the Record”, off of Ka’s new record The Knight’s Gambit. The song is a minimal ode to rap music, employing classic album titles as fuel for his wise-man on the corner sermons. The video is equally minimal, as Ka explores the biggest record

  • Washed Out–a.k.a. Ernest Greene–releases this video for “Don’t Give Up” off of his upcoming album, Paracosm. Paracosm means a detailed fantasy world, and this video looks to make the creatures of our own world into the creatures that inhabit a paracosm. The video consists entirely

  • ambient

    Soundsmith James Ferarro offers this single off of his upcoming project with a terrifying name, NYC, Hell 3:00. The song begins with what sounds like a lo-fi version of something off of Zomby’s newest LP, combining dark dread with rolling trap high-hats. Ferraro’s vocals enter, sounding more

  • hip hop

    Mac Miller, the world’s most unlikely rap-critic’s pet, has released a fittingly psychedelic video for this cut off of his recent LP Watching Movies With the Sound Off. The video cycles between images of Mac rapping in a room of mirrors filled with lightbulbs and of a pretty

  • Elusive Liverpool-based experimental artist Matthew Barnes–a.k.a. Forest Swords–is set to release his debut full-length, Engravings, on August 26th via Tri Angle Records.  Barnes has shared the track, “The Weight of Gold,” in which he offers a slightly more refined blend of the soothing lo-fi dub electronics

  • live

    This week, The Flaming Lips shared the official music video for The Terror track, “Turning Violent.” The audio and footage are taken from a particularly dynamic live rendition of the late-album cut. Here, the spacious intro and first verse are subdued to the point of nearly being inaudible, but give